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Ain't Like It

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Alternative Rap

Ain't Like It was released on February 12, 2015 by High Focus Records as a part of the album Natural Order

Song Details

AlbumNatural Order

Release DateFebruary 12, 2015

LabelHigh Focus Records

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM93

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

The Four Owls

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

James Leigh

Composer

Lyrics

It used to be homely, now it feels lonely

Never been liked, cheers, but now nobody knows me

Sometimes ghosts stroke me, those that lost toast me

But still the same song bangin' on the karaoke

It used to have essence but they forgot their lessons

In this town that's like a breeding ground for proper messes

When's they haven't got it, we use to go and get it

Battlin' your pride until the day you lose and look pathetic

Used to get uplifted, now that donkey sniffed it

Three-legged in the race lookin' kind of twisted

Had my money on him thought the kid was kind of gifted

Ain't like it used to be and certainly ain't how predicted

Shit, pissed, I missed it, throw a rope and fix shit

New bladders and some brains on the list at Christmas

Everything changes, then all you're left with is mazes

Take the right turns and you escape it

I used to be affected, now it's like I'm not quite connected

Somethin' in my minds been messed with

Now there's not many things that surprise me

Used to be different, life desensitised me

I used to be a dreamer, slowly I woke up

Groaned and I rose up shakin' my head

Used to be that you'd have to watch what you said

Or someone was takin' offence

Now everybody wants to shock and be extreme

Respect an all time low, seems to be

Used to be lines that you had to read between

Now there's no subtlety and no type of decency

I was blitzin' it, up every night

Now I just ain't got the same recovery time

Unaware of the come-down, that's where you pay the cost

Twisted in a knot right now tryna shake it off

Mods and rockers clash like cops and robbers

Then it turned to chavs, rude boys and dirty sloshers

Used to hand out flyers now our names are followed

People trust their governments until the snakes were spotted

Always plottin' inside jobs you know it's common knowledge

Pick up the whistle-blowers sittin' there doing porridge

Free speech for life son you know they can't abolish

Profits lackin' in the intellect

Used to play tape-decks on my VHS

Now it's all mobile phones, downloads and internet

Used to think Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was the best

Till I find out about rap, weed and havin' sex

The rest is history, I used to think that class was dead

Now I'm on a quest to find the answers to the life I'm blessed

Used to hope that I was older, now I am, I feel content

Despite the fact I got to work, pay bills, provide the rent

It used to be that weed was 100 pound an ounce

Now you're takin' out a loan and fillin' a bank account

Small amounts, eight the half, even snookies count a bit

Baggie lookin' like a leaf in a pissy arm-pit

Can't stand it like a new album from the OGs, for fuck's sake

Someone hit the kid who's makin' his beats, please

All heroes following the trends of the youth

Without the sound we know you're full

You're just a dick-head in the booth

All my real heads salute I know I ain't the only one

A rich kid in skinny jeans ain't where I'm comin' from

It ain't like it used to be but the change ain't new to me

Most have a old friend that turned to the mutiny

C'est la vie, still JD and Jimmy-Lee, remember when we used to play CD's of Verb T?

Used to be the type to get hyped for the hover board

Now I'm outside Tony's house with a rusty saw

Ain't like it used to be

It ain't like it

Written by: Alexander Gerrard Whitehead, James Leigh, Joshua Adam Davey, Thomas Conning

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