Cold Hearted World

Look
Bro I used to beg my mum for shoes now I got every colour forces
God planned this for me, I don't force it
Trenchfoot for real, I still step with the enforcements
Seen niggas bite their hands
Cus they ain't happy with their portions
I need a crib somewhere where it's gorgeous
And even then bro, I'm staying cautious
Can't let them in the fortress
Cause the voice in my head said "He think's I'm a rapper
He don't know that if he runs up then I'll put on a performance"
And bro will vouch he saw me wash my knife off in the basin
I'm many things but ain't complacent
Mum washed our clothes in the tub that we would bathe in
We really put belt to ass for any misbehavin'
You-you ain't slapped it broadday had to pickup casings
Cause if they nick you for it, you won't come home 'till your ancient
But when I lose my patience, I turn them into patients
Was home and away, I did it bait in front the neighbours
I grew in the zoo, they got Minnie in an A-Cat
The money from my tape went to niggas that have taped that
Straight facts from way back
When lighthouse was where we used to base at
I knew I'd find the needle in the haystack
You know I don't play that
I just played the hand that I was dealt
Take the M outta malone, they left me here all by myself
They gave my nigga life, and I still think about him
I sleep better knowing that I helped whenever I can help
And when, Villa sold Grealish, I was trialing for a burner charge
We stick together then we make it further darg
Furthermore, we're all going prison if they turn this car
She think that I'm sweet, she don't know we live a world apart
I curl my fingers into g's and I feel patriotic
Before they paid us money, niggas really paid us homage
I went to prison, year eight, I never made it college
Sundays it was pigeon and potatoes with some gravy on it
Praying on it
Cause I made a promise, tryna honour it
Forgive me Granny, I'm still learning how to build my tolerance
If they grab me with this stick then you don't know the origins
He was talking gangster 'till they peeled him like some oranges
Heard a big bang, Howard Wolowitz
He weren't on his block, so we brang him where his mother lives
Where i'm from they'll offer you a pack before a scholarship
I felt when Durk said I claim my sister and my brother's kids
I love the smiles on all their little faces when I got 'em gifts
Might not know a lot of things, but I know I got my sis
I put on for the trenches, I'm a communist
They'd rather choose clout over clarity
Then ask me what the problem is
You know how many losses I took cause of this?
I'm smiling in pictures they don't know I had to crop the pic
When no one else believed I stayed an optimist
Look how my life's transforming like Optimus
Just tryna make it home like Cleon on 'The Warriors'
It's a cold hearted world, y'know
Ain't no warmth out here my nigga man
Closest thing you get to that is your burner blud
You hear me?
Thinkin' people make it out like we fucking glamourised it
You hear me bro?
Giving them the straightest drop, bro
Like, what the fuck sounds fun about what man's rapping bro?
(Shh)