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[Verse 1]
(Ste) I thank myself everyday for getting out of bed
levelling trebles and beating these demons in my head
sincere,I've animosity deep within
coming down from last night seems to be a past sight
parasitic minds reaching cataclysmic heights
just the story of my life, I don't think about it twice
It's pretty basic, when your on a basis
where nothing else matters but the songs in a playlist
so give me that, let me go back to a bit of craic
cos' right now I'm lost or I'm loosing
and I don't know who to be choosing
battle my brain while I vanquish my thoughts
my anguish is lost, my language is false
never speechless now I just speak less cos'
it's pretty hard looking in the mirror when no one is looking back
only an empty room where walls and floors are painted black
open my eyes just to find I'm always dreaming
I don't plan to wake up,i don't want to wake up
[Hook]
So what is life?
fuck the gimmicks and the mimics in the lake that we swimming in
fuck your typical stereo, I'm not stereotypical
[Verse 2]
(Luke) If I lost a tooth for every time I've been rejected
I'd be a millionaire and the tooth fairy'd be in debt, bitch
she'd leave a key with me,by the bed
and leave it resting right beside my head
but as my spit drools to the floor
I unlock that bedroom door
just to see me, the old me , the one that's always lonely
the one who likes those girls who never like him back
the one who's got those friends who thinks his raps are whack
I wrote this rhyme in the back of class never pay attention
I guess it's too hard when your in this penitention
these plastic preachers robot teachers telling me bout X and Y
brainwash your mind so these kids don't ask them why
symbiosis is real, Syria is serious
Hitler killed for millions and Bush bombed for billions
we need to open up our minds stop man kind
but it's hard to see the truth when the lies got you blind
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2. |
JUDAS
02:46
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[Verse 1]
I'm about to go hard, hard sip the bottle
one shot till you drop that's not the motto
whether pretty, petite, sloppy, everybody get some toffee
cos' we rolling up the sticky blow your mind in a pop
I'm lying to the lot, re-writing the plot so the silence can stop
fuck competition, my acquisition of this rap business defies the lot
And this real life, I'll tell you how the shit feels like
my teeth white and there fake too
similar to these underweight gay crews
It's my place who, dare say not?
me and LG beats keeping feets on the floor
and defeat is a meeting that Ste has ignored...and I always will
[Hook]
I'm from that red, grey bricked place...so fuck you
where kids run free around the whole estate...so fuck you
24 hours no heads lay...so fuck you
yeah this is real life I'll tell you how it feel like...JUDAS
[Verse 2]
Underestimated? I'll show you underestimated
then I'll show the fear in your eyes and the bloodstain on the sheet from where you menstruated
I'm Judas with a hand grenade, sipping on some lucozade
blowing up your whole parade, a walking time bomb
stupid is as stupid does, cupid couldn't find me love
I'm away with the fairies in a beehive trying to catch a buzz
been a week since I last spoke, two weeks since a good day
watching night come, seeing light go
walking tightropes over vertebrae
so if I snap backs well then that's that
I've seen men come and watched mates fade
facing eight months for that court date
possession, aggressive assault.. normal shit around my way
so don't be surprised if you open eyes
and see this world there's no fairy tales
I grew up straight, due to birth rates
quickly increasing around the whole estate
ounces make you money if you got a green thumb
now let me tell you where I come from
[Hook]
I'm from that red, grey bricked place...so fuck you
where kids run free around the whole estate...so fuck you
24 hours no heads lay...so fuck you
yeah this is real life I'll tell you how it feel like...JUDAS
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3. |
Forgive Me
04:34
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[Bridge]
sick and tired of hearing about what your gna do
behind the glass doors its just me and my crew
throwing rocks, pebbles, smashing crashing hard from the drop
it's harder to stop when the bars are unlocked (x2)
[Hook]
No I don't run from shit
or I never dodge any obstacles that be in my way
If you think I'm running my mouth
I'll look you dead in your eyes and say just what I wanna say (x2)
[Verse 1}
Might as well face it I'm addicted to tearing apart
so many fools in this playlist so where do I start?
They're speaking about how they feel it and they have the heart
the type of clowns made stay in late after the dark
or whatever's necessary, I'm bludgeoning your message every
time that I decide to decipher these insights I'm very
scary..no, matter of fact I'm overdue
the type of chap to breath over your back and poke at you
sitting down trying to dig all the way to Asia
only about 7 digging, I was contemplating
mass murdering teachers and being my own creator
then Columbine occurred only a couple hours later
truth, always told I have a couple screws loose
my ears will fall off and my eyes will begin to spew juice
these Blues clues keep my on the track that I am following
Alcohol, drugs, money problems the lot of it
my council estate ways.. shit you can blame um
an everyday nightmare I've no plans of changing
I fell asleep with the birds and woke up on a cliff
stage dived off the curb and landed on a spliff
[Hook]
No i don't run from shit
or I never dodge any obstacles that be in my way
if you think i'm running my mouth
i'll look you dead in your eyes and say just what I wanna say (x2)
[Verse 2]
this the anthem, fuck a feeling at ransom
sucking diesel I plan to perish your understanding
of what you thought, or at least what you think you thought
I keep it raw mind fucking the deepest part
of every intellectual capable of keeping up
who's believing in us?
