Blood On My Nikes
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Yo, I was just a kid, I was barely 16
Couldn't tell a man what this shit means
To shoot a man on a fucking split-screen
Take a life that was kinda pristine
Uh, I wasn't listening to Christine and the Queens
I was listening to Fifteen
Young men like me kick a 16
Full of pain in a city, let the shit stream
Deep in the consciousness, down south
Where the monsters live, abandoned houses and consequence
Yeah, heart breaks, it was common sense
Don't sit on that shit, man, we jumped the fence
Uh, 'cause certain areas are tense
Yeah, that's why I'm never at events
Uh, 'cause I was tryna make pence
Doesn't make bread, doesn't make sense
Mama, I lost a friend (ayo, it doesn't make sense)
Mama, I lost again (I lost a friend)
Yo, it's the L, won't you pull it?
The destination of the bullet, the man living life to the fullest
Can't lie, yo, at times, was the purest
But now you're in another city like a tourist
The prayers can't cure this, deep rain, hop in the ride
I closed the door, told the cabbie to drive, uh
Late at night, see the mother that cried
The bullet whizzed past my face, saw her son as he died
My eyes wide, yeah
Ah, shaking up my belly from inside
Ah, I shoulda stayed, shoulda lied
Yeah, I shoulda prayed, shoulda tried
Trust, but like his mother, I cried
When they took the boy's life 'cause he's from the wrong side
Shit, I know I should have thought twice
Ah, washing off the blood from my Nikes
Mama, I lost a friend (I lost a friend)
Mama, I lost again (I lost again)
Ah, and so I grew up, scared of the night bus
Scared of the boys that look like us, ah
No wonder why they want to fight us
They think the same, give a second and we might buss
Squeeze, bust caps, spray, say it's a wrap
I wish I'd given him a hug and a dap
Wish he could have felt my son on his lap
And seen life's for the living, to be done with the trap
But it's a fact, live for today, fuck tomorrow
No tomorrow if your life's feeling borrowed
He needs the money right now, fuck the sorrow
Spend it right now, right now feeling hollow
Then save it for a rainy day, if every day's grey
And tomorrow might never come his way
Ah, just another man went astray
The hate, tell him get from out my way
The impact of knife crime on individuals is undeniable
And while politicians wish to police themselves out of the knife crime epidemic
It is simply not possible
We must focus on the root causes of knife crime
Poverty, inequality, austerity, and a lack of opportunity
We must petition the government to put reason over rhetoric
Compassion over indifference, equality over austerity
As knife crime claims more lives within our country
Never has so much been lost by so many
Because of the indecision of so few
Couldn't tell a man what this shit means
To shoot a man on a fucking split-screen
Take a life that was kinda pristine
Uh, I wasn't listening to Christine and the Queens
I was listening to Fifteen
Young men like me kick a 16
Full of pain in a city, let the shit stream
Deep in the consciousness, down south
Where the monsters live, abandoned houses and consequence
Yeah, heart breaks, it was common sense
Don't sit on that shit, man, we jumped the fence
Uh, 'cause certain areas are tense
Yeah, that's why I'm never at events
Uh, 'cause I was tryna make pence
Doesn't make bread, doesn't make sense
Mama, I lost a friend (ayo, it doesn't make sense)
Mama, I lost again (I lost a friend)
Yo, it's the L, won't you pull it?
