In my younger and more vulnerable years I’d perform to the wall Waiting on the days they’d call the foreign man the native A decade later, look at the West that we’ve created Entangled but related, remodeled, integrated In one commute I may see like 7 different nations I take the DLR from Canning Town to Woolwich Arse It’s daunting when you really grasp the views that’s through the glass The world at an arm's reach, the knowledge in our palms The scholars in the last era couldn’t ever start To understand the way we’ve got here, it’s Neverland Mixed with medicine, they dreamed of better lands Look at Canary Wharf, pray it forever stands And glows, may diversity grow like Ashley Banjo Started out as exiles but now we call this land home Building towers to the sky, images of God Rivers in Sodom, ingenuity in Babylon the great Take the Word to all of the world, they’re right in front of you It’s a blessing or curse, so what you gonna choose? If you had the world in your hands, then what you gonna do? (I know, that’s my home) Take the Word to all of the world, they’re right in front of you It’s a blessing or curse, what you gonna choose? (Blinded by the lights, see the stars as they shine) Take the Word to all of the world, they’re right in front of you It’s a blessing or curse, so what you gonna choose? If you had the world in your hands, then what you gonna do? (I know, that’s my home) Take the Word to all of the world, they’re right in front of you It’s a blessing or curse, what you gonna choose? (Blinded by the lights, see the stars as they shine) Honourable liars, dishonest preachers Non-believers with more faith we, the things that keep the city breathing I spend a good amount of time looking at the trees Think of all the people that’s ever seen them, now between them Converting our crap to good that we can breath in Painting and paving our destination when we’re leaving There’s no more great oaks, all I see is figs around Since we figured out if we cut them down and build a house We can shelter, we can grow more, we’ve been blessed with A plethora of weapons, the greatest city beacons To all across the world, it’s lights cannot be hidden On the hill that it was given, it’s the life to those with vision It’s the beat to those with eyes, it’s the art to those who listen It’s the influence to everyone, a God given position Shaping mind states and climates, novice and veteran Promises to better men, guarded by the cherubim The wind flow slowed by the high towers Steve & Cedric, music teaching of higher powers These lyrics and rhythms are the smell that wafts from kitchen Pointing you to where your food is, the truth is We’re standing at the centre of the joke like Andy Everyone coughing, inhale the smoke from pantry Races, faiths and cultures all congregate At the ever growing roots of Babylon the great Take the Word to all of the world, they’re right in front of you It’s a blessing or curse, so what you gonna choose? If you had the world in your hands, then what you gonna do? (I know, that’s my home) Take the Word to all of the world, they’re right in front of you It’s a blessing or curse, what you gonna choose? (Blinded by the lights, see the stars as they shine) Take the Word to all of the world, they’re right in front of you It’s a blessing or curse, so what you gonna choose? If you had the world in your hands, then what you gonna do? (I know, that’s my home) Take the Word to all of the world, they’re right in front of you It’s a blessing or curse, what you gonna choose? (Blinded by the lights, see the stars as they shine) City bright lights, I wanna go get some Never night time, might never know bed hun Look at my life, exiles on the river at Babylon Babylon Babylon City bright lights, I wanna go get some Never night time, might never know bed hun King in my time, this kind of potential Babylon Babylon Babylon

I was driving round the streets, Trudy purring on the roads Thinking ‘bout the pain I’m seeing when I look at Ladbroke Grove Turn the lanes to Turnham Green, jealousy is what’s provoked Only 10 minutes between, how could we live in these zones? So many people live like me that don’t succeed past a certain level Because the beast, the big machine keeps us pedalling for metal Like objects to plug and play, they benefit from our innocence Slut us out into their mission then get rid of us I know the game, I have a mighty eye And I was born in ‘96, Michael said in ‘95 That they don’t care, it’s only a few that strategise Forming structures that choose the route that man decides On a corporate, they desire to always up the size So the individual only serves to plus the line At the bottom, real boys are toys running around for Gepetto playing God for more money and power Pimp culture The sights you see will drive you mad The people we entrust to lead us, keep us On the straight and narrow and to set examples that can teach us See us as a means to create their eutopia Their dreams need oompa loompas to help them meet their quotas, so They interview, bringing you into the chocolate factory Wow you with the passion and size of all their faculties Pair that with facilities and resource