Lowkey - My Generation lyrics
The night is so wild, downstairs the child is sleeping, her spirit is free For more than an hour, I've walked in the rain I've been wondering what she Will be But where are the heroes, where are the dreams that I had when I was young Am I hoping in vain? Just to think she can change anything? Well I'm counting on you LOGIC See I ain't going back to the block, rats and the rocks Flats and the cops, Logic's never been trapped in no box See the young ones wanna clap at the bus, the youths Now are practically lost Stacking from what's trapped in the cost, while the factories floss Third world labour, little kids wrapping up my socks Happy slaps at the bus-stop Everyone praises beef, we gotta dust all the dust off 'cos It's old now Listen, how many have to be dead before the murderin slows down? And I know what I know now So I don't want my seed to go through this I'm tryna show How life can be better then this Chasing money and cars, It's all irrelevantness They dont help In the after life I dont know if the answer's right I'm simply just asking, WHY? My Generation is losing It's way We don't know, what we're leaving for you LOWKEY See the olders are cracked out, those were our role models All that really leaves for the young guns is no morals Me I know myself now, so I know I won't follow Even though my heart's full of pain and my soul's hollow Drugs k**, but reality is godsend The olders got hooked, they didn't know what It was then Right man, right time, what Is just the wrong end I keep my circles small, cause I've already lost friends I'm not a bad boy, never said I was one These youths think they're invincible ‘cos they got guns See them 8 year olds in Iraq, fam they got guns But that f**in don't mean nothing when the bombs come Where I live you treat strangers like enemies Cause some die over mistaken Identities Who can say, are we losing our brains? All I know everyday is, for the youth them I pray Cause My Generation is losing It's way We don't know, what we're leaving for you