The destination of the bullet, the man living life to the fullest
Can't lie, yo, at times, was the purest
But now you're in another city like a tourist
The prayers can't cure this, deep rain, hop in the ride
I closed the door, told the cabbie to drive, uh
Late at night, see the mother that cried
The bullet whizzed past my face, saw her son as he died
My eyes wide, yeah
Ah, shaking up my belly from inside
Ah, I shoulda stayed, shoulda lied
Yeah, I shoulda prayed, shoulda tried
Trust, but like his mother, I cried
When they took the boy's life 'cause he's from the wrong side
Shit, I know I should have thought twice
Ah, washing off the blood from my Nikes
Mama, I lost a friend (I lost a friend)
Mama, I lost again (I lost again)
Ah, and so I grew up, scared of the night bus
Scared of the boys that look like us, ah
No wonder why they want to fight us
They think the same, give a second and we might buss
Squeeze, bust caps, spray, say it's a wrap
I wish I'd given him a hug and a dap
Wish he could have felt my son on his lap
And seen life's for the living, to be done with the trap
But it's a fact, live for today, fuck tomorrow
No tomorrow if your life's feeling borrowed
He needs the money right now, fuck the sorrow
Spend it right now, right now feeling hollow
Then save it for a rainy day, if every day's grey
And tomorrow might never come his way
Ah, just another man went astray
The hate, tell him get from out my way
The impact of knife crime on individuals is undeniable
And while politicians wish to police themselves out of the knife crime epidemic
It is simply not possible
We must focus on the root causes of knife crime
Poverty, inequality, austerity, and a lack of opportunity
We must petition the government to put reason over rhetoric
Compassion over indifference, equality over austerity
As knife crime claims more lives within our country
Never has so much been lost by so many
Because of the indecision of so few
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:29.78] Yo, I was just a kid, I was barely 16
[00:33.75] Couldn't tell a man what this shit means
[00:36.14] To shoot a man on a fucking split-screen
[00:38.59] Take a life that was kinda pristine
[00:41.24] Uh, I wasn't listening to Christine and the Queens
[00:44.51] I was listening to Fifteen
[00:46.49] Young men like me kick a 16
[00:48.95] Full of pain in a city, let the shit stream
[00:51.32] Deep in the consciousness, down south
[00:53.42] Where the monsters live, abandoned houses and consequence
[00:56.64] Yeah, heart breaks, it was common sense
[00:59.08] Don't sit on that shit, man, we jumped the fence
[01:01.74] Uh, 'cause certain areas are tense
[01:03.98] Yeah, that's why I'm never at events
[01:06.54] Uh, 'cause I was tryna make pence
[01:09.34] Doesn't make bread, doesn't make sense
[01:11.60] Mama, I lost a friend (ayo, it doesn't make sense)
[01:16.79] Mama, I lost again (I lost a friend)
[01:21.35] Yo, it's the L, won't you pull it?
[01:23.24] The destination of the bullet, the man living life to the fullest
[01:27.31] Can't lie, yo, at times, was the purest
[01:29.53] But now you're in another city like a tourist
[01:32.16] The prayers can't cure this, deep rain, hop in the ride
[01:34.85] I closed the door, told the cabbie to drive, uh
[01:37.35] Late at night, see the mother that cried
[01:39.40] The bullet whizzed past my face, saw her son as he died
[01:41.86] My eyes wide, yeah
[01:44.60] Ah, shaking up my belly from inside
[01:47.49] Ah, I shoulda stayed, shoulda lied
[01:50.26] Yeah, I shoulda prayed, shoulda tried
[01:52.88] Trust, but like his mother, I cried
[01:54.87] When they took the boy's life 'cause he's from the wrong side
[01:57.92] Shit, I know I should have thought twice
[02:00.52] Ah, washing off the blood from my Nikes
[02:03.27] Mama, I lost a friend (I lost a friend)
[02:07.96] Mama, I lost again (I lost again)
[02:12.34] Ah, and so I grew up, scared of the night bus
[02:16.06] Scared of the boys that look like us, ah
[02:18.81] No wonder why they want to fight us
[02:21.36] They think the same, give a second and we might buss
[02:23.49] Squeeze, bust caps, spray, say it's a wrap
[02:25.96] I wish I'd given him a hug and a dap
[02:28.16] Wish he could have felt my son on his lap
[02:30.43] And seen life's for the living, to be done with the trap
[02:32.94] But it's a fact, live for today, fuck tomorrow
