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So Far
UK Hip-Hop
So Far was released on July 9, 2026 by Orton as a part of the album Gan Canny - EP
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Release DateJuly 9, 2026
LabelOrton
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM88

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Orton
Orton
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Orton
Orton
Composer, Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Norty
Norty
Producer

Lyrics

I can hear it all the time
I can see it in my mind
Where you're there is where I know you are
And I'm coming for you
Don't wanna hear myself think so I turn the music louder
Struggle with believing but I've never been a doubter
Got a devil on my shoulder and a pocket full of powder
Out looking for a motive and I think I might have found her
Reason to escape, see him fiending for a taste
I've got demons to face so I'll never leave this estate
I keep hearing them say things come to people who wait
I've seen the people who stay and I don't believe it's the case
Take this story and rewind it, take it back to '99
When mum and dad were doing fine and mum had started showing signs
She confirmed her suspicions with a test and two lines
It was a happy little incident, the blessing of life
A fetus was formed which led to a genius born
Dad missed the delivery but he's relieved it's a boy
Back into a bad council house with some trees and a lawn
Twenty minutes from the city, dear, it's six years from
Time passes, there was clashes as her passion started to fade
Dad was classless manic as the past he's had a lot to take
He's trapped inside the madness and his glasses to escape
Mum was just as bad, she's handing matches to the flames
Now it's 2002 and another child is due
He stuck to me like a shadow wearing the shoes he outgrew
Wasn't always easy sailing but it's always me and Nathan
We were bonded through the trauma we were yet to go through
I'll spare the details
But mum and dad broke down
Me and Nathan were taken into care
Felt like it was only me and him there
Some days are hard to forget
Christmas spent with strangers again
After moving backwards and forwards
We were back with mum in a new home
Sherman Road
It's 2010 and I'm eleven years of age
Single mother of two sons, we're on a council estate
Where the cameras surveil, had to adapt to the change
The level of deprivation is still active today
Look, we had to stand our ground, standing out in hand-me-downs
Wrapping something I just found, started practising my sound
Had the buzz out of town, now I'm part of the crowd
I'm with the same people your parents would warn you about
2019 And I got a taste of the dream
Which I nearly gave up chasing 'cause I wasted my teens
In the sticky situations, making a name in the streets
They got me in the dirt and piss 'cause I evaded the scene
So 2020 takes us back to the beginning
A pocket full of powder and I'm sick of how I'm living
I gotta make it out is the fuel that's got me driven
And we never had them genies so there is no point in wishing
So yeah, it's been a journey so far
We came a long way
2020 Onwards, got to work putting things straight
A few hiccups to get where we are today
But one piece of advice has never let us down
No matter where you've been or where you go
What you've seen or who you know
Just gang canny
Written by: Andrew Orton
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