Straight Facts

           Am
When I was sky high not many of you 
wanted to see me fall
      Am7
I had one big ego, but I was 
mentally small
          E
I thought I was the man, telling 
everybody what to do
            E7
When really they were just using me 
including my skrilla too
   Am
So look who's laughing now because 
it definitely ain't me
              Am7
Due to all my fuckery my agent had 
to lower my fee
             E
With all the money I owe out, I 
could own me another key
          E7
Instead I sold the house I lived in 
'cause I was working for free
Am
My friends were looking at me for 
help when I couldn't help myself
    Am7
And labelled me a no one when the 
label put me on it's shelf
  E
I weren't eating properly and they 
could see I wasn't well
      E7
Still all they seemed to care about 
was my wealth
Am
Fuck my health
        Am7
See the Tinnitus thing I have, has 
always put me through hell
    E
Too busy looking out for others and 
not thinking about myself
             E7
I'm rich and paranoid, who else is 
tryna' fuck with my girl?
    Am
Who else is making up lies for 
another story to sell?
       Am7
Yo, my BM sold like two stories on 
me for like 30K
   E
My TM was doing dirty on me like 
almost every day
      E7
Right under my nose, I would have 
never have known
   Am
So thank fuck that I'm paranoid and 
I went through his phone
             Am7
Fuck I see a text to his wife
            E
They nearly ruined my life
                                            @E7$
Thinking how's all this information 
7
getting printed overnight?
   Am      Am
No lie, no lie
  Am7
I know it's in black and white
         E
And even though it's in The Times 
it's still a big bag of shite!
          E7
I blame myself for being ignorant 
and opening up
                Am
But when you're stuck in this 
industry, you don't know who to 
trust
    Am7
I'm screaming where is the love?
              E
'Cause on the flip side, on my kid's
 life
       E7
In the streets I would've opened you
 up
                Am
Just like that, Mumma we ain't going
 out like that
   Am7
One day I'ma catch him outside ah, 
how 'bout dat?
    E
You know like that
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     E7
When Pops used to preach I should've
 listened
      Am
Now I bet he's up there grinning 
just 'cause I tried fight back
    Am7
I remember the times I used to steal
 bare weed from your pouch
    E
And pocket any loose change you left
 lying around the house
       E7
I'd do anything to spend a couple 
seconds with him alive
  Am
Instead I'm just left with a memory 
of him dead on the couch
                Am7
Forever putting pieces together 
tryna' figure shit out
 E
Imagine I was more than puzzled, 
having to give you mouth to mouth
                  E7
My lord there was dry blood all down
 your face
       Am
I will never forget the taste, 
tryna' save the man of the house
          Am7
They say 'home is where the heart 
is'
     E
Well my one was on the market
E7
Mum's got her own key but she 
prefers it where we started
Am
Queen of the hood, reminiscing must 
feel good
          Am7
Couldn't afford to buy me trainers 
now she's cleaning up my books
           E
When she's cleaning up the flat
       E7
She be polishing the plaques
          Am
She ain't worried about no bailiffs 
now her baby's paying tax
         Am7
When the press are talking trash, 
know that it ain't facts
            E
Why would I smash my own gaff up 
when my yout's are in the back
       E7
I'd be mad if I sat here tryna' 
justify every article
       Am
I've already been chewed up and spat
 out into little particles
Am7
Even though I'm sensitive and a 
softy at heart
      E
All I hear is 'rip them apart 'cause
 there ain't nobody as hard as you'
         E7
Easily antagonised, when I hear a 
bag of lies
     Am
Everyone's got a past, only 
difference is mine's glamorised
Am7
Talk about being terrorised, like 
say I'm gonna fall back
E
Your favourite artist now started 
out as my support act
    E7
The scene was way needier, way 
before social media
        Am
When we used to turn to radio just 
to make our lives easier
             Am7
Check my Wikipedia
  E
I sold out bare arenas yo
     E7
They tried to brand me urban
     Am
So I climbed outta the pigeon hole
  Am7
I kicked down the door and left it 
open for the rest
       E
I went platinum three times, so how 
am I still in debt?
   E7
700K on the first, 500 on the next
         Am
When you sign a shitty deal fam
     Am7
What else do you expect?
   E
Oi Stormzy you the guy now, I've 
always fucked with Skep'
           E7
I wrote my hardest 32 the first time
 I heard Wretch
  Am
I ain't got a chip on my shoulder 
about who's the best
      Am7
But I beg someone tell Drizzy I'm 
packing something fresh
         E
I got as far as I am from going HAM 
as I can
       E7
So for me going jail weren't really 
part of the plan
  Am
I came a long way from getting 
chased down in that Megane
    Am7
So imagine man like me, stuck in the
 can
     E
They say I'm too hard headed, and 
one day I'm gonna learn
      E7
Never thought I would be sat here 
selling signatures for burn
   Am
Oi Akhi are you listening?
   Am7
It really don't matter about who you
 are on the outside or if your wrist
 is glistening
   E
In here, you'll get hung up to dry 
for moving wet
         E7
The only time I'm talking shit, when
 I'm plugging up my tech
      Am
Ay so fuck the KG's you have, 
wrapped around your neck
              Am7
Here all that matters is the KG's 
you're pushing on your chest
   E
My momma told me keep my head down, 
stay quiet
        E7
How the fuck's that gonna work when 
suddenly I got man on a diet?
         Am
Thinking now I'm at my lowest, life 
can only get better
         Am7
Them man run up in my cell and try 
leave holes in my sweater
        E
Now I'm here and I got a price on my
 head top, uh
          E7
Well I'ma double that just get the 
pussy' head top
     Am
From lobster and steak, to yam and 
noodles and tuna
Am7
Thursday's cantine, couldn't come 
any sooner
E
Sitting in my cell wishing that it 
could be way cooler
   E7
No charger for the tizzy so I can't 
even call you
    Am
Oi, get down and lay down
  Am7
I ain't come back to play around
     E
Even though I was excluded, this 
industry's still my playground
Em7