fuck a train of thought I'm on top of a Dublin bus
its a must I express, every bit of anger that I've always felt but I trust
in myself to maintain the strangest and calmest ego
where the fuck Ste go? My life's a placebo
lying to myself for a bit of self respect
but I can't expect what's gna happen next
cos life has me feeling stressed,
so I puff my chest and take the deepest breath
before i plunge to the deepest depth
trying to relieve stress seeing this fiend undress
I'm trying to be bigger than I thought I'd be
larger than life yeah shit that was always me
give me a room and a handful of matches
I'll burn the place down to the ground you fucking bastards
[Hook]
No i don't run from shit
or I never dodge any obstacles that be in my way
if you think i'm running my mouth
i'll look you dead in your eyes and say just what I wanna say (x2)
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4. |
Recollect
02:40
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[Verse 1]
As I walk through the alley of the midnight scene
past a rusted oul' Raleigh as the bottles gleam
i don't pause for a second as my reflection passes me in a TV screen
we were some kids with guns, supersoakers and pellets
buying Freddos and some Haribo , no grams on credit
in bedded in my bed who said it that the youth shall flourish
no choices only voices pure nature over nourish
I try protect myself, this serotonin in my veins can't collect itself
for more than 48 hours and that's the truth whether artificial or true
cos the hardest part of the day is finding one something to do
I never thought i would lose, my will power is loose
so don't be surprised if i'm toking that spliffy right after..you
talking about my generation...wasted
[Hook]
Somebody tell me am I wrong?
for thinking these thoughts and lighting this bong
tell me am I wrong ?
for growing up quick and not being kids
.....
tell me am i wrong?
for thinking these thoughts and lighting this bong
tell me am I x2
[Verse 2]
I was left to ponder every good situation squandered
constant nonsense repeated very often
this is all a product which the age we were brought up
14, girls sippin' on blue Wkd bottles
a crucifix around the neck not to remind me of Christ
but rather to keep me minted when my collars were high
and now we're flat out on everything,everything
bad choices we made are sticking with us like a wedding ring
are sticking with us like a wedding ring
i never pray cos' i don't want to hear the angels sing
looking for ourselves in the end of a botlle,
or a glass pipe or a pill small enough to swallow
small enough to swallow,
in above my head when the waters still shallow
when the waters still shallow..
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6. |
Hindsight (Interlude)
03:57
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[Verse 1]
I'm in the lab with a paintbrush
Christ reborn due to state funds
I don't pay tax, like I don't pay respect
I got a short fuse but i'm not trying to make a threat
nah said I'm not trying to make a threat
I swear this music shit is me trying to invent
vision a silhouette with colour now your on my level
who's calling shots its a double if its on my table
[Hook]
One time, one time hindsight keeps my third eye blind
and who am I? who am I?
caught in a maze while i'm trapped in my mind x2
just rock with it, just rock with it
just rock with , lean back take a shot with it
[Verse 2]
Look I only smoke weed when i need to
and I need to please believe me please just feel me
I know its easy to be seasoned when your spitting salty
i'm selling stolen goods and swearing that that shit ain't faulty
halting life as we know it,
coffee stains on the pad life of a poet
i'm the voice of a growing mass pissed off by controlling
caged in like gorillas in the mist
but i must have missed the part
where they blew our fucking minds open
look for me I done tried hoping
trying to play this at my funeral and preach it to the eulogy
i'm speaking to my maker acting like its just you and me
[Hook]
One time, one time hindsight keeps my third eye blind
and who am I? who am I?
caught in a maze while i'm trapped in my mind x2
just rock with it, just rock with it
just rock with , lean back take a shot with it
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7. |
1995
03:05
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[Verse 1]
I was eleven with the world in my hands
I had the world at my feet, in a pair of Airmax
knock in at noon everyday for the whole summer
only knocks on a door, fuck a phone number
outside waiting on Kearney for an hour at least
look in the window and he'd have a can of coke and a feast
and i was hoping that we'd be playing ball by one
looking back at everything we did, twas all for fun
whether knick knacking, playing curbs or rounders with a tennis racket
in the middle of the road, the bases were on the path it
was a fine crew we assembled,
playing IRA till midnight it was mental
....it was mental, not one of us had yet grown to our full potential
all we had on our minds, over half of the time
was where we going hide or who we trying find
[Hook]
Cos i was born in 1995 man how about you?
where the single mothers scream at the ever aging youth
looking for something to do ...
