Muslim Belal - Life lyrics

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They’re looking at a brother like, "Wow
He lives this amazing life"
You see it’s all good from the outside
But when they take that deeper look inside
They see a brother and he’s lonely, battling
Struggling to sleep at night
See I’m aging, I show age
20 years now I’ve been up on this stage
I saw life, I saw change
I saw us go from this way to that way
Driving through Madrid
Done 16 hours from Calais
Life of a traveller
They don’t understand my journey
Sumaya just facetimed
Sham called yesterday from Thailand
We speak little but got a lot to say
Life is coming and going like a holiday
Wondering, Angel of Death
Will it take my soul today?
We used to do water fights
Watch the super soaker spray
Then it turned to real life
Street life casually
Power’s in the money, we saw it
So we chased it
Grew up with the poor people
Dinnertime was basic
While I was eating corn beef
Dry with potato mash
They was dipping fries in their
Ketchup with a Big Mac tired of that pain
Got tired of that struggle
I want a gold chain, Air Max with Air Bubble
And daddy was a hustler
Mummy was a hustler too pockets are empty
It’s clear what I’m about to do
They thought we done it for
The status and the thrill
Them time we done it for the
Mills and pay the lights’ bills
Cuz life’s real
Gypsy Hill no school bag on my back
The olders are robbing banks and
Spending money on crack
You see I’m two years away
From Moschino with a drop tag
Walking through West, knock your B&P bag
Still sad, no guidance, blind, no direction
Money started growing and names
Started getting mentioned sixteen years old
Was getting chauffeured in the S-class
Eating at the Ivy
When you’re hungry life change fast
Looking at my past, I didn’t see it coming
Safa to Marwah, walking and running
Bro, we nearly went through
Life without giving gratitude
They forget about Allah
They got the wrong attitude
Their books are just decoration for the shelf
They’re living like they created themselves
Like they ain’t gonna die
Rise up and be judged
They turn their back on a purpose to live
The life of a thug that’s dead
Yeah but it is just pretty simple
Mum dad uncle didn’t set a good example
They chased the money too
That’s why we live in London
Surrounded by Fitnah, land of this corruption
Deep in the jungle
It’s hard to see it happen
Children of the ghetto, real sons of Adam
Sinners but we’re winners
We don’t know no other way
My mum’s saying go read a book
Bored ain’t got no toys to play
Careful with the words I say
Who am I to pass judgement
Just cuz I found another way
Can’t look down on those who haven’t
Fathom on the words, take time to ponder
Make plans for when he’s older
He didn’t live to see tomorrow
Lifestyle, the things we’re doing
For this life
Surrounded by broken hearts and fake smiles
Inside you’re lost, hurt and full of pain
But outside we’re pretenders
Snapping everyday
Gramming everyday, some seekers of attention
Controlled by the public
The real you’s in prison
The vision is paradise but it’s like
We don’t wanna get there
We live here like we love
Here and we’re stuck here
Speaking to the cameras more than
You’re speaking to your family
Tried to get the paradise you
Got the wrong mentality so many trip-ups
It’s like a brother stuck his boot out
I came a long way from
The madness and the shoot-outs
They don’t wanna see where we came from
In mad streets we were raised on
South side of London
Whole ends screaming "Assalamu 3lykum"
I live in a jungle and I work hard to stop it
See I don’t really care about
This little boy’s gossip
Or she don’t cover her hair properly
Doesn’t bother me
I ain’t gonna be questioned about
Her or her sloppery
I just pray she sets a better
Example for the younger queens
Too busy focusing on me, and my past on genes
Far from the best but I respect my religion
That’s why I ain’t proud and
I keep my sins hidden
My mum says she proud of me
Sumaya smiles when she sees me
Sister call me regularly
Play fight with Ayyubi
Never miss a daily prayer
And I fast 30 days consistently
How can I not be happy? This is my dunya
This completes me see we expect too much
Like we’re living in a fantasy
Have you ever put on them black gloves and
Know there’s about to be a tragedy?
And then you find religion
Think all of that’s in the back of me
And then you find more hatred in
Life that’s meant to be peacefully
Backward living, backward thinking
Makes you wanna give up
Makes you wanna give in
When you started off swimming
And you’re sinking but you’re believing
True guidance, true love from the One above
See I’ve been through all of that
Council flats and prayer mats
Missed calls from Shaytan
He ain’t getting a call back
Simple with the wordplay
I’ve been on this from early
Smalls and a maniac, juice on a Friday
Really what can I say? Blessed
Enough to be chosen
You got 35 year olds living like 21
They’re frozen life’s only temporary
It’s not permanent it’s alone
Why we tryna sit up here? Like
We don’t wanna go home
We’re stuck in a game of thrones
Everybody wants to lead
And they want some fame, greed
Everyone’s dying to be seen
Care so much about what people say
You can’t even be the real you
In a crowd full of people
And it feels like you’re in an empty room
I could do the show light
And posing for the GQ
Or I could do the road
Blacked out in that tracksuit
Mind you, so many layers to this character
Film star, building that orphanage in Gambia
Go and say it, I know what they’re thinking
That’s a contradiction
Can’t do both in this religion
Well guess what? I came a long way
Now on my way out
While you can still slander and
Put that new video out
Talking about your brother
If that sit's well with your heart
You should’ve told me it’d be like this
When you invited me in the start
See I’ve been a victim of the rumours
Been a victim of the gossip
They see a good thing happening
And they try and stop it
I don’t pay attention
Bias stays behind my back
Allah gave me protection, Surah al-Falaq
You don’t understand my history
Can’t celebrate my glory with me
There’s no hate left in my heart
I want good for everybody
Sumaya nearly 10, time flies we soon die
Life, it’s like we took our
Eyes off the prize