Skepta - Babe lyrics

Sitting at home
Watching TV weren't paying the bills
Played the lottery every
Saturday and Wednesday
Hoping that I win some mills
All I had was a black phone
Pool table and a few musical skills
Tryna make money in a place
Where everybody's looking for deals
I was a little man with a mouth full
Of stones watching the olders play Jenga
I only had Dubs and everybody
Else had Scream and Benga
Responsibility of the oldest child tryna
Feed each family member
So sitting at home making love to
My princess weren't on my agenda
It weren't January but I told her that
I'm out there tryna find some sales
I stoped showing her love so she got on the
First train to London and went off the rails
Started to party all the time in
The West End with idiot girls
It was only a matter of time before
She had sex with somebody else
I got money in the bank now but when
I came back it weren't the same
Telling me stories I don't wanna hear
'bout crazy nights and cocaine
You would've thought that she
Was getting money for
Every time she said her ex-boyfriend's name
But I guess that's the price I paid for
A little piece and a big chain

Babe, I'm here again
I tell you I'm here again
Where have you been? Babe, I'm back again
I tell you I'm back again
Where have you been?

I picked myself up now I've got
"self made" tattooed on my skin
I'm the kind of man that won't play
The game if I ain't gonna win
Sometimes I feel like I threw the
Perfect relationship in the bin
But I'm a big man with facial hair and a
Beard so I take it on the chin
If I could turn back time
And make it all right, god knows I would
'Cause no matter how much I do now
I feel like I'm not doing as much as I should
It's like the meaning of life for a woman
Is to make a bad boy turn good
That's why there's so many
Old school G's under
The thumb and single mums in the hood
I've seen karma part 1 & 2 now
I'm just waiting on the sequel
Crazy nightmares are one of my old cats
Trying to stab me with a needle
My dad phoned me last night and told me
That "money's the root of all evil"
I told him "in this day and age
Money's the only thing
That's motivating people"
It's funny how I woke up early in
The morning tryna chase the queen
But slept on the perfect girl chasing a dream
I don't know why I keep lying to
Myself this slate will never be clean
I wanna talk to her about it but for
Now I just settle with a answer machine

Babe, I'm here again
I tell you I'm here again
Where have you been? Babe, I'm back again
I tell you I'm back again
Where have you been?