
Date of issue: 18.08.2011
Song language: English
I'm Not the Man |
I’ve been a wretch from about three or two |
Christened on the telly, it was on Channel 2 |
My dad was in the riots so they came to see his yute |
Growing up I was a kid that everybody knew |
Moany, it’s like I’m never in the mood |
A true Pisces, my emotions in my tunes |
It’s an understatement to say it’s over being due |
I took a few shots but now I’m soldiering it through |
And now I’m looking at my boys turn men |
Thinking lord god we coulda been like them |
Cause we ain’t the type to fear our opponents |
The road door closed and my career path opened |
It’s like I’m drinking more than I’m thinking |
Celebrating as I’m crossing off my wish list |
I’m sleeping with both eyes open |
I’m living my dream man, I don’t wanna miss this |
I’m not the man you thought I should be |
That’s just the way we drop them jeans where I stay |
I’m not the man you thought I should be |
Just take a second, get to know me |
It takes a second just to look me in my eyes |
It takes an hour just to listen to my life |
It took me years just to push me to this height |
But it would take a lifetime to try and duplicate my vibe |
I’m me, smooth with my scratches and scars I’m free too |
Made a stamp on the charts |
Now I’m sending a letter, I hope you receive it |
Hand on my heart I’mma flow while it’s beating |
To put it in words, it could have been worse |
From the underground so I could have been dirt |
Took a right turn at a wrong place |
Cause sometimes shortcuts are the long way |
Gotta have strong faith |
Now I’m pleading with my baby mamma |
She tried to tell me that I’d turned into a lady lover |
I got my eyes on the prize and I’m bringing home the bread |
Let’s make a toast, you can save the butter |
Hey yo Wretch |
Let me get this from here, yeah |
Last month a fourteen year old in my hood got stabbed and died |
I used to cruise on my bike down that same side road that he lost his life |
I fill a cup with tears, lick it back like a shot just to swallow my pride |
Niggas will eat from your bowl and lick you down like a pin called at a hunger |
strike |
You don’t know what it’s like |
Getting cheese amongst rats fam |
From a town where Robin could rob Batman |
Taxman underneath the taxman thinking he could tax man |
I’d rather die, it’s not that fam |
And everything ain’t what it seems on these shelves |
We’re parting red seas and A&Ring ourselves |
And you can still get a deal and get shelved |
Getting signed won’t necessarily help |
All this fire in my tank |
I’ve come too far to get shanked |
I’m walking on water that others sank |
And now I’m laughing all the way to the bank |
Power of the rhymes and lord on my side |
Test me, I can make a preacher man rise |
From a council estate but yeah we made it |
The best things all come from the worse places |
Name | Year |
---|---|
Unorthodox ft. Example | 2011 |
Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer) ft. Elton John, Chipmunk | 2009 |
Flatline ft. Wretch 32 | 2017 |
Bow Wow Wow ft. Bodyrox, Chipmunk | 2015 |
Scars ft. Kelis, Meleka, Chipmunk | 2009 |
Wondering ft. CHIP | 2020 |
6 Words | 2016 |
Pluto ft. Emeli Sandé, Wretch 32 | 2012 |
Nightmares ft. Sway, Wretch 32, Random Impulse | 2014 |
Hush Little Baby ft. Ed Sheeran | 2011 |
Deepest Shame ft. Ed Sheeran, Devlin, CHIP | 2012 |
Soldier ft. Wretch 32, Kyza Smirnoff, Orifice Vulgatron (Foreign Beggers) | 2009 |
Thug Juice | 2018 |
Hitz ft. Tinie Tempah, Wretch 32 | 2010 |
Stay ft. Chipmunk, Frisco, Jay Sean | 2008 |
All You ft. G Frsh, Wretch 32 | 2015 |
Record Collection 2012 ft. The Business Intl., Pharrell Williams, Wiley | 2011 |
10/10 ft. Giggs | 2019 |
Patience ft. Angel | 2020 |
Don't Go ft. Josh Kumra | 2011 |
Artist lyrics: Wretch 32
Artist lyrics: CHIP
Artist lyrics: Angel
Artist lyrics: Chipmunk