[Verse 1: Moment] Time, precious Infinite can be defined by no measures But maybe I can capture it and put it in a sentence And say something of value, we can turn it into treasures See alchemy is with the letters And you bring something new when doing you in a session Needless for me to say I'm valiant in my endeavours Turning bars into reactions, I don't need a science lesson Same story, different day, Mummys feeling sick again Me and Johnny sit and play, Daddys on his trip away I love you pops 'cause that wasn't just a trip You was defining what it is to get something on that dinner plate Fast forward, skip a page, same story, different space Its digital, she shows her booty on that twitter page Double tap, I ain't judging, she could be a troubled Black But history repeats itself, we already been a slave To being part of the group but that's part of being human I'd be lying if I said I didn't run when the group did Should I dumb it down and talk from the part of my brain that snoozes? Losers can't be winners and winners can act like losers Bare that in mind when you're planning to be the shooter Cocaine mover, it's tailor fitted so will it suit ya? Cause when you plant a seed no matter the kind, it bears fruit And reaping what you sow ain't just a saying, it's the truth [Hook] "Big up my North, West, South, East ties" "I represent for all of you" "Big up" "All of you" "Big up my North, West, South, East ties" "I represent for all of you" "Big up" "Big up" "All of you" "Big up my North, West, South, East ties" "I represent for all of you" "Big up" "All of you" "Big up my North, West, South, East ties" "Every section where my connection lies" [Verse 2: Emman] Meditative bars filled with exclamation marks I would spit multisyllabic stanzas emulating Nas For me, rap became this resonating art That allowed me to express things that would otherwise have never left my heart We get complacent on them blocks we're relaxing on Imagination was key in visualising a world outside of the flats I'm from Advised by a fiend shotting garbage creps Told me keep my eyes on the stars and let your heart direct "Take a sharp left at the d**, a second a right at them guns Go straight at the fork in the road and see your life out the slums" Despite being young, probably woulda listened a whole lot better If this brudda never stunk or had that white on his tongue But it started to make sense, years later, with these allegations Of so-called real G's turning snitch and making statements Understanding betrayal was something I never could It's d**h before dishonour, that's standard in every hood But see the struggle still remains, there's troubles in the game Youngers bruddas coming up, gun-bussing for the fame It was emotional speaking with this brudda I once looked up to Fresh outta jail telling me he had nothing to his name How did we get here? We were innocent kids Once upon a time, just innocent kids Heard there's always a way if you believe that there is So forget a reason to die, it's time we find a reason to live [Hook] "Big up my North, West, South, East ties" "I represent for all of you" "Big up" "All of you" "Big up my North, West, South, East ties" "I represent for all of you" "Big up" "Big up" "All of you" "Big up my North, West, South, East ties" "I represent for all of you" "Big up" "All of you" "Big up my North, West, South, East ties" "Every section where my connection lies" [Outro] "Pump up the volume, wake the neighbours, bredrin raise it All of the youths inna the ghetto break the cages" "Pump up the volume, wake the neighbours, bredrin raise it All of the youths inna the ghetto break the cages"