Babylon

That's only half of it Oi, yeah No fairytales in East London No fairytales inside the dungeon All of those lairy tales under the truncheons Babylon running us down all of a sudden Babylon running us down all of a sudden To be a young man (oi) Who would've thought this was planned The tangibles that you have to fathom I just made me a grand on a night on the rounds They just caught one of the lads I just see about ten man just jump in a van Cause they got one of 'em now This is how the lads round here play a bit o' tag, yeah Rude to a man so I can't hear no chat Bought me a belt so my pants do not sag No I don't take no phone calls from my dad Don't wanna hear, "How you, it's like we go back" F*ck all that Let my mate Josh out on the razmataz Out of the court with a pair of electronic tags All of the skeptics knew that we'd be back There's no fairytales in East London No fairytales inside the dungeon All of the lairy tales under the truncheon Babylon running us down all of a sudden Babylon running us down all of a sudden To be a young man To be a young man Oi, yo, oi Climbing out of the window to hang out with crew There grew my new family substitute Sitting in exclusion in and out the school That's where I first learned to break all the rules Couldn't hear from dad 'cause he just flew the coop All of our similarities make me puke At times I can't manage so I smoke zoots Trying be a man but I can't find the root All those cries that fell upon your deaf ears Me and the lads grew ourself with no peers And I still hang with them man, I still clang beers Two cans at Xmas, can't see a reindeer All those years that we rid out for attention Chilling on the corner with a can and a Benson There was no point 'cause I can't see your face If only leaving your voice in cyberspace Fairytales in East London No fairytales inside the dungeon All of those lairy tales under the truncheon Babylon running us down all of a sudden Babylon running us down all of a sudden To be a young man (To be a young man) To be a young man (So much to learn and so much to understand) To be a young man (Trying to gain the upper from the underhand) Babylon running us down all of a sudden Babylon running us down all of a sudden Daddy's voicemails Daddy's voicemails I started to stop listening to daddy's voicemails Feeling guilty Came down to the HMP to see me All them time meetings he's wondered, "Where is he?" How dare you come and play the victim No avail Daddy's voicemails Daddy's voicemails I started to stop listening to daddy's voicemails Feeling guilty Came down to the HMP to see me All them time meetings he's wondered, "Where is he?" Black boy failed All of your moist tales To be a young man To be a young man To be a young man Babylon Babylon