[Intro] Grey bricks Gold teeth Same block Cold grief (yeah) [Verse 1] Mum said “mind how you talk” I learnt to rhyme every thought Turned them eviction letters Into scripts I could autograph Council flat kettle whistling Outside lads with a different mission One hand gripped on a Rizzle tin Other on a pack, that’s petitioning Jake car lurk by the bus stop Same time nan pray that the fuss stop I’m in my room tryna rush props Pen run laps when the clock stops Food on tick, man owe, that’s normal Classroom felt like a courtroom Teacher said “you’ll be gone soon” I just wrote bars in the storeroom [Chorus] Grey bricks and gold teeth Same pain, just old beef Turned stress into slow heat Watch it rise when the flow speak (flow speak) From the stains on the stain-glass To my name in the stage lights Every loss that we came past Got laced in the same rhyme (same rhyme) [Verse 2] Mandem dream ‘bout a Mayfair postcode Still stuck sharing post with the roaches Whole road live by the phone code Wrong ring, you’re a ghost in the photos Bro said “rap or the trap, make your mind up” I said “trap is a trap, it’ll bind us” He laughed, put the pack where the sign was Got bagged, now he chats through a line buzz I took pain, turned the page with it Every rage, wrote a cage in it Every day felt the same, innit Now the stage got my name in it Still hear sirens in the snare roll Still see my block in the grey smoke Every bar got a payload Each word weigh more than a payroll [Chorus] Grey bricks and gold teeth Same pain, just old beef Turned stress into slow heat Watch it rise when the flow speak (flow speak) From the stains on the stain-glass To my name in the stage lights Every loss that we came past Got laced in the same rhyme (same rhyme) [Bridge] If I miss one step, that’s a landslide (landsliiide) If I slip one word, that’s a man’s life So I stitch these lines like a hand sign Every syllable a lifeline [Chorus] Grey bricks and gold teeth Same pain, just old beef Turned stress into slow heat Watch it rise when the flow speak (flow speak) From the stains on the stain-glass To my name in the stage lights Every loss that we came past Got laced in the same rhyme (same rhyme)
