Fela Kuti got me living all these lyrics to the max
Fill the composition book hold the realest syntax, Akai
I'll be preaching like the rap rabbi, that's INI
Full centre of attention let us bless the mic
So we write for all the people getting high off life and even all the ones here passing by
I always keep it humble with the right to fight
Because I'm certain and I'm certified in teaching them a lesson
Letting everything I know enter into their intuition
Yeah we got that vision
Hunt gather start fishing
And I remember selling chocolate on that playground
Run it till the bell sound, small bag see if it could fit in
Now you're older so police start to listen
See me trekking round the town like the fella had a mission
Won't forget the first time almost getting knicked
Run up in my momma's crib
Hand full of contraband thinking I was so slick
Send me to the USA boy you better know this
Look up to your cousin
We be chillin in the Chevy with the bass heavy listening to Otis there was no more rushing
We were so damn southern
Fly pass Tysons estate thinking I could make moves like a great
In the driveway shooting all the hoops till late
Shooting all these hoops till late
Back to the UK the place was in crisis
Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina I love you it wasn't for nothing
Yeah it wasn't for nothing
Yeah it wasn't for nothing (this means everything to us)
Yeah it wasn't for nothing (this is everything we have)
Come on everybody yeah it wasn't for nothing
Yeah man it wasn't for nothing
All these times yeah it wasn't for nothing
Let arise the realest enterprise
With wiser eyes we be blinded by the skies
I devise the viper lies in between deceit and lies
Blink twice for the bias
Three times with a surprise
I test
Many MCs on the mic no sweat
We've been putting in the work don't forget
Because we've been putting in the work don't forget yeah
We been we been putting in the work don't forget (yeah)
I just turned 23 feared for my life today
Going out to celebrate
Truest ceremony had me stationed here to contemplate
Bubbly and rosé and all the food that's on my plate
It's easy for a man to choke I cannot see through the smoke
Attention this is not a joke
Playing hangman and they be playing Skate
Put it in a line and let it hit your brain
However you emancipate
I ain't here to entertain if we cannot reveal the pain
I dare to say you feel the same
The fade away or hit the pain
Do you get the point
I don't wanna disappoint the people out here following my growth
Look my auntie in the eyes every time I write
Time flies by and I'm no longer shooting hoops on the playground
Word to the oath that we made when we was younger
Now I make an ode just to reflect that hunger
Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina
You taught me how to practice even through a crisis
Perfect this even if you are breathless
Attention this is not a joke
Easy for a man to choke if you cannot see through the smoke
Ambition and the need to cope
(This means everything to us)
Yeah it wasn't for nothing (this is everything we have)
Come on everybody yeah it wasn't for nothing
Yeah man it wasn't for nothing
All these times yeah it wasn't for nothing
It wasn't for nothing