[00:08.92] Knife crimes is near a record high [00:11.42] With more than 40 blade offenses every day in London [00:15.85] At a youth club in South London [00:17.42] Not far from where someone was stabbed less that 24 hours ago [00:21.36] He outlined a direct link between violent crimes, social exclusion and austerity [00:26.30] A study by City Hall found that London has seen [00:28.89] An increase of 71 percent in victims of serious youth violence since 2012 [00:35.16] The Mayor says this is linked to an increase in poverty [00:38.29] And the highest rates of violence take place in some of the poorest boroughs [00:41.89] Look, I bet them boys think I'm panickin' [00:43.95] Check what my young Gs are carrying [00:45.54] His blade, same length as a javelin [00:47.34] I don't know about B-ball or what's happenin' [00:49.74] But know that it's fucked if he travellin' and we see him [00:52.54] I can't lie, I was depressed at phases [00:54.38] I was 19 when the team nearly left him faceless [00:57.24] Hopin' that we never left no traces [00:59.01] You know when you're so damn tired in your house [01:01.57] But you can't sleep cah you got pendin' cases [01:03.52] I used to love temptin' fate, but now it's temptin' faces [01:06.93] For half my career I was part of that [01:09.05] My best friend got a burner, and it's lookin' like an artifact [01:11.76] Put it in your puffer or your Prada hat [01:13.87] Like fuck panic, that's a heart attack [01:19.89] Yeah, it's like, life so fucked in the time that we're in [01:22.98] We're fightin' the world, and we're fightin' within [01:25.32] Somali dad ran away from a war [01:27.42] Now his son's in a war, that's the cycle we're in [01:30.08] I know niggas that didn't do time in a bin [01:32.38] That have never had freedom of mind, are you sick? [01:34.60] 'Round here main way to provide for your kin [01:36.70] Is in a flick blade, little push-bike and a sim [01:39.46] In London, a place where it's nicer to live [01:41.83] Is only five minutes out from the guys on the strip [01:44.26] Where man make yay' work, heard he's a soldier [01:46.82] I know that nigga hasn't got balls like Grey Worm [01:49.15] As I grow older, change of perspective [01:51.45] I gotta stay loyal to my girl, that's the trait she was blessed with [01:54.38] Restaurants, raves with my bredrins [01:55.97] Life's too short, so we gotta turn up [01:58.36] Man talk on my ting for the 'Gram, it's intrusive [02:00.97] I never really thought 'bout taking a life [02:03.36] 'Til I found out my ex-girl's dad is abusive [02:05.62] I felt, "How could I be man and not do shit?" [02:08.31] I'm on the way there now, and I don't wanna lose it [02:10.45] But fightin' her battle's only hurtin' the girl [02:13.24] How can I protect her from the world [02:14.89] When I couldn't even protect her from myself? [02:17.25] On my grandmother's grave, shit happens again [02:19.89] I put a knife through a family friend [02:21.42] Most the women that I know had shit happen to them [02:23.88] So innocent 'til guilty, ain't somethin' I have to respect [02:26.93] I think back to my youth and I was so ungrateful [02:29.88] How many of our parents had dreams they abandoned [02:32.35] So they could put food on the table? [02:34.23] Intelligent, worthy and able, that's somebody's parent [02:38.37] You know? [02:39.47] And that affected the way that I see shit [02:41.85] Nightclub toilet, you peed on the seat [02:43.66] 'Cause you don't know how it feels when your mom's gotta clean shit [02:46.36] And her boss treats her like she don't even mean shit [02:48.45] And she gotta wait for the bus in the rain and it's freezin' [02:51.56] And Miss said that you would never be shit [02:53.12] And you don't wanna cry about dad, but you need him [02:55.79] I grew up so fucked, but I didn't even deep it [02:57.83] I'm numb to the feelin' of grievin' [02:59.65] And man gettin' birded [03:01.24] African moms on the floor, just screamin' [03:03.38] It's mad cah I try so hard [03:04.93] Death's got to be easy, cah life's so