Cos i was born in 1995 man how about you ?
where the single mothers scream at the ever aging youth
looking for something to do
we're all looking for something to do
[Verse 2]
I woke up to smell the roses and inhaled toxic fumes
the topic in my optic was truth
in the cockpit i'm dropping atomic bombs when i spitfire
its ironic i'm demonic when i spit fire
looking back at my youth I wouldn't have changed shit
I would have broke more windows and never replace it
I would have thrown more bangers, threw up more fingers
ran from more Gards pretend to pull more triggers
my first encounter with a girl had me feeling nauseous
i approached her and done what i was told to
tilt my head to the side, put my hands on her ass
and move my tongue in a way that felt nice
I... purely believed the boys were all i need if i wanna succeed
oh how i was wrong indeed
trying to rule the roost i crashed proceeding at this light speed
[Hook]
Cos i was born in 1995 man how about you?
where the single mothers scream at the ever aging youth
looking for something to do ...
Cos i was born in 1995 man how about you ?
where the single mothers scream at the ever aging youth
looking for something to do
we're all looking for something to do
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8. |
I Feel Good
03:06
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[Hook]
I feel good / I feel real right here
I feel good / I feel real right here (x2)
[Verse 1]
It's been a while since I felt like this
I'm trying to make memories so I can reminisce
I only check my vital signs when i'm revitalized, i'm still breathing
another reason to maintain my believing in life as it is
this is the shit, pack of burgers and a barbeque
and don't forget the tins, there is no better than this
i'm even smiling, it's worth my while when
my boys are right here beside me look,
if your my brother all I ask is never lie to me
I know my brothers and i know they'd fucking die for me
I wake up every morning with a headache
I'd give away a lot just to get my mind straight
i'm sick and tired of going out getting wasted
spending fifty quid getting mashed off my face it's
time to embrace it and make up for losses created
from now on all i'm saying is
[Hook]
I feel good / I feel real right here
I feel good / I feel real right here (x2)
[Verse 2]
If ignorance is bliss then I must of founded peace of mind
cos' there's nothing but clear thoughts in this speech of mine
an adultescent trying to fathom these questions
like why am I obsessed with finding the essence of life
sometimes the only essence i need
comes in the form of compressed skins filled with weed
I get high to escape my reality
not to get by, nah fuck it that's insanity
the fruits of my labour are food for thought
so i feel good when i receive crude remarks
my confidence is high, high as it will ever go
got a girl who loves me and knows me more than i'll ever know
i'm grateful to have a plate full
every Sunday in my nans for nearly two centuries now
i'm not yet proud to be me,
but for the first time in a while... i feel
[Hook]
I feel good / I feel real right here
I feel good / I feel real right here (x2)
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9. |
Solitude
04:23
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[Verse 1]
I woke up in the belly of the beast with an appetite for picking fights,
hungry for some pussy now you better check your kittens rights
finger banging with mittens on that's irrational
i'm raising eyebrows while i'm trying to think tactical
my mind set's galactical, redirected the path I chose
i'm a rapper with enough common sense to see
there's blood in the air, there's blood everywhere
a room full of kings with eyes imminent to tear
my divine rights unquestionable bitch don't make assumptions
before i smash your head and carve your brain out like a pumpkin
preserve the right to indirectly disinfect your intellect
in other words, i'm taking your brain away from that dumb shit
I pray i never cum quick, in some dumb bitch
and have to pay child support every month its,
scary to think i'm grown up now.... fuck it
[Hook]
Cos' when i turn i'm alone with these demons in my dome
trying to find myself in anywhere but home (x2)
[Verse 2 ]
So who the fuck give a fuck? so ambiguous
no coke sniffing cos' i'm stone cold sick of buzz
only dope spliffin when the bros with him
you can look around to see that there's no hope in him
and I inspire to fly higher than an eagle, man
and drop hotter shit than a seagull after eating ten burritos
this is neither, hip-hop nor music
only life lessons for those willing to use it
melancholy moods keep mellowing my dome
streptococcal throat keeps mystifying my tone
i'm alone in this world, i'm controlling your girls
i'm infesting your ears while i'm toking this herb
and I could say don't do drugs to the kids but what would that do?
cos' no one likes a hypocrite talking at you
my hearts still as a statue
it's missed more beats than a deaf rapper
[Hook]
Cos' when i turn i'm alone with these demons in my dome
trying to find myself in anywhere but home (x2)
[Verse 3]
Motherfuck your feelings, feeling like a menace
I need to replenish my commandments so I care less
I keep it uptight like a hair net focused on my foes
feeling a need to spit on this beat , a tissue for my nose
give me the mic you don't deserve shit
stomp your face in the earth shit
staying sweet like Hershey's
while i'm probing all you earthlings
they say cash rules everything around me
if I tell you suck a left nut i'm not talking about cashews uuuuhhh
to be honest i'm just pissed,
sipping liquor till my liver has a hiccup, bitch
I never expect anything, romancing with Charles Manson on a balcony
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Ste Byrne Bray, Ireland
Talented, misunderstood and piss poor but hey, at least i'm Irish. 95 is the birth year, Late Night Kings is the lifestyle. And that's that!
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