
Date of issue: 01.09.2016
Record label: Polydor, Universal Music Operations
Song language: English
I.O.U. |
The way, when no one else was there you held my hand |
When I was weak you gave me strength to stand |
A lady who taught me to be your man |
I’ll never forget that |
Big sis' you’re more like second mum |
Mother’s Day gifts you’ll be getting a second one |
Breath of fresh air, I will give you my second lung |
Even when we do get it wrong we still get along |
Remember when we had a cat and dog? |
We used to fight like Cat and Dog |
Flickin' through the catalogue before I ever had a song but now you’re in my |
catalogue |
Yeah, you take me higher than any E with a capital |
You know that I’m a G so I’ma always show you gratitude |
First is, second mum, how am I gonna thank you all? |
When mum wasn’t here you’d be shouting in my ear |
Canon jumped into gear, it was like you had a manual |
Running out of words, this ain’t a chapter, it’s a verse |
I’ll be free by your side until they trap me in a hearse |
I owe you everything I earn, everything is hers |
I’ll write an I.O.U cause what’s the man without the words? |
A, E, I.O.U, I vow forever |
A, E, I.O.U, yes I remember |
A, E, I.O.U, my best forever |
First mum, second god |
I pray we always get along |
You’re raising my princess, hope she reaches your echelon |
I didn’t know a queen had to be a king too |
You worked every hour and you cooked and cleaned too |
That little bit of flour made a three-course meal |
That’s why your hotels have always got a sea view |
You were the first to give me breath, the first to help me with my steps, |
even the first to call me Wretch and now they call me 32 |
Any time I’m on the stage, man I feel your presence |
If I only had a word I’d give you half the letters |
And if I ever done time you’d do half the sentence |
Lucky I never went, when I got my ass arrested |
Cause you always kept me in when I was running the streets |
And any time I came late you was gunning for me |
I’m uncomfortable until you living comfortably |
And I will never take a penny because I love you for free |
A, E, I.O.U, I vow forever |
A, E, I.O.U, yes I remember |
A, E, I.O.U, my best forever |
The way, you loved me more than I did love myself |
The one that I can trust like no one else |
You picked me up and carried me from hell |
And I just want you to know that |
A, E, I.O.U, I vow forever |
A, E, I.O.U, yes I remember |
A, E, I.O.U, my best forever |
A, E, I.O.U, I vow forever |
A, E, I.O.U, yes I remember |
A, E, I.O.U, my best forever |
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Hurts | 2016 |
All You ft. G Frsh, Wretch 32 | 2015 |
Mountains | 2012 |
Read All About It (Pt. III) | 2012 |
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