I'm a half-Yorùbá, half-Igbo man

so way before Abraham, peace be upon him

My tribe were eatin' deep in the forest

this ain't the shit they'll teach you in college

I know it's my strong sense of identity is

why they find it hard to stand next to me

Cah without the jewellery, the cars

and the clothes, I'm still that nigga, respectfully

And that's how it's always been

Ever since I was a teen, like Martin, I had a dream

To be the first guy from the North side in the RWD Magazine

'Cause I'm not an MC, I'm a locksmith

I spit bars and I open doors

And I don't want a "Thank you" from a young G

it's your world, nigga, have it, it's yours

Usually, I don't speak in public, but I got a lot to say

I been in denial, but not today

It was 2008 when I lost my way

I remember when I was rollin' deep

then Wiley gave me the "Rolex" beat

I should've said, "No, thank you

don't need to make pop money to see my Rolex sweep"

Still, I can't blame anyone

I was a big man past the age of twenty-one

I fucked up the greatest run

underdog psychosis had me hatin' everyone

Homeless, livin' in my head all day

livin' my life in a revengeful way

How much LSD can I take (You know what I mean?)

To make the time— (How about school, and like)

Disappear (You face—)

And go away? (To face reality, you know what I mean?)

You face reality

Like, all that shit they was tryna teach

me in school was fucking bullshit, man

I'm out here, I'm out hereE mc²

I know—

I wish that I knew what I know now when I was younger

I don't think I would've had social media

Or a phone number, I woulda had a different structure

See, survivor's guilt leads to trauma bondin'

that's how the ship goes under

I let myself down, tryna please everyone else

I was losin' my hunger

Left it all behind, then I dropped Blacklisted

and I was one step closer

Instead of coverin' American beats

we gon' need to go out there to win them over

I heard Virgil's playin' "German Whip"

so Fashion Week, I was there on the strip

Waited outside the club for an hour

fuck Skepta, I was there in the mix

Had an epiphany standin' in the queue

At that point, I knew exactly what to do

I looked over there, I see a guy with spiky hair

Had a chat with a random girl (So nice to meet you)

She had silver nails to match the silver flares

nobody judge, nobody cares (Haha)

So who am I?

Oh, yeah, I'm the tracksuit guy

Soon as I got back to London, I got back to grime

Made the "That's Not Me" beat

hit Jme like, "Yo, it's action time"

Yeah, I'm in America, borrowin' money off Critical

man, I gotta big up my soldier

Where would I be if BWP never

'lowed me to sleep on the sofa?

Toured the world off three singles

then I came back home with a chip on my shoulder

Every day, it was shades and grills

my time, now it's time to take over

Look at my face at the Mercury

knowin' that should've been me way before thirty

Why do I need anyone's certification

when I'm already certi'?

BBK had the blueprint early

how many years have my crew been certi'?

There was no more time to waste, man

I had to cut everyone off, and it hurt me

419, yeah, we cracked the code

and any time I want, I get back in that mode

'Cause nobody cares about your old-school hits

them plaques, they're gatherin' mould

You know anything I touch turns to gold

so I'm tryna get the album packaged and sold

They think it's funny, I think I'm a Top Boy

haha, that's a joke that will never get old

And that's why, that's why these people love listenin' to

you know, the rap music and stuff (Greaze)

Because a lot of people would say

"Ah, it's the rap that influences what's happenin'

"but it's not (Ice)

It's what's happenin' that influences the raps (Brrt, brrt)

Because if we weren't goin' through it

We wouldn't be rappin' about it

And it's like, that's why these people

out here are listenin' to this rap music

because they finally feel that there's

someone out there that relates to them