hard [03:07.22] I was 12 wishin' that I was a white man, hard [03:09.64] Cah if I was then they probably wouldn't life mans darg [03:12.20] I was dead broke, fam, I couldn't swipe mans card [03:14.38] And time might pass, but I still gotta stay with it [03:16.97] It wasn't his beef, but I see him try claimin' it [03:19.32] That's why he caught a bullet with another man's name on it [03:21.93] Now he can't do leg day or put strain on it [03:24.22] Every time you hear me freestyle, I put pain in it [03:26.51] I used to wonder, "Does God have favorites?" [03:29.09] Touch me, it's dangerous, I wouldn't play with it [03:31.41] 'Cause you can go sleep, and have a different type of wake for it [03:33.83] I miss my dawgs, unstable [03:35.37] You violate Chris? Then rah, turn Chris Benoit [03:38.25] Have him hit from far, nah [03:39.92] Fill 'em up with bricks and glass, nah [03:41.42] My young Gs will grip, then blast [03:42.98] Have you tried in the street? Fuck findin' my feet [03:45.09] I could ride, but it's better when I'm ridin a beat [03:47.70] My emotions are peak, it ain't a sign of defeat or the weak [03:50.13] I would've - you, then cried in my sleep [03:52.36] Dropped Juss two racks and told him "Buy the machine" [03:54.96] I'm LeBron in Miami, I provide for the heat [03:56.99] God strike me if I'm lyin', I ain't cryin' in this beef [03:59.52] Unless the tears comin' tatted on the side of my cheek [04:01.68] I provide for my peeps, the Lamb' white in the seats [04:04.38] So I'm literally a wolf disguised in a sheep [04:06.76] You have five figure dreams, I have five figure sleep [04:09.03] Five hours more than enough time that I need [04:11.43] Man want a fair fight, but I ain't on it when I see him [04:13.74] Fuck honour, this revolver is onomatopoeic [04:16.17] Let it "Stut-tut-tut-tut-tut-tut-ter" when you see him [04:18.75] Free Scalez, Free C and free my niggas 'til I see 'em [04:20.89] I wouldn't wanna be him [04:22.49] My old Gs roamin', I don't need a Colosseum [04:25.43] You see it? [04:27.06] So I'm playin' it good, let hood politics stay in the hood [04:29.60] Fuck the internet, you see this new generation [04:32.27] The Insta beefin' and I ain't into speakin' [04:34.68] When I duck down [04:35.61] I had him runnin' in a lift like he missed a meetin' [04:38.57] There's no good reason to risk your freedom [04:40.40] The yutes dem snitch and bitches sneakin' [04:43.25] She don't wanna talk 'bout friendships [04:44.84] She just wanna deal with the pipe like I'm fixin' leakin' [04:47.75] And sleep with a legend like Chrissy Teigen [04:49.97] Where I'm from, the word "Life" has a different meanin' [04:52.38] Man smile in your face, but them niggas schemin' [04:54.94] Try involve me in a flakey dealin' [04:57.58] Sistine Chapel, I'ma paint the ceilin' [04:59.87] I been violated and I hate the feelin' [05:01.99] That's why nowadays man hates the preachin' [05:04.53] We smile in the visit, cah we ain't defeated [05:06.63] The Supreme Court's where my mates appealin' [05:08.98] I can't breed that girl, that's torture [05:11.06] South London, it's just slags on the corner [05:13.42] And influencers tryna bag them a baller [05:16.07] She a gold-digger, I can tell from her aura [05:18.02] Her socials say princess, she a pauper [05:20.46] When it's time for it, need more for my daughter [05:22.71] Call me a talker, but man are gettin' lined like lambs in the slaughter [05:26.67] It's life-threatening and I can tell from the borer [05:28.73] Cut through a nigga like a knife though flora [05:31.36] Feds got the guys on a case and they stalk us [05:33.86] It's conspiracy like tinfoil hats and a new world order [05:37.21] Touch me, better have a life insurer [05:39.89] Blood thirsty, I got sharks in the water [05:41.63] And trust me, I know a killer whale, no orca [05:46.52] Have you ever seen a nightmare brought to life? [05:48.97] Where I'm from, you get cheffed on a normal night [05:51.02] Men talk on my name, but it's porkie pies [05:53.43] I really put it in a prick like a