| Picture me, 23, a bag of sold out shows |
| I made it out of music, I took all my bros |
| And this merchandise is poppin, I sell all my clothes |
| And all these hoes are ghost, I got one real girl |
| Picture me, 23, I didn’t chase my dreams |
| My mum wanted me to do finance, so I came off beats |
| And now I’m sitting at a desk, with a 2: 2 in finance |
| Eating pasta on my lunch break |
| While I’m scribbling my rhymes |
| And picture me, 17, in an all black suit |
| Laying still in a coffin, surrounded by my crew |
| Giving half-heart apologies |
| For watching while they bottled me |
| Or running when they shot at me |
| You’re next up if you prodigy, wait |
| I meant poke a G |
| Picture me, a road banger, I hope that you don’t notice me |
| No face for the road, my G |
| Kill him in seven ways, lemon haze how I smoke a G |
| Name can get you out the beef, pissed if you owe me Ps |
| Them boys try and piss take, boy, what a mistake |
| I’ll come back with a shotty |
| And blow your lungs out your ribcage |
| Picture me a snitch, nah I couldn’t picture that |
| Picture me a snitch, nah I couldn’t ever think of that |
| Picture me with a baby mum |
| That didn’t wanna see me blow |
| So she let my talent go to waste like Robinho |
| I’ve been involved, I’ve seen the roads |
| Where the good die young, and the bad get life |
| And the ugly is the ugly, but |
| Picture me, a legend, worldwide or in Streatham |
| Known for words in a sentence |
| I put verbs in a sentence |
| There’s action in my letters |
| And I never compromise |
| Nor follow what the trend is, I create my own style |
| Cause I got my own agendas, I got music all that matters |
| But what about the yutes that ain’t athletes or rappers? |
| What about the yutes that ain’t athletes or rappers |
| Picture you, I don’t know your picture can you paint it for me? |
| And can you take out all the man that’s gonna taint it for me? |
| And can you take out all the girls that’s gonna waste it for me? |
| Or illustrate how you’re gonna get to all these places for me? |
| And if you can’t, then don’t worry g you got time |
| But you just need to paint a picture, or just sketch a draft |
| Cause, how you know you’re going down the wrong road |
| If you’re in a dark place, and you don’t select a path |
| But picture you talking loads about goals and riches |
| With a phone, full of cro shots, hoes and bitches |
| And a head filled with fast dreams |
| I talk to God like it’s RE |
| About my picture cause I can’t see |
| I’m at war with my mind |
| So I’m still with a sket getting Ed like Hardy |
| And I don’t mind |
| Cause them man there all speakers like Parties |
| I’m conflicted on this mission |
| So I’m still in the mist with a black star on my waist like Kwame |
| Guys are on my case |
| It’s like I wasn’t dialling banks for some pay |
| While you was busy flicking shanks for a name |
| Or busy robbin' drugs, with a dipper |
| Or you could call me Scofield |
| Why? cause I got prison in my skin |
| But I won’t ever have a prison in my picture |
| Listen to my scripture, Like teachers with teardrops |
| Principles a killer, all for the skrilla |
| But, It’s not hard |
| It comes from within |
| So don’t let anybody tell you to put drugs in the cling |
| And don’t let anybody tell you you can’t run, dance, sing, or be a baller |
| You can be a king |
| Now you can work a 9 to 5 if it makes you smile at night |
| Money ain’t a measure of success |
| Cause you can have a billion and dead |
| You can have 20 grand flat and live a long, long life with no stress |
| So listen |
| I don’t know your picture, can you paint it for me? |
| And can you tell me where you batch of friends is taking you |
| And can you tell me what your aspirations are, your dreams |
| Forget the money brother, tell me what makes you you |
| Can you tell me why you wake up, what makes you tick |
| What makes you smile, what makes you laugh |
| What makes you sick |
| Can you tell me why you’re on this earth |
| Can you tell me why you’re living |
| Is it in and out of prison |
| Are you tryna touch a nation? |
| Or are you tryna touch a paigon? |
| You get your picture, get to painting |
| Are you playing in a stadium? |
| Or are you sitting in a station? |
| You get your picture, get to painting |
| Are you the guy inside the hospital |
| That’s praying that he makes it |
| Or working with the surgeons and the nurses tryna save him |
| Are you buried in a grave? |
| For some pennies and a chain |
| A memory that fades |
| A picture you didn’t paint |
| I bet them boys think I’m panicking |
| Pep Guardiola, G, I’m managing |
| Stop saying that you beef me, it’s embarrassing |
| I never had these paigons, till my face was on this rapping ting |
| Now every other yute is on chatty ting |
| See me in a rave, it’s black blades, lightsabers call me Anakin |
| Music, money, paigons, education, fam I handle it |
| I try so hard in my tracks to give a message |
| But it’s messed cah I’ll still get you shredded by some savages |
| I swear you don’t know pressure |
| Ask Jack, I had labels playing deal or no deal like I’m Noel Edmonds |
| Independent, no pressure |
| My whole team Nike’d out to the socks you should know better |
| A-levels, no pressure |
| And my ex just text me, she should know better |
| I can still paint a picture, put a pen into my hand |
| It’s time to paint your picture my brother |
| Now you can go get it |