[Intro]
Yo, Bugzy Malone. You know
[Verse 1]
Me I've just got one question, who's doing it better?
I had to write to the Judge thorugh a letter
Cause the victim told him a sick vendetta
Cause his lip needed stitches
A precedent report. [?]
And I'm famous now, there's no bending the law
So I could get community service and worst case I could be going back behind the door
Back to jail
And it's mad cause I can still remember the smell
The atmosphere and the lighting
The way that your mind would get carried away in the cell
The silence speaks louder than the bell
That's been ringing for the past 15 minutes
So we don't know if the kid's hurtin' himself
Cause the officers don't care
They never ask how did he get here
He never had a dad
Mum tried her best but that didn't matter
Cause the rent was so dear
That she couldn't cope sober so she drank spirits and not beer
Talking about legless drunk
Then his stepdad hit him with a reckless punch and his mum turned her back
And that's when the caring side of the kid was done
I'm talking about me. Get it?
Being a role model's taking its toll but I got this
I was only 12 years old when I got hit
Really I hope my stepdad'll watch this
Cause I was only a kid
And I loved him more than anybody else but he fucked it
How can you beat up somebody's mum? I just want him dead
I don't even want justice
My little sister
Yeah, that's his daughter
Between me and her it's a little bit awkward
Cause I remember when she said she hit my mum that night
Just to cover her father
I can forgive but I cannot forget
No hard feelings have been harbored
As long as we do well nothing else matters
Considering where we started
Considering this time last year I was stood here talking about Bury New Road
I was starving, I had drug money but I didn't know about getting money from touring
And that's why I gotta thank Charlie
Cause he showed me the ropes and then led me to stand on my own two feet like Christopher Reeves before his spinal stopped working
And now I'm focused on evolution like Darwin
The minute 2016 kicked in
I stopped drinking I don't wanna do parties
I hear my man saying it's curtains
So when I see him I'll hurt him
It's not fame when you're tossing and turnin'
And what's money when your money can't stop your mummy from hurtin'?
And the road's not dead cause the mini's still burstin'
An I.D. means that they see him in person
The bally (balaclava) was workin'
Now the witness is uncertain
I believe in God I don't trust a religion
I don't get how Mary could be a virgin
Still I've just got one question
Somebody tell me who's doing it better?
Who got these MC's dissing each other?
The brand new EP's out now
And I took a mugshot and used it as the front cover
Somebody twisted it up and created a story
To make me look like a robber
I thought I'd sit back and watch the commotion
And that's why I didn't say nothing on Twitter
I'm out
[Interlude]
[Verse 2]
It's been a year now I see things clear now
Been training I don't feel no fear now
They ask am I living down here now?
I tell them nah
I still get about Manny in my Bergaus
I told them to walk with me the whole tour sold out
What a turnout
Still got [fucked?] in the girl's house
And I know man with ringers all ready to burnout
I hope I don't need 'em this year
I don't wanna risk my freedom
Cause I know that I got shows in Sweden
And I been booked all over festival season
I got Parklife, then I got Wireless then I got Glastonbury
Man tried it with me last year and got fed to the tigers
0161 spreading like a virus
2016's got them pulling off stunts like a BMX Biker
Not everybody's gonna like ya
So they'll bring an article out just to try and rewind ya
They said I went running in a Jeweler's
Do they think I'm stupid?
I've got music videos looking like movies
You're looking at one of the best to ever do this
Why would I start chasing guys?
For a couple of watches with ice
I was sat watching haters celebrating
Bugzy Malone facing time
But that's the EP
And them same people are sharing the artwork on a daily
You can't see me on CCTV
Ballied up now I got clothes in JD
It's nuttin' friendly this year
Me I'm tryna save for a Bentley this year
So I started my own label, Ill Gotten Records
And that's gonna pay me this year
More time man are gonna hate me this year but them same man are gonna rate me next year
Cause I've created a blueprint for out of town to show what it takes to get here
Yo, I don't do blazing, I don't like drinking
I spend 24 hours of the day thinking
I've watched all the big guys shrinking
And the Bugzy Malone business line keeps ringing
It's like I got a dirty 310 with links in
Bare new lyrics and flows
It's like I'm sat there bagging up O's
And the haze is stinking the line is...
Put it this way
When I see set man they're gonna have to do a lot of explaining
I'm one of the best I've got the game changing
Ask them man who made it start raining
Who made the grime scene entertaining?
I don't know I'm just sayin'
I disappear for a week man thought it was peak
And put out a tweet well I call this the David Blaine
Why? Cause the EP's banging and them man know it
I put Manny on the map last year and the 0-1 to the 6-1 keeps growin'
Them man are chameleons and right now their true colours have started showin'
They want me out the game, I'm not goin'
Tell them go write me another poem I'm Bugzy Malone
I know set man want me to 'low them
Why? Cause I got an e-mail in my inbox
Asking me if I wanna do a joint album
But I thought my man said I was a dickhead?
And I woulda never been nothing without him?
People lie, numbers don't
And right now the numbers have got man counting
Words mean nothing if you don't do well
You're not poppin' if your shit don't sell
You promoted my EP too
Congratulations, you played yourself
Congratulations, you played yourself
Congratulations, you played yourself
Mad ting
I'm like Batman to my hometown it's mad
I bought a brand new RS3 cause it's small and fast
Took it to the body shop told 'em I need it all in black
The first day I drove it a van pulled out on me we just crashed
I was sat there surrounded by smoke and airbags
I jumped out and the van was flipped with it's window smashed
The car was a write-off so I just kept it moving racks [?]
Cause I had a photoshoot with Supply and demand, watch the collab
But watch this
Road is road and lyrical beef is lyrical beef
And they made an article to make me look like I'm a thief
And then got my songs taken off iTunes see me I won't sleep
Until I find out which MC has tried sabotaging me and I'm out
[Outro]
Bugzy Malone, 0161. Yeah? That means Manchester's in the building, and we're here to stay. 2016? Groggy season. Huh, nuttin' friendly right now