[Intro]

(Huh)

[Verse 1]

I'm effective

'Cause I been here long

To withstand this game, you gotta be strong

Do you feel strength when you look in the mirror?

Say swear, what you grind all day?

You do when you're hungry, breakfast, dinner

Back then I wrote 16 bars at lunch

I weren't on the net back then, in the playground, jump in my Nike Air Dunks

Thought I was rude in school back then, tell a teacher, "What do you want?"

MP3 play Ghetto Kyote

Melting pot, on a Sunday, it's puff puff, on a Monday eating Roti

That's what my Punjabi friends showed me

This is England, this one's proper

This one's bound for the bound-bound for the reload, real ones know I didn't stutter

This was the days of the People’s Elbow, Spear and Stone Cold Stunner

I was in

I was in

I don't even know where I was that summer

[Chorus]

Wanna be mentioned with the greats, you know the time it takes

Wanna run this race, I know the time it takes

Still full speed, no brakes

But I know the time it takes

You gotta find your place

(Yeah)

Wanna be mentioned with the greats, you know the time it takes

Wanna run this race, I know the time it takes

Still full speed, no brakes

But I know the time it takes

You gotta find your place

(Yeah)

[Verse 2]

Grown outta the clashing and diss tracks

But the mandem are vibing to this track

People say I pioneer sounds, and now these man wanna knick that

Know that meme with a man with a shovel that's close to the diamonds? Well I dig that

When you're so close to the goal, can't sit back, you can't recline

All of a sudden wanna call me for the advice, have to decline

It's not free when you wanna get a piece of my mind

DND for peace of mind

Last time I checked, I'm a decent find

Back then, I was in Cricklewood, Broadway, NW2 3HY

Anson Primary, shirt and tie, with the MP3 and the old-school grime

Not much changed in my current state, it's still dog ear caps and I'm writing lines

I'm in Shoreditch High Street deep in the life as a cycle, as I am riding a Lime

We don't get bitter when another man shines

I write for time

'Cause I got a vision, I grind

Make it happen, don't wait in line

[Chorus]

Wanna be mentioned with the greats, you know the time it takes

Wanna run this race, I know the time it takes

Still full speed, no brakes

But I know the time it takes

You gotta find your place

(Yeah)

Wanna be mentioned with the greats, you know the time it takes

Wanna run this race, I know the time it takes

Still full speed, no brakes

But I know the time it takes

You gotta find your place

(Yeah)