The Reference

By Luke Saward

On EIGHTEEN

Released on January 1, 2024

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[Verse 1]

Tell me if I cross the line

Don't worry, I'll be fine

Go over there, take what's mine

Avoid that long hard time

Avoid an encounter with jakes with Chase

Yanks over here done smashed a "vase"

Yankin my chain, raidin' our base

Gonna smash one of them cunts in the face

Don't care if they got a tool in the waist

Gave them advice, it went to waste

Don't even wanna catch a case

Fuck all those who say that I'm based

Don't wanna cheat like Billy

That'll make a man look silly

Ah, man it's litty, for really

Don't wanna fight like Lia and Lily


[Verse 2]

Don't wanna go outside, it's chilly

But inside I'm hot, just ate a chili

Grabbing food that's bigger than Chile

Merky Ace, gave hoes free willy

I'm gonna smash that fucker like POUND (Smash Bros)

Dream's on road

My bed's where I'm found

Carryin' a brick like a mason

Got more problems than Milo's facing

Three-year-old cunt with his brother on road

Always whines, persistence shows

He'll get involved in a gang

End up dead, with two bullets right in his head

I remember them days in the stroller

Always respected my olders

But time flew by and I grew up

And now I got this to show ya


[Verse 3]

I'm 18 with a bright future

And I've got bars that'll move ya

Mental age of three

Imma be like **** and ask for my ****

I'm inside, rather be Outside

Don't wanna die like Eva Smith

I'm wide-eyed, looking for vengeance

Can't even form a sentence

Two years old like Asher

But I ain't a fucking postman

And I'm on a mission like Tre

I'm travelling Europe, I'm on the D-Block

Cheffing up everyone you know

Now she's gone, she don't dance no more

They won't get through, shut the door

All my dreams have washed ashore


[Verse 4]

What the fuck have you done that for?

They're all saying I broke the law

But I didn't do shit, not one bit

Go to court, it's me they'll acquit

My family ain't as big as the Witts

But man, oh man, I'm about to quit

My past ain't something I'd like to admit

Like a dog, you'll stay and sit

Don't do shit, get thrown in a pit

Look at these crimes I didn't commit

Saying I did? I didn't do it

There's fuckers round here who'll get your throat slit

18 months, I throw a fit

Lit a zoot, took a hit

Astronaut, I'm in orbit

It's sad nowadays being a Brit


[Verse 5]

Least I ain't four like Lucas and Willow

Hide my AK under the pillow

Yeah, I live a comfortable life

It's not like I live in strife

Seven years old like Archer

Met him, went to departures

Took a plane to see your mum

Went out and walked right past her

I ain't a baby like Waylen

Kill opps like Town of Salem

You must be mistaken

Indian cheater, Forsaken

Kris after flashback, shaken

Hitting my brothers like Aiden

I don't worship Satan

Don't listen to Iron Maiden

Done a man's dance like Archie's mum

It's a shame that he won't see the morning sun

He ain't coming back, put a knife in your back

Say he's gone for good, you'll scream and shout

That's what it's all about

Trapped in a box and you can't get out

That's how these youngers feel

When they're in those gangs

And they're gripping steel