The London Borough of Brent

Lyrics

[Sample] This is Kensal Rise This is the London Overground Service to Richmond Calling at: Willesden Junction, Acton Central, South Acton, Gunnersbury, Kew Gardens, and Richmond This is the London Overground Service to Richmond. The next station is: Willesden Junction [Verse 1] Used to have dreams of making a 100k, I made a hundred grand Weren't enough, used to have dreams of making a mill, then I made mills Weren't enough, gotta pay tax, payment due, just to see a million you gotta make two Of course the money changеd me, I would hope that the monеy changed you Cos when you're broke you would do mad tings, when you're broke you would do bad things, and when you're broke you would do sad tings We grew up poor and we had to make do Some will break, some break through, me and those guys went the same school I see a video the other day, now dem man deh tek food, mad Drugs ain't cool, drugs ain't cool, but the place we're from, people wanna space to escape to Where we're coming from is painful, yeah, where we're coming from is hateful, yeah 'Round here need a angel, feel like Peven Everett on Gabriel Living 'round here's taxing, won't end on the 5th of April, North West know how they do 'Round here Cain and Abels, that's bruddas killing bruddas, done him on the mains, they will let it go in plain view Whoosh, on the road there will be blood, Daniel Day Lewis playing Daniel Plainview, yeah Blessed to be alive, blessed to have a life and make it to the cradle True they wanna kill us all prenatal, a sister giving birth can be fatal Just being poor gotta pay that expense, life in the London Borough of Brent Oi, let dat riddim run still, let that riddim run 'Round here's mad, don't ya know West, North West, Nort'west, North Weezy, however you wanna say it [Sample] Mi have nuff friend you know, mi come from a place called Harlesden. Harlesden! Let mi big up all mi fren dem from North West 10, Stonebridge, Harlesden, Church Road, Willesden, mek mi big up, all Brixton man, all Tottenham man, all man from Dalston, mi love the whole of uno This is Kensal Rise [Verse 2] I am from a ends where man sell drugs, go buy designer menswear Watches better than the businessmen wear One on one's are rare and rarely end there Seeing through a different kinda lens there Anywhere from Kilburn up to Edgware, anywhere from Kensal Green to Wembley Anywhere from Stonebridge down to Camden, anywhere from Harlesden up to Hatch End Oh this sounds so good I have to extend Anywhere from Harrow down to Acton, anywhere from Mozart up to Hendon Anywhere from Ladbroke Grove to Ealing, anywhere from Shepherd's Bush to Drayton Anywhere from West Ken back to Hampstead Anywhere from Willesden up to West End Anywhere from anywhere From anywhere, anywhere Anywhere from, anywhere, anywhere From anywhere, oi, let that riddim run still Let that riddim run 'Round here's mad, don't ya know?