The Real Blue Story

Whoa, whoa It's mad, you know When I think about the journey You know the journey to where I am now To where I was just 18 months ago You know what I'm sayin'? I thank God Ayo, it's crazy how my life changed The things I used to do for fast change Now I'm gettin' bored of this fast Range Used to sell rocks but now I'm signed to the Roc And furthermore, let me start from the top (Aight, go) I went primary in Brockley Yeah, them times I lived in Brockley Back then, poverty would block me (Yeah) I couldn't move properly Other kids would tease and cuss But I just figured money wasn't for us (Trust) It's high school times and I wanna go Crofton All the kids in primary would talk about it often But mummy said no She said, "That ain't the right way to go" She said, "The kids, they have lost control" She'll find one of her own She found one in Camberwell right next to the Narm She checked the Ofsted report, so she thought it was calm But one thing that mummy didn't know Was the area we lived in where she wanted me to go (Damn) That they were in a postcode war and it was peak But mummy didn't know about the streets Ghetto Boys v. the Peckham boys On the roads making hella noise Turning South East into a jungle Five years of school, everything wasn't cool But that place there, man, it taught me how to rumble I left there smarter, I left there harder I left with no fear, man was ready for the Gaza (Truth) I started rolling with the mandem from my borough Deptford was my home, man, I repped the ends thorough Me, Pose', Risk and the rest of the batch I got the nickname Rapman, so I started reppin' with that And it started getting hot So me and Poser copped a wap I was famous on my ends way before you heard a rap Went to cop a nine-to-five but I couldn't save a rack Then I switched it up to squares but I couldn't count on that A little after that, that's when I started to trap Ant drop me a box and I never looked back (Never looked back) I done that for the longest years And I was praying every day that God Would come and help me switch up careers (Amen) Videos out every month, tryna get my name out (Stress) And I was scared to read the comments any time they came out (True) Are they gonna rate it? Are they gonna hate it? What am I gonna do just in case I didn't make it? (What will I do?) Man, fuck that, failure's not an option (Why?) Man's gonna make it, I just need the concoction (Just need that) They say I couldn't buzz with stories They said without radios and clubs, I wouldn't see any glory (Haha) But I knew that anybody that saw these Would soon understand all the blessings that God sent for me He soon sent me Shiro's Story and my life all changed Finally getting respect for my name Got a phone call from the homeboy James Said that I'm a black god and he wants to help me take on the game He put me on FaceTime with Jay Rudebwoy (Ayo, Jay) I was shocked, you should've seen my face A few months down the line, You already know I signed (You already know) Plus I signed my film deal, so my life was fine So now I'm signed to the Roc, plus my film's coming out Not bad for a black man that grew up in the ghetto of the South Man, I've come a long way from the trap days Stacking up a supermarket shelf was the whack days I never thought I'd be where I am To make sure I stay up, I'm doing all I can (All I can) Fam, I could've been dead, I could've been in the can Praises to the most high, it wasn't a part of the plan See, I kinda always knew that the roles wasn't for me Facts, no cap, the real blue story You already know