Make Or Break

[Verse 1: Bugzy Malone]

To be the best at what he do

He just kept kickin', and kickin', and kickin' until the bag wouldn't move

Until his shins were numb

He just kept powerin' through

He wants to look after his mum

Somethin' his dad couldn't do

He used to train out in the park

In the blistering cold

Until the roads went dark and the streetlight's gave you that orange glow

He would keep kickin' but he would get kicked back 'til he had a broken nose

It could've been boxing

It could've been wrestling

It could've been taekwondo

Didn't matter, he was there six days a week

Same gym bag, same trainers on his feet

Worked on the door so he could eat

Trained hard 'cause he didn't wanna taste defeat

But sometimes you have to lose and learn before you become the man to beat

And the night that his mum stood next to the cage to support him it was just clear to see

She kept payin' and payin' and payin' for sessions, and all of em paid off

Cause now when he kicks, he doesn't feel pain and he could take somebodies face off

He won in the second round, but by then his mum had just ruined her make-up

He made thirteen grand and dropped it all on his mother's table

[Hook: Sholan Ama & Bugzy Malone]

Life is only what you make of it

We're born alone and time begins to tick

I pray you, I pray you never let it break you

Hey, hey

Life is only what you make of it

We're born alone and time begins to tick

I pray you, I pray you never let it break you

Hey, hey

[Verse 2: Bugzy Malone]

To fail and know it's too late

There was three of 'em all of 'em cousins

And they would play on the estate

They didn't get along with the other kids

So they would get into fights

But the oldest cousin felt like he had to make sure they were nice

So he started fightin', fightin', always fightin' just to protect

He put himself in a position where nobody liked him

He got arrested for the last time

Say goodnight to the bad guy

Only sixteen lookin' at eighteen months and at least he'll do nine

And this meant the younger cousins were left on the street to fend for themselves

And now the protection's gone for the oldest out of the two

It was hell

And now he's just fightin', fightin' always fightin'

But he's not originally from this country so he's on his final warning

He got deported back to his hometown where the older cousin was home now

Feelin' guilty his younger got sent home so he's ringin' his mobile phone now

But he didn't answer, and when he went on his facebook

It just said R.I.P

The reason I know this story is because the oldest cousin in this was me

[Hook: Sholan Ama & Bugzy Malone]

Life is only what you make of it

We're born alone and time begins to tick

I pray you, I pray you never let it break you

Hey, hey

Life is only what you make of it

We're born alone and time begins to tick

I pray you, I pray you never let it break you

Hey, hey

[Bridge: Bugzy Malone & Sholan Ama]

Life is only what you make of it

Life is only what you make of it

Life is only what you make of it (What you make of it)

Life is only what you make of it-

I pray you (I pray), I pray you (Oh, I pray)

I pray you (I pray), I pray you (Oh, I pray), I pray you never let it break you (You never, ever let it break you, yeah)

[Hook: Shola Ama & Bugzy Malone]

Life is only what you make of it

We are born alone and time begins to tick

I pray you, I pray you never let it break you

Hey, hey