Dreams

I was raised on the Old Kent Road In the 80's where it was dark and cold Cold On a block called Tustin Estate where the man dem Are apes and will fiend for your dough Dough Peckham S.E. 1 5 was the place I was raised And my post code Mum and I living poor in a high rise flat No carpet or heaters She had to open the oven door and put it on In the winter to heat us For the first few years of my life my sister and I Didn't know about Christmas And when we did no presents or tree True say we just thought Santa had missed us I didn't know that mum was working 2 or 3 jobs Just to try and feed us What you know about the hot block Where we try to survive and we duck cops And everybody cries when a kids loose lives But nobody wanna point out the culprits What you know about estate life? Where kids carry knives before the write lines And the government knows whats really going on But they don't really care because their life's fine What you know about the hot block Where we try to survive and we duck cops And everybody cries when a kids loose lives But nobody wanna point out the culprits What you know about estate life? Where kids carry knives before the write lines And the government knows whats really going on But they don't really care because their life's fine I was raised in a council flat and although I'm not there it still feels like home And though I got money now I'm still walking round like say that I'm broke This means if I see what I want And you got what I need then believe I'm a take it You'd think I'm the royal mint with the way that I flex and this money I'm making Now I take my trips abroad When I feel like I need to switch locations What you know bout jets that land on the sea Now that's what you call plane sailing Only time these man know to surf Is when their on their net and they're masturbating I weren't the guy back then but trust I'm the guy now That's what they find frustrating What you know about the hot block Where we try to survive and we duck cops And everybody cries when a kids loose lives But nobody wanna point out the culprits What you know about estate life? Where kids carry knives before the write lines And the government knows whats really going on But they don't really care because their life's fine What you know about the hot block Where we try to survive and we duck cops And everybody cries when a kids loose lives But nobody wanna point out the culprits What you know about estate life? Where kids carry knives before the write lines And the government knows whats really going on But they don't really care because their life's fine I was raised on a council block Like the rest of you but I did shit about it Cos the world weren't helping me So I had to look deep in the belly of the beast Where little young me had to come up with a dream Cos things weren't working so I plotted and I schemed Where I had to work with man dem and the dealers and the fiends Just to get ahead of things and that's when I found it I had luck on my side in a blink of an eye My life could have turned out different But I didn't wanna be another kid From a council estate with a criminal conviction If you're from poverty like me Then you know what I mean when I say these words to you You can make it out of the block and rise to the top So them what your dreams do What you know about the hot block Where we try to survive and we duck cops And everybody cries when a kids loose lives But nobody wanna point out the culprits What you know about estate life? Where kids carry knives before the write lines And the government knows whats really going on But they don't really care because their life's fine What you know about the hot block Where we try to survive and we duck cops And everybody cries when a kids loose lives But nobody wanna point out the culprits What you know about estate life? Where kids carry knives before the write lines And the government knows whats really going on But they don't really care because their life's fine Err huuh