Sure Shank Redemption
[LYRICS START] [Intro – Spoken] Big Ras Dee. Brum Dappah. Hyghtower. Some men brag on blades… I just thank God mine missed the last part of my story, seen? [Hook] This that Sure Shank Redemption, Walked from the edge with a whole new sentence. Cold floor, bright room, wild tension, Still here now, that’s my mention. Could’ve been chalk lines, flowers, bench, Name on a shirt and a long sad mention. But I woke up sore with a second breath, Sure Shank Redemption, I escaped that death. [Verse 1] Started like any other dumb night flex, Too much drink, too much small-boy vex. Words got sharp in a crowded space, Egos clash in a tight packed place. Someone left, came back with a cold hard face, Air went thin, you could feel that taste. Shove went left, push came right, Next thing everything blur in sight. Felt one hit in the side I own, Warmth on my shirt I’d never known. Floor came up like it wanted my name, Whole room spin like a mad sick game. I heard my bredrin shouting loud, Sound went faint like a distant crowd. Thought in my head was a small soft line: “Is this how my kids learn ‘bout mine?” [Hook] This that Sure Shank Redemption, Walked from the edge with a whole new sentence. Cold floor, bright room, wild tension, Still here now, that’s my mention. Could’ve been chalk lines, flowers, bench, Name on a shirt and a long sad mention. But I woke up sore with a second breath, Sure Shank Redemption, I escaped that death. [Verse 2] Woke in a ward with the lights turned pale, Tube in my arm and a dry stiff inhale. Mum in the chair with her eyes on red, Praying under breath at the side of the bed. Nurse said, “You were close, big man, Few more inches, different plan.” I stared at the ceiling, counted breath, Every inhale felt like debt. Kids drew pictures for the wall right there, Stick-man Dad with the short black hair. I swear my chest broke when I saw that page, Whole life’s worth in a scrap they made. Police took notes with a calm straight tone, “Recognise face? any names you know?” Street code clashed with the shape of my home, Revenge in my mind but my soul said “No.” ‘Cause I’d seen that route turn men to ghosts, Seen mums collapse when they lose their hosts. Blade on blade make the pain run long, Ends stay stuck in the same sad song. [Hook] This that Sure Shank Redemption, Walked from the edge with a whole new sentence. Cold floor, bright room, wild tension, Still here now, that’s my mention. Could’ve been chalk lines, flowers, bench, Name on a shirt and a long sad mention. But I woke up sore with a second breath, Sure Shank Redemption, I escaped that death. [Verse 3] Now when a yout brag “I’ll dip man quick,” I don’t think “hard,” I just see that drip From a hospital bed to a mum’s wet sleeve, Whole block cursed by one man’s bleed. I show my scar, say “This ain’t fame, This ain’t clout, this ain’t no game. This is my boy nearly losing his dad, This is my girl nearly breaking in half.” Tell them, “You think edge make you king? Edge make you case, make your world shrink in. Real man learn when to walk from hype, Hold his pride and step from that swipe.” So I rap this verse as a warning sign, Billboard scar with a bassline spine. If you hearing this now and you walk with steel, Drop that weight, let your soul start heal. [Hook – Final] This that Sure Shank Redemption, Walked from the edge with a whole new sentence. Cold floor, bright room, wild tension, Still here now, that’s my mention. Could’ve been chalk lines, flowers, bench, Name on a shirt and a long sad mention. But I woke up sore with a second breath, Sure Shank Redemption, I escaped that death. [Outro – Spoken] Big Ras Dee. Brum Dappah. Hyghtower Records. If my near-end can stop one more… Then the pain weren’t wasted, star. [LYRICS END]
