George The Poet - 5 Ghosts lyrics

I had a dream I got shot in Harlesden Local ends -- I got shot in Harlesden So called friends? I put nuttin past 'em I was left for dead but I wasn't just left dead, woke Up on my d**h-bed. I got caught slippin' like a Brixton gangster in Peckham stylin'. My Picture in the Metro, my bredrins wil'in. Recon- Ciling myself with this wreck & smiling. Then I Noticed 5 ghosts standing around me looking Like most mandem in Ralphies. The 1st ghost turned to the second like "Fam Why's he looking like he doesn't recognise man?" That's when I realised they looked angry as Hell, Heaven Knows they probably wanted to shank me as well Quite scary and spooky? Try eerie and bookie, fam I Felt like I slipped into a Nigerian movie The first ghost said to me "we were your gifts, we em- Powered you so you didn't need the four-fifths. It's Not about luck, we were supposed to be with you, & Anything else you believed was all myths As you might have guessed I was the gift of the gab. For Every single time you got a lift to the cab or got a 2 for 2 without paying £2...the Gift of the gab shifted the slab weighing you down. You Probably think you made good use of me init? Any List of great talkers you should be in it? You'd be Twanging right now if it wasn't for your health, cause When have you said anything that wasn't for yourself?" The second ghost was all like "you know the score like... I was your ability to learn. You could copy what you Saw and didn't need a turn, anywhere mimicry was Physically concerned. I Gave you more tricks of the trade than Nicholas Cage at a ri- Diculous age. At 15 you worked at the Barbers under minimum wage and there was None of that with which you didn't engage cause you Had more of me than usual. Stupid Fool, what did you even use it for? You coulda Used it more -- true or false? Can you recall Tryna pursue a cause that you would call 'true' at all?" Third ghost told me "I was your gift of understanding Education-wise, you done the damn ting. Then you Flipped it to the Gyalist In Wonderland ting & Crowned yourself king cause of all of that attention you Found yourself in... As a teen you Understood more than youngers should but that Wouldn't excite you like getting numbers would So you never used me with great persistence to Break the systems and make a difference That's when I got the strength to speak. I said "I'm Twenty years old what was I meant to be? Free World leader of the century? I couldn't have Been what you think I was potentially. I Got into King's College Cambridge University d'you Know what I went through? I had to slew adversity so Sorry if you ain't what you'd prefer to be but I Think you lot are deluded, personally." Then there was an awkward silence Then the fourth ghost was like...the Fourth just said "Look George go to bed. It's a Waste of time if you can't see why we're here If you're in a rush to go, the green light is there" I said "Wait, I ain't heard from the fifth & you...furthermore What gift were you?" He said "it's Pointless", all sighing, "cause the Point is you're dying We deserved the time that you never got to give us and Now your life is over we never got to live up *You were more concerned who was rolling to the rave with You. Now your gifts are going to the grave with you. You coulda Made good use of me or number 5 most but Now your 5 Seeds have now become the 5 ghosts.* I watched them disappear, covered in piss and fear Wishing that I had my brothers & sisters there Picturing myself in Government then explaining to God why I never beheld his covenant. I Realised how much potential I had wasted. I Realised d**h was the only guarantee & Life had been honest; it honoured its promise, so the Only right I had was the right to be mad at me. The Way I felt sidelined was crazy, on a Big man ting I just cried like a baby Sorry for the times that I never spoke up, I prayed for One more chance. Then I woke up