Caron Wheeler - Childhood lyrics

[Verse 1: Durrty Goodz] Now growing up around the flats at 21, where I see kids living sh** A little son reminded me of back inna my young days I had to wait upon a track to bill a song So you could feel me go back to the future of a don "Yo my yout" "What?" "Come here Let me have a word kid Everyday I see you hanging 'round here, what you serving?" "Nothing" "You sure?" "Yeah" "So what you grinning for? How you know about them iceberg and Nike diamond turf?" "Nah, these are presents from my Uncle P He plays professional football man, he makes pees" "Yeah, so what do you wanna be?" "Mmm, I ain't sure yet but Trust me you ain't asking a fool I just pa**ed my SATs and soon be in the last year of school Probably go college, uni, do my masters and all" "Gwarn blud, that's what I like to hear So what's your school saying, does it teach you 'bout life out here?" "Nah" "Does it teach you when you leave there will be strife out here With peeps breeding and conceiving off the white out here?" "Haha" "Your laughing but it's not right out here Everyday's another struggle and a fight out here They better teach you how to stand up for your rights out here Cos they don't teach you how to go to sleep without nightmares" "Yeah yeah yeah" "Do they teach you this?" "No, we don't talk about that Or talk about crack, or talk about black Or how we can try and make our way out of these flats They give speeches on the d**h of Macbeth and that" "Oh my gosh" "And I couldn't care less cos that be wack, I'd rather listen to rap Them teachers should get the sack" "Yeah I feel you blud but hear what Don't get all flared up I'mma give you lickle advice to get prepared up I see you got the hustle but for you to keep your bread up When you see the feds, duck, but walk with your head up" [Caron Wheeler (Singing)] Come, walk with me, to a place I used to go There you will see, it's the friends I used to know [Verse 2: Durrty Goodz] "Blud, see from now start thinking of occupations So when time flies, you're not that same situation" "What do you mean?" "I mean don't follow your estate gang Friends come and go when you're growing as a great man I know it's all safe now, they're your mates and your crew But when you're growing up they might be hating you" "What? Nah nah nah, my boys are real Pumps, Fireman and Neeko, we're all born with sk**s" "Mmm" "And when we're older people, we'll be onto mils" "Well it's good to think big, kid" "Yeah yeah, I want a big crib Right now I be sharing room with my siblings" "How many are you?" "Just my brudda and my sister But mama said that she can't buy me nothing this Christmas Times are hard til we fly to Yard" "Well at least it will be hot" "Yeah it's cold on this block Last week a man I know got smoked on the block At 5:10 he was in my yard with Pa smoking pot By 5:20 we find the guy was loaded up with shots I wish that I could turn the clock back to 5:20 Cos George always used to fall asleep on my settee" "Ah look, don't worry son, there were reasons that day Why he couldn't chill with you, bun more weed and stay Everything's up to the most high, that's why we pray" "Yeah, but I just need to get away" [Caron Wheeler (Singing)] Come, walk with me, to a place I used to go There you will see, it's the friends I used to know Oh, childhood, childhood, childhood, childhood If I could, I would make it better Oh, childhood, childhood, childhood, childhood Time would always last forever [Verse 3: Durrty Goodz] "Listen son, you gotta make ambition number one And from you get your vision, then your mission has begun" "Yeah I hear you man, straight But life on the estate's grind Just the other day we found a big pile of weight" "True?" "It was just last week what I told you 'bout George But the week before last it was my good friend Charles" "Yeah? What happened to him?" "Ah, you don't really wanna know It was dark after 12, we was in the corridor Half of the click was there, they were burning lickle draw Then one of the mandem bullied him to ride to the store When he was so kind, but didn't want to go today In the pouring rain, and the store's across the motorway But if he didn't go he would have got rushed and kicked Til he got crushed to bits on the A406, He's sick, when I was just with him up in the lift The other boy's a prick, nah he-" "Son, there were reasons that day Why he didn't chill with you, bun more weed and stay See life is short and it sure ain't funny man So in your space of time make sure you love your fam" "Yeah I love my fam, but they're f**ed and Give me a need to throw tantrums And start shouting and switching At times I've been hungry and can't go in my kitchen Cos Pops is watching and all his friends are cotching" "Damn" "And this be happening very often Til I wonder what it would be like as an orphan Or how it would be if my mum had an abortion But then I think I'm going way out of proportion When I think about my little cousins That gotta come stay with us cos they haven't seen their mother My aunt's run off with her lover and got hooked on d** And now she's lost in love It's so crazy What we be going through as little pickneys and babies Til I'm sick and tired of these faces I feel like jumping on my bike and riding to places Never to return til I'm loaded rich" Cos I'm so angry but my family don't hear me switch They don't know mathematics for me is a quick task But to flow poetry I used to ditch cla** But you can make a pretty future outta sh** past Do you believe me kid? Kid? Kid? sh** I've been talking to myself again Daydreaming as I been walking by myself again Thinking what I claim to be Cos that kid was me [Caron Wheeler (Singing)] Come, walk with me, to a place I used to go There you will see, it's the friends I used to know Oh, childhood, childhood, childhood, childhood If I could, I would make it better Oh, childhood, childhood Time would always last forever If I could make it better If I could make it better If I could make it better, better, better