Imposed

Stressed out
On the bread line sharing a plate
So many mouths around the table to feed
Man're stuck in the council estate
Got P's coming in next week
From the work that ya done but
Nobody waits
Now your lines going off like a trapstar
Ringing all day cos' your payment's late

Maxed out
On the cred line
Ahhh that's bate
Quick time out 'cos you gotta bill it up
Come now man there must be a way
First bun down first idea then came
And it stuck ever since that day
Got nine zed's in for a bag an a half
Flipped nineteen's very next day

Saying he chose wrong
It was imposed on him
Working for so long
Got me won-der-ing
Where he's grown from
It wasn't chosen
So he goes on
How he knows to live

Gangster
Big boss man in the enz
Can't walk through the town
In peace any more
'cos he got wayyy too many friends
... and he believes that
Strap at the waist
Another one stashed in the Benz
On call all day, all night, non-stop
Supplying the patch he defends

Feds flag the car
Always around these parts
And the black windows
Now ring the alarm
He don't know he's on radar
Just one slip move
And they'll come for you hard
Break down ya door to the yard
Then one day parks
Sparks up a zoot
First bun the feds drive past

Saying he chose wrong
It was imposed on him
Working for so long
Got me won-der-ing
Where he's grown from
It wasn't chosen
So he goes on
How he knows to live

Court now
Judge in an ivory seat
Found guilty as charged
Back on the street in a year
And he's got a degree
And a book full of links
He's been to see
While he shifted a thousand key
On the road then
Flying a jet now
Man's got a lock on the whole country

Saying he chose wrong
It was imposed on him
Working for so long
Got me won-der-ing
Where he's grown from
It wasn't chosen
So he goes on
How he knows to live