[Intro]

2004

[Verse 1]

Let me tell you how it was back then

When I had a black 3210 back then

Had a couple lighties locked in the ends back then

Used to holla at my line talking what back when

I used to have a name back then

But I still got a name inda endz

Right now ain’t talking bout the present

Am talking bout the past

So I gotta keep the topic on way back then

Let me tell you how it was back then

Used to go to larrells yard to spray back then

Music 2000 PlayStation

With a decks and a mixer the ting back then

Record to pc do it through Winamp

Msn send was the ting back then

Thеn you’d wait for a nudge and a shake of the screen

To know if it bangеd back then

92.3 way back then

95.5 way back then

100.3 way back then

Record the whole set then play that again

When man couldn’t put faces to names and the MC’s were just a voice back then

Did for the sake of the game back then

No money no hoes just your name back then

[Verse 2]

2009

Let me tell you how it was them days

Funky house had the no.1 song them days

And they wouldn’t even put grime on the playlist

So the mandem couldn’t get funds them days

Rolling with my crew trying to run them days

Every day on channel you having fun them days

Commercial wouldn’t except man for who man was

Got treated like scum them days

Let me tell you how it was them days

In business the man Dem were dumb dumb days

Ringtones made some millions of pounds

But the man Dem still saw none them days

Picking up a Benz trying to bun them days

Getting licks by mummy that was long them days

Hop out the window when she go sleep

And go and check my thing with double dees them days

Let me tell you how it was them days

When I had a fresh blackberries scroll them days

Made money from musical Road them days

When I think about it I was kind of lost them days

Nobody showed me the path them days

Just an industry full up of Frauds and fakes

Out in the jungle you pass the snakes

And praising the Lord that it ain’t them days

[Verse 3]

Right bloody now

Let me tell you what it is this year no L’s

Just straight up wins this year

Did vocals made a few quid this year

Plus got myself a platinum plaque this year

Let me tell you how it is this year

Going to sign ourselves to our own self this year

Tax right of money made from the artists

Going to be ours not theirs this year

Shut down every single show this year

Collect every single bit of dough this year

Man are going to put out 1.5 1.8

Then were going to blow this year

Say that I was in the zone this year

Blatantly taking it home this year

Prime Minister and godson combined

That means that I’m going for the throne this year

So let me tell you what it is this year

Just won the East End film fest this year

Told the prime-minister she’s a coward this year

Don't give a fuck I’m on it this year

Let me tell you what it is this year

Going to reach a new standard of bar this year

Call hide behind beats bring your balls this year

If you’re lying to the Queen get a scar this year