"My Life" lyrics
Merlin
Y-yeah, uh
It's been a struggle, man
It's been heavy
21 and I'm still here
I'll give you 21 after this, mate
I'll tell you how though (listen)
I'll tell you something (look)
I'm like, you don't know a half about my life, a part of me's with Christ
I'm a coolie kid, born in March 1985
Mum's first son, got two older sisters by my side
I'm a birth star, Mum could see the glistens in my eye
I'm the worst one, that's 'cause I'm persistent when I'm crying
That makes them move quicker just to lick me when it's time
But it's killing me inside, but I just had to stand up
'Cah Dad told me to man up and stand up for my rights
Two sisters and I can't even stand up for a fight
'Cause that's when they'll just gang up and get hype, but forget that
In primary school, when I went down the foolish route
Making people laugh and getting sent out of the class
My strength was found at last, yeah, I'm an entertainer
So I'ma entertain until it makes me rich and famous
Teachers saying that I'm impossible to teach
'Cah they sat and read my visions 'til their opticals would bleed, then
Social workers got involved and they called my parents
I was pretty forward with the girls, I proposed for certain
I'd feel 'em up countless times, I'd say "she's the one"
You'd see us holding hands in the sand like we're deep in love
Then football, that kept me going, I could keep it up
Certain times you'd see me on the bench, I was a decent sub
I'd compete for fun, never was the best at nothin'
Other than making people laugh when I tell them somethin'
And secondary's when Jermaine got legendary
Distressing each and every lesson, half the teachers envy
Wretch, but still I weren't one to bad up
I'll just lay a man down if he ever try to man up
I weren't an actor but I was interacting, interactive, active in it
Even had the sickest plaits to match my denim
Yeah, I used to whizz through drama
I've shed a few tears, so I can say I've been through karma
Yeah, so I've been rude after, I've been cute, farda
My mum said that "this yout's marga"
I only liked eating when it's afters, yeah
Uh, I loved sweets through my buck teeth
I was a teen when I first met the stress of death
Granddad passed away and left a permanent pain in Wretch
Still, your name I repped—rep—kept repping
A little Scott, so my gran would reckon
I left school and went straight into college and work
I done drama just to polish my nerves
I never needed to, but my mum did want me to work
Plus, I said I would, so I kinda kept to my word, but then
That's when the friction started, two adults under one roof
And I don't wanna man up to my mum's rules
Like, I just asked her to go out and I was asked to leave
It was slightly my fault, maybe partially
But that's just somethin' that you have to go through
Wanna be a man? Then a woman has to mould you, yeah
Like, I was seventeen, living by myself
I ain't sleeping right, can't cook, so neither am I eating right
I've got the peakest bike, 50cc
HP put me in debt for 36 weeks, uh
I was the man before my time so I began to write
Hit the roads, Tiverton was known for a bag of hype
Combination was the team, we'd be shanking guys
Heat FM, 966 had the maddest vibes
From there, like me and music got married, like
I had a girl, now I've got a son who can carry my
Last name 'til his last day
And now I'm on the right pathway, soon I'll have a yard
And a car near the grass on the pathway, yeah, yeah
(I'm nearly there, man, you get me?)
And you know why we stop there, blood?
'Cause it's to be continued, nigga
Y-yeah, uh
It's been a struggle, man
It's been heavy
21 and I'm still here
I'll give you 21 after this, mate
I'll tell you how though (listen)
I'll tell you something (look)
I'm like, you don't know a half about my life, a part of me's with Christ
I'm a coolie kid, born in March 1985
Mum's first son, got two older sisters by my side
I'm a birth star, Mum could see the glistens in my eye
I'm the worst one, that's 'cause I'm persistent when I'm crying
That makes them move quicker just to lick me when it's time
But it's killing me inside, but I just had to stand up
'Cah Dad told me to man up and stand up for my rights
Two sisters and I can't even stand up for a fight
'Cause that's when they'll just gang up and get hype, but forget that
In primary school, when I went down the foolish route
Making people laugh and getting sent out of the class
My strength was found at last, yeah, I'm an entertainer
So I'ma entertain until it makes me rich and famous
Teachers saying that I'm impossible to teach
'Cah they sat and read my visions 'til their opticals would bleed, then
Social workers got involved and they called my parents
I was pretty forward with the girls, I proposed for certain
I'd feel 'em up countless times, I'd say "she's the one"
You'd see us holding hands in the sand like we're deep in love
Then football, that kept me going, I could keep it up
Certain times you'd see me on the bench, I was a decent sub
I'd compete for fun, never was the best at nothin'
Other than making people laugh when I tell them somethin'
And secondary's when Jermaine got legendary
Distressing each and every lesson, half the teachers envy
Wretch, but still I weren't one to bad up
I'll just lay a man down if he ever try to man up
I weren't an actor but I was interacting, interactive, active in it
Even had the sickest plaits to match my denim
Yeah, I used to whizz through drama
I've shed a few tears, so I can say I've been through karma
Yeah, so I've been rude after, I've been cute, farda
My mum said that "this yout's marga"
I only liked eating when it's afters, yeah
Uh, I loved sweets through my buck teeth
I was a teen when I first met the stress of death
Granddad passed away and left a permanent pain in Wretch
Still, your name I repped—rep—kept repping
A little Scott, so my gran would reckon
I left school and went straight into college and work
I done drama just to polish my nerves
I never needed to, but my mum did want me to work
Plus, I said I would, so I kinda kept to my word, but then
That's when the friction started, two adults under one roof
And I don't wanna man up to my mum's rules
Like, I just asked her to go out and I was asked to leave
It was slightly my fault, maybe partially
But that's just somethin' that you have to go through
Wanna be a man? Then a woman has to mould you, yeah
Like, I was seventeen, living by myself
I ain't sleeping right, can't cook, so neither am I eating right
I've got the peakest bike, 50cc
HP put me in debt for 36 weeks, uh
I was the man before my time so I began to write
Hit the roads, Tiverton was known for a bag of hype
Combination was the team, we'd be shanking guys
Heat FM, 966 had the maddest vibes
From there, like me and music got married, like
I had a girl, now I've got a son who can carry my
Last name 'til his last day
And now I'm on the right pathway, soon I'll have a yard
And a car near the grass on the pathway, yeah, yeah
(I'm nearly there, man, you get me?)
And you know why we stop there, blood?
'Cause it's to be continued, nigga
