Sometimes
(专辑: Lonely Are The Brave - 2012)
Yeah, I
was born in Stoke Newington, Stokey for most of these Where concrete is over trees and all dreams get cut and bleed Walking free, when I
was young I
used to duck and weave Playing up in Clissold Park and laughing in that London breeze '93, I
was a
three year old with many schemes Dreamed of playing football skills of Arsenal just like Henry Sticker books remember wrestling the
Undertaker I
was phased Used to idolize when he gave you a
break-up I
was in a
nursery making story cakes, fell in love For the
first time I
remember days When I
was bullied, beat up weekly, kicked and slapped away Clutching on the
monkey bars, hoping they'd all go away Loved them city sounds and sirens in the
dark at night Helicopters fly above my head, I'd never get a
fright loved them early days, living in that constant noise Bustle in my ear was like music to this little boy Sometimes we go and forget where we came from And we don't know Sometimes we go and forget where we came from And we don't know Sometimes we go and forget where we came from And we don't know Yeah, we don't know July '94, we packed it up and closed the
door Even note was now just an image that we turned and saw What we left behind, my friends, my cousins, relatives My birthplace, my first taste of how to live and how to give Hackney down's playing fuses the
memories Sitting on the
boat, crying that was all that's meant to be I
was scared of starting school again with some being rude again Beat me up and treat me like a
fool again. The
green emerald a
thousand welcomes negative, Growing up a
constant outsider never settled quick Settling was hard when you're treated like a
lump of shit Saying you were black and tan and come for what you fucking did But I
never did nothing, told 'em that so many times Got in scuffles screamed out loud saying shit like they were right I
hate that history, I
hate that Union Jack I'll never speak for any man or any flag Sometimes we go and forget where we came from And we don't know Sometimes we go and forget where we came from And we don't know Sometimes we go and forget where we came from And we don't know Yeah, we don't know Sitting back, staring through the
haze of that road on that beaten track Sitting back, staring through the
haze of that road on that beaten track It was like I'm in a
beast of a
lion and me peacefully dying I
had no friends I
could ever rely on I
was sitting back, watching through the
haze of that road on that beaten track But keeping that evil intact I
put the
beat to track Found freedom, found out I
could be myself, I'll find my world through my roots back I
never wanted to adapt or in fact take an action over night That for years they told me "Fuck facts" Sometimes we go and forget where we came from And we don't know Sometimes we go and forget where we came from And we don't know Sometimes we go and forget where we came from And we don't know Yeah, we don't know Sometimes we go and forget where we came from And we don't know Sometimes we go and forget where we came from And we don't know Sometimes we go and forget where we came from And we don't know Yeah, we don't know