porcupine [05:56.34] Little bro wanna save for a .45 [05:58.03] Go board a flight, there's more to life [06:00.79] Yutes on the M6 all the time [06:03.19] We don't need TFL for a northern line [06:05.19] All the best politicians been taught to lie [06:07.76] Where do they buy cocaine when they're snorting white? [06:10.26] Are their dealers safe or on the borderline? [06:12.63] It's ironic, 'cause we don't where to draw the line [06:14.94] Man see Blue Story, they're mortified [06:17.34] Man see Scarface and it's glorified [06:19.72] 'Cause when you're black, everything gets scrutinized [06:21.87] That's why they call it "Urban", it gets euphemized [06:24.48] South London, man are gettin' euthanized [06:26.80] I see a yutes demise, I wasn't too surprised [06:28.94] He got soaked but his right hand scuba dived [06:31.20] Don't die by a sword that you used to shine [06:33.97] You can drown for your king, you don't know about Ophelia [06:36.96] Cah we got iron, I don't know about anaemia [06:38.57] I took the hard road, we don't know 'bout the easier [06:41.47] One bag of whores and drug paraphernalia [06:43.43] When ends got sticky, had a flicky with Emelia, I mean Olivia [06:46.80] This ain't Libya, this ain't Syria [06:49.43] You act sillier, we let it seep in your skin like Nivea [06:52.70] Who wants to be a millionaire? I won it [06:55.02] Never done a gameshow or trivia [06:56.93] I done Wandsworth, Erlestoke visitor [06:59.24] I done Springhill, Grendon, Swinfen, Whitemoor, Swaleside, Brixton visitor [07:03.44] I done M-way trips, done shit that I wished I never did [07:06.31] Becah I could have been a prisoner [07:07.66] Is this the shit that appeals to the listeners? [07:09.98] Road ain't no amazing life [07:11.56] The ends full of snakes and jails, just a waste of time [07:14.29] I tell my young Gs "Take your time" [07:15.77] Fuck Jazz, you can really see a major nine [07:18.15] Yo, I'm so ashamed of how I used to get figures [07:20.78] Man sell you a dream like the road tings lit [07:22.84] And then they leave out the parts where you're burying your niggas [07:24.92] Or in jail, wonderin' who's puttin' dick in your Missus [07:27.22] I'm so fuckin' determined [07:28.38] I was in intensive care when I was born, mommy fell down the stairs [07:31.87] Whether I was gonna live or not was somethin' uncertain [07:34.24] I used the word "Fell", with the commas inverted [07:36.56] You see, growin' up I had it far from perfect [07:38.65] But nobody did, so I'm a normal person [07:41.04] I gotta be grateful, we all have demons and all see angels [07:44.70] Or maybe it's me [07:45.86] A black yutes more than a face on a screen [07:47.91] A number on a laptop or name on a sheet [07:50.27] We got stories to tell and got places to be [07:52.63] From my heart, that's the makin' of me [07:56.88] I was selling look, I was selling tomatoes [07:59.51] I sat pon my two hands [08:02.14] I struggled 'cause I didn't want to suffer again [08:07.52] I just wanted, it just make me so upset [08:16.31] Three times I tried [08:18.36] I went to Hannover, they sent me back [08:22.36] I tried so much, we have no say it here [08:26.25] I was in detention camps for months at the end, I didn't give up [08:30.51] I was not even 20 when I left Africa [08:34.07] I was determined to survive [08:36.12] I was determined to succeed [08:37.79] I didn't know anybody, nobody was ready to help me [08:40.83] Even when you were born [08:42.72] You were six weeks old, this one is not even Africa, it's this nation [08:47.18] I was on the streets for three years [08:50.29] I had three babies in my hand [08:51.80] Nobody let me in, nobody in this nation [08:56.21] I couldn't pay my rent, deported gangsters carried- [08:59.92] I didn't give up, I carried my babies everywhere [09:03.82] And now this is happening [09:05.40] Pay me back for all those pain that I go through [09:08.09] Every day, I'm in pain, I'm in pain, I'm in pain [09:11.16] You see what he's doing to me, you want to kill me, you want to kill me [09:16.76]