Strivin' (feat. Seanie T)

Well my flows are many
Get ready
I move like Minnelli
I'm ready to bury the lairy
And Mentat is near me
And I ain't ready
For the return of the Macavelli
Even though that's what they're saying
I'm watching it on the telly
And I ain't ready
For no long talk
Don't come near me
And I'm ready for the battle
Lioness raw hear me
A buffalo stance
Like my name is Neneh Cherry
And I'm calling to my people
Back in Freetown Gorey Gorey
My prideland ghetto on the TV
I look at limbless children
And that could have been me
Denied application
Cause of my colour on the CV
I look at my reflection
Tell them that I'm proud
To be me
Not your average girl on your TV
To inspire me
I rip a page
From my grandad's diary
Flows get ridiculous
Minds they get conspicuous
I'm clinging to reality
It's just not hitting us

I rise
I climb
I grow
As I trod along this road
Ay Yago yo
Bear problems and solutions
Between, optical illusions
But tell me why dem ah kick up
And ah go long so bad
We don't know
Might be the knowledge we have
I don't know
Could be we're closer to God
I don't know
Yo-yo
Wah blow yo

I'm just a young girl
Living in this planet
Trying to manage
With the damage
That's causing us peeps to vanish
I see,
Street soldiers
Their self trained
Sustained the pain of a rival
Documented like Game
And one wanting to change
And want to get ahead of the game
But now his brothers fighting brothers
Like it's Abel and Cain
we're wantin' the fame
This generation's shouting for change
But we are so so deaf
Like our name's Jermaine
So I think for a little bit
And rap cause I'm giving you
The take on the struggle
And the fight 'cause I'm livin' it
And pivoting now
from right to left
I'm watching Bruce Lee
So I know the game of death
You see a search for the deep
But sometimes I get shallow
I running around the manna
And sometimes I'm get parro
If it was the old days
Would I be hanging in the gallows
The only thing we're searching for
Is cupid's arrow

I rise
I climb
I grow
As I trod along this road
Ay Yago yo
Bear problems and solutions
Between, optical illusions
But tell me why dem ah kick up
And ah go long so bad
We don't know
Might be the knowledge we have
I don't know
Could be we're closer to God
I don't know
Yo-yo
Wah blow yo

So I kick back
Play my position
And try listen
'Cause there's
Opportunities waiting
It's my decision
The scene's getting ugly
And ugliness destroying the scene
But I feel beautiful right now
So I get tracks
Come on a rhythm
And give a millie rap
The trend that we're setting
Is making people discover that
UK is where it's at
Tor she don't pass a gat
I know you won't confuse me
Like people confuse Guerilla Black
Attacking flows
Allow the foes
This bredda's telling me he's heavy
How comes no one knows
He loves to pose
This situation I will expose
This brother loves to put me down
Just so his ego grows
No
But I don't pay no attention
There is war and genocide
To me there's bigger things to mention
I look at this troubled world
The only thing I see...

I rise
I climb
I grow
As I trod along this road
Ay Yago yo
Bear problems and solutions
Between, optical illusions
But tell me why dem ah kick up
And ah go long so bad
We don't know
Might be the knowledge we have
I don't know
Could be we're closer to God
I don't know
Yo-yo
Wah blow yo

I rise
I climb
I grow
As I trod along this road
Ay Yago yo
Bear problems and solutions
Between, optical illusions
But tell me why dem ah kick up
And ah go long so bad
We don't know
Might be the knowledge we have
I don't know
Could be we're closer to God
I don't know
Yo-yo
Wah blow yo