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Lately

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Lately

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I seem to find myself talking to the powers that be

Awaking the shade and shadowed under towering trees

Admiring the seen, inhaling fumes of flowers that breathe

Jet lagged eyes are begging for an hour to sleep

Although my blood shot whites and iris's they never find any

Clock stops at times where the Sun shine can blind many

Although my eyes are heavy they wont be closing soon

Cos I know that time waits for nobody, I suppose its true

We make corrosive tunes with acid tabs and vocal booths

To see the flashing lights at photo shoots, we make our motive moves

I say what ever I feel to vent a rhyme

So I can still invent the lines and stay close to the friends of mine

Cos we all recognise, real is what my father says

And I'll be sticking to this phrase until I pass away

Overworking, no sleep is just another way to die slow

But I'll just keep going strong as ever, never let my eyes close

5 O'clock with lights off

Interview with a vampire

Sleep is for the living and not a utensil that I require

I swear I said, that I'll sleep when I'm dead

Whos on the beat upon the feature with ed its d-e-v to the z

Over tired, pale faced like michael myers

Bags underneath my eyes can show the baggage I've acquired

And over the time within this maze I'll think you'll find

You'll never find that peace of mind you seek to find until your dying

Cuz I got too much to stay awake for

To sleep or even take 4, seconds out the game

Its time to wage war

Scissors, grab a sword, and sharpen up your hunting knives

2 Psychopathic lyricists are driving on the hunt tonight

I'm haling from the essex and the east London boarder line

Villans never sleep they mastermind in all sorts of crimes

Be wide awake just like your snorting lines

Or get left mortified like you just seen the ghost of Jesus walking by

I never sleep

When trouble steals thoughts from a restless mind for free, it could be, ah

The times I'm living in I never sleep

When trouble steals thoughts from a restless mind for free, it could be

The times I'm living in lately

I brush my teeth every night but still I wake up with a bad mouth

And the background is my past and my presence will bring it back out

Deliver the raps how I flow

I live with the raps now and those that hate me call me wrong

But they wont slither in too easy, believe me I'm snake minded

Be within this great time, be on minimum wage, life is a prison escape that I'm in

Its all to do with timing not the label that you sign with

Then my mates are doing fine but then they never put the time in

I try to hide my cold side like when I flip my pillows

Some of the the songs I write are real because the chart is filled with si-li-cone

I'm still broke without the money for a mac pro

Living out of three bags no talk about my cash flow

Opposite of sober cos I never did my homework

Which has got me on the sofá, no degree but growing older

I played a fool to catch the wise I will never tell a lie

I wake dead, take deep breaths, try to never die!

Never die

2 Guys with the same view, keep it tight like scrooge

Making metaphors flow and move, like typhoons and tunes

And if we got our eyes on you, we'll catch you while you snooze

Times elapsing while your catching z's, the masses like to move

We scan the situation, analyse information, and then decide

What probably is most practical to do

Driven young gentlemen

I've hardly changed my bed sheets at all over the last 12 months

Cos I haven't slept in them, true!

I'm coming home, the lights are on

Your rights are wrong so I'm correcting 'em

We got the fans all like 'oh wow its its devs

And ed' what less did you bloody expect from 'em

In the end sleep deprivation might just be our detriment

Fighting through writers block from 9 o'clock to 5 o'clock

And no way will I ever waste a second of the time I got

I keep my pupils engaged

Like a classroom in holy matrimony

But I'm only trying to stay awake

I never sleep

When trouble steals thoughts from a restless mind for free, it could be, ah

The times I'm living in I never sleep

When trouble steals thoughts from a restless mind for free, it could be

The times I'm living in lately

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