Cover art for Wish You Were Here by Skepta

Wish You Were Here

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Feb. 2, 20191 viewer21.1K views

Wish You Were Here Lyrics

[Intro]
How many times? (Wow, wow, wow)
Go on then (Wow, wow, wow)
(Brr, brr)
Yeah

[Chorus]
You said you were my brother but you weren't there
Came to squash beef but you weren't there
Came to your party, you weren't there
Came to your house and you weren't there

Came a long way from trappin' in the bando
When I was on the road, fam, you weren't there
Look up in the sky, that's me goin' clear
All that talk about clash, that's air
Said you were my brother but you weren't there
Came to squash beef but you weren't there
Came to your party, you weren't there
Came to your house and you weren't there

Came a long way from trappin' in the bando
When I was on the road, fam, you weren't there
Look up in the sky, that's me goin' clear
All that talk about clash, that's air

[Verse 1]
Yeah, please don't talk about war
Man, I got no heart, show you about war
Lookin' in your eyes, I can see you're not sure
How you come to the block when you know I'm on tour?
Verbalist, you love chattin' online
Yeah, you went jail, tell man what for
Pussyole ting, can't celebrate that
Stop tryna glorify wasteman things
Big business when my telephone rings
Old school beef, no, I ain't got time
Old school friends know I ain't got time
Life goes on, man, I can't rewind
Yeah, I praise the Lord, and I shine
Suck whose mum, can't be chattin' 'bout mine
Full control, can't waste my energy
Them MCs are just too bad mind
[Chorus]
Said you were my brother but you weren't there
Came to squash beef but you weren't there
Came to your party, you weren't there
Came to your house and you weren't there

Came a long way from trappin' in the bando
When I was on the road, fam, you weren't there
Look up in the sky, that's me goin' clear
All that talk about clash, that's air

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
Yeah, just admit it
Nobody did it like I did it
Produced my own beats, I think of my own lyrics
Could have kept it all to myself but I split it
Man are so ungrateful, man are so wicked
When I'm on stage, move your hand from the mic
Guess I'ma give it when I'm finished
Man said he wants to talk, I'm like, "Is it?
DM, 'cause I'm not givin' you my digits" (Mmm)
And it's likely I might've ignored it
'Cause by now I think the talkin' is borin'
More time I leave a bullshit message on read
Just to make a nigga see that I saw it
All the chit chatter get a nigga nowhere
Diss big smoke, now you're gettin' nightmares
All I ever hear is this year's my year
But you never turn up, I know you don't really care
But Jam was there, Lay was there
Em was there, Donner was there
Ayo was there, Sister was there (Yeah)
Dad was there (Yeah), Lash was there (Yeah)
Decks was there, Stage was there (Yeah)
Mike was there, Dex was there
Even Ghetts was there
That's Movement

Boy Better Know, my G, I really wish you were here
[Chorus]
Said you were my brother but you weren't there
Came to squash beef but you weren't there
Came to your party, you weren't there
Came to your house and you weren't there

Came a long way from trappin' in the bando
When I was on the road, fam, you weren't there
Look up in the sky, that's me goin' clear
All that talk about clash, that's air
Said you were my brother but you weren't there
Came to squash beef but you weren't there
Came to your party, you weren't there
Came to your house and you weren't there

Came a long way from trappin' in the bando
When I was on the road, fam, you weren't there
Look up in the sky, that's me goin' clear
All that talk about clash, that's air

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Genius Annotation

“Wish You Were Here” is a diss towards fellow grime MC and Boy Better Know associate Wiley. The Wiley & Skepta beef is a spin-off from the Wiley & Dizzee Rascal beef, largely coming out due to Skepta’s apparent closeness to Dizzee Rascal.

In late 2018, Wiley sent shots at Skepta via Instagram, and in November 2018 Wiley made the “Flip The Table” diss, partially directed at Skepta.

This is not the first time Wiley and Skepta have battled on the mic. Back in 2008/9, Wiley and Skepta exchanged disses between each other, such as Skepta’s “In The Country” and Wiley’s “Barnet”. They have, however, for the most part, been on friendly terms throughout their careers.

Q&A

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What did Skepta say about "Wish You Were Here"?
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Did Wiley reply?
Genius Answer

Wiley replied on the 27th February 2019, with “Don’t Bread Me”.

Where was this initially released?
Genius Answer

The track was premiered on Capital XTRA’s radio show, hosted by Tim Westwood.

Tim enthusiastically reloaded the track repeatedly whilst commenting over it, resulting in a humorous remark by Wiley on Twitter:

Westwood why u such a pagan maaaaaan Jesus Christ

‘Pagan’ is London slang for a backstabber or liar.

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February 2, 2019
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