Real One

(Album: Miskeen - 2020)

Before I learned to swim I was paddling
Before I learned to pattern I was patterning
Before I was whizzing it
I was on the bike and I was saddling
My Uncle got cancer and he's battling
And I can't help battle it
It's not like the streets were
I put my hand on the handle then handle it
Shit's saddening
It's like bare shit's happening
It's crazy and it's damaging
And it's crazy how we're managing
I'll tell you what's happening
I'm getting high in the Hampton Inn
The pressure's high but I'm handling
We had [?] now it's dampening

Grateful for the progress
Used to run down the bus on some joke ting
I love my Mum yeah she a real one
The realest woman in the building
Yeah she's more than a Mum to me
So I thank you for everything you've done for me
You held me tight through the jungle
And when the feds came you didn't crumble
And even though you're a single Mum
You're my Dad, you're my friend, you're my Uncle
I remember as a young bull
You'd always pick me up when I stumbled
And you taught me to be patient
And you taught me to be brave and be humble
It was cold and it was raining
It wasn't work, you were slaving
Them twelve hour day shifts
And you put all the money into savings
A single Mum living shameless
While your Son's living brainless
You bailed me out of them stations
That's why I love you and you've got all my ratings
I love you

I don't hate my Dad but I don't like him
Cause I ain't nothing like him
How'd you leave your son? I was frightened
He ain't a man, you're a python
My Son's like my sun and my lightning
He's the reason I try more
He's my reason to live and to die for
He's the reason I try to abide law
Me and Mum through them winters
But we're blessed with good health and we're easy
I love my half bro and sisters
They know I've got them and I'm there when they need me
You just grew old but you're still dumb
How you not there for your children?
Your ex-wife, she a real one
The realest woman in the building