Pleasure & Pain

Lyrics

[Part I] [Intro: Harley Alexander-Sule] And away, and away, and away we go And I pray, and I pray, but I don't want hope Give me change, give me change, ever made in stone Pleasure and pain, pleasure and pain [Verse 1: Jordan Stephens, Harley Alexander-Sule, Jordan Stephens & Harley Alexander-Sule] (Okay) Sometimes it's too bad to be true, too disheartening Double tap screens, fall foul to viral marketing Sitting ducks, nothing but large bills and meal plans I'm tryna use my imagination while I still can A carnival of thoughts, I hear the steel pans It's too real, it's likes over love, fuck how you feel Monetise me, Where's me new deal? Yo, I don't wanna feel bluе, so get the blue pill, uh Pull thе camera out, yeah, here's my blue steel Can you check the score, yeah, it's two nil (Oi, check the score bruv, come on) I wish I had time to kill, 'cause if I did I wouldn't kill time My desire for revenge lives in my insides and flares up The fear of who I am without distraction is a fair one A day without an existential spiral is a rare one Bookies in the ends, but they're never where the money is Daddy's down at Coral's, but he doesn't know where mummy is The day I saw that building on fire, my fucking heart broke There's still no fucking justice, years later and there's still smoke My voice feels tiny, it feels as though I'm stuck in sand I'm telling you, violence is the only shit they understand Praying for a day of leisure, playing for pain and pleasure Yeah, praying for a day of leisure, playing for pain and pleasure [Chorus: Harley Alexander-Sule] And away, and away, and away we go And I pray, and I pray, but I don't want hope Give me change, give me change, ever made in stone Pleasure and pain, pleasure and pain [Verse 2: Maverick Sabre] Uh, I don't wanna waste all your attention Saying everything with no intention, uh How do we fall? And the more we point the blame Can't throw stones in glass houses in the rain So you compare, but never my job (Huh) Holding up a mirror, but you hate reflection Work until you bleed, hope you make your pension Still flicking through the day, bloodshed desensitation Even nothing [Bridge: Maverick Sabre] Down on me, watch it fall Down on me, will we all? Down on me, watch it fall Down on me, will we all? [Pre-Chorus: Harley Alexander-Sule] It's always sunny somewhere [Chorus: Harley Alexander-Sule, Maverick Sabre] And away, and away, and away we go (And away and away, and away and away) And I pray, and I pray, but I don't want hope (And I pray and I pray, and I pray and I pray) Give me change, give me change, ever made in stone (Give me change, give me change) Pleasure and pain, pleasure and pain [Part II] [Verse 1: Harley Alexander-Sule] Come now to find the way [?][3:36] 'cause of dreams I never had, yeah Stopped selling when the price was low One move and the power changed Yeah, but the pleasure, pain [Verse 2: Jordan Stephens] Yeah, you gotta overcome your past and put that shit behind you, like a pantomime I've seen pain covered in ways, I think it asinine We tear down people we feed to whet our appetites And when I see a woman get flack, I think of Caroline And when a man catches strays on account of his gender I think about the brave ones who are changing the agenda I think about the lives changed by a selfless mentor I think about Jamal and then I think about Brenda Wanna tear it all down sometimes like, "Fuck identity" RIP Ebo, I hope he knows what he meant to me There's really not a cheat code, it's a massive lack of justice The human soul's corrupt, I feel disgusted, yo, trust me All this anti-Black rhetoric over your porridge, I know you love it Even the compliments back then seemed loaded They said "We don't like rap, we like you", wide-eyed and unoffensive But all I see is dead people now I've come to my senses Word to my allies and ancestors [Outro] If you deal with inequality, you can make things better If you don't deal with inequality, you'll make things worse And people can point and call me a communist as much as they fucking like, right? I make millions of pounds betting on this, alright? That doesn't sound very fucking communist to me, alright? I'm not here because I'm a good person, I'm here because I'm a good fucking economist, and I don't want this fucking country I grew up in to go down the fucking toilet