The Essence - Giggs

They were blocking bare

But now I’m rocking here on a rocking chair

Yeah, the block is here, yeah, the block is here

At the top of stairs, nigga, Rocky’s here

Self-centred

Everybody tell me that I’m self-centred

But they ain’t got a fucking clue

Another nigga gone, that’s like the twelfth sentence

Changes

Shit’s much different from the dangers

Shit looks different from the neighbours

Yeah, shit’s much different, it was dangerous

That was man’s bredrin, now we’re strangers

We pop, bang, serve a nigga saviours

I watched man begging «nigga, save us»

And that man’s never put in wages

I’m mentally fucked

I’m mentally scarred, I’m meant to be up

I’m meant to be high, I’m meant to be chuffed

Fam, I fought for my life, I’m mentally stuck

Man, I jump out my chair, you’re mentioning Buck

They just lock niggas up, they sent for the cuffs

Had to call up my girl and sent for my stuff

Fam, the day I walked out, it went through my guts

So in charge

Everybody’s watching, nigga, so it starts

Everybody’s watching, thinking 'Oh, we’re stars'

Everybody’s showing cards

But that’s that

Cause man’s just pussy like a black cat

And man’s just looking like a flash chap

DSquared jacket and a flash cap

I’m made for this

I came for that, I paid for this

I changed for this

I never left, I stayed for this

Fucking hell

I do this for my niggas that are stuck in jail

I do this for my niggas that got up and fell

I do this for my brothers, nigga, fuck a cell

Lord, thank you for your blessing, man

Every bloody morning, nigga gotta get that blessing, fam

Gotta bring that message, fam

Peanut butter sticky, get me out that messy jam

Them Giuseppe shoes won’t delay that speshy bang

We was them Peckham dudes, jumping out like Peckham man

Old school

Smoking on that Method Man

Man was in the trap working all long, it was late

You was in a bar, out with a blonde and her mate

Bag of dots in the whip, it was on, it was bait

Man would quickly pass through, say I’m gone and I skate

I was sleeping before, now it’s on, I’m awake

I ain’t asking for nothing, I want it, I take