[Verse 1: Novelist] You can't tell me about beef on road Cause I've had beef on road And you can't tell me black dress code Cause I'm in a black dress code And you can't tell me about making dough Cause I'm out here making dough And you can't tell me about friends or foes When I don't have friends or foes [Hook: Novelist] No one can tell me nothing Blud, I don't wanna hear 'bout nothing No one can tell me nothing And I still don't care 'bout nothing No one can tell me nothing Blud, I don't wanna hear 'bout nothing No one can tell me nothing And I still don't care 'bout nothing [Verse 2: Novelist] Can't tell me about local hoes When I don't do local hoes And you can't tell me about social, bro I don't wanna be social, bro And you can't tell me about name on road Don't care for your name on road And you can't tell me about take it slow When I don't wanna take it slow [Hook: Novelist] No one can tell me nothing Blud, I don't wanna hear 'bout nothing No one can tell me nothing And I still don't care 'bout nothing No one can tell me nothing Blud, I don't wanna hear 'bout nothing No one can tell me nothing And I still don't care 'bout nothing [Verse 3: Novelist] Can't tell me about keep it real Everyday, I keep it real And you can't tell me about you man drill Don't matter if you man drill And you can't tell me about packing still The whole endz are packing still And you can't tell me about out on the field Lowkey, I'm out on the field [Interlude] Much of the loot in London, Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester was taken by existing criminal gangs. Others, though, were people from different backgrounds who saw something they couldn't resist. They were right in the thick of the trouble in Lewisham, but also went to Catford, Bromley and Clapham Junction Right now, it looks like there ain't a future for young people. That's how I see it. Cause the government, they're not helping no one out except for the rich people. They don't care for us, they just leave us on the block to do whatever we do [Verse 4: Novelist] I don't wanna be around n***as, don't listen My vision's way bigger Than being in the hood with all my n***as Catching n***as slipping Trick sipping till I feel my head spinning Got a bad attitude, it's stinking I don't wanna know no one's business Real criminals ain't no witness What'd you really think this is? Can't tell me nothing Cause I'm a [?] soldier Don't make me and my co-Ds roll up So hold up Don't be thinking you know me Just took what they told ya Keep it lowkey so they wanna get closer Don't tell me nothing, cuz [Hook: Novelist] No one can tell me nothing Blud, I don't wanna hear 'bout nothing No one can tell me nothing And I still don't care 'bout nothing No one can tell me nothing Blud, I don't wanna hear 'bout nothing No one can tell me nothing And I still don't care 'bout nothing