A Piece of String

Throughout the years yeah it may seem like I've changed the most But I'm the same kid at heart I barely know where to start man But getting started is all that matters And that I ain't ever had a problem with I'm tryna show my future kids that this was worth it In retrospect I learnt a lot from my endeavors for real One on ones with Spenc no telling what my record was still That boy a go-getter So now I'm never backing down cause I don't know better That's how you know the message was real See all them older at practise but difference is we eye to eye now On some hi and bye shit You ain't my idol nor my rival Guess that's the way life goes when you chase more than survival Respectfully, even back then they respected me that shits mutual Time passes playing fields level competition strengthens That's when Jamie went and dropped my name a mention And you know that we went in, made the cut Hooping was my hustle weren't no question really Life's a piece of string No telling how long that's gon be, trust me I'm tryna see my people eat, pray with me May we never lose a brother to the street If I gave you hope, would you believe If you hear it sing it Life's a piece of string No telling how long that's gon be Why are we here if we ain't gon dream Go and leave your mark on the world and that's for the family Don't let nobody question what you can be cause our days are numbered Now it's me, Kian, Mo and SB Trips to practise that's twice weekly The most responsibility that we was faced with Was which tracks we should add to the playlist when it was our turn You won't be surprised who spun that MJ and Prince Man got dropped and hit the buttons been going dumb ever since Sometimes the worst things happen at what seem like the worst of times Little do we know what clock God works on And who are we to question him Different time zone and see the jet lag yeah it hurts sometimes Marvel Kingz round the time I started writing nursery rhymes Me Babs, T and L Weezy Knew one of us was destined for TV See me I lost that race but not last place I'm still working Home videos to home studios Still got all of those demos on the hotmail Had no logic but had the audacity to get it done regardless Hearts up on the sweater now but Back then we was moving heartless Life's a piece of string No telling how long that's gon be, trust me I'm tryna see my people eat, pray with me May we never lose a brother to the street If I gave you hope, would you believe If you hear it sing it Life's a piece of string No telling how long that's gon be Why are we here if we ain't gon dream Go and leave your mark on the world and that's for the family Don't let nobody question what you can be cause our days are numbered First time I stepped in a booth man that shit was surreal Mum or dad waiting outside for the hour because That's all I could afford with my allowance But still scraped together enough to go put a mixtape together I'm talking like 2010 or '11 who knows They say you should water grass where it's most green and it grows And if I knew that back then the situation might be different But trust me I done lived a lot of lives so I'm indifferent That's just history, little did you know the first engineer I recorded with is still doing his thing in the city For artists chances are your spinning on a daily basis Some real familiar faces If I don't take that shit full circle well I'll be damned I just hope my efforts ain't a fools errand Even if that takes a cool second Cause at the end of the day man all we got is time And time ain't infinite so relish in the moment cause it flies Sing it with me I said Life's a piece of string No telling how long that's gon be, trust me I'm tryna see my people eat, pray with me May we never lose a brother to the street If I gave you hope, would you believe If you hear it sing it Life's a piece of string No telling how long that's gon be Why are we here if we ain't gon dream Go and leave your mark on the world and that's for the family Don't let nobody question what you can be cause our days are numbered Life's a piece of string no telling how long that's gon be Yeah, make the most of that shit man