we ain’t seen prior We willingly bring our ideas, think we can be the fire That sets the world ablaze, they got the reach We got the minds, really all they want is our feet, you quickly see Individuality ain’t the main, you claim gang If you plan to be anything other than the chain gang It’s they and us, and they want your best fruits Practice patterns, adopt actions if you intend to Share in Big Willy’s greatness, imitate the leader Slowly you get trained to think they don’t need us Pimp culture The sights you see will drive you mad Everything is just to get to the people bro They tryna persuade the masses on what’s evil bro Get us to trust and believe in what they see To be the way the world works, the ways to keep achieving These structures and pimps create the way we move We spend most of our time aligning the things we choose With what we think will give us the best return And if that’s how the top moves then we guess it works This lessons stirs the worker to stockpile the resource We need more, life is see saw and trees sort Out the seas from the shore, the peace from the war Toll roads are smooth, they cost the leaves, so ensure That you got enough for you and yours cause the roads long Things you learned from the City, is no one Is essential, everyone can be pimped to get Whatever you may need, people are instruments Pimp culture The sights you see will drive you mad

Part 1 I got 3 things to say, even 4 on my mind Comfort, love & freedom, that’s all I’m tryna find Peace the common thread, my Grandaddy been said Integrity is important, implored by design Awojobi, Oyediran, Soleye & Godis They brought us this far, made sure to show us where God is Wonder why I’ve been given the eyes of a prophet Looking at this path, think to myself whose the job is? It’s yours It’s yours, young man It’s yours Gotta control what you control It's yours It's yours, young one It's yours Keep your eyes upon the road Extraordinary gift for Hope in the world full of Daisys And Toms, who’s gonna be Jay? Me maybe Imma fix everything the way it was before The batons been passed, my past allure and family patterned me To restore the glory days, it’s time to take ownership I can’t keep floating, gotta make decisions, that what growing is I wasn’t in control of the hand I was dealt but I play it Cause I know I got at least 3 aces My country, my faith, my race is all creative Reflecting Jesus every time I write a verse and say it I know the answer lies in me, that’s how I was raised When you see issues, it’s you that’s you’ve gotta be the change 3 things that perplex, even 4 that evade Comfort, love & freedom, I believe more can wade Into the waves of peace That’s all we want anyway Part 2 What if I’ve got the answers you might need? Destiny for me and my team? I spent sitting underneath the trees in Judah Never seen an Israelite truer Who’s that? Background mover planet With more facts of life than Edna Garret, paletteted So you know what we’re talking ‘bout, lips pressed Spark your interest, digest the witness Mic check, we’re in this, we got eternal news Style & substance, you can’t return the truth Once you heard it, especially when the groove is turning Your waistline, let the bassline choose the verdict First thing I acknowledge my gift Then work into the place we can culture shift It’s like that, comfort love & freedom And ‘til we bring it to the whole city we’re keeping on The secrets out, I got keys to the city Unmask the real and break the guarded ceiling In me, you'll see uncovered what is really true I am telling you In He, you'll see I've got that revelation That transcends time and impacts generations Peel back the veil and find out what is really true I am telling you We exchange beats for trust We exchange speech for trust We exchange deeds for trust We exchange beats for trust We exchange speech for trust We exchange peace for trust

Tryna bring changes Following the great design Look at her face, it’s Saying “it’s yours” in mind Look at me, know what I’m needing It’s a circus, I’m just tryna climb Look at me, know why I’m leaving Got an itch to scratch but I’ll be fine Look at we, know why we’re grieving I need it, I mean it Look at we, look at us walk away Don’t be coming with no drama, don’t be coming with that Don’t be coming with no drama, don’t be coming with that Don’t be coming with no drama, don’t be coming with that Move on, keep it moving on Who can you trust in the city? It wasn’t in my plan but I done fell in love in the city It begun in the city, I was Michael, she was Jay We wanted Juniour, Claire & Kady on the way Both the same, wanting to create change Knowing faith orders you to maintain a relationship At the stage where we’d choose to remain in this Until the morgue calls, but it’s never simple, more falls To endure before all is said, ensure Saul’s Saviour is the guiding light for your behaviour I prayed and I prayed but the state of My mind couldn’t find why I was looking for greater It bugged me, all I wanted was to be comfy With her, but trust me you must heed to your guts needs I needed peace, I couldn’t find it Was getting to the point that her pain, she couldn’t hide