(feat. Kano)
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I was raised in a city with no heart,
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Where there's no car,
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Steppin' when it comes to be gettin' that dough fast,
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I'm a hustler, I'm a, I'm a hustler
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Raised on the battle field,
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Born as a sufferer,
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Before I had a deal I was still stackin' deals,
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Get punked sell food to the customers,
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Now I get love crews in the back o' the s class,
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Dem can't move like dat y'na,
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(I was raised in)
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I come from where man were done for hardly nothin'
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You can see it in the blues that I'm hardly frontin'
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Got kids with guns in the heart of London,
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Bulletproof vests like half a hundred,
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There's no actors and actresses barely around here,
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This matches them straps of Manchester,
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Soon as you exit Stansted you might see...
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[Chorus:]
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(All the guys are no more getting into trouble)
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Who's gettin' into trouble?
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(But have always been)
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Besides who has been
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(When the odds are all against you
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How can you win, yeah yeah)
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How can you win?
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How can you win?
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(How can you win?)
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How can you win?
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How can you win?
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I was raised in the city when they was out blazin' a philly,
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I was on the 5 bus chasing the titties
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At the back of the class undoin' bras with a stiffy,
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Tenisha, Testa, Leslie and Richie,
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It's a cold cold world,
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Gangstas livin' in a po po world,
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So I'm in a co co with a go go girl,
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Escaping reality that I know so well
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But when ya a kid ya don't know no betta,
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Boys find trouble tryin' to find that cheddar,
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Money breeds envy
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Might get set-up
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When pockets get empty
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N*ggas get jealous
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Kill 'em then told 'em
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What people, fella?
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I think you are stretching that ketchup from the south of da border
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And all across the east has got round here
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Gotta see it to believe it
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[Chorus]
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Let me tell you something
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Look, look
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Baby just because I'm a Londoner
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Now I love London town but London's foul
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London's a merry go round, a cycle of life full of ups 'n downs
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Cos up till now we could of never won
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With the odds against us a million to one
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See that will dismiss it but they can see in the sum
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Don't fight says Jordan now you really get a stiffy on
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(How can you win, yeah yeah)
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How can I win?
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How can I win?
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(How can you win, yeah yeah)
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How can I win?
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How can I win?
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Against All Odds
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Chase & Status |