Trench Baby

INTRO:

From yuh born you ah do this ting yah
A while ago me and your mother ah talk
And me ah tell her one ting
One incident when we guh a Queens ah one party
And we ah seh
"Cashh, we ago war dem boy yah enuh
walk gwaan, Cashief walk gwaan!"
An yuh just walk gwaan and walk past the boy dem
After dat ah buss up boy head
And gwaan wid ah bagga suhum
Ah wol heap ah history enuh youth
Ah wahum to yuh man yuh born as a star yuh hear?

"Yh yh"

CHORUS:

Yh, more time i don't talk
Deep in my mind there's a lot going on
Ask for a hand and they umm and they ahh
Self is the only one i found in the dark
Got the cosign from the plug
Forgive me for the times i was selling them drugs
Forgive me for when i had to rob
I know my mother proud of who i'm becoming
They know where i'm from
Real 'Trench Baby' i come from the mud
The back and fourth discussion is long
Make your decision are we sliding or not?
Grew up in the city but he knew how to farm
No tenants in the yard just lights and plants
Me i was in Love with the gwop
But my little cousins dem in Love with the war

VERSE 1:

Bup bup bup
I was mad about it
So i had a spinner in the cab about it
Wasn't that deep but it's the principle
When betrayal's unexpected it will injure you
I almost killed a man in front my Queen before
She saw a look in my eyes she's never seen before
If you wanna know the truth for why i never did it
It's cuz i couldn't make my mother a witness
Growing up i went on heart breaking prison visits
Cah my people dem are known to risk it for a 'Brizick'
By the time i turned sixteen i knew logistics
Why you think i'm paranoid and i forever fidget
Conversations we couldn't get before
Used to get ignored now we get rewards
Stacking like a shelf, every little helps
My lawyer like a elf, gotta check the clause

CHORUS:

Yh, more time i don't talk
Deep in my mind there's a lot going on
Ask for a hand and they umm and they ahh
Self is the only one i found in the dark
Got the cosign from the plug
Forgive me for the times i was selling them drugs
Forgive me for when i had to rob
I know my mother proud of who i'm becoming
They know where i'm from
Real 'Trench Baby' i come from the mud
The back and fourth discussion is long
Make your decision are we sliding or not?
Grew up in the city but he knew how to farm
No tenants in the yard just lights and plants
Me i was in Love with the gwop
But my little cousins dem in Love with the bup bup bup

VERSE 2:

School of hard knocks but we were learning different
Hustle in my blood so we were earning different
Before the trail came they had to burn the witness
Have you ever shook a hand and felt the murder victims?
At the best times I've made the worst decisions
Sorry aint enough you have to earn forgiveness, yh
You probably say i changed if you knew me
Drug money paid for my school fee
Mama flew me out and that was a blessing
Then the government sent me back to the trenches
Paranoia mixed with built up aggression
Had me sleeping at my Grannies with a weapon
That was for protection, forgive me Granny
It's hard to keep your eyes on the plan when you have to keep your eyes on your fam, as quiet as i a lamb but as quiet as i am, try know

CHORUS:

Yh, more time i don't talk
Deep in my mind there's a lot going on
Ask for a hand and they umm and they ahh
Self is the only one i found in the dark
Got the cosign from the plug
Forgive me for the times i was selling them drugs
Forgive me for when i had to rob
I know my mother proud of who i'm becoming
They know where i'm from
Real 'Trench Baby' i come from the mud
The back and fourth discussion is long
Make your decision are we sliding or not?
Grew up in the city but he knew how to farm
No tenants in the yard just lights and plants
Me i was in Love with the gwop
But my little cousins dem in Love with the war

OUTRO:

That is the great Cashief, him a don gorgon
Look where unuh coming from, outta the ghetto
unuh must hold up unuh head high man
Mi Proud ah unnuh to
Hold up unuh head high and give the almighty thanks
Unnuh born inah dem shatta something deh
Thats why mi stay far from unnuh baba
"Cashhh"
"Deany, boy, music"