Black Boys (Remix One)

[Verse 1: Bashy]

Yo, Black boys, Black boys, yeah, we're all Black boys

I can't stop screaming it

I could have left my version and done, took the glory

I said "nah, I'm not leaving it"

It's bigger than just having me on it, 'cause

We need the whole scene on it

So if you ain't done a version, send me your email

I'll send you the beat so you can breathe on it

Black boys are achieving tings

All around the world back to Stevenage

Take a page from their book, start reading it

Put this track on repeat, start beating it

Start feeling it, Black boys, it's our time

It's not a dream, believe in it

I wrote "Black Boys" because we needed it

This is deep shit, guess who I brought for the remix?

[Verse 2: Ghetts]

Just 'cause I'm darkskin, I can't win

They wanna shut down the scene that my heart's in

So it's hard to be positive

That's why most of my bars are the opposite

Just 'cause my skin's black

If I say I've got a gun, watch the outcome after the impact

Let me know why some think that

I'm the typical Black stereotype

When feds pass me, they spin back

I wonder why, am I under surveillance?

Guess what?

I'm probably your daughter and son's entertainment

When I pass away, my people'll march for days

I'm Malcolm X without the specs

Rosa Parks with a load of bars

I'll speak out, if I can't sit here

I'll take the seat out

'Til the end of my days, I'll be proud

I'm like sister, you can see now

Go back to your roots, take your weave out

I'm like fam, we ain't gotta beef out

Go back to my roots, then peace will be found

Don't forget where we came from, being ashamed's wrong

And I still wanna see a Black James Bond

[Verse 3: Wretch 32]

Look, I like to illustrate dreams

So I put my life in my lyrics so the youts can imitate me

'Cah music innovates Ps

And I'm dying to see them live and make queens

Or kings like Ledley that play for Tottenham

The game has not forgot them

And failing's not an option

Now we got one Choice as well as 1Xtra

Now DJs can step up

Masterstepz, Twin, Ace and Vis

Have made me say convinced

And I smile when I see our tunes on the list

'Cah we're all tryna make it famous

The New Nation, that's my favourite paper

We're authors, we're all like Danny Walkers

So RWD has to call us

'Cause we can't forget the past, RIP Bernie Grant

And my uncle Stafford's a part of his trust fund

I'll prosper for my loved ones

And I'll rise for my one son

And SK Vibemakers and Ness

Are rap and grime saviours and yes

We're moving on

Young Black boys, please don't prove us wrong

[Verse 4: Scorcher]

I loved when I saw [Mill?] on The Bill acting so will

I could feel it was real

When he touched the curb, I swear that he touched a nerve

Just like Lemar in Fame Academy

Went double platinum and made a salary

He gave hope to thousands

Like you ain't gotta get roped into the road surroundings

Try poems and acting

Becah' Asher D did it right next to 50

And Bullet Boy showed you the ends are risky

And with this amount of talent in the scene right now

Why there ain't no deal's a mystery

But Sway repped UK on BET

And Dizzee went gold twice

In the same week Kanye and 50 dropped

K.A still sold nice

And he comes from a scene like me where we all write lyrics

And skip on DaVinChe beats

And hone our skills with a ball when we're in the streets

'Cah we're tryna get signed like Shaun Wright-Phillips

Before I finish, I got a name to say: Corinne Bailey-Rae

I know I broke the rules but safe ain't the way to play

Black people pave the way

[Chorus: Bashy]

Black boys, black boys

Yeah we're all black boys

And one day we're gonna be black men

And one day we might have black boys

And we gotta teach them to be black men

[Post-Chorus: Loick Essien]

Ooh, child

Things are gonna get easier

Ooh, child

Things will get brighter

Ooh, child

Things are gonna get easier

Ooh, child

Things will get brighter