Layer Cake

Lyrics

[Intro] You're born; you take shit Get out in the world; you take more shit Climb a little higher; take less shit Til one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere, and you've forgotten what shit even looks like Welcome to the layer cake, son [Verse 1: Kano] Check, check Check Check I'm two albums deep a thousand shows in Cause I fight for the right til the towel gets thrown in We hustle down here, knuckles 'round here Never stays pretty when you're raised in the city It's a place full of hatred where they wanna stick me Cause I'm making my statments and they think too quickly I'm a victim to criticism, menace to society Cause I'm in a position where many do admire me, (huh) But there's always an obstacle, just move left but the stress ain't optional It's all bless but nah, you forget, you've gotta do better you can't do your best Crucial how you move cause you'll lose your breath And this music will follow you to death Do us part, now you're married to the game With no footsteps to follow: pave the way Eh, that's the layer cake, play your position It's too fucked let me explain how the biz is Too real, you feel that you're in control but you ain't, you're stuck in the layer cake [Hook] The Layer Cake The Layer Cake The Layer Cake The Layer Cake (Welcome to the layer cake son..) [Verse 2: Kano] They layer cake's like being stuck in the system Just for existence to be someone coming up as an infant We seen it in Scarface, the road to the top the fucking hard way But you know how the music is, gotta pass a few layers before you get rich It's a hustle, gotta struggle just so you can shit gold And you still owe, that's why they get rich and you get broke But I'm still writing It's never gonna stop until you're fucking with a cherry on the top But I'm still trying The road think I've blown but I ain't nowhere near the icing Obviously the radio fears my writing But my ideas are frightening So I'm still stuck in the layer cake, taking my chances They're trying to put me in another box: "grime artist" And I'm trying to see the cream in the middle That's the money I ain't just speaking in riddles I ain't trying to be part-time dealing a little Or trying to see hard times, stealing in LIDLs But things just ain't what they seem, I'm on the grind like banner said From pirates to mainstream, and still not that ahead Feel I should knock it on the head Cause I'm in the industry man, in England Where I never sell more than an indie band You don't even wanna know the ins and outs But let me tell you how it goes down [Hook] [Verse 3: Kano] Layers and Layers of bullshit, the game's fucked up But you've gotta play it, you can't pause it And you can't forfeit, as an up-and-coming emcee Trying to bust but your pockets' empty I work hard, never a night off Watch "Fabulous Life of..." and see all things that I want But I don't think UK's ready My tune's on heavy rotation cause it's got Mike on Ever since So Solid dropped, "21 seconds", the charts ain't really had anyone reppin' So can you get to the top of the tops? "Pow" #11: still no Top of the Pops. How? Said I'd probably get nominated No disrespect to Lamar but I think I should have gone to take it But fuck this, fuck the Brits, get pissed take the piss out of this Paris Hilton bitch Cause I don't belong here I've come a long way it's been a long year And I'm so near but yet so far Climbing the ladder to this rarefied atmosphere... Welcome to the layer cake... (it's the layer cake) son (ooh yeah) (it's the layer cake) (ooh yeah) (it's the layer cake) Welcome to the layer son