MNEK - Not For The Radio lyrics
[Intro: MNEK] Yeah, yeah [Chorus: MNEK] They may not play this on the radio So I'm gonna make damn sure This is the realest sh** I ever wrote (that I ever wrote) So hear my spirit grow Grow free in myself Through my melody k** this thug, it's a felony I'll make sure you remember me I'll make sure you remember [Verse 1: Tinie Tempah] Uh, climbin' heights and I break new grounds Got a new crib and you can't come round This year haters gonna big me up This year no one's gonna hold me down Yeah, I'm the sh**, yo, word to my bowels I don't wear snapbacks, yo I wear crowns Price as rich if I wasn't this blick Price as big if I wasn't this proud Yeah, 8 years sittin' on top Yeah, I've been there, done that, had that what? So I did rap, had two, two jobs Hip-hop, Grime and then I went pop Trade your life for my life, let's swap Go clean in my dad's old shop with the mop Where a man would know if a guy was gettin' money on the ends Where we used to wear Lyle & Scott Used to love hoes, now I want bae Used to want dough, now I want change Used to be wilder, now I'm more tame Used to be crazy, now I'm insane Yeah, I'm insane, yeah Talkin' to the mirror like, "How did I get this fame?" TBT '07 and 8 Me and Ric' like how we gonna get this played I was like, mate, uh [Chorus: MNEK] They may not play this on the radio So I'm gonna make damn sure This is the realest sh** I ever wrote (that I ever wrote) So hear my spirit grow Grow free in myself Through my melody k** this thug, it's a felony I'll make sure you remember me I'll make sure you remember [Verse 2: Tinie Tempah] Yeah, uh, I think she in love with a married man I fell in love with a married chick Sometimes I drive to a random place Sometimes I'm scared of not havin' sh** Sometimes I fear I might lose it all It's such a crazy world, law of averages I don't know how Drizzy manages I don't know how Jigga manages Nearly fell apart in the first year Didn't think that I could handle it Wu-Tang Clan, gravel pit Whip smelling like we sellin' cannabis Who in the f** do they think they are? Hope they don't think I'm just any guy Hope they don't think I'ma let it slide I got every single line memorised Love letters to the city, city, city Love letters to my city Thank you for f**in' with me I know the mayor, I know the nitties Lost some payings but I gained the ma**es Wrote my will before I made a cla**ic Take a pill and let 'em chase the magic f** whoever tryna hate on Patrick [Chorus: MNEK & Ray BLK] They may not play this on the radio So I'm gonna make damn sure This is the realest sh** I ever wrote (that I ever wrote) So hear my spirit grow Grow free in myself Through my melody k** this thug, it's a felony I'll make sure you remember me I'll make sure you remember [Bridge: MNEK & Ray BLK & Tinie Tempah] This is love, love letters to the city, city, city Love letters to my city Love, love, love thank you for f**in' with me Thank you for f**in' with me We bring the stars out We bring the whole Geordie Shore cast out Got the mandem, up in [?] wild Been drivin' round, we in France now I ain't even tryna gloat We the only black boys skiin' on slopes We the realist and the roach This the realest sh** I ever wrote, uh [Chorus: MNEK & Ray BLK] They may not play this on the radio So I'm gonna make damn sure This is the realest sh** I ever wrote (that I ever wrote) So hear my spirit grow Grow free in myself Through my melody k** this thug, it's a felony I'll make sure you remember me I'll make sure you remember me Said you'll remember me Always gon' remember, always gon' remember me [Outro: Tinie Tempah] Uh, climbin' high to a brand new grounds Got a new crib and you can't come round This year haters gonna big me up This year no one's gonna hold me down Yeah, I'm the sh**, yo, word to my bowels I don't wear snapbacks, yo I wear crowns Price rich if I wasn't this blick Price big if I wasn't this proud, yeah