Ever since I was a 'lil kid about six,
seven, eight, nine or ten
I always wanted to be bigga than Big Ben
But dreams can easily come to an end
When your livin' in the big
L- o- n- d- o- n
The city dat never sleeps so
how do we dream?
'Lil kids forced to think like men and
the big smoke just gets you lean
To get a good start in life I took
a run up instead of pickin' a gun up
I picked up a pen, and I shoot for the sky
Run up on the clouds
That's why I got one up on you clowns
Now I'm becomin' da talk of da town
Just yesterday I was
walkin' around
Tryin' to figure out how I'm gonna
come up on the crowd
Now I'm in the middle when the gathering
crowds are sayin'
(Sway) The beginning is
still in my memory
(Sway) I was sittin' in my
school assembly
(Sway) Never listen to what tha
teachers tellin' me
(Sway) I was thinkin',
"Will I live to seventy?"
(Sway) And if I die will the world
remember me?
(Sway) Who's my frends and who's
my enemies?
(Sway) Who will love and who
will envy me?
(Sway) Now I'm ready
for whatever is meant to be
(Sway, sway, sway, sway, sway) I put my
blood sweat and tears in this music
(Sway,
sway, sway, sway, sway) I will not fail
(Sway, sway, sway, sway, sway)
You're listening to
(Sway, sway,
sway, sway, sway) This is my demo
Once upon a time in a place
called Harrogate
Lived this average African black kid
tryin' to get up in this (industry)
Flat 23, Brook Road,
he would practice rapping rapidly
This rap MC had a lot to say with
a little time so he rapped quick
Not to say he never had any frends,
but he never had many
Never had a penny to ac cess
the inside 05- 09- 82
Flew back to the Motherland
where he grew
Flew back to the other land
he was to (to)
English boy with African accent
05- 09- 92
Using the music rooms at his school
Recording rhythms then he rid 'em
with riddles
Now he's an African boy with
an English accent
Now he's 22
And your listening too
His first official LP debut
And I got the energy (Uh)
I'm not jus' an NIG (Uh)
I'm still hungry and I'm eag (Uh)
And I'm more ready than
I've ever been (Uh)
Because I've been pursuing
this thing from school
Since commodore
Atari and Amiga
Remember me sir?
I ain't in it to be number two
Five albums that's what I'm gonna do
Five albums then I'm done
Then I'm through
The enemies all can bite the dust
This is all before the hype, the buzz
This is all before the wife, the lust
The lies the thugs with knives and guns
It's entertainment for you,
but it's life for us
It's time to buzz,
my niggas
(Sway) The beginning is still in my memory
(Sway) I was sittin' in my
school assembly
(Sway) Never listen to what
da teachers tellin' me
(Sway) I was thinkin',
"Will I live to seventy?"
(Sway) And if I die will the world
remember me?
(Sway) Who's my frends and who's
my enemies?
(Sway) Who will love and who
will envy me?
(Sway) Now I'm ready
for whatever is meant to be
(Sway, sway, sway, sway, sway) I put my
blood sweat and tears in this music
(Sway, sway,
sway, sway, sway) I will not fail
(Sway, sway,
sway, sway, sway) You're listening to
(Sway, sway,
sway, sway, sway) This is my demo
Our Father, who art in heaven
Hallowed be Thy Name
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
On earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those
Who trespass against us
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom
And the power, and the glory
For ever and ever
Amen
I've got
palm full of beads
(Sway) The beginning is still
in my memory
(Sway) I was sittin' in my
school assembly
(Sway) Never listen to what
da teachers tellin' me
(Sway) I was thinkin',
"Will I live to seventy?"
(Sway) And if I die will the world
remember me?
(Sway) Who's my frends and who's
my enemies?
(Sway) Who will love and who
will envy me?
(Sway) Now I'm ready
for whatever is meant to be
(Sway, sway, sway, sway, sway) I put my
blood sweat and tears in this music
(Sway, sway,
sway, sway, sway) I will not fail
(Sway, sway,
sway, sway, sway) You're listening to
(Sway, sway, sway, sway, sway)
Charlie boy
Ah, ah who is that?
Oh, it is I your brother Koffi
What are you doing outside in the dark,
in the height of the night?
Oh Koffi, I'm planning to travel,
I'm planning to go abroad
So you are planing to escape the village,
that is a taboo
Nonsense Koffi,
you shut up, you idiot
You just forget about taboo,
just forget about taboo
You too,
what are you doing here anyway?
I was going to do a shit,
when I smell your filthy armpits
And I follow the smell all the way to here
Shut up, you bastard
Who is bastard, who are you,
anyway where are you going?
I'm going to Buckingham Palace,
London to eat champagne with the queen
Charlie you didn't even have I cedi to embark
on such enormous journey
Nonsense Koffi,
you forget about cedis, just forget about cedis
How are you going to get there?
Ehen, I'm going to make it myself,
jump in the river and swim
And I'm not going to stop
untill I see white people
Eh Charlie, you are truly great
Oh Koffi, you too are also great
One day you are going to be
the U.N. secretary
Me? Thank you Charlie thank you so much,
I you are so grateful
Oh kai, don't you worry,
anyway I'm going to go now, bye bye