I know you've seen me in East London, more than the place that I come from Might catch a blight in the air, but niggas lose their lives when the sun's gone I'm from East Sun, East Six, West Bank, Scam, Flick Chick Weed lickin' attacks, man ain't seen me since Might flex with the East Chick, you can't finesse her if she came from my block Grew up round Rungans, all the games been clocked from Bethnal to Manor Park I've been on my feet with the G's, I know new school dons that are keepin' up grieves But I'm from the old school, like Bathroom Road, yap, Chinese, Tony, Ian and that Outside Newport was criminal, when we had talent, but the money was minimal I would bump Ps and Qs, and all P for Qs Only started a line cause I needed to On the block lookin' at the skyline, and I saw Canary Wharf, that was more reason to I want big business, I want more paper My ends set the trends that you'll take part Streets blazin' skanks, I'm backin' low in Chris Street Cause the feds can't catch this youth If you come down to East You'll see How hard life can be For a G If you come down to East You'll see How hard life can be For a G Yeah, Prairie Park, I pull up and check stuff West Ham's gone, but man are defendin' their ends while my gang's strong Pretty chillin' with your ex-chick and her mates None of us lookin' for love, just a way to a rig, that's how it goes Even the yats are ready to swing, man on the dance floor checkin' your bling I said, would you reckon the team, we got bats and gats Like Gracious K, we're mocked at, ready for anything Trapped in a cycle, beefin' niggas that attacked an arrival And some will not make it out of East London Where poverty's on the rise, you probably rubbed your own blood I can see it in your eyes, you don't wanna listen Academic leak, lining move, I'm still last week where a boy died It's crackin' in Hackney and Newham's been fried Beefin' for territory, respect and pride It was like this ten years ago, but now there's more knives More youngers ready to dip and rub on the ride And get sent to OT for country life Pray for East London, all the women and children Anyone who got raised in East London Life's hard, it ain't safe in East But we're still proud we came in East London If you come down to East You'll see How hard life can be For a G If you come down to East You'll see How hard life can be For a G Look, look I was on the block, I didn't really have a clue then Now I understand it ends a little But I reckon see through the negative Stephen Lewis got stabbed outside the anti-knife crime event And it started all the madness That was 2009, since them times Pure blood splattered, I remember I looked his killer in the eyes Saw the villain in his eyes He was trying to beef me My stress started when I got rushed by my own friends And called down niggas from E3 Cause after I rapped him My whole ends turned against me And I couldn't even walk around freely Ended up getting knocked by some plasterer Trying to put MAX on his CV Thank God I didn't die, mama needs me True, I brought it on myself, I was cheeky Love it or hate it But if I spit it all, the ghetto kids rate it I'm only rapping on my day-to-day basis Can't say music's to blame if they load up and go blazing My postcode made stars like Kano and Max I was stuck in the flats and I really couldn't take it Shout out to my East London legends If the world don't know somebody If you come down to East You'll see How hard life can be For a G If you come down to East You'll see How hard life can be For a G