Wretch 32, Knucks, Avelino - The Baton lyrics

Yeah, started from zero
But we never had zero ambition
I saw it all before it came to fruition
The fruit's from my labor and vision meant
I would never dwell at the
Place I was livin' i would rather make me a
Living while feeling alive
I'll tell my niece about my dad
She'd never seen him alive
But I see him when I'm sleeping at night
What's a guardian angel when there's a
Demon inside of your thoughts?
Sponsored by success and there's people
That I would endorse
So, I'm tryna see the whole team eat
We was going OT now we go O
T T for the money clean up
I got OCD, from nights in the hood to an OBE
Maybe-e, love is from the hate we breed
'Cause my blood cousin fucking try
To make me bleed


I won't ever let it go, son of a gun
You won't ever let it go
I get it in and you won't ever get involved
No bad energy, I wish the best for my enemy
Mama told me that I should repent
Cause it would replenish me
I said eventually
Nothing set in stone 'till the cemetery
I hope they lift me up after they bury me
That's what you call legendary, Jay-Z, Big
And Dame
That's like G, Rollie and AV, we're
The same and if not, then we're to blame
It doesn't add up
We're on the road to fame
Money over problems, I was here for change

They ain't ready for the war
We're the yellow tape and the chalk, yeah
Look at everything I bought
All from the pennies from my thoughts, yeah
They ain't ready for the war
We're the yellow tape and the chalk, yeah
Look at everything I bought
All from the pennies from my thoughts, yeah

I'm writing this from my grave
I've died and I've gone away
My wife is in Holloway and Sky is on holiday
If Kai isn't gonna rain
I've tried, should I contemplate?
The nights I was on the plane
Providing what's on the plate
If I couldn't stop the pain
Then maybe I caused it
If I couldn't fuck the game
Then maybe I balls'd it
But if you can't bring up your bae
Then maybe you bought it
'Cause they thought you can
Leave your change
You're enslaving your orphan
Or maybe I'm a slave to endorsements
Maybe I took this paper ting
Way out of proportion
Maybe it had me rapping for the
Plaques where my wall is
But now I'm ghost they keep
On saying I'm awesome
Did you listen to Wretchrospective
With a new perspective?
Are you now Growing Over Life
Or is this too subjective?
Are you seeing in black and
White or having colors blended?
Is your favorite FR32 verse
Now my chapter's ended
"Man I used to love Wretch when he
Was broke way before the success
Man, I'm talking F64
That's way before the dreads and all
This righteous Selassie bless, he
Was inna di ghetto, just him and Ghetts"
Man, you don't know my story
You just know my glory
I'm Shakespeare and Charles Dickens
Going Hamlet off me
I'm Spielberg and Spike Lee cameras
On or off me
Man, I paint a picture like Da Vinci
Get a canvas from me
But you have to pay cash money
I'm already your dad's son
You see your father has stolen
His raps from me
Any clash that I have should be
The Clash of the Titans, why would I
Battle with some shit's when I
Could rap up your highness
This ain't a problem, it's
Just simple mathematics, the minus
I'm still above you even when I'm reclining
I'm still above you even when I'm declining
And if you get above me
It's because I decided
I'm passing the baton

They ain't ready for the war
We're the yellow tape and the chalk, yeah
Look at everything I bought
All from the pennies from my thoughts, yeah
They ain't ready for the war
We're the yellow tape and the chalk, yeah
Look at everything I bought
All from the pennies from my thoughts, yeah