Oh, baby I didn't know
Oh, baby I didn't know, didn't know
Oh, baby I didn't know
Oh, baby I didn't know, didn't know
I used to stare at the hands on the clock
Waiting for the text back, waiting for the guap
Hands 'round my neck, yes I never took a shot
Living scarcely will have a man shook
Now I make my own luck and never get stuck
From Nottingham but I'm not Fryar Tuck
Rob from the rich and I give to the poor
I'm an open book, can I get kick open doors?
Can't go through life begging on all fours
A winner never waits and neither does time
Please forgive me if I skip the line
Inactivity's the only crime
Look at the clock too long and you'll pay the fine
I looked at the clock too long and now I'll never get back those times
Oh, baby I didn't know
Oh, baby I didn't know, didn't know
Oh, baby I didn't know
Oh, baby I didn't know, didn't know
I move fast like the hands on the clock
Ready for the bumps, anticipate shock
I used to think that clocks moved slower on a Sunday
Now I'm putting in work on a pay day
No surrender, there's never no Mayday
'Cause I'm sure of myself in a strange way
Even when my tracks don't get any airplay
I own them, I never get salty
No rewards for acting all bolshie
But I often did just that in my twenties
No Benz, No BM, No Bentley's
And my house wasn't mine, it was a Wendy
Struggle as an artist, wasn't trendy
Could've kept things a bit more friendly
But the e-mails that they sent me
Passive-aggressive dead energy
Oh, baby I didn't know
Oh, baby I didn't know, didn't know
Oh, baby I didn't know
Oh, baby I didn't know, didn't know
I stopped caring about the hands on the clock
Now I bench press, deadlift and squat
Three more weeks I'll be pulling five plates
Happy single, not looking for dates
Unless it means going 'round her place
Calloused hands up around her waist
Hubby's at work - leaves her to waste
Don't interfere, so I pray I bust case
Its easy to stare at the clock
When you're alone it seems the hand's stuck
When I feel that I read books
Still the seconds thieving like crooks
Never get 'em back like headphone adaptors
Prehistoric like Velociraptors
But I don't shriek, I stay cool, calm and discrete
Oh, baby I didn't know
Oh, baby I didn't know, didn't know
Oh, baby I didn't know
Oh, baby I didn't know, didn't know