[Verse 1: Dave] Look, I've been about for a bit, don't play the fool I still got a few notes like I'm late for school I just picked up a Q, like I'm playing pool No chastity or charity, I'm takin' food You talk crud you can't back it, beef you ain't bangin' These straps you can't handle, these man you ain't shankin' Got a brudda with a flicka, one brother with a mac And another with a thing that goes rat-a-tat-tat Got 4-5 bruddas, they're my 4-5 bruddas Bang 4-5 bruddas, made like 4-5 bruddas Chat to 4-5 bruddas, I can't war my brothers I love all my brothers, can't afford my brothers A lot of guys buy ice and get hyped in the streets Fam it's nine, it looks like the new iPhone's released And yeah this ammys kinda mental I forgot where its at This ammys kinda mental I forgot that I rap Brother you can get the dental, that's some shots in your back You can get that rental, that's the back of that van I'm just moving gentle, in the back of this cab Tryna count some paper like an examiner, and Moped, catch me driving when I'm 17 Tryna move white in the night like it's Medellin Inception from deception, if you're selling dreams I'm buying, stop lying, you can't touch me with your any team So, a lot of guys talk the talk in the ends The problem is, half these guys talk the talk to the feds If you're talking like you're talking when you talk to your ex When you're talking near me, make sure your talk ain't a mess I don't need BBM, but I got £5 on me Better duck, duck, goose if I got 5 rounds on me I might, cut that loose if feds try and stop me Cause, I ain't getting nicked for nothing I'm living for the hell of it, still-a-f**in' relevant Mind never degenerates, around these degenerates Like Ellen I'm DeGeneres, one in a batch But real talk, I won't forget I got here through rap So 'nough of that, how about we pause Jerk man and take off like a divorce, listen We pause, jerk man and take off like a divorce, listen Talking to God, I went through all of that pain Couldn't feel my hands, was kicking ball in that rain In the kitchen, with the pans, cooking raw, whipping caine Headphones, duffel bag, going north on the train And i'm calm on my own, catch me walkin' in 110s Broke down a Z ain't getting less than 110 Night shift's where wolves down me at 1:10 Tell 'em come then but you can't sound me for 110 That's in vain I'm tryna make use of life, it won't ever be in vain In vain, selling stuff you can't smoke fam You know this goes in veins, in vain And i'm not tryna get life to make my brother's sentence in vain, in vain I'm tryna make something of myself I didn't struggle in vain, in vain Bruv, you better stab me in my heart and drain all the blood in veins, in vain My brother gave up on uni, for my fam, it won't be in vain, in vain I strive to survive, 'cause I thrive in the night, it won't be, in vain In vain, but listen, was it in vain trapping on a Thursday And living in the worst way, fam it won't be in vain All that football on a match day, and now we letting straps play Trust me cuz, it won't be in vain I was lurkin' where them cats stay, thinking what would dad say Trust me cuz, it won't be in vain Smiling to them pricks I hated in school Letting them know, I never had no ratings for you I'm letting this go, I got some shell casings for you I'm k**ing them slow, got nothing to say to you goons And a message for a chick who tried to set me up Bring your f**ing boys [?] 'Cause I got some shooters, they're the hardest Shots, they're on target Got shots from Streatham vale all the way out to Charlton Speak when I say so, drop bombs I'm a pave-low I don't bother trapping and rapping because the pay's low I'll just get that trap and make it happen when I say so I'll just pop that Mattock and slap it wherever they go Tired of f**ing rapping, like blowing will never happen Know that it takes work, but I'm showing I got talent In vain, In vain Yes, yes, yes Toddla