[intro, in the background] PAWPAPAW RRRRAAAH BangBang [Verse 1 no breaks] Brixton bred, hard face, cold stare Big stepper in the game, had the roads in his care Came up round smoke, round sirens and fear Every yard knew my name when I pulled up near Fed cars lurking, trying plot from the curb Whole month on the run, still I never got served Had a wide net spun from the ends to the dock Every link in the chain got a link in the lock My day ones called me boss, my young ones called me pray I was moving with a thumbprint, cash in the tray Too many hands in the pie, too many ears in the room One wrong word and the whole thing blooms Still I kept it calm, kept my head in the cut Never trusted a smile, never trusted a gut But the more I got higher, the more it went wrong My circle got smaller while the money stayed long [Pre-Chorus] Then my bredrins dropped one by one Not dead, not gone, just way too sudden I said hold up, nah, that ain’t luck Same kind of pain, same kind of truck Same black shape at the end of the road Same cold phone when the pressure got low I looked at the faces and I knew it was foul Too many close shadows, too many mouths [Chorus] Who you backing? Who you calling? When the whole thing folds and the night keeps falling Who you backing? Who you calling? If I ride for you, then you ride for me Who you backing? Who you calling? Say my name, don’t stall it Who you backing? Who you calling? In this life, we don’t flee [Verse 2] At my yard one night, phone lit up hard My bredrin voice shook like he’d taken a charge Said, “It’s chaos, fam, I can’t find my little girl” Said the opposite side might have snatched her from the world I went silent first, then the anger came That kind of helpless that can burn a man’s name He said every block got eyes, every lane got lies And the same old networks move like flies Said he checked the aunt’s yard, checked the school, checked the park Checked the bus stop, the yardgate, the cut after dark Nothing, not a trace, just a hole in the air Like somebody lifted her clean from somewhere He was breaking on the line, I could hear it in the breath That weak kind of fear that sits right next to death I told him, “Listen, bruv, I’m coming through now” “Whatever you would do for me, I’ll do for you now” Because loyalty’s heavy when the world turns cold When your people get lost and your hand gets sold No questions, no pause, no talk, no delay If the road wants a witness, I’m there that day [Pre-Chorus] I grabbed my coat, but I left the pride That family pain had cut me inside Couldn’t let him stand there with his world in bits Couldn’t let him sink while I still had wit And the roads looked dead, but my chest stayed loud Every corner felt wrong, every shadow too proud I kept thinking of his daughter, small shoes, small face And I kept moving fast through the same old place [Chorus] Who you backing? Who you calling? When the whole thing folds and the night keeps falling Who you backing? Who you calling? If I ride for you, then you ride for me Who you backing? Who you calling? Say my name, don’t stall it Who you backing? Who you calling? In this life, we don’t flee [Verse 3] I met him by the park, by the railings and trees His eyes were wrecked up, no sleep, no ease He said, “She ain’t here,” and his jaw was tight Said he felt a pattern moving out of sight I stepped closer slow, trying read the space Trying catch any crack in the air, any face Then I saw it too late, saw the turn in his stare Saw the dead calm math sitting over there It was bait, it was set, it was cold from the start Every step that I took had been walking to heart He looked me right in the eyes with the gun leveled straight And the whole park froze like it knew its own fate I heard the leaves, heard my blood, heard the night go thin Saw my bredrin split between the loss and... -It's my end - [sound of gunshot effect]
