Dizzee Rascal - Is This Real? lyrics

It's hard to chill these days
It's hard to just lay back, chill
Know what I mean?
Alright,  it's like you can't forget
The feeling man so hard to chill man
There's always suttin' y'know?
Always suttin' and you know what
Smoking's just making me feel even worse man
Know dat whatever man
I ain't even smoke to chill
I mean what's real boy? What's real?
Real's having your own back boy
Gotta have your back boy
Nobody got my back like me man
I'm out to get mine girl i'm out to get mine

Yo i started this on my own
I'll see this through on my own
Continue this alone probably best left alone
Cause, I've learned life is real
I can't help how I feel
Wish I was made of steel
Haven't quit, never will
But, I think to myself
Will I make it off the shelf?
Boom par, I want some wealth
Maintain mental health so I sit getting high
Asking when, asking why
Sleep with my samurai ready for any guy
I can't believe this is life
Full of pain, full of strife
Could resort to suicide
But, I must live my life
Gotta fight, gotta fend
Know the lick, know the trend
Looks like we're nearly men
Wish we could start again
'Cause we was kids, we was young
Used to love having fun
Now we look up to gun and the aim's only one
Make money every day any how, any way
I try to choose the legal way
But, I really gotta say

Sometimes I wonder is this real
Is this real?
Can life alone affect the way I feel
Way I feel?
Wish I could just lay back and chill
But, I really need to know is this real
Is this real?

Sometimes I wonder is this real
Is this real?
Can life alone affect the way I feel
Way I feel?
Wish I could just lay back and chill
But, I really need to know is this real
Is this real?

I get high to get by
Sitting in the street like
"Penny for the Guy?"
Police take snapshots of the drive-by
But, I won't stick around, I'm camera shy
I get high to get by
Sitting in the street with my eyes in the sky
Friends all scatter, that girls act sly
And fellas want beef but they don't know why
I get high to stay calm
Sitting on the street with my face in my palm
Otherwise I would cause harm
With this knife on the hand on
The end of my arm i get high to stay wise
Sitting in the top floor of a high rise
They say I'm big but they
Don't know my real size
Whole teams take up the truth to the sky
Truth is, somehow I climbed out of six
Car crashes last year
And every day it just gets
More and more clear
That just maybe I'm meant to be here
And even though I got beef all over
I know one day it'll all be over
Stolen vehicles, guns, and crack
Roads and sections, the way I act
But yeah I still find time for my friends
And I hope they find time for each other
Treat that girl like she's your sister
Treat that boy like he's your brother
We done been through endless
Change, endless tragedy, endless trouble
Just stand firm and tall the end
No doubt we'll make it through the struggle

Sometimes I wonder is this real
Is this real?
Can life alone affect the way I feel
Way I feel?
Wish I could just lay back and chill
But, I really need to know is this real
Is this real?

Sometimes I wonder is this real
Is this real?
Can life alone affect the way I feel
Way I feel?
Wish I could just lay back and chill
But, I really need to know is this real
Is this real?