First Time

It's so funny 'cause I remember thinking
Like, how's this guy gonna be in person?
Like, if you were gonna be any different, you know?
But honestly, you're just as I imagined
Like, this very laid-back, cool, calm and collected nigga
And I was, I was surprised still
On that day and I'm glad we had the conversation that we did
'Cause we spoke about some real shit
And to be honest, the way that your brain works, it's very different
Very unique and I felt like I knew you for like years and years
And you were like my long-time crodie
And you have this ability to make people feel comfortable right off the bat
I remember leaving that day feeling inspired

They say that there's a first time for everything
Bro died and I was in jail when they buried him
The first time I went to prison, it was for some robberies
I thought I hit the belly but his Rollie wasn't genuine
A pig will give you pelicans so first rule is we don't tell the gelatin anything
First time I did a crop, it wasn't picture editing
First met in school, she was the prettiest I ever seen
Last time I saw her, she was tryna score some heroin
Was running on adrenaline
Look how far we made it, well, depends on how you're measuring
Was too young to understand the beef we was inheriting
Was cherishing the wrong things like how I ran through every spin
But it was with nine bine, the first time I peppered skin
Don't make them niggas gas you up, they'll come and turn you kerosene
First time I fucked a cougar, funny, she wore leopard print
I ain't at the top but this the furthest up I've ever been

My first gun was very big
We started off as phone jackers, Terry Tibbs
Still can't believe they gave him twenty-six
I miss you bro, I hope you know that I still look at every pic
I still look at every vid, teardrops and everything
My first love wasn't love, to keep it P, she played me foul
It's crazy how I'm getting paid for every time they play me now
They played me down like it don't take a phone call to paint the town
First Rollie five figs, they'll shoot you for the same amount
I first met my sister in visitation
Did a bait ting, look how time flies, isn't it amazing?
First time I went to country, it was in a taxi
But mum reported me missing, said I'm off the railings
But when the door knocks and she said "Hope that's not the bailiffs"
How can I sit around? That's convo done, I'm not debating
Must be stuck in this chapter 'cause I've turned lots of pages
And when I'm out, it'll be my first time in lots of places

Are you fucking mad? I remember you and your little brother
Pulling up by killers on BMX's
The BMX's were fucking bigger than you man bruv
Tryna hustle man out of a pound and this and that
Talking about "Man wants weed", this and that
I don't even know how old you was but the bikes were bigger than you ski"

The game's rigged if we don't finish first place
Free YM, mum took us Star City every birthday
The worst phase is when she worked two jobs, no babysitter
Had to bring us with her everywhere on her first day
My first play when I get this money is to change our lives
Stayed up for nights, when my nigga died, that was the worst day
Did my first shaving, didn't even have pubic hair
Was tryna touch a pussy like I just got to the first base
First case, co-defendant turned into Gunna
Was a runner, now my Gucci outfit thirty-three hunna
Ask Munna, my first fifty bags was from selling mashes
Like if they catch me, they gon' try and give me thirty-three summers
Yo my first cheque was digital, got money I ain't even seen
First out on the first, out there sweeping fiends
Had lethal B like the grime artist and had stones too
That O flew, we did the unthinkable, Alicia Keys

Yeah, education corridor, Swinfen Hall
Alex says "This kid's special, man, I met him in Newtown" or some shit
At the end of the day, like I say, you're more connected
There was Muni and then Trappa
And then you spent about two weeks on my radio course man
Boy, yeah, some of the best jams come outta that shit man and
All I can say is I lost a whole heap of material but
Ah, if that was out in the public domain, man, I think, mmm
Yeah, that would be messy for the world
But anyway, that's how it went at Swinfen Hall