Babylon

That's only half of it

Oi, yeah

[Chorus]

No fairytales in East London

No fairytales inside the dungeon

All of those lairy tales under the truncheons

Babylon running us down all of a sudden

Babylon running us down all of a sudden

[Verse 1]

To be a young man (Oi)

Who would've thought this was planned

The tangibles that you have to fathom

I just made me a grand on a night on the rounds

They just caught one of the lads

I just see about 10 man just jump in a van

Cause they got one of em now

This is how the lads round here play a bit o' tag, yeah

Rude to a man so I can't hear no chat

Bought me a belt so my pants do not sag

No I don't take no phone calls from my dad

Don't wanna hear "how you, it's like we go back"

Fuck all that

Let my mate Josh out on the razmataz

Out of the court with a pair of electronic tags

All of the skeptics knew that we'd be back

​

[Chorus]

There's no fairytales in East London

No fairytales inside the dungeon

All of the lairy tales under the truncheon

Babylon running us down all of a sudden

Babylon running us down all of a sudden

[Post Chorus]

To be a young man [x2]

Oi, yo, oi

[Verse 2]

Climbing out of the window to hang out with crew

There grew my new family substitute

Sitting in exclusion in & out the school

That's where I first learned to break all the rules

Couldn't hear from dad 'cause he just flew the coop

All of our similarities make me puke

At times I can't manage so I smoke zoots

Trying be a man but I can't find the root

All those cries that fell upon your deaf ears

Me and the lads grew ourself with no peers

And I still hang with them man, I still clang beers

Two cans at Xmas, can't see a Reindeer

All those years that we rid out for attention

Chilling on the corner with a can and a Benson

There was no point 'cause I can't see your face

If only leaving your voice in cyberspace

[Chorus]

Fairytales in East London

No fairytales inside the dungeon

All of those lairy tales under the truncheon

Babylon running us down all of a sudden

Babylon running us down all of a sudden

[Post Chorus]

To be a young man

(To be a young man)

To be a young man

(So much to learn and so much to understand)

To be a young man

(Trying to gain the upper from the underhand)

Babylon running us down all of a sudden

Babylon running us down all of a sudden

​[Breakdown]

Daddy's voicemails...

Daddy's voicemails...

I started to stop listening to Daddy's voicemails

Feeling guilty

Came down to the HMP to see me

All them time meetings he's wondered "Where is he?"

How dare you come and play the victim

No avail

Daddy's voicemails...

Daddy's voicemails...

I started to stop listening to Daddy's voicemails

Feeling guilty

Came down to the HMP to see me

All them time meetings he's wondered "Where is he?"

Black boy failed

All of your moist tales

[Post Chorus]

To be a young man [x3]

Babylon

Babylon