Heart of Stone

[Bridge: Dot Rotten]

We would be more positive if there wasn’t so much heartache

Stressed out, stuck between a rock and hard place

Where we’re living, everybody’s under pressure

But we gotta keep our shit together

We need a heart of stone (we need a heart of stone)

[Verse 1: Bashy]

I’m saying young little blacky

How can you feel happy?

Your head’s full of shit

‘Cause your hair is all nappy (I know)

Parents from a different era (old school)

They tell you work and go school

But that doesn’t help at all

When you’re up in (?)

And the man dem move food all around your area (shottas)

So they rock jewels, push a Porsche Carrera

So now you’re feeling loose and your nostrils flair up

‘Cause on the marge, you can’t promise to pay the barer

When people ask you how you’re doing, all you say is “deh yah”

It’s hard to get your act together, I ain’t talking theatre

Some will make it out the hood, lucky, they’ll get some paper

But they’ll just show you the best bits like a movie trailer (liars)

I don’t, I watch the news, I flip through the paper

And all I see is sports stars, a couple entertainers

Or a mug shot, a nigga’s lips looking greyer

Or a cute pic ‘cause someone made him meet his maker

Girls under pressure from the videos

They go and kill themselves, injecting up silicone (sad)

Sell and slide their pussy up and down a stripper pole

They make us think it’s the only way out, pussyholes

[Bridge: Dot Rotten]

We would be more positive if there wasn’t so much heartache

Stressed out, stuck between a rock and hard place

Where we’re living, everybody’s under pressure

But we gotta keep our shit together

[Hook: Dot Rotten]

We need a heart of stone (stone)

It’s dark and cold (cold)

If we don’t lay the seeds, I guess the plants can’t grow (grow)

Heart of stone (stone)

Let the hard times go (go)

If all we see is negative, we can’t evolve

Heart of stone (stone)

[X2]

[Verse 2: Lady Leshurr]

Sometimes I live my life with no regrets

And half a heart of stone

My eyes have seen the darkest nights

And now it’s hard to cope

If you just knew just what I know

I guarantee your family would say this can’t be home

I’m now a heart of stone

And now I’ve got to go

I keep it clean—a bar of soap

I know my dreams

It’s like my mother does, my father don’t

We need to change the hearts of those

But I don’t mean biopsy though

‘Cause if we can’t be (?)

Sometimes I can’t be bothered, no

It’s a fact and God’s are so

People chat and can’t be told

Some demons out to take your life

And leave your hat with half a dome

Life is hard, I know

But what's to run the race and hurdle over obstacles

This is the marathon

Let’s break down the barriers

Give the positive to bad and save them from embarrassment

We tick the box as applicant

If this is not an accident

Then stand a march for growth

Sincerely, heart of stone

[Bridge]

[Hook x2]

[Verse 3: Black the Ripper]

I ain’t asking for much

I just want to live

Born and raised in London city

I’ve seen a lot of shit

They say the streets are gritty

So if you ain’t on this ‘ting

You’re dying, that’s why it’s hard to stay positive

I’ve got a lot to give

But no one to give it to

Most people are leeches —ungrateful and miserable

I keep two eyes in the back of my head

‘Cause if you slip, that’s it, clap clap and you’re dead

Forget school, hit the roads and start mashing instead

A lot of people went to uni and look what happened to them

I’ve got friends with degrees that had to work at McD’s

In class, they only teach you how to be employees

Fuck that, where’s all my bosses at?

We’re trapped in this habitat

Surrounded by snakes, knives, drugs, girls, gats and that

I pray to God, we see a brighter day

But by the looks of it, it won’t be right away