Ard Adz
The Legacy
[Verse]
You need to ask about him
I ain't swimming with no devil akh, I'd rather drown him
I saw the hellfire then I drove around it
I ain't brandishing this gun akh, I'd rather sound it
I been astounding and I was feeling down then
We were tryna get in places we're not allowed in
When I stepped in the game it was me, Sho
Plus a couple man, I look around and it's overcrowded
I seen hella faces and I been here for ages
This my story and it's got hella pages
Used to bang it in the park on the Yellow Pages
You know how it goes when you're feeling caved in
First wе knock the door, we had a hella patiеnce
They never let us through so we never came in
We tried to knock again then it was the same thing
He even shut the door and laughed in all our faces
We tried to knock again then it was the same thing
He even shut the door and started celebrating
He tried to knock again and they was being racist
So he kicked down them doors with Beretta's blazing
I was lost in crisis, on the block in Isis
I'm the reason why them jewellers gon' drop their prices
Morocc the ice is so my watch the nicest
Squad the tightest and the love is priceless
Love is timeless, man that boy is spineless
He ain't got no backbone, he a snaky Pisces
Me and Heat had to bill a line on license
Got a worker, made the line fly autopilot
Used to sleep on porches, didn't sleep in Porsche's
I got kicked out, I spent a couple nights at Porscha's
Used to eat at Paula's, I didn't feel important
The judge was handing out bids, he tryna win an auction
Ask my brudda Torch how I'm keeping torches
Fed traces on my bike, I had to lean the corners
They were needing quarters, we was sneaking orders
My bro fresh from Morocco, had to cheat the borders
Gun is gorgeous and the corn enormous
If your brudda's going through it, he don't need ignoring
You should check up on him daily, make him feel important
Used to creep in Forces where they keep the corpses
We were mad broke, hungry, they was eating courses
They was laughing at us while we didn't eat a portion
So we imported Cali, made it land in Portsmouth
Fuck the pawnshop, I went to meet the pawners
I don't walk with wetters cah the deuce got tekkerz
When you step with suttin, you ain't gotta call the steppers
I was born aggressive and I was taught a lesson
When you down and out akh, you gotta force the effort
Grew up false endeavours, I want all the treasures
I got pit bulls with me that'll scorch a leopard
All them Pyrex days akh, I ain't forgotten
I make a extra five bills if I scrape the bottom
There ain't a bone in my body akh that ain't Moroccan
And I was made in that tharab, they was made in kharam
I done seen the lot and prayed that I ain't for nuttin
Out in Leighton Buzzard, trapping mad late, I'm buzzing
It's just me and these three fellas
Throw me in the sea then I swam out with Sea-Dwellers
Throw me out the sky then I landed with Sky-Dwellers
Bought a four-five, on my life, now my nine jealous
Been here for a thousand years
Grew up with them pit bulls that'll tear mountain bears
And I was broke on them roads till I found repairs
The plug lost his keys but I found the spares
I gotta exhale fully and
Every other week they're tryna throw me in that bully van
I hate bullies man, bullies can't bully man
So fuck Sunak and his XL Bully ban
About I haven't got khlewi
I spun around there and then I left my gun khewi
And I bun a man and went and ate mlewi
I'm just a Bricky baby and a crazy danjewi
I been a bait one, once on a late one
I got caught slipping in the Bricks, I nearly ate one
I caught a couple cases and escaped some
Before I got married, on my life, I didn't date once
I'm just a boring old G
Check the wrist on me, just a boring Au P
First time I see a gun bang, back in '03
First time I see a man dead, back in '04
Then around a year later I'm repping O.C
Ask about me in the Bricks akh, they'll say they know me
Fell in love with that money, had a thing for it
You know what they say, it ain't a blessing if you sin for it
It's Dirty, my life started in Tangier
1993, the first time I smelled ganja
I used to sneak out with the dreri
Cah anything was better than sleeping on some deris
And if they wanna war, yalla aji
I'm made in Morocco and that's why I love bledi
My best friend, he got moved to Meknes
Then my mum and dad split so she moved me to Fes
Mum used to ring me, say that she'll bring me
She was out in London, just patterning some things G
Way before you heard about a Urus
It's 1995 and I'm dreaming bout Europe
December '95 and I've landed
Heathrow or Gatwick, akh I can't remember
Wait let me think real hard, it was Stansted
Mum was at arrivals just waiting, she planned this
Mummy worked so hard till she couldn't work more
First real friend I met, I met him on the third floor
Said his name's Leandro and he's from Colombia
I didn't know where that was but I said "Cool" though
His mum walked out and said "Venga papi chulo"
"Venga asulva" and then we both walked off
I went school in Lough, met Bellzey and Raymond
My first real friend I met in school, his name's Shayden
Then I met Femi who used to speak Yoruba
I said "Where I'm from akh, they call this place Uropa"
I'm from Tangier and I live near the rubia
The first toy I ever owned was a trumbia
Fast-forward, 2001
The twin towers dropped, mum mad stressed for her son
Everybody hate Muslims apart from the real
Mum said "Son you ain't going school for the month"
I said "Mum I know I'm young but what you're saying is wrong
You went Hell and back for them passports
Where we're from mum, that's what everybody asks for
I never came here for nuttin, on a plane on my own"
'03 now, all silk clothes and Stoney
Small and I'm bony but I'll lay you out homie
I grew up in the worst way so shut up in the first place
It's '04 now and that's when I caught my first case
Fast-forward, 2007
My name's Dirty, I did dirt with the weapon
I fast-forward, 2008
And them Gas Gang bangers, two thousand and bait
Bang bang orangutan Gas Gang
Rob you for your Aqua and let alone your Batman
Me and Rapman, back roads with Snapbacks
The CCTV caught us thugging up the Snapchats
The whole of '09 I used to live in prison
Mum used to check me and say it's cuz I didn't listen
I stepped outta jail in like '010
I started trapping but this angle was so bent
Trapping got so depressing
Me and Shallow caught a little buzz in '011
We fucked the game up, both of us came up
Nino went back to jail for tryna get his change up
March '011 when I had my son
Saw him for the first time, cried and I dashed my drugs
Same year, R.I.P. Mark Duggan
I never knew him but I felt like to spark suttin
Same year Jozy died
The first time I done seen all the broskis cry
When you're living real, you know the outcome
The next ten years, you can hear it on the album