Every day it's the same old struggle At the same time life sees you no trouble I could've been born in a war with no running water Running for my life in the rubble The world's got problems, we got problems They got problems, I splash in a puddle See my reflection fade And think about the days when I raised for a blaze That was the teenage phase Most of my friends, they're examples of crime don't pay I'm seeing things every day that the news just don't say The more you ignore it, it don't go away Till the day it just becomes too much When the kids needs more than a little youth club All they see is the cars, life of the stars Then they wanna live what you write in your bars I can't change the world with the pen that I use But I can decide on the life that I choose Could've took... spent nights on the booze But that's just the fight that I'm likely to lose I was never really into hanging on the streets I was in my bedroom just writing to beats Most of my friends went down the wrong way I used to say, "Yo I'd help them out one day" Buy them a business, holidays in the winters Maybe we could watch the Olympics That's what we used to play when we were younger No goal posts, you know I'm using my jumper Mum brought that for Christmas, Dad won on the horses So I'm making my wish list There was no guns back then, fight with your fists Never knew it'd turn out like this I ain't trying to be the best MC I'm trying to be me, and I wanna live free Two million people that's stuck on the dole But that don't mean they haven't got a good soul Every person on the planet has got beers Ain't a single human who never dropped tears Even the Queen of England can feel pain From the bottom of the bucket to the top tier We need more respect for each other What you want for yourselves you should want for your brother You wouldn't be here if it wasn't for your mother Who gave you your milk and took you under your covers So knuckle up, buckle down, work hard And one day you can buy your first yard Have a family, restart the cycle And have kids that look just like you That's just the way it is