Mike's Story

[Spoken Verse: Michael Ofo]

Um, it was late at night and I woke up

And I could hear my mum crying

I could hear my mum flippin', screaming

I remember my room being darker than it's ever been before

I've come into the hallway

And like, the hallway just, just felt like it was shrinking

And I saw, I saw the police officer standing there

My mum was just crying and I looked to my mum's face

I remember I started crying 'cuh my mum was crying

'Cause I could feel her pain

I didn't know what was going on, but I could feel her pain

And that's the day we found out that my dad was murdered, murdered in Dalston

I'll nevеr forget walking through the flats, bro

Gettin' in that, flippin', um, thе back of the police van

I'll never forget the back of that police van

I don't know why I hold on to that memory

But I'll never forget being in the back of that police van

I just felt numb, bro