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Modestep

Evolution Theory

Release date: 2013

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About This Track

"Evolution Theory" is a track by Modestep, from the album Evolution Theory, released 2013. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Modestep

Modestep

Lyrics

Evolution Theory

[Intro: D-Power]

Let's go back

Listen, Power

[Verse 1: D-Power]

Let's go back in the day

I'm talking back in the day

Before I used to MC

When D-Power Diesle was just a DJ, and

I was on a jungle vibe

Selling records from 9 to 5

I used to go cool school, and to [?]

Just to hear Shabba and Skibba buss mic, then

I lost the vibe, then UKG come alive

I'm talking Munchie, talking EZ, Heartless and all them guys

Then linked up with G, and then came 92.3

And then came Wiley, then came Dizzee, Kano and D Double E

And grime was alive, it was hard but we still survived

I know music evolves with time

But I thank you, Lord, that grime's still alive

And I buss the mic, now I'm a Lord of the Mic

Now I've linked up with Modestep, 2012 is a whole next hype

[Verse 2: Jammin]

Alright, where do I start?

Let me come back, let me go from the start

My life without music's a thorn in the heart

This marriage couldn't dearly depart

It's like taking tea from a shark

English boy, Jamaican heritage

Revival, listening to Morgan Heritage

UKG, Heartless Crew

Nasty Crew, Déjà Vu

I grew up on ragga, bingi drums

Listening to Abba, [?], love punani bad like Shabba

Rasta man [?] when I was rude

And all I wanted was a Jacob's cracker

Bob Marley, Gwen Stefani

James Brand, H-Town

For you, they may hardly relate

But for me they're all in the same playground

And it all comes together like rain and cold weather

This is my Darwin theory

Not like humans and apes

It's more like garage on grime

Then you got dubstep, I want a mosh pit when I hear some Modestep

And I party like a rockstar, a rockstar

Yeah, yeah

[Pre-Verse: Frisco]

Yo is big Frisco

Evolution Theory

[Verse 3: Frisco]

From as long as I remember

I've always had music on my agenda (Yes)

Number one contender (Yes)

Lyrical skeng around-a my centre

Fam, I used to listen to Call FM

Black market and [?] hyper

Them times there, I was a moped rider

Couple a years later, lyrical sniper

I was a raver, me and the man dem

Raving everywhere, going on horrid

Heartless, Pay As You Go, So Solid

To be a MC, I was oh so on it

After years of determination

I'm part of a world known organization

Undefeated, no other team ain't

Fucking with the Boy Better Know formation

I'm out of this world like an alien

Me and my paper's adjacent

I was broke, everybody loved me

Get paid, now man are hating, it's blatant

I'm sick, understatement

Me and Jammin put work in a basement

I used to have one pair of beat up Nikes

Now I've got countless trainers

[Verse 4: Jammer]

I've been doing this thing since TDK

Now it's all laptops, CDJs

Boy Better Know, that's BBK

Heartless, [?]

Them man there was leading the way

Skibba, Shabba, jungle and ragga

That's what I was on back in the day

But I still represent the sounds of the UK

Little bit of dubstep, little bit of grime

On my 16 bar, no cordless mic

[?] on our shows, [?]

Me and my man dem all in white

And it all started from the nasty crew

Kano, Starkey, Déjà Vu

Doing this from 2-double-O-2

138 track and dynamite boom

I don't wanna tell them what to do

I roll deep with the nasty crew

Pay As You Go, party crew

DJ Ez passing through

Romeo and Harvey, MC Starkey

Tell your uncle and auntie

It's all mad when we come to the party

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Track details

From Evolution Theory

2013
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Evolution Theory
Evolution Theory
Modestep
Release year
2013
  1. —Up
  2. —Burn
  3. —Praying for Silence
  4. —Another Day
  5. —Evolution Theory
  6. —Bite the Hand
  7. —Freedom
  8. —Leave My Mind
  9. —Take It All
  10. —Saved the World
  11. —Time

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The Remixes EP
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To The Stars
To The Stars
Sunlight (2011)
Sunlight (2011)
Evolution Theory
Evolution Theory
Evolution Theory (Deluxe Edition)
Evolution Theory (Deluxe Edition)

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Modestep
Lyricist
D-Power Diesle, Frisco, Jammer, Jammin, Josh Friend, Nick Tsang, Tony Friend
Composer
D-Power Diesle, Frisco, Jammer, Jammin, Josh Friend, Nick Tsang, Tony Friend
Producer
Josh Friend, Modestep, Tony Friend
Drums
Matt Curtis
Guitar
Nick Tsang
Vocals
D-Power Diesle, Frisco, Jammer, Jammin, Josh Friend
Mastering Engineer
Stuart Hawkes
Mixing Engineer
Josh Friend
Recording Engineer
Josh Friend
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