it We’ve been trying for a year and a half And we agreed we’d stop now before it tears us apart We were on the same page at the end and the start Hoping characters develop on the editors arch But when you break up you’re not a unit You can’t fake love, can’t fake when you lose it To try and maintain without space can be cruel Cause you can’t have a say in what anyone else is doing Everyone knows control is an illusion But theory and practice get you to different conclusions In choosing to follow Jesus you would expect Individuals to always maintain respect For others, but when you’re hurt it’s more important to vent I guess, and boundaries weren’t set, I'm starting to sense That the page I swore we were on isn’t the script That you’re reading from, instead your stories now depict A victim, I’m tryna accommodate for your pain But it’s a tightrope of justifying what you’re saying And making sure the truth remains, how you recount things Even got my mum feeling a way about me The issue is you can try and trust humans But when it comes down to it, everybody’s doing What’s best for them, and if best intentions Can result in best friends being less than brethren Then what’s next? I never wanted you to feel neglected I wrote a whole EP from your perspective To try and understand it, you can’t keep going out your way For people who won’t do the same Who can you trust? Tryna bring changes Following the great design Look at her face, it’s Saying “it’s yours” in mind Look at me, know what I’m needing It’s a circus, I’m just tryna climb Look at me, know why I’m leaving Got an itch to scratch but I’ll be fine Look at we, know why we’re grieving I need it, I mean it Look at we, look at us walk away Don’t be coming with no drama, don’t be coming with that Don’t be coming with no drama, don’t be coming with that Don’t be coming with no drama, don’t be coming with that Move on, keep it moving on

So tell me one time Who can you trust in the city? Who can you trust in the city? I’m tryna get mine Who can you trust in the city? Who can you trust in the city? So tell me one time Who can you trust in the city? Who can you trust in the city? I’m tryna get mine Who can you trust in the city? Who can you trust in the city? I know Lord knows I’m tryna do something JC4Me 10 years, I’m tryna keep the truth running But I’m looking either side at who’s coming I don’t see another one faithful to plug, just loose cables I’m stuck, they create fables to affirm their existence They distort real to gain a wide interest In time witness them flip from us to own pride When it comes down to it, they’ll only save their own hide To go find the kind that know life But don’t pimp is like looking into ghost eyes Heathcliffe looking for peace on the moors If indeed 7000 more didn’t betray the Lord Where they at tho? The truth is To survive in the city you gotta be ruthless or toothless And everyone’s tryna climb these hills Justify all their actions like a time to kill You wanna see a dead body? Faded by the city the walking blind Trading in indifferent chime Troubles on my mind Breathing in relational turpentine Drowning out the voices outside You wanna see a dead body? Hollow selfish pride is the spice of life Leave your inhibitions behind Troubles on my mind High and lofty is the self paradigm Smoke and mirrors cloud a hive mind Everybody's confused in the city, you can see it Bafuka na quench Never going to the only one they're really needing Bafuka na quench On the brink of revolution and you can feel it Bafuka na quench Just living in a dead illusion, keep dreaming Bafuka na quench Sin has conditioned us to selfish ambition It's clouded our vision, wishing that our hearts weren't in prison, listen See it's a given that our sins our forgiven But let's stop sitting in a neutral position The cross of Christ, see it was only the start Come on bro, let's not be daft and just remain in the dark Remember Noah, he was saved in the ark But that was surface, there was a purpose, was never worthless What use are we if now we're no longer blind But we continue to be unkind with a selfish mind And we begin to leave others behind? We must unwind from this lie guys and run right We should follow He who knows where to go Look at the love that He shows and all the grace He bestows But instead we're self centred, the world's our reference Like asking the blind for directions You wanna see a dead body? Faded by the city the walking blind Trading in indifferent chime Troubles on my mind Breathing in relational turpentine Drowning out the voices outside You wanna see a dead body? Hollow selfish pride is the spice of life Leave your inhibitions behind Troubles on my mind High and lofty is the self paradigm Smoke and mirrors cloud a hive mind

