[Chorus ] I've been living this daily With no peace No daydreams to save me Get high 'cause I want to survive Wish I could turn back the hands of time Living this daily With no peace No daydreams to save me Get high 'cause I want to survive Wish I could turn back the hands of time
Born May 1985 Ten months later, my lickle bro arrived Raised in the place where it's do to survive Our mummy shot food to put honey in our hives I can see the hunger in her eyes I could see that something wasn't right She taught me how to wrap and shot my first ticket She told me watch my back and be smart with it And I wish that I could take you there To a place that my brain takes me every day I can smile but it still won't take the pain away I can try but remain in this lonely place From a child I've been raised in the soldier way Mummy didn't rap, she called us the Crays No joke she showed us the ways
[Chorus] I've been living this daily With no peace No daydreams to save me Get high 'cause I want to survive Wish I could turn back the hands of time Living this daily With no peace No daydreams to save me Get high 'cause I want to survive Wish I could turn back the hands of time
Mummy couldn't cope so she turned to drugs My aunty Tina gave us hope, she was there for us I was raised on the roads where it's rare to trust And my heart's been broke, now I'm scared to love And I might seem closed until I open up Feel the weight of the struggle I been holding up Been betrayed by a cuddle and a heartless hug I drink pain from a bottle 'til my heart feels numb ?Cause I came from the bottom of this bottle of rum Ain't changed from a young'n, I been stuck in the slums Grey days up in London, ain't no summer for us They try'na take Adie but my brother in ?cuffs And I just came home, this ain't nothing to us Like the court don't know how a sufferer does This was poor home grown but mum's love was enough So I wanna give her more than she's given to us
[Chorus] I've been living this daily With no peace No daydreams to save me Get high 'cause I want to survive Wish I could turn back the hands of time Living this daily With no peace No daydreams to save me Get high 'cause I want to survive Wish I could turn back the hands of time
I don't want to feel this I don't want to see this I don't want to hurt no more I don't want to be this I don't want to feel this I don't ned to fight this war ?Cause I'm try'na be somebody There's nothing I feel that can cloud it I'm try'na be somebody Need to get on up Need to get on up now
[Chorus] I've been living this daily With no peace No daydreams to save me Get high 'cause I want to survive Wish I could turn back the hands of time Living this daily With no peace No daydreams to save me Get high 'cause I want to survive Wish I could turn back the hands of time