Shutdown (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge)

Lyrics

[Intro: Laurie & Isaac] Wait, Isaac Have you ever been to Mote Park in Maidstone when it's shut down? No It's so lovely [Chorus: Isaac, Isaac & Laurie] Man's never been in, it's shut down That's not me and it's shut down Ring, ring, ring and it's shut down Fashion week and it's shut down Went to the show sitting in the front row In a black tracksuit and it's shut down Touch the road and it's shut down Boy Better Know when it's shut down [Verse 1: Isaac] Yeah, take time If a man wanna try me, no time Usain Bolt when I run up on stage I pick up the mic and it's reload time Don't know your songs, but they know mine That's why I got gigs just like Joe Grind After the show, I be rolling mine Don't care bout the "No Smoking" sign They try to steal my vision This ain't a culture, it's my religion God knows I don't wanna go prison But if a man wanna try me, trust me, listen Me and my Gs ain't scared of police We don't listen to no politicians Everybody's on the same mission We don't care about your -isms and schisms [Chorus: Isaac, Isaac & Laurie, Laurie] It's shutdown That's not me and it's shut down Ring, ring, ring and it's shut down Fashion week and it's shut down Went to the show sitting in the front row In a black tracksuit and it's shut down Touch the road and it's shut down Boy Better Know when it's shut down [Verse 2: Isaac & Laurie] You wanna act like a G for the camera You say you're Muslim, you say you're Rasta Say you don't eat pork, don't eat Liar, you're just a actor Blud, you're not on your deen And if Selassie saw you, he would say "Blud take off the red gold and green" Them man are soft just like ice cream Seen? Start moving correctly If you don't wanna upset me, you get me? You tryna show me your Fendi? I told you before, that don't impress me Respect me When you see the mandem are selling out Wembley Roll deep in a blacked-out Bentley Pull up outside like, "Wah gwan, sexy" [Chorus: Isaac, Isaac & Laurie] Yeah, it's shut down That's not me and it's shut down Ring ring ring and it's shut down Fashion week and it's shut down Went to the show sitting in the front row In a black tracksuit and it's shut down Touch the road and it's shut down Boy Better Know when it's shut down [Skit: Laurie] A bunch of young men all dressed in black Dancing extremely aggressively on stage And it made me feel so intimidated And it's not what I expect to see on primetime television [Verse 3: Isaac] Uh, I'm in a different class When I get through I'ma bring my dargs 2 by 2, man a walk on the ark Sittin' at the front just like Rosa Parks Trust me, you don't wanna see me get dark Upset 'cause man are way up right now And this all happened, oh, so fast I was in Paris, shut down l'Arc New York, shut down Central Park Talk about London Oi, Laurie, where should I start? Walked in, spat ten sixteen bars And each and every one of them came from the heart None of my lyrics are stolen "Go on then, go on then," that's my slogan Wanna know how I did it with no label? No A-list songs and I told them [Chorus: Isaac, Isaac & Laurie] Yeah, I just shut down That's not me and it's shut down Ring, ring, ring and it's shut down Fashion week and it's shut down Went to the show sitting in the front row In a black tracksuit and it's shut down Touch the road and it's shut down Boy Better Know when it's shut down Yeah, I shut down That's not me and it's shut down Ring, ring, ring and it's shut down Fashion week and it's shut down Went to the show sitting in the front row In a black tracksuit and it's shut down Touch the road and it's shut down Boy Better Know when it's shut down