Hometown

作词 : Jacob Manson/Sykes Beats/AKZ/Kash/Kush/RV/YF/Kemani Duggan/Irving Adjei/Abdul Nelson Nasir

作曲 : Jacob Manson/Sykes Beats/AKZ/Kash/Kush/RV/YF/Kemani Duggan/Irving Adjei/Abdul Nelson Nasir

[Intro]

Sykes

[Chorus]

On these streets they watched me grow

On these streets they watched me grow

On these streets

[Verse 1: Bandokay]

(Band')

The old days were the best, yeah I know (I know)

We all used to run from the Five-O (We did)

Before Headie One days it was heads out

Lil Marni lookin' out to my bro's (Facts)

BC park used to be the link up, now when we link up, we both gotta let bang go

TJ summers don't lie tho'

I used to run in the hood they used to call it find tho'

Plus I grew up in Tangmere

So its only right I got a bustdown Tan, G (Tan, G)

I grew up on rambo's

Fli-flickies, who would've thought would've copped me a handy?

'Member pops on the line, now I get shivers when I stand on that street

I lost Josh on a motorbike

Plan A was never the plan B

My hometown likes T but **** T (**** T, **** T)

Bruce Grove youth club was the best, always keepin' up with ****ery, yo (Ayy)

Me and bro went halves on a .35

Then I got a bus or cab back home from lucky

SJ could've went pro (Free 'em), but instead he caught him a duppy

[Chorus]

On these streets they watched me grow

On these streets they watched me grow

On these streets

[Verse 2: Kush & Akz]

Yo, yo

Tottenham, I was raised in the block, that's man

Surrounded by dingers and Glocks

The ends hot, couple man been shot

I was fiendin' some niggas that stuck, to hope that he dropped

O Block, one-seven, it's us

I give all the mandem my trust, they know that it's love

I was doing it for the whites don't stop wit' me

Got me ridin' with bro with kitchens from mummy (No guns)

Started out strong, thirty man, it was long

As time went on couple man turned soft

But that's how it goes when you grew up in Tottenham

Tried and tested, I

But no lie I got love for my hometown

I love guns, get money in my hometown

One-seven postcode of my hometown

I walked G's get real when it goes down (Ay, yo)

[Verse 3: Akz]

Next generation, they know my name when I get in the station

Know man from Farm, they know I'm a paigon

Know I'm a bad man, ain't writin' statements

Those from T rave

Goin' up if I ever see shaver

Say, "Don't bring no war to doorstep"

Man shot man five minutes from a stay-in

This is our hometown, where two guns had to be G one times

So I know I can call it the gun town

None of my bros can never get touched

I think I'ma ride 'til the sundown (My bro)

Bro-bro said, "I swear, wallahi it's him"

Then he got shot right next to his hometown

Reppin' The Farm, I ain't throwin' up T's

It ain't gonna end so I'm throwin' up O's now

[Chorus]

On these streets they watched me grow

On these streets they watched me grow

On these streets

[Verse 4: RV]

(RV)

Back then it was football trainer

Community centre, payin' my stubs

Grown up now and I'm still in the field

But these new boots never come with no studs

I don't roll with man I can't say I could trust (Nope)

I gotta know if it's hate or it's love

Who runs the hood? We need to discuss

If we keep it a buck, gotta say that it's us (Oh)

They say, "Home's where the heart is"

I'm like Omarion with the Icebox

**** Tottenham if it ain't my block

Scorin' the opps, them lookin' all white washed (Haha)

They were old friends, now they my opps

'Cah the two red eye like cyclops (Red eye)

Lord knows when will the crime stop

Shaved them back in the side like a high-top (Ching-ching-ching)

[Verse 5: YF]

You know it goes down in my hometown

Used to friends but we just foes now

Rambells, you gotta keep hoes out

Drill man bake, won't back any phones out (Nope)

You bam-bam but still get paste

Used to play kicks on the L, now it's showdowns

On the pitch, I'ma shoot on stage, get bunned like sage, you don't wanna get blown down

You don't wanna get bunned down like the high road when the feds caught Mark (R.I.P)

Was comin' together, lootin' bare shops and burnin' the cars, it burnt our hearts

'Cah it's all about unity to make some change and go more far (Far)

From time been makin' it spark

My dogs all bite but they also bark (**** it)

[Chorus]

On these streets they watched me grow

On these streets they watched me grow

On these streets

[Verse 6: Abra Cadabra]

Gang, look

I grew up in kitchen, a road that's Phillip Lane

Used to go Farm from time to time

Mum said, "Son, don't go to that place, even your cousin's house when it's after nine"

You know I didn't listen, I was just tryna play runouts

Even if it cost my life (You know)

I was on the block when a opp got (Bow)

Back then that street party changed my life

First ever shubs that I stepped in

Tangmere house, year 8, what a ****in' vibe

I miss them young days, no gunplay

More time, just a kitchen knife

Year 7, me and Bash, should have been in school, instead we was out robbin' motorbikes (Huh?)

From young bad Badz was my broski, even though we had loads of fights

Phillip Lane cage turned me to a soldier

Broadwater Farm turned me to a boss

I was with PK tryna make rondos

I was with Kush tryna red man's top, used to have bro's on the lane

If you see me at the Tottenham stage and now it's bah

Let me hear a man screamin' out, "Skah, skah"

We'll send that straight to the sky

[Verse 7: Kash]

I'm from a block where a fed got killed on (Wo-wo)

Where the opps get drilled on

In the hood bare free's and R.I.P's they lost their member they still ain't heal from (Nah)

North Lane to the Farm Estate, asked the hometown, "Who run this borough?"

We used to take trips with guys from the L, now it's trips over there and they're taking cover

And there ain't no love in man's city, is it 'cah I'm up front like Rashford

Like, ain't gotta run to where it's parked off

Come a long way from parked like Clapham

Had a cell, got nicked, so I hit that there

Her man from dem sides so I clicked that there

Broadwater Farm where I grew in a way, try take a trip you might end up here

[Chorus]

On these streets they watched me grow

On these streets they watched me grow

On these streets

[Verse 8: Headie One]

Kway back it was Alizé, not brandy

Twenty man up, Henny up in Tangy

Before I got locked in spots

Lord knows we had to go bury that handy (Yeah)

'Member when Bradz was Bradley? (Throwback)

And when we called R Dubz Randy? (Throwback)

Nowadays I think everythin' fancy

But I'm praying on my come up like Lamby

Young boy, I was charged like a battery

Bought a shotgun, that was comin' in handy

The pat looking bulky (Suh, suh)

Had to move beef no Jumanji

I asked the fiends 'dem "What do they fancy?"

I hit the roads, I ain't listen to Auntie

Growin' up Frontstreet but love the Backstreet

So much it got covered in cranberry

Didn't last long so I fell in for Sanje

Tried take him to my spot like acne

HM Nottingham could've been Ranby

'Cah I caught a draw out like Banksy

Sadly, I had a plan A without a plan B

I'm in the penthouse, I'm with a bad B

I'm puttin' apple juice in my brandy

[Outro]

(Watched me grow)

(Watched me grow)

On these streets they watched me grow

(Grow)

(Watched me grow)