[Intro] (Chords: Dm - Bb) [Dub siren wails, tape delay feedback] [barritone Singjay]: LDN underground. We play the danger game. [Bashment Queen]: Two sounds clash. Nobody walk away. [Verse 1: UK Dancehall barritone Singjay, Gritty rapid-fire cadence] Cold concrete steps, I’m matching your stride South London steppa with the bashment bride But the ego is fragile, the static is loud We sparking a fuse in the heart of the crowd. I bring the frost, you bringing the flame We playing for keeps but we losing the game It’s a toxic collision, the pressure is peak Love is the weapon we too stubborn to speak. [Chorus: Duet, Heavy bashment stomp with UKG swing] It’s M.A.D., Mutually Assured Destruction Caught in the grip of a lethal seduction Bashment heat meeting UK frost We winning the battle but look at the cost. Yeah, it’s M.A.D., the fire and the gasoline Worst for each other, the best that I've seen We gonna wreck it all, leave nothing between Shatter the crown of the king and the queen. [Verse 2: Bashment Queen, Syncopated Patois flow] Watch how me step, pure fiyah me blaze You with your London grit, lost inna the maze We push and we pull, make the foundation crack A beautiful ruin, ain't no turning back. When the riddim drop heavy, you holding me tight But the morning come quick and we ready to fight A sound system war, yeah we turning the dial Burning the empire, dancing the while. [Chorus: Duet, Heavy bashment stomp with UKG swing] It’s M.A.D., Mutually Assured Destruction Caught in the grip of a lethal seduction Bashment heat meeting UK frost We winning the battle but look at the cost. Yeah, it’s M.A.D., the fire and the gasoline Worst for each other, the best that I've seen We gonna wreck it all, leave nothing between Shatter the crown of the king and the queen. [Bridge: Tempo slows, Half-time drop] [Singjay]: London is sinking, the Thames running dry. [Bashment Queen]: Ashes to ashes, we kissing the sky. [Both]: No surrender. Just the fall. [Outro, Airhorns, Reload wheel up] [Singjay]: Yeah, let it burn down. [Bashment Queen]: Turn to smoke. [Tape stop effect, final heavy sub-bass drone fades to silence]
