Yesterday

One, one, one Peace, peace, peace Ay, yeah, we come in peace, peace, peace, ay From the West to the East North to the South In the belly of the beast One, one, one, one Two, two Feels like (It was only yesterday) That we sit and watch the sky turning heather grey Black and white watching money leading men astray Falling in and out of light as the heavens spray We mix the whiskey with the lemonade Uh, was tryna counteract the Methylphenidate Used to laugh when I said it made my belly ache My belly ached every day, yo, it never changed I wasn't ready for the grave But I was ready to be paid Trust, I know we're never getting saved 24, mixed race Living 12 years a slave (It was only yesterday) My grandfather getting knuckled by the pepper spray More fire, Brixton riot like a renegade Seeing him setting fire to rain as the letters fade No doubt, I was raised out the south Tell your ex-boyfriend to keep my name out his mouth I been in and out, to drag the pain out the house Being brave, something proud, say my name I'm about There comes a time In everyone's life When you have to fall in love Once or twice It never really feels like (it was only yesterday) Back when I thought I'd never touch the motherland Because my skin's a different colour to them other man But still they're calling me the coloured man So you can find me in the straight peanut butter jam Sticky, make a finger snap like a rubber band We expand like a grand in another hand Melts like butter in the pan as the others ran Damn, but me I stuck around, no doubt pull the finger out Flabber in the ground Down south know what I'm about, just another clown Red snout running in the mouth of another town Drown, drown (it was only yesterday) When everyone was in the same place And we were stuck up in that same race Same face listening to beats with the same taste, waste But now my beats come from LA Californ-king of the streets, kick it like Pelé You see that dip in the ground, it's bad soil It's LC and Madlib, it's mad loyal There comes a time In everyone's life (It's mad loyal) When you have to fall in love Once or twice Cool