Revenge Ain't Sweet

[00:15.11] I've been up sleepless nights and that ain't like me
[00:18.36] Another young man lost his life, he was just 19
[00:21.55] Now his boys wanna ride out, so that they can find peace
[00:24.86] But it ain't likely
[00:26.12] 'Cause revenge ain't sweet
[00:28.65] I found that out that day I got punched in the face
[00:31.43] Left the hospital, spun the block tryna find them again
[00:34.52] Even if I knew where they stay
[00:36.34] Probably still feel a way
[00:38.20] 'Cause revenge ain't sweet
[00:40.70] Still surprised I got things to say
[00:42.51] 'Cause I'm tired of all the campaigning
[00:44.22] I've heard speeches and read statements
[00:46.03] Countless times I've turned pages
[00:47.89] Empty promises it's all politics
[00:49.48] But the blowback outrageous
[00:50.87] They wonder why the streets made us
[00:52.75] Look at the cars that they gave us
[00:55.40] I was on main road minding my own when a man turned vicious
[00:58.53] Coffee in my eye and a hook with the right in front of a witness
[01:01.94] Police interviewed me like I weren't the one that's a victim
[01:04.96] I've done workshops in prisons
[01:07.09] What a contradiction
[01:09.58] And it was like, how do we know?
[01:11.70] And I told them that I got a cup in my hand
[01:13.09] With a croissant
[01:14.36] What gangster ya know drinks cappuccinos?
[01:19.44] Just another day in the life, man
[01:22.89] I've been up sleepless nights and that ain't like me
[01:25.99] Another young man lost his life, he was just 19
[01:29.43] Now his boys wanna ride out, so that they can find peace
[01:32.30] But it ain't likely
[01:33.96] 'Cause revenge ain't sweet
[01:36.29] I found that out that day I got punched in the face
[01:39.47] Left the hospital, spun the block tryna find them again
[01:42.09] Even if I knew where they stay
[01:44.04] Probably still feel a way
[01:45.90] 'Cause revenge ain't sweet
[01:47.41] Believe that
[01:48.69] Raised in the streets of London
[01:50.21] I've seen beef and abundance
[01:51.82] Might see a teardrop from Mumsy's face
[01:53.40] But she ain't been peeling the onions, huh
[01:55.93] Not even
[01:57.05] That tear came from the soul
[01:59.60] 'Cause her brethren son got pierced on the roads
[02:02.02] Rest in perfect peace
[02:03.32] For you know it weren't worth it, see
[02:04.65] The street life it ain't working G
[02:06.62] They pull out the strap with some urgency
[02:10.06] Two minutes later, skirtingly
[02:13.00] But well you know that's not curtains, G
[02:16.49] Nah, that's retaliation certainly (yeah)
[02:19.85] So you better believe you'll see hurt and grief
[02:21.89] And I thought that's like what I learned in east
[02:23.39] But in north, south, west it weren't unique
[02:26.95] Just another day in the life, man
[02:30.24] I've been up sleepless nights and that ain't like me
[02:33.64] Another young man lost his life, he was just 19
[02:36.94] Now his boys wanna ride out, so that they can find peace
[02:39.94] But it ain't likely
[02:41.58] 'Cause revenge ain't sweet
[02:43.94] I found that out that day I got punched in the face
[02:46.91] Left the hospital, spun the block tryna find them again
[02:49.77] Even if I knew where they stay
[02:51.62] Probably still feel a way
[02:53.22] 'Cause revenge ain't sweet
[02:57.74] (It's good, I guess, that you didn't turn it into a brawl)
[03:02.86] (But I also know that feeling, of playing the thing back)
[03:07.87] (Thinking like, "I wish I did this)
[03:09.69] (I wish I did that, I wish I did this," uhm)
[03:12.38] (But it's all useless)
[03:14.12] (And, uhm, yeah, your instinct is, kindness)
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