HOW I'VE BEEN

[Intro: Joy Crookes & JNR Williams] Sunday offering, no communion, but we're breaking up bread (Sip your Supermalt, string vest and your 'fro) (Hard words never dare) Bigger in your Bimmer (both) Never give me way Set in stone, not your mould Time will never change [Chorus: Joy Crookes & JNR Williams] Have you ever wondered Did you ever wonder How I've been? How I've been? Have you ever wondered Did you ever wonder How I've been? How I've been? [Verse: Loyle Carner] Said you're gonna call but you never called Said you would be there, wasn't there at all Said you'd make it fair, we were playing ball Uh, said you'd pick me up on any day I fall Trust, I had to pick myself up I held my head, had to teach myself stuff How to shave, how to keep my nails cut How the people in the grave wish they could've held us, uh And that was something that my mother tells us Loving don't fade, even when the hell does You were magic, and yo, I wish you could've held up To the visions in my head of a father unstuck, yo But, yo, I guess it's just luck If a father really cares Tryna get a quick nut, uh But still I called, tryna tell him wassup Uh, cause I can never give it up, like, uh [Chorus: Joy Crookes, JNR Williams & (Loyle Carner)] Have you ever wondered ((Yeah, have you?)) Did you ever wonder How I've been? (How I've been?) How I've been? (How I've been?) Have you ever wondered ((Did you ever wonder)) Did you ever wonder How I've been? How I've been? [Verse: Kojey Radical] The way mama raised me, never felt like daddy missin' Never let me question or mention if Daddy distant Focus on what he did, never what Daddy didn't Cause for many young boys, that's all they get to invision Listen, the fathers in my house were women Put their strength inside of me and put their soul in the kitchen Working the nightshift so we ain't skippin' our dinners Always gave me a choice and put my faith in the mission, well Maybe he was scared I was scared too But walking through the fire is something that Dads do If I don't break the chains, no changing the cycle ((Uh)) Now I have the chance, there's nothing I won't do Dads saw themselves as providers Of the type of wealth you only measure in finance All I ever wanted was some loving reminders That you still think about me when your soul gettin' tired [Chorus: Joy Crookes, JNR Williams & (Loyle Carner)] Have you ever wondered Did you ever wonder ((Did you ever wonder)) How I've been? ((Yeah)) How I've been? ((You never asked how I felt)) Have you ever wondered Did you ever wonder How I've been? How I've been? Joy Crookes: Time for the woman Look what the womb done Made you a father Speak in the mother tongue We keep putting out fire But if you tell me again, I should smile I'm your east, I'm your south I'm your quick to the nails Wash your mouth when you wish to go where women, damn I could be handsome Shit I feel handsome Another day in the life of the story Takes you a daughter to realise I'm glowing I wish you knew You've always been half of us too [Chorus: Joy Crookes, JNR Williams, Joel Culpepper, Maverick Sabre] Have you ever wondered Did you ever wonder How I've been? How I've been? Have you ever wondered Did you ever wonder How I've been? How I've been? Have you ever wondered Did you ever wonder How I've been? How I've been? Have you ever wondered Did you ever wonder How I've been? How I've been? [Outro: Joel Culpepper] How I've been, How I've been How I've been, How I've been How I've been, How I've been (Yeah, yeah yeah) (How I've been, How I've been) (Yeah, yeah, yeah)