Before Before

[Intro]

Let me take you on a tour of my life before

[Verse 1]

Yo, If a girl knows where you stay that's poor

Some whore banging at your door, what for?

Pregnant!? What you talking 'bout? Be sure

15, she's underage that's raw

I used to recite Dizzee's bars before

Before I had a buzz in all the lyrical wars

I used to roll around London in my 1.4 Silver Renault Clio that my Dad bought

I spit a 16 bar, hot like tar

D Double E had my feeling like a star

Had me shouting Oooaaahh out of my car

That was after So Solid but before Lemar

[Hook]

Before Beofre

This was my life before

Let me take you on a tour of my life before

[Verse 2]

It's like before the mixtapes, the shows and the crowda

Before the videos, the magazines and the album

Before them clothing labels were running me down, cuz

I was up in Eskimo Dance just skanking out, bruv

Before CCs, Before Channel U, Before MySpace, Before Bathing Apes

It was black chat barbeques with paper plates

Offkey Mosch, Pay As You Go, Major Ace

Before my release date I swapped Heartless tapes

No Blackberry, Nokia changing face

Low battery, put my phone on charge

Before oysters it was two pound travel cards (or jump the barrier)

[Hook]

[Verse 3]

Before Kidulthood, Adulthood, before Bullet Boy

It was A Force, Babyfather and Real McCoy

Before it was Desmond's day out, day in

Matthew, "There's an old African saying"

Before Fruit Twist it was plain Orange Fanta

Rolling around in Rev's banged down Panda

Before PS3 it was SNES, N64 suttin' and Dreamcast

Before it was carnival 30 man strong

Now we don't go carnival 'cos carnival's long

Before niche, funky house (before before)

It was UK Garage that was hurting the floor

It was right before my eyes before cure and the cause

(Let me take you on a tour of my life before)

It's like before I was whipping I was on bus slipping

But back then there wasn't all these nag killings

Before the fancy restaurants, before the nice women

It was two burgers and two fries from Sam's Chicken

Now I earn a few grand on my weekend

But before I was working up High Street Ken

I was serving peeps

And when I weren't I was folding jeans, folding jumpers, folding T's for five pound ten

Urban Outfitters, I was stealing clothes before

I never got caught, but I got sacked for attendance (bitch)

Way before the ofcom saga

One day my presence will be before and I will have a new after

[Hook x3]