Kano - Layer Cake lyrics
[Intro] Your born you take sh** Get out in the world take more sh** Climb a little higher take less sh** Till one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you forgot what sh** even looks like Welcome to the layer cake son! [Verse 1: Kano] Check, check Check Check I'm two albums deep a thousand shows in Cause I fight for the right till the towel gets thrown in We hustle down here, knuckles round here Never stay pretty when your raised in the city Itâs a place full of hatred where they wanna stick me Cause Iâm making my status and they think too quickly Iâm a victim to criticism menace to society Cause I'm in a position where many do it via me (huh), but there's always an obstacle just move left but the stress ain't optional It's all bless but nah you forget you gotta do better you can't do your best Crucial how you move cause you'll lose your breath in this music follow you to d**h Do us part, now you're married to the game, with no footsteps to follow.. pave the way Eh, thatâs the layer cake, play your position it's too f**ed let me explain how the biz is Too real, you feel that you're in control but you ain't you're stuck in the layer cake [Hook] The Layer Cake The Layer Cake The Layer Cake The Layer Cake (Welcome to the layer cake son..) [Verse 2: Kano] They layer cakes like being stuck in the system Just for existence to be someone coming up as an infant We seen it in Scarface, the road to the top the f**ing hard way But you know how the music is, gotta pa** a few layers before you get rich It's a hustle gotta struggle just so you can sh** gold And you still owe, that's why they get rich and you get broke But I'm still writing It's never gonna stop till you f**ing with a cherry on the top But I'm still trying The road think Iâve blown but I ainât nowhere near the icing Obviously the radio fears my writing But my ideas are frightening So I'm still stuck in the layer cake, taking my chances They trying to put me in another box.. grime artist And I'm trying to see the cream in the middle Thatâ's the money I ain't just speaking in riddles I ainât trying to be part time, dealing a little Or trying to see hard times stealing at lidls But things just ainât what they seem, Iâm on the grind like banner said From pirates to mainstream, and still not that ahead Cause I'm in the industry man, in England Where I'll never sell more than an indie band You donât even wanna know the ins and outs But let me tell you how it goes down [Hook] [Verse 3: Kano] Layers and Layers of bullsh**, the games f**ed up But you gotta play it you can't pause it And you can't forfeit as a up and coming emcee Trying to bust but your pockets empty I work hard, never a night off Watch fabulous life of and see all things that I want But I don't think UK's ready My tunes on heavy rotation cause it's got mike on Ever since so solid dropped, 21 seconds, the charts ainât really had anyone reppinâ So can you get to the top of the top Pow 11 still no top of the pops, how Said I'll probably get nominated No disrespect to Lemar but I think I should have gone to take it But f** this, f** the Brits, get pissed take the piss out of this Paris Hilton b**h Cause I don't belong here I've come a long way it's been a long year And I'm so near but yet so far Climbing the ladder till to the rarefied atmosphere... Welcome to the layer cake.. (it's the layer cake) son (ooh yeah, itâs the layer cake) (ooh yeah, itâs the layer cake..)