Council Estate of Mind

[Intro] Talkin' 'bout the science of social deprivation From 'ere to wherever in the council estates the man are strugglin' The poor lower working class [Verse 1] Blud, you go to sleep round here and have nightmares Wake up and find the worst reality is right there The difference is, in my dreams I'm always runnin' scared But in reality, on road, I'm comin' prepared So now who's gonna wanna run up and become a goner? Everybody's gonna wanna get us, but they're on a longers I'm still out to get the same cats from last summer But man can't see them again, it's like they've done a runner I'm still in the same manor, on the same number And everybody knows where I'm at and what I'm under I'm in the same slums, raisin' the funds In the city where the youth man are blazin' the guns Just look how this United Kingdom has come Within the council estates where man'll fight over crumbs You got young single parent mums Havin' the hardest time tryn'a survive for their daughters and their sons Be comin' out their youths, cause their youths are left out there Raised on the ways of these streets without care Now we're havin' our fair share of gun warfare And it's all gone nuts and that's just cause it's poor here People want more here, we're all on the floor here It's raw here, can't even sleep and ignore here Cause life's kinda militant, stuck in the grime Nothing's equivalent to this council estate of mind [Hook] We know that we have been living our lives through the hardest times Still we know that we must keep up the faith in our hearts and minds [Verse 2] I live amongst smashed syringes Squatters' doors hangin' off the hinges Hookers lookin' money for Bobby, shottin' their minges Leavin' used condoms out on the staircases Next to the broken pipes that's left by the Base heads Local estate heads, have grown up to hate Feds Kids with no helmets drivin' round on some bait peds Abandoned cars are at the bottom of the block So when it's pissin' down, kids have got a place to plot To cotch and blaze pot, and watch this whole spot Full up of lost souls with no goals who get left to rot And what, I don't expect you to ever comprehend is Why I got all actin' so self defensive The neighbourhood shotters have all seen what it's comin' to Local coppers on patrol are boppin' with a gun too So anyone could bun you, leave and desert you How long they gonna mourn you when somebody merks you? Tryin' not to get shift when shiftin' your work true When you wanna shift there ain't nowhere to splurt to The stakes are high, still the best get placed Tryn'a find how sweet success might taste In a place where everybody is tryin' to flex Nobody's really gettin' anywhere, so everybody's vexed Livin' life kinda militant, stuck in the grime Nothin's equivalent to this council estate of mind [Hook] We know that we have been living our lives through the hardest times Still we know that we must keep up the faith in our hearts and minds [Verse 3] So these are lyrics for my people, livin' on the streets who Know they ain't got nuttin' else to retreat to If you gettin' food next man'll wanna eat you Pure, bad beefs just to get to delete you So many man nowadays are so see-through Beware of their deceitful ways when they greet you Those who feel it know it because they've been through Times when their friends wanna switch up to beat you I never used to see it but, now I got a clear view Don't let no bad minded heads try get near you If they're not on your level they'll never hear you Ain't no time to be shaken or fearful If you've been through, some of this evil that we do A hundred Hail Mary's ain't enough to redeem you All of my long time friends are crack fiends Who have gone too far, but still say they didn't mean to Does alleviation through base and crack relieve you? Everybody's losin' their mind, and even me too Step into my world if you wanna catch a preview But don't tell a soul, cause they just won't believe you That life's kinda militant, stuck in the grime Nothin's equivalent to this council estate of mind Life's kinda militant, stuck in the grime Nothin's equivalent to this council estate of mind [Hook x2] We know that we have been living our lives through the hardest times Still we know that we must keep up the faith in our hearts and minds We know that we have been living our lives through the hardest times Still we know that we must keep up the faith in our hearts and minds