[Refrain]
Bm Em G F#m
Even when we never had a penny, yo, we always had spirit
Bm Em G F#m
They can bun my flesh, but they can't touch my spirit
Bm Em G F#m
They wan' take way my freedom, but they can't take away my spirit
Bm Em G F#m
'Cause even when we never had a penny, yeah, we always had spirit
[Chorus]
Bm Em G F#m
All you hear is siren and skeng fire, hold your head higher, bill a zoot, then build a empire
Bm Em G F#m
Skeng fire, hold your head higher, bill a zoot, then build a empire
Bm Em G F#m
All you hear is siren and skeng fire, hold your head higher, bill a zoot, then build a empire
Bm Em G F#m
Skeng fire, hold your head higher, bill a zoot, then build a empire
[Verse 1]
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If I end up dead or poppin' on the wing, just know mummy raised a king
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Grind 'til money ain't a thing, you became a boss and brought all these bruddas in
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Live by loyalty and honour, same time I do what I wanna
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And I know how to treat a woman proper 'cuh I seen mama suffer
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No money but we had life, I go hungry, let my brother take my slice
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Ride-outs and drive-bys, but deep down they're nice guys
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Lookin' spectacular in my spectacles, all my bruddas are stylish and fashionable
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Carry the ting like it's casual, came from the dirt, it's only right that I blow
[Refrain]
Bm Em G F#m
Even when we never had a penny, yo, we always had spirit
Bm Em G F#m
They can bun my flesh, but they can't touch my spirit
Bm Em G F#m
They wan' take way my freedom, but they can't take away my spirit
Bm Em G F#m
'Cause even when we never had a penny, yeah, we always had spirit
[Chorus]
Bm Em G F#m
All you hear is siren and skeng fire, hold your head higher, bill a zoot, then build a empire
Bm Em G F#m
Skeng fire, hold your head higher, bill a zoot, then build a empire
Bm Em G F#m
All you hear is siren and skeng fire, hold your head higher, bill a zoot, then build a empire
Bm Em G F#m
Skeng fire, hold your head higher, bill a zoot, then build a empire
[Verse 2]
Bm Em G F#m
It's so funny how life unfolded, come too far to even lose focus
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All we do is win, I can't control it, but I can't take credit when God wrote it
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Used to be a snot-nosed kid, I knew a bruddah, sixteen with two kids
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Don't they grow up fast, step outside and graft? Your line don't bang
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'cause you woke up last, you're grindin' in slow-motion, I was out selling no lotion
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He knows me I don't know him uhh but money comin' on the boatload ting
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You let the goons dem in, I'm the fisherman cruisin' by, gyal, your waist need some loosenin'
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Let me see some ting, what you think about you and I G'd up in the G-Wagon?
[Refrain]
Bm Em G F#m
Even when we never had a penny, yo, we always had spirit
Bm Em G F#m
They can bun my flesh, but they can't touch my spirit
Bm Em G F#m
They wan' take way my freedom, but they can't take away my spirit
Bm Em G F#m
'Cause even when we never had a penny, yeah, we always had spirit
[Chorus]
Bm Em G F#m
All you hear is siren and skeng fire, hold your head higher, bill a zoot, then build a empire
Bm Em G F#m
Skeng fire, hold your head higher, bill a zoot, then build a empire
Bm Em G F#m
All you hear is siren and skeng fire, hold your head higher, bill a zoot, then build a empire
Bm Em G F#m
Skeng fire, hold your head higher, bill a zoot, then build a empire
[Outro]
Bm Em G F#m
Bm Em G F#m
Bm Em G F#m
Bm Em G F#m
Bm
