Mirror talk, man sharpen the psyche, Grew in the flats where the sky moved slightly, Grey-brick dreams but the hope stayed brightly, Man had nothing but the hunger inside me. Be as you wish to seem—move wisely, Tower-block bred but the vision move mighty, Mandem said calm but the storm ignite me, Pain in my chest but the grind excite me. Rise up—no flop—yeah I bend those odds, Life hit hard but I fend those shots, Dead-end roads? Man extend those plots, Turn one spark to a ten-fold god. High-speed flow—my cadence whip, Turbo tongue—no vacant bits, Mind been broke but I shape that fix, I became the man that I wished I'd been. Be as you wish to seem— Stand tall even when you bleed. Man grew up with a hunger so deep, Now the crown’s on me though the world said leave. Be as you wish to seem— No mask, no fear, no sleep. From the flats to the dreams unseen, I became that G that I wished I'd be. Block boy steps with a heavyweight aura, Diesel in the breeze, estate full of trauma, Mums said pray, but the stress got warmer, Had to grow quick, no time for a corner. Still— I kept that stance like a king on command, Even when life tried clipping my plans, Even when stress put a fist through my glands, I rose like smoke through a shifting estate. Pattern my life like a tailor stitch, Dream so big that the frame might glitch, Talk so slick that the pain might switch, From a wound to a crown, from a scar to a gift. Rapid-fire mind in a race with the pain, Urban Diesel soul in a grime-cut lane, Drill-type calm in a trap-laced brain, Man stayed real while I learned my name. Be as you wish to seem—move true, Life’s what you carve, not what they hand you. I walked through storms with a flat-block view, Turned all that hurt to the man I grew. Invisible crown, bro, but the shine still seen— Be as you are, fam. Be as you wish to seem, bruv.
