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Amends FRMX ft. Devise

from FRMX3 by Yungun

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I've become a huge fan of Robin Hannibal's music, in particular his solo EP Bobby. I couldn't resist looping this one up for a freestyle. Devise murdered me on my own ish here, though ... I hate it when he does that ...

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VERSE ONE (ESSA):

New day, same old shit
In this paper chase race trying to make those quids
We spend money so fast that we made so quick
To build houses on sand out of playdough bricks
And everybody stays in debt
That’s it, put it on the plastic, that’s the way we’re kept
We’ll pay 300 pounds for an Avirex
Pay for sex but no-one wants to pay respect
It’s like, you’re born and then it starts, you take a breath and gasp
And that first breath is charged to your credit card
Interest is large it’s such a charge
So all we think about is getting ours any chance
But nothing ever lasts forever
Things that we treasure will get weathered from a wing to a feather
From a castle that’s fit for a king to a cellar
Clinging to pleasure forever won’t bring us together
And a coffin made of gold won’t save your soul
When Saint Peter’s at the gate hope you paid the toll
‘Cause we’ve all got a place to go, we’ve got to find a way
What’s going on in this life today?

HOOK

VERSE TWO (DEVISE):

I’m stumbling
I’m pissed I’m drunk again
I pitched up, slipped up and stumbled into
This big rut once again
But what goes up and up must come plummeting
You f***ed up? Tough luck my friend
You gotta summon up the strength to suck up the punishment
Pluck up the courage and stomach it
Just another Sunday I stumbled in unshaven
I been up late, I been up raving
I been bunning it up, I been drunk, I been drug taking
Been up caning it I’m fading
But now I’m in a need to fix up blatant
F**k it I’m wasted, but the bank statement’s saying
“Wake up James, get the funds paid in
You need to pay up James do some fundraising”
Ah mate, f**k’s sake, I’ll stay up late
And make up ways to double my class A uptake
I’m laid up, wondering if I’ll change one day
And face up to the suffering and pain I create
Straight up, troubled by day to day stuff
Since day one I struggled to maintain a hustle
The same way I juggled high grade eights of skunk
If you got a blunt on you mate blaze it up
If you got enough on your plate take a cup
Fill it with some bubbles and hey, raise it up
I been in the running from playstation one
The same day my pain made way for love
I changed up my game raised the pace up
Chilled with a couple of mates for a couple of days
And I love ‘em ‘cause they stayed in touch
From grey days to sun from daybreak to dusk, what’s up?

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from FRMX3, released November 15, 2013

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Yungun London, UK

It's not your typical rap sheet. Born in a leafy suburb, educated at a prestigious boarding school and qualified as a city lawyer. But somewhere along the way (under former name Yungun) Essa became a key figure in UK hip-hop's "golden era" with shameless party joints, cryptic love songs, bilingual Spanglish wordplay and soul-searching escapism, earning nods from the likes of Nas and Mark Ronson. ... more

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