Every day it's the same old struggle

At the same time life sees you no trouble

I could've been born in a war with no running water

Running for my life in the rubble

The world's got problems, we got problems

They got problems, I splash in a puddle

See my reflection fade

And think about the days when I raised for a blaze

That was the teenage phase

Most of my friends, they're examples of crime don't pay

I'm seeing things every day that the news just don't say

The more you ignore it, it don't go away

Till the day it just becomes too much

When the kids needs more than a little youth club

All they see is the cars, life of the stars

Then they wanna live what you write in your bars

I can't change the world with the pen that I use

But I can decide on the life that I choose

Could've took... spent nights on the booze

But that's just the fight that I'm likely to lose

I was never really into hanging on the streets

I was in my bedroom just writing to beats

Most of my friends went down the wrong way

I used to say, "Yo I'd help them out one day"

Buy them a business, holidays in the winters

Maybe we could watch the Olympics

That's what we used to play when we were younger

No goal posts, you know I'm using my jumper

Mum brought that for Christmas, Dad won on the horses

So I'm making my wish list

There was no guns back then, fight with your fists

Never knew it'd turn out like this

I ain't trying to be the best MC

I'm trying to be me, and I wanna live free

Two million people that's stuck on the dole

But that don't mean they haven't got a good soul

Every person on the planet has got beers

Ain't a single human who never dropped tears

Even the Queen of England can feel pain

From the bottom of the bucket to the top tier

We need more respect for each other

What you want for yourselves you should want for your brother

You wouldn't be here if it wasn't for your mother

Who gave you your milk and took you under your covers

So knuckle up, buckle down, work hard

And one day you can buy your first yard

Have a family, restart the cycle

And have kids that look just like you

That's just the way it is