I was scrolling through my phone just like the zombie that I am Given up on all my promises about the promised land Avoiding pain and finding comfort any small way that I can That illusion shattered when I saw the news at hand It told me how Ahmaud Arberry, George Floyd & Breonna been Hunted down and executed like dogs for all to see And flooding in behind here’s some white British Christians Asking ‘bout their racist ways and how they can diminish them They’re begging me on the basis that we are common citizens They’re telling me all of the ways that they love foreign immigrants I’m listening and grinning cause I know they’re tryna prove To themselves they’re not a part of this structure, it would behove The leaders to speak up, tell us how they feel about Injustice, Jesus was clear this is a thing we deal with now I’m waiting and waiting, but nothing’s said until their prompted They leave the blacks to do the job of responding I wanted to say “bury them under the jail with no mercy I’d make sure they hurt, then I’d make the city burn I would protest, it’s no less than blood I’m tryna see Kill everything in sight before it tries to kill me Fill the streets, when it gets to Noah level I won’t leave Only reason I stay is I was promised no pain In here, but you would kill me and not even feel shame Wouldn’t mention my death until your pockets start to cave Couldn’t even waste breath to condemn an execution Of a human shows your support of a system that’s consuming Creations while killing the maker, you’re Cain Asking God whether or not you should care about your brother, inhumane Your silence indicted you, you claim you got Christ in you? Only say you care when followers are liking you? BS, we see the way the viper’s inside of you Don’t ask me what to do like it’s hard bro Church doesn’t care no further than their yard goes” That’s what I would say if I didn’t know how you are bro But instead I bury it, respond with grace and patience But I’m aware of it, cancer don’t escape the patient I contemplate it, draw conclusions This shows the truth of humans We got the power to decide what lives and dies Where do we draw the line?

Humans suck, the city sucks, the city’s sus Indignity the only promise, misery completely beating up The individual, criminal or minister They don’t care about justice, they care about us not giving up I’m at breaking point, step off the hamster wheel To see the engine that it powers isn’t real, what is then? I’ve lived a quarter of a century just searching And my learnings ‘bout the City confirms it deserves a burning Something wrong in everything I see Deep inside the same destiny (Just let me be) Won’t let me be It’s seeing me, eating me What do you need? What do I need? First, I turned to the many urns, their ashes in the wind That we breathe in, leaving the path of where we’ve been The past is filled with sins because we’re basing everything On who’s outside our tribe, maintain the lines that say you’re in Or other, what’s good for me might be another's gutter But whoever gets to power determines who goes under The cycle repeats, but the miners need to eat You gotta risk your life hoping the city gives you peace If we were made to rule then who will make the rules? Every community contains a race for tools Whether a stone, sword, shotgun or atomic war They’d use force on whoever to make sure we got to shore Omega justifies the lifestyle that we crave We don’t care our roads and clothes were paved off the back of slaves Good intent but time will shows the human art Wherever power starts, you will see corruption of the heart Something wrong in everything I see Deep inside the same destiny (Just let me be) Won’t let me be It’s seeing me, eating me What do you need? What do I need? I heard of grassroots movements claim the route out of the city Naming issues and problems for our race around the city Complain about the city, they place doubt in the city And place faith in our skin being the wind found in the city It makes sense cause the city is obsessed with our kind With our mind and what it creates, not just for our time But this abusive relationship was before calling gorilla Look down our history and see our wrists linked by the manila Value placed on a item ahead of a human being Means I could sell my own kind into doom overseas, who could see The global outcome? The movements deify ancestry The hate they received isn’t removed but redirected And let it be told by some, the white man is the one Who’s the devil, as I was told in the saturday sun It was summer, Bug and I walking hand in hand in Wolverham Stopped and told interacial love wasn’t the truth of man To withstand their lies takes knowledge that came from God I study, I know the context of words that they say to con The nature of the human, using information To our advantage in hopes that we can fly above our station They swear they need us alive, bro that’s a lie Call me son one more time, I’m not your relative Even if we look alike, we don’t have the same temperament The only thing I see that links us is our negligence The human corruption infects all our medicine If I had a pound for everytime I saw pride in the Church, I could buy peace The root of sin is choosing things based on me, not the right tree I don’t see trees anymore, I don’t see the Lord, I don’t see the core I know Eve was sure, obvious we need something more Jesus is so beautiful man, but I can’t even see Him Without these people who are willing to manipulate my feelings To secure their positions, it’s for Jehovah Jireh But their focus on money shows they don’t trust He’s provider Rivers in the desert doesn’t match with Scaling and repeating, you want fire from matches Instead of wet alters lit, I sit with I Looking at the beautiful creation that I live inside The one stain we, there’s something wrong with us A fault in a blueprints means all things corrupts

