Mind the gap between the train

and the platform.

Young G on a rise, Kensal

Kensal, Kensal, Rise, Kensal

Young G on a rise, Kensal

You dun know already, the journey

Kensal, Kensal,

Young G on Kensal Rise,

before the rollie, before the Benz,

before 24,

and before THEM, I was coming out

of Brent,

I am really really from the Endz, so

much so I really know Dynamic M

and most of the gangsters dem, I'm

so North West 10, can't forget Tubby

T, God bless the dead, mi nuh wan

nuh bling bling, mi nuh wan no pinky

ring just gimme di microphone, I

been a soundboy since then, these

are tales from the hood, keeping it

real, I spent most of my teens shook,

coulda got jook for a look, for a look,

cah man'll change on you quicker

than a Shang Tsung, man'll blaze

on you, badda bing badda boom,

so boom, these are tales from the

hood, I know a lot a tings but I gotta

keep shtum, I heard a lot a tings I

could fill a whole book, got secrets

I gotta keep 'til I'm 6 foot, a far

cry from Hollywood, used to drive

by Cricklewood, took a right at the

lights, Kilburn Station,

Jubilee Line, going to Kensal Rise

but decided to stop at a friend of

mines, them times she lived on Dyne,

she approached me with tears in her

eyes, she told me that so and so died

and I hugged her as she cried, but I

felt nuttem inside cos he tried to rob

me twice, doing something snakey's

why he probably lost his life, bruddas

used to try it doing ****ries outta

spite, man know I'm a star but didn't

wanna let me shine, when the place

you're from is dark they wanna see

you dim your light, they've pulled

guns on me, knives on me, lucky I'm

alive, man been hating on me since

1999, when really they rated me I

did sutten they admired, saw what

I was doing but they didn't have

the confidence to try it, could've

done it if they tried but they didn't

have the drive, crabs in barrel and

they don't wanna see you thrive,

badmind watching from the sides,

praying for your downfall plotting on

your demise, then wanna start rap

careers at 35?

Rolls eyes, those are the kinds of

guys I despise, they were fans in

disguise, but now man's in the sky,

they congratulate me, they had to

respect the grind, clean energy you

know the vibes, shouts to Mike, never

got blinded by the lights, from the

streets up to dizzy new heights, I am

from a time, before gangsters posed

with toilet paper for likes before...

Young G on a Rise

One time was out the manor with

******, one or two serious guys

but man was moving light, looking

back in hindsight man weren't

moving right, loads of hangers on

who couldn't back if they tried, up

there we bucked up on the other

side but true I knew a few kept it

cool and was polite but could see it

was going left cah something wasn't

right, at the time the ting coulda

been squashed, no one had died, too

much pride, my bredrin gotta offered

a 1on1 but declined could tell by his

body language he was shook to fight,

had everybody looking at him with

a side eye, he was tryna save face

but that's how you lose stripes, he

jumped man a couple weeks prior in

a 1on1 which is suttem he shouldn't

of done, that's not how tings run, you

know the rules dem iyah, but that's

a serious war I don't wanna stoke

the fire, Lord strike me down if I'm

a liar, I'm not involved but from the

zones and the road it's how it goes,

it's never Kumbaya, **** can still

transpire, so vigilance required 'til

the day man expire, if not on God,

the consequences could be dire, if

not on job face is on a poster or a

flyer, them thingys go pop pop turn

my Mum into a crier, watch even the

little n*****, you heard David and

Goliath you saw Omar in The Wire,

that's how you get wheeled away,

punctures in your body via shots

through attire, tread lighter, small

circle, clique tighter, show me the

money like Cuba in Jerry Maguire.

Another time was at a party in the

manor, bevvy in my hand I don't