Old friends never get blocked. Cleared up like my sinus Hate the sin, not the sinnner - I say we put that behind us I call myself King but I'm not faking like I'm Midas I'm just trying to stay positive with my life in the minus Cos I can't see the sense in us having these skills If we're still finding trouble tryna tackle these bills Like we're hoping for a windfall as if gravity's ill Trying to stack my cash fat with no animals killed -- but life ain't a bitch Life is walking on a path from one side of the abyss To the next. Don't get all caught up in the twists Just build a better this for as long as this exists And this is, the changing of the temperature December being planned with cold hands on instant messenger Severing the ties from idle lies and several pessimists New phone, same number, and I ain't effing heard from ya Old friends get brought up, often, whenever we see 'em Emotional outbursts got these feelings all leaking Current friends get in touch, like "what we doing this weekend?" I'm just working my shifts and just trying be decent Cos I can't move past it if I'm stuck in the past still I'm done drinking poison and hoping that man's ill Believe they don't see me like the end of a bad film I found pleasure in bringing my mind to a stand still -- so let that sink in Look at Campaign like what the hell was I thinking? Realise that the thought is not an option but a happening Detachment from the self is not an illness, or just passiveness In practice it's the manifest of what the pattern means The reason that we breed - the reason that we dream The reason for the salmon's constant battle up the stream Cos the pattern must repeat, the pattern must repeat And it does Did you work this hard to stay the same? When you see your friends they tell you that changed You changed So did they

(Hey!) I’m on a one-stop trip to the tip top of hip hop — Never gonna hit stop til I’m mixed up — Got a whole lotta heat built up I drop Spit hot shit like a chip shop drip and I Won’t switch off til the clocks don’t tick tock — Quick quips I eclipse with my mix I’m equipped for this never fix the slips Cause I hit the clicks with my tricky Tricks fitting words together like tetris Bricks — And I ain’t gonna flip-flop i spatter my patterns with flattened harmonic (Huh) Moronic like sonic matters Need a plan of attack to hack this game I’m gonna rap this way for campaign I turn to my mic to drown out the sound Of the loudness inside my head It’s a pity this city’s got pretty shitty They tell me music’s already dead What have I got to drop to hit top? What have I got to give to hiphop? (What have I got? What have I got? Tell me what have I got?) What have I got to drop to hit top? What have I got to give to hiphop? What have I got to give? What have I got to drop to hit top? What have I got to give to hiphop? (What have I got? What have I got? Tell me what have I got?) What have I got to drop to hit top? What have I got to give to hiphop? What have I got to give? What have I got to give? Cause what happened to funk rock and Punk rock was folk just a joke to Laugh at and mock? — When did we choose to tell the Blues to stop —painting the Peeling plain white Walls of this city with Feeling — I load my Glock’n’spiel off some piecemeal Riffs — Attacking the chromatic To get kicks I’m never gonna drop another level I’m better than that —Hold steady whenever you’re ready command Another record I reckon that Grumpy is On demand — and Grumpy’s on hand but What’s hiphop gonna do for me when I drop all my raps for free see Claim my name on a page in hiphop history and that’d be grand imma Raise my fame in the game we play cause I say Grumpy’s here to stay so Turn up the beat I’m bringing the heat — one — two— What have I got to drop to hit top? What have I got to give to hiphop? (What have I got? What have I got? Tell me what have I got?) What have I got to drop to hit top? What have I got to give to hiphop? What have I got to give? What have I got to drop to hit top? What have I got to give to hiphop? (What have I got? What have I got? Tell me what have I got?) What have I got to drop to hit top? What have I got to give to hiphop? What have I got to give? What have I got to give?