Against All Odds

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Kano] I was raised in a city with no heart Where there's no half- Stepping when it comes to be getting that dough fast I'm a hustler I'm a, I'm a hustler Raised on the battle field, born as a sufferer Before I had a deal I was still stacking bills Get punked sell food to the customers Now I get love cruise in the back o' the S class Dem can't move like dat y'na (I was raised) I come from where man were done for hardly nothing You can see it in the news,I'm hardly fronting Got kids with guns in the heart of London Bullet proof vests like half a hundred There's no actors and actresses, gully 'round here Niggas stashing them straps in mattresses Soon as you exit Stanstead you might see... [Chorus: Lou Rawls, Kano] Now all the guys are always getting in trouble (Always getting in trouble) That's how it's always been (That's how it's always been) But when the odds are all against you How can you win, yeah? (How can you win? How can you win?) How can you win, yeah? Yeah, yeah (How can you win? How can you win?) [Verse 2: Kano] I was raised in a city when they was out blazing the Philly I was on the 5 bus chasing the titties At the back of the class undoing bras with a stiffy Tenisha, Tessa, Lesly and Richie It's a cold, cold world Gangstas living in a po-po world So I'm in Koko with a go-go girl Escaping reality that I know so well But when you a kid you don't know better Boys find trouble tryna find that cheddar Money breeds envy, might get set-up When pockets get empty, niggas get jealous Killa done told them, "[?]" Landed in water, stretching that ketchup from the south of the border North, west to east, there's nothing round here Got to see it to believe it [Chorus: Lou Rawls, Kano] Now all the guys are always getting in trouble (Always getting in trouble) That's how it's always been (That's how it's always been) But when the odds are all against you How can you win, yeah? (How can you win? How can you win?) How can you win, yeah? Yeah, yeah (How can you win? How can you win?) [Verse 3: Kano] Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner That I love London town But London's foul, London's a merry go round A cycle of life full of ups and downs 'Cause up till now we ain't never won With the odds against us a million to one See the Winter's messy but they get silly in the sun Don't fight just draw the nine milli and it's done... [Chorus: Lou Rawls, Kano] How can you win, yeah? How can I win? How can I win? How can you win, yeah? How can I win? How can I win? Yo, Chase & Status and KA