Million Voices

[Intro: Youssou N'Dour, Skepta, Shorty] Beaucoup de sentiments de race qui font qu'ils desesperent Je veux les grandements ouvertes Des amis pour parler de leur peine, de leur joie Pour qu'ils leur filent des infos qui ne divisent pas changer Oi Shorty, oi Shorty man.. Yeah.. Ey bruv I'm talking to you man, what's wrong with you Yeah man, so-sorry bruv sorry man I was just thinking about something man [Bridge: Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry] And there's a Million voices And there's a Million voices And there's a Million voices And there's a Million voices [Verse 1] I can be on my way home walking, or drinking tea in the morning Or with Boy Better Know touring, believe me blud I hear voices talking At first I thought it was nothing, saying to myself, "Shorty you're buzzing" Then one or two turned into a dozen, it's weird the main one sounds like my cousin But I can't be the only one with this, it's a little bit more than a sickness I don't wanna be that guy with a slit wrist, so I act like they don't even exist I could have went mad time ago, but I ain't crumbled like biscuits It's too deep for a doctor to fix this, much more than gonorrhoea or syphilis Blud it's a deep ting, but Shorty ain't no weakling Sometimes I feel like I'm dreaming, 'cause I can't see no one but I hear speaking But I can't go crazy, or lose myself like Slim Shady My dad went jail in the eighties, that's why I weren't your average baby But, but maybe, I shoulda listened to Jamie When he said all of this smoking and drinking, one day it's gonna fuck up your thinking I didn't listen to him back then, now it's all starting to sink in God forgive me for my choices, 'cause I hear a million voices [Hook: Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry] And there's a Million voices First there was one then there was two, (And there's a) now there's a whole crew Million voices First there was one then there was two, (And there's a) now there's a whole crew Million voices First there was one then there was two, (And there's a) now there's a whole crew Million voices First there was one then there was two, (And there's a) now there's a whole crew Million voices [Verse 2] I know that I'll be blessed though, I know I'll be okay See these voices help me out all day, they help me write, "yeah that's BBK" Plus they help me get out the way, in sync when they started to spray It was me, Skepta and Potts, there was much more than a few shots See a voice helped me get out of that one A real gunshot, not a cap gun A voice once told me to laugh not fight when the racists call me 'black scum' See I coulda been locked up, or I coulda been dead Even back then when I went to bed, I had a million voices in my head As I got older, some of the voices got colder Like, "Shorty go get a gun", I just laughed, "Ha, joker" The voice I hate the most, turned me into a smoker Made me lose all my dough on poker, made my mind twisted like yoghurt Sometimes I try not to listen, sometimes I wish I could kill them But I can't make a decision, so I just wait on a voice More time I don't know if it's the right choice, it's much more then a few noises God forgive me for my choices, 'cause I hear a million voices [Hook: Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry] And there's a Million voices First there was one then there was two, (And there's a) now there's a whole crew Million voices First there was one then there was two, (And there's a) now there's a whole crew Million voices First there was one then there was two, (And there's a) now there's a whole crew Million voices First there was one then there was two, (And there's a) now there's a whole crew Million voices And there's a Million voices