[Verse 1: Avelino]

Yeah, started from zero, but we never had zero ambition

I saw it all before it came to fruition

The fruits from my labor and vision meant

I would never dwell at the place I was livin'

I would rather make me a living while feeling alive

I'll tell my niece about my dad, she'd never seen him alive

But I see him when I'm sleeping at night

What's a guardian angel when there's a demon inside of your thoughts?

Sponsored by success and there's people that I would endorse

So, I'm tryna see the whole team eat

We was going OT now we go O-T-T for the money clean up

I got OCD, from nights in the hood to an OBE

Maybe-e, love is from the hate we breed

'Cause my blood cousin fucking try to make me bleed

I won't ever let it go, son of a gun, you won't ever let it go

I get it in and you won't ever get involved

No bad energy, I wish the best for my enemy

Mama told me that I should repent cause it would replenish me

I said eventually, nothing set in stone 'till the cemetery

I hope they lift me up after they bury me

That's what you call legendary, Jay-Z, Big, and Dame

That's like G, Rollie and AV, we're the same and if not, then we're to blame

It doesn't add up, we're on the road to fame

Money over problems, I was here for change

[Chorus: Knucks]

They ain't ready for the war

We're the yellow tape and the chalk, yeah

Look at everything I bought

All from the pennies from my thoughts, yeah

They ain't ready for the war

We're the yellow tape and the chalk, yeah

Look at everything I bought

All from the pennies from my thoughts, yeah

[Verse 2: Wretch 32]

I'm writing this from my grave

I've died and I've gone away

My wife is in Holloway

And Sky is on holiday

If Kai isn't gonna rain

I've tried, should I contemplate?

The nights I was on the plane

Providing what's on the plate

If I couldn't stop the pain, then maybe I caused it

If I couldn't fuck the game, then maybe I balls'd it

But if you can't bring up your bae, then maybe you bought it

'Cause they thought you can leave your change, you're enslaving your orphan

Or maybe I'm a slave to endorsements

Maybe I took this paper ting way out of proportion

Maybe it had me rapping for the plaques where my wall is

But now I'm ghost they keep on saying I'm awesome

Did you listen to Wretchrospective with a new perspective?

Are you now Growing Over Life or is this too subjective?

Are you seeing in black and white or having colors blended?

Is your favorite FR32 verse, now my chapter's ended

"Man I used to love Wretch when he was broke way before the success

Man, I'm talking F64, that's way before the dreads

And all this righteous Selassie bless, he was inna di ghetto, just him and Ghetts"

Man, you don't know my story, you just know my glory

I'm Shakespeare and Charles Dickens going Hamlet off me

I'm Spielberg and Spike Lee cameras on or off me

Man, I paint a picture like Da Vinci, get a canvas from me

But you have to pay cash money

I'm already your dad's son, you see your father has stolen his raps from me

Any clash that I have should be the Clash of the Titans, why would I

Battle with some shits when I could rap up your highness

This ain't a problem, it's just simple mathematics, the minus

I'm still above you even when I'm reclining

I'm still above you even when I'm declining

And if you get above me, it's because I decided

I'm passing the baton

[Chorus: Knucks]

They ain't ready for the war

We're the yellow tape and the chalk, yeah

Look at everything I bought

All from the pennies from my thoughts, yeah

They ain't ready for the war

We're the yellow tape and the chalk, yeah

Look at everything I bought

All from the pennies from my thoughts, yeah