Deserve Enough of Hamlet It’s time for action I’m just tryna fit the whole damn world in my pocket for real Screw the city I’m just tryna gain some knowledge And flip that into profit, making proud the me from college for real When I was teen, I could see the trees from the forest for real I won’t try and make this city work at the expense of my worth I need to get what I deserve I peeped the problem is eternal And I am owed what I have earned now So you can all stay in the turnstile And get taken for token, you stay in the moment I’m making life golden, my face has awoken My faith isn’t broken but I’m ain’t stupid I know what community is like and I won’t do this Time is going, gotta keep my passion, I won’t lose it If anyone else is choosing to follow suit it just means they too know the truth You tryna blues clues us, we see your duality man You prove that everything is vanity man Enough of Hamlet It’s time for action Enough? After looking real hard in the mirror, I had to ask myself I had to call my bluff When is enough enough? I seen Stockpiling all this stuff None of it brings me peace When is enough enough This was Gatsby’s downfall Arms stretched out to the city, my crown falls Damn, and she still won’t come, tryna keep my mind engaged Not lose my heart by finding ways That I could save and try create A fortress out of this icy cave I bought this crap as my palisade Revoked my memberships and my tithes Build my empire, do things right Got my faith and I got my pride They can’t hurt me, can’t see my eyes I leave in a mask and hoodie to drive Trudy and I go get some fries Barely talk but I read my Bible Skip over verses about the we Man is an island, Group is an idol I stay on lurk, I move in seams Come in late, early I leave I’m done faking like there’s a team that will treat us equal Plus I’m Ebro, the delta flows just for me I can get all of this and still don’t have that peace bro How evil After looking real hard in the mirror, I had to ask myself I had to call my bluff When is enough enough? I seen Stockpiling all this stuff None of it brings me peace When is enough enough Hard 'cause I love the city but pain it caused, I’m tired of it Start to corrupt my living and my faith of course, I tried to lift Self and I seen the same pride is in chief and me, entitlement Keeping me in life’s abyss, keeping we in fire pits Organisms that’s core emission is bordered life isn’t how to live More relates us than separates us, so tailor making is counterfeit Solution for the hurting, we made to be in relationship But I can’t make it all work if I’m still just waiting on them to make the shift After looking real hard in the mirror, I had to ask myself I had to call my bluff When is enough enough? I seen Stockpiling all this stuff None of it brings me peace It’s they and us with no mans land between Who will be the first to drop machines? Who will be the one to stand and lead? Who will be the one to stop the bleed? Who has got the guts to put down their gun first Even though the shot may still come? The real one in whom we will all trust With our ways, with our life, with our faith in time when we see Him

I was standing on Stampwell Farm Thinking of the difference ‘tween purpose and my spark Thought it my soul mission to change the world through art Following traditions of the workers of the harvest What does it mean to be a faithful partner? Play my part? Thought that was Macduff, C-Section storm the castle Oh cursed spite, I was born to set it right And if I can’t, how do I know God has blessed my life? What were the promises I lived by? My understanding might be Framed too heavily by what I see, the drive to be the mighty But when I read the heroes of faith The only thing of note was their belief in His name And how that flowed through to the cities that they overcame Depleted numbers lined around the walls of Notre Dame Trumpets at the ready, here’s the sign He will lead you Feel the wind and look up, see the Spirit make the trees move There’s more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in my philosophy How could any human possibly bring sovereignty? We need someone with genuine care for others with no line Who doesn’t need to prove himself to anyone alive ‘Cause He knows Holy Ghost, under the nose 2000 years ago, the perfect blend from Bethlehem arose He rode to death for His foes, knowing they boast in killing Him He paid off all we owed when it was debt we were living in Post-tomb, 500 eyes testify to seeing Him I believe in Caesar, I believe in Him Manuscripts of Emmanuel, He said He would send the Advocate To animate those who are sick of life as a mannequin We’re standing in the Valley of Rephaim Tryna bring a change, the Spirit says go a new way And this is the sign that you know the overcomer leads you The sound of the Lord in the wind that makes