Gimme a mic, sit back and listen as I flow

Got these thoughts up in my mind I feel the need to let you know

Sip some water, mind your business if it's toxic then it goes

And opinions they ain't facts we take them in then let them go

There are things that I have seen and I'm just thankful I'm alive

It's like I'm always battling with pride

I stifle sighs. I'm tired of running from the things I keep inside

The mirror staring back see the reflection never lies

Yo, end of a decade, end of an era

What can I tell ya? Reflecting on all of my failures

All of my victories, lessons I learned 'em. The tables, yeah, I overturned 'em

I severed some ties but the bridges intact. Felt there was no need to burn 'em

Time's an illusion, they say. 2012 we moved from the UK

I remember getting pissed at my parents still but home is home so you say

Oh you gon' love it (Mm-hmm), Oh you'll be fine (Well, okay)

Said that everything was cool but how I wanted to stay

Cause the things I saw on TV kinda shaped my views on Africa

Sad to say that the media misrepresents the diaspora

Start to feel like an outsider, stupid questions they asking ya

Classmates made fun of me 'cause I struggled with the vernacular

That's everyone but my 3 homies, yeah, I made friends for life

It's cause of you that my love for making this music came to life

Long, long way that I came from, I still got love for my day ones

I swear down if you ever need something from me just tell me, say nun

Check it. 2014 I'm balling. Form 3, really starting to settle

My body going through changes now I speak with less of the treble

Man's got a bit of bass now, testestorone in my vessels

Boarding school builds character so that's the year I switched levels

Listen graduated in '16 took a gap year on the low

Spent the next year playing football I came this close to going pro

Meanwhile they all pressured me "Yo, when you going university?"

All the while I was making music as happy as I've prolly ever been

2018 I'm in Turkey I'm in uni now

They say you growing man you no longer a juvenile

I seen some things that year, wish they could disappear

From memory, but these are reminders of everything I should not be

International student, engineering first year weren't easy

Nothing like high school. Over here A*s ain't shit believe me

Natural selection, you either adapt or you lose

I came this side on a scholarship so I feel like there's something to prove

2019 was hard I lost my cousin, then my aunt

Made some choices that were wrong then paid the price with broken hearts

But I try my best not to dwell on things that I cannot change

Cause doing so's like prison, it's like choosing to put on chains

Who am I to be giving advice? I am but a student of life

So take it or leave it, I could care less whether you think I'm wrong or I'm right

Grow through what you go through. This is my only advice

Take it or leave it, that's on you I'm just a guy with a mic

So, lemme use this mic, sit back and listen as I flow

Had these thoughts up in my mind I felt the need to let you know

Sip some water, mind your business if it's toxic then it goes

Man, opinions never facts we take them in then let them go

There are things that I have seen and I'm just thankful I'm alive

It's like I'm always battling with pride

I stifle sighs. I'm tired of running from the things I keep inside

The mirror staring back, see the reflection never lies