Paul Cree - Dizzee From Change lyrics

I vividly remember that transition between garage and grime Wobbly baselines and eerie synthesizers Epitomizing the darker side of London life Gone were the girly vocals Replaced by raw instrumental space allowing an MC to demonstrate The delicate balancing act between bravado and flow As whole studio's previously only available to those with dough, Were condensed and squeezed onto desktop pc's Whatever side of the musical divide you chose The relentless march of evolution wasn't stopping Time waits for no man So the saying goes And rightly so Because I've suffered many a splinter from sitting on fences Worried that whatever side I decided to climb off Id be defenseless For years I perched trying to search for the perfect way, To permeate the boundaries of success away from the doldrums without being seen, I saw attention as an enemy that could potentially halt my progress Though thought and action were two factions that rarely agreed In-bedded in the tred of my trainers is the memory of a thousand pounded pavements Paces of procrastination Paving slabs greeted my feet anytime I sought retreat in my lunch hour An escape from my place of work I took to these walks to create space for thought My daily tours saw me over an*lyzing situations beyond contemplation Until I realized immersing myself in grey clouds of thought Was a just a subconscious delay tactic A mental fence on which to sit Blanketing the reality of mother nature's very own weather report Worried about getting caught in a shower when the forecast was heat For the sun's rays to penetrate I needed to accept the fact that weather does change And the outcome is out of my hands In order to jump off the fence and make an impact I tried to revolutionize the way that I think In the same way that garage dj's did when they dropped 138 Trek by Zinc Whether or not it paid it triggered a chain reaction for change to happen I'm not sure who claimed they were first to maim that skippy 2 step beat And chop it in half All I know is it tore a line apart between old and new I Love You was a long way from Bring Me Flowers However it allowed a whole new species to blossom The pollen of many genres responding to mistakes and lessons of the elders Genetically encoded in the DNA of the music And pa**ed on like father to Son I decided I had nothing to loose by taking risks Other than loosing a few splinters, And the sole's of my trainers could start connecting with a few more stages And a few less pavements Actions have consequences – positive and negative No action knows no satisfaction Sitting on the fence in isolation was frustrating Only dipping my toe into the ebb and flow of everyday living Would stunt the development required for essential decision making The act of waiting becomes frustrating And that impatience converts to bitterness Who's only home lies in defeat I didn't wonna' be another could a' been. So I selected my spot. Jumped off my fence and went to ground I realized sometimes you have to do things on you're own. Accept responsibility, And just go The same year Dizzee dropped Boy In Da Corner” I left home