the trees move Jesus is alive, let Him be that Spirit is alive, you can see that Feel that, He say If you can trust me you will see that You can have peace that won’t leave, that Real real real real Jesus is alive, let Him be that Spirit is alive, you can see that Feel that, see that Stepping to the side, let Him lead that Let go of your ideas and see that Real real real real He overcame the city’s temptation because He knew who His Father is Whole heartedly, His life reaffirmed the partnership The pattern that He showed, heroes glowed after solitude Spending time alone to know the presence of the God that proves Who He is in miracles, logic and meditating Him Individuals with God knowledge plus relationship Saves the place we live, that’s the road we were designed for No one ever made real change just by my force

Kingdom, Kingdom I wrote some notes, I thought they might accentuate my wisdom I wrote some notes, I thought my voice could lead a change in systems I notice things, I note the things, record them, say in rhythm Displace the display in case you miss phrases I cleverly created to better these days, I swear I got the answer Lost my martyr dreams, I’m tryna live forever Forgot my past it seems, the finer print in letters You can’t prove your the best to ever do it That’s foolish, no one remembers me in a century Peace is purpose being served in complete knowledge That you are known and loved by the One that’s all above us I looked deeper at everything I thought I knew The whole story points towards a new Holy Jerus And every culture comes from every corner Bringing the best that we can bring, celebrating that the former Has ceased and we live in complete peace inside the light of His might The lion and the lamb, children play with vipers Because Jesus was the perfect partner in our place His death fulfilled, His life revealed the Author of our faith The promise is this starts now, as soon as I commit Humility the key, knowing I don’t deserve this gift I stand at eternities gates, not entertained By all the crap and fleeting pleasures that kept leading astray Or distortions of the truth that for a short time amaze But still leave you hollow without Jesus’ name Even the peace that’s on my tongue as I say it Allow that peace to be the thing that really overtakes It’s not about being the saviour of a generation And everywhere I go, the place erupts in celebration It’s reidentifying, resurrection life create in Me who He determined I should be from the days Before time, I can say I’m a I can say I’m not a black british Christian I’m a citizen of the Kingdom

This my 2021 theme song I know imma get some things wrong but in the presence of God the peace strong The Kingdom will come not without me But letting it flow from inside to surround me Holy Christ, living flame, you can’t douse it Spend the time meditating then I crown Him There’s no line in my life, He’s got the mountain And the mouse, everything in between, He’s the foundation Check the chest, watch the arc reactor Spark Stark to statures stars can’t imagine Parked in the middle of Eden on a daily I choose to let Him dictate to me plainly What knowledge is, it’s off of this that I gotta live Sovereignty plus innovation in the common things Shows what ruling is, the kingship of Adam Bestowed on each man when living in patterns Conformed to His habits, when I was a baby it’s spoonfed I’m grown now, I’m Saturn sowing seeds that ring true when The myth’s removed, I write like David in a cave Don’t play me, it’s crazy the depth of phrase Lately I’ve accepted my chest of clay Needs the Divine pair, I wasn’t meant to save But I know Yahweh, I reflect, display And author the life He intends for me It’s really like that Get heart to start the right track This the new sound and when the truth’s crowned What can they do now? The roots is too proud It’s really like that Get heart to start the right track This the new sound and when the truth’s crowned What can they do now? The roots is too proud The veil torn, released from jails born of dreaming That turned into obsessions, kept me from believing That He’s for real alive and spending time in a secret place When I do I find that the world is just in need of faith Faith will lead to actions, there’s more to us than just cities The breaking down of a system we weren’t meant to live in Forever, we outgrow and stand through seasons like the oaks Evergreen, ever leading us to stand atop the moat If I believe in that, it changes my tact I don’t attack because the outcome don’t depend on their crap Or my rap, that was never the plan, so what am I called to? Live with and trust in Him who called you The only purpose or calling is to stand on the right hand Of Yahweh, everything else in the wind is like sand It can’t stay, the hearts made to be partnered with Jehovah Remove the restrictions you made to understand your home It’s really like that Get heart to start the right track This the new sound and when the truth’s crowned What can they do now? The roots is too proud It’s really like that Get heart to start the right track This the new sound and when the truth’s crowned What can they do now?