Inner London

[Chorus: Shakka] I was born '89, Shola Ama made me Head low so the boydem could never see me Old bros leave town so they never see me Now my neighbourhood don't recognise me Inna, inna, inna, inna London, inna London Inna, inna, inna London Inna, inna, inna London, inna London Inna, inna, inna Lond, inna, inna, inna [Verse 1: Shakka] The spot on Portabello made the sickest Chinese Now the one that's taken over makes the shittest Chinese The new neighbours never figured this loud music pays me Now there's banging on my door and it goes- I don't recognise my neighbours I'm sure they don't know me either They hardly ever say hi-i-i-i And now the rent is getting hi-i-i-i But I was born, raised and grown here, yeah, yeah Like Carnival, I'm going nowhere, yeah, yeah [Chorus: Shakka] I was born '89, Shola Ama made me Head low so the boydem could never see me Old bros leave town so they never see me Now my neighbourhood don't recognise me Inna, inna, inna, inna London, inna London Inna, inna, inna London Inna, inna, inna London, inna London Inna, inna, inna Lond, inna, inna, inna [Verse 2: Shakka] They would lock off grime raves claiming they incite beef Now it's all over the place and we're like- I don't know who stole my lighter Can't rave without my lighter It makes a London boy so hi-i-i-igh We rave in different shapes and si-i-i-ize You naughty gyal when you're well prepared, yeah, yeah Like are you really, really from the e-e-ends? [Chorus: Shakka] I was born '89, Shola Ama made me Head low so the boydem could never see me Old bros leave town so they never see me Now my neighbourhood don't recognise me Inna, inna, inna, inna London, inna London Inna, inna, inna London Inna, inna, inna London, inna London Inna, inna, inna Lond, inna, inna, inna [Verse 3: Giggs] Man was born up in Peckham on the gully Gloucester Went to school with Spencer, Mordecai and Foster Beenie Man, Bounty Killer, Biggie Smalls and Busta Every day in the jungle with the knuckle duster Man had crack inside the basement Man got slapped outside that pavement R&B outside the station (remember that spot) Now my block's all got replacements Trendy spots in the jungle, that's their banging venture When they should build a youth club or a damn adventure They don't give a fuck 'bout mandem If they could, they'd fucking ban them [Chorus: Shakka] I was born '89, Shola Ama made me Head low so the boydem could never see me Old bros leave town so they never see me Now my neighbourhood don't recognise me Inna, inna, inna, inna London, inna London Inna, inna, inna London Inna, inna, inna London, inna London Inna, inna, inna Lond, inna, inna, inna