[02:36.00] No tomorrow if your life's feeling borrowed
[02:38.48] He needs the money right now, fuck the sorrow
[02:40.85] Spend it right now, right now feeling hollow
[02:43.39] Then save it for a rainy day, if every day's grey
[02:46.23] And tomorrow might never come his way
[02:48.88] Ah, just another man went astray
[02:51.31] The hate, tell him get from out my way
[02:53.96] The impact of knife crime on individuals is undeniable
[02:58.85] And while politicians wish to police themselves out of the knife crime epidemic
[03:03.36] It is simply not possible
[03:05.82] We must focus on the root causes of knife crime
[03:09.85] Poverty, inequality, austerity, and a lack of opportunity
[03:15.33] We must petition the government to put reason over rhetoric
[03:19.92] Compassion over indifference, equality over austerity
[03:24.64] As knife crime claims more lives within our country
[03:28.10] Never has so much been lost by so many
[03:32.70] Because of the indecision of so few
[03:36.21]
[00:33.75] Couldn't tell a man what this shit means
[00:36.14] To shoot a man on a fucking split-screen
[00:38.59] Take a life that was kinda pristine
[00:41.24] Uh, I wasn't listening to Christine and the Queens
[00:44.51] I was listening to Fifteen
[00:46.49] Young men like me kick a 16
[00:48.95] Full of pain in a city, let the shit stream
[00:51.32] Deep in the consciousness, down south
[00:53.42] Where the monsters live, abandoned houses and consequence
[00:56.64] Yeah, heart breaks, it was common sense
[00:59.08] Don't sit on that shit, man, we jumped the fence
[01:01.74] Uh, 'cause certain areas are tense
[01:03.98] Yeah, that's why I'm never at events
[01:06.54] Uh, 'cause I was tryna make pence
[01:09.34] Doesn't make bread, doesn't make sense
[01:11.60] Mama, I lost a friend (ayo, it doesn't make sense)
[01:16.79] Mama, I lost again (I lost a friend)
[01:21.35] Yo, it's the L, won't you pull it?
[01:23.24] The destination of the bullet, the man living life to the fullest
[01:27.31] Can't lie, yo, at times, was the purest
[01:29.53] But now you're in another city like a tourist
[01:32.16] The prayers can't cure this, deep rain, hop in the ride
[01:34.85] I closed the door, told the cabbie to drive, uh
[01:37.35] Late at night, see the mother that cried
[01:39.40] The bullet whizzed past my face, saw her son as he died
[01:41.86] My eyes wide, yeah
[01:44.60] Ah, shaking up my belly from inside
[01:47.49] Ah, I shoulda stayed, shoulda lied
[01:50.26] Yeah, I shoulda prayed, shoulda tried
[01:52.88] Trust, but like his mother, I cried
[01:54.87] When they took the boy's life 'cause he's from the wrong side
[01:57.92] Shit, I know I should have thought twice
[02:00.52] Ah, washing off the blood from my Nikes
[02:03.27] Mama, I lost a friend (I lost a friend)
[02:07.96] Mama, I lost again (I lost again)
[02:12.34] Ah, and so I grew up, scared of the night bus
[02:16.06] Scared of the boys that look like us, ah
[02:18.81] No wonder why they want to fight us
[02:21.36] They think the same, give a second and we might buss
[02:23.49] Squeeze, bust caps, spray, say it's a wrap
[02:25.96] I wish I'd given him a hug and a dap
[02:28.16] Wish he could have felt my son on his lap
[02:30.43] And seen life's for the living, to be done with the trap
[02:32.94] But it's a fact, live for today, fuck tomorrow
[02:36.00] No tomorrow if your life's feeling borrowed
[02:38.48] He needs the money right now, fuck the sorrow
[02:40.85] Spend it right now, right now feeling hollow
[02:43.39] Then save it for a rainy day, if every day's grey
[02:46.23] And tomorrow might never come his way
[02:48.88] Ah, just another man went astray
[02:51.31] The hate, tell him get from out my way
[02:53.96] The impact of knife crime on individuals is undeniable
[02:58.85] And while politicians wish to police themselves out of the knife crime epidemic
[03:03.36] It is simply not possible
[03:05.82] We must focus on the root causes of knife crime
[03:09.85] Poverty, inequality, austerity, and a lack of opportunity
[03:15.33] We must petition the government to put reason over rhetoric
[03:19.92] Compassion over indifference, equality over austerity
[03:24.64] As knife crime claims more lives within our country
[03:28.10] Never has so much been lost by so many
[03:32.70] Because of the indecision of so few
[03:36.21]