Next Of Kin
(专辑: Ghetto Gospel: The New Testament - 2018)
[Ghetts:] The
mum don't speak She had a
front row seat to her son going sleep for eternity One don't see what don't concern me But she opened up to me personally and I
show her love 'cause it burns me Nobody's mum don't deserve this Over some drugs it's disturbing He ain't no angel, But I
ain't so perfect And I
see my mum in his mum like she birthed me [Confect:] Memories gold and cursed Other people around us Money ain't everything I
call on blessings Not just for me but Protecting my next of kin You know, my bros [Ghetts:] She told me I
resemble him eyes, nose and everything Went the
same school, but I
don't remember him He was much younger And I
was probably there before the
psycho had settled in Five-O arrested him Same book, I
know the
story too well 20-20, I
already saw it too well These man are checking scoreboard, they wanna war and do well It's never called for, even when it's afforded you well So I
know what's happening today Can't turn the
cheek when they slap me in my face Just like the
wars you label off of Everybody's playing the
blame game, it's your fault Generations down the
line We've forgotten how it started Man are just hopping out of cars with tools and popping out apartments Mummy don't understand the
logic in this carnage We falls, and possibly our fathers Must be a
robber or an arsonist Well I
have been a
robber in the
past tense Festival seasons, soon, come on, coming like Robin when I
pass tents She said I
sound like her son did I
said I
wish I
could've met him 'cause he sounds like the
one kid I
probably could've reached before a
gun did [Confect:] Life is like a
candle in the
wind Don't protect me and my friends There's a
beauty hidden in the
mess Help me see heaven in the
end Appreciate the
ones we have left Long as everyone's blessed Only thing that matters in the
end [Rukhsana Merrise:] I
know you're probably thinking Who's calling? 'Cause I
know it's late, I've run out of places to run to But this couldn't wait 'Cause I
miss my baby No, you can't replace, no, you couldn't save him Blame me instead, 'cause [?] Pick your fights, or pick your flight We're the
only ones who can lose your life I'm on my way, I'm on my car We're the
only ones who can lose your love [Ghetts:] I
called out for my mum with my last breath (mama, mama) Now I'm just another son in a
casket And mummy wants answers She don't have a
clue why I
deserve this She probably think I
died a
virgin But I
was riding, lurking Firing, bursting And now the
beef's squashed, I
been gone for a
decade No-one comes to the
cemetery regularly For the
block I
lick shots like Pelé But now I'm just a
distant memory, if anything Mum's the
only one who stopped living when I
did Most my bruddas got sons and they live in the
nice bit They took the
drugs and the
guns and put it behind 'em But nobody reps for the
hood like I
did [Confect:] Memories gold and cursed Other people around us Money ain't everything [Peter Kirkham:] "I really don't understand why they are not treating this as the
emergency that it is. It's a
public disaster happening in slow motion in front of our eyes. If these young people were white and they were on the
streets of Maidenhead in her constituency and in Windsor, there would be an utter uproar. It would not be ignored. This is institutional racism at the
heart of Government. It's a
simple as that." [Singing Soul Sirens:] Help me see heaven in the
end Appreciate the
ones we have left Long as everyone's blessed Only thing that matters in the
end Help protect me and my friends Appreciate the
ones we have left Long as everyone's blessed Only thing that matters in the
end Help protect me and my friends Appreciate the
ones we have left Long as everyone's blessed Only thing that matters in the
end