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lyrics
Intro:
Mmm Yeah
It ain't what you want but it's what you need
It ain't what you want but it's
Yeahhh
It ain’t
Mmmm
Verse 1:
Yo
I just wanna feel, happiness and chill
I don't wanna kill, I just wanna build
Family a shield, I believe I will
(That's right... What you saying?)
I don't wanna kneel, stand up on the hills
Balancing my skill, managing my bills
I don't wanna deal, I just want a mill
(That's right)
Not shadowing a
(Not shadowing who blood?)
Not shadowing a man because the shadow will reveal
My light's too bright I'm not narrowing my field
Talented for real
And it gimme chills, battering the drill
Can I get a wheel, patterning my kmt
Patterning the pattern till it yields
Out to the man dem on the field
Hasn't got meal, nanny was on
And he couldn't deal, ran up on the till
(Ahhh)
Gotta protect my sanity for real
I don't wanna deal with
Family drama, agony after, back in a saga
Challenging karma, rapping disaster
Chorus:
Noooo
Nooo
Oh ohh ohh
It ain't what you want but it's what you need
It ain't what you gain but it's what you leave
Without the faith you can't cross the sea and
Nooo
Nooo oh
Heee ayyy heeee
It ain't what you want but it's what you need - yeah
All about ya faith and not what you see
Without the faith you can't cross the sea and
Verse 2:
Yo... (What you saying?)
They're tryna put doubt in my mind
They really wanna see myself minimise
But I'll win though I don't need help it's alright
Nooo (what you saying?)
I said they're tryna put doubt in my mind
You ain't got a lift so brudda how can you rise
You ain't got the wings so brudda how can you fly
Nooo (what you saying?)
They're always tryna put doubt in my mind
They can't help criticise, they're not helping a guy
They be out to devise, I can tell by the vibe
Selfish alie
But I won't allow it to grind
Me down, so when I’m crowding the mic
Manna black out like I've got my outfit aligned
Nooo (what you saying?)
And if there is a mountain to climb
Don't say no way, you should help me to hike
Ain't on top yet but you're bound for the sky
If we're a team then you better help me to thrive
If I can't see then you better tell me the sign
If I can't read then you better tell me the line
If I can't breathe then you better help me survive
Chorus:
Noooo
Nooo
Oh ohh ohh
It ain't what you want but it's what you need
It ain't what you gain but it's what you leave
Without the faith you can't cross the sea and
Nooo
Nooo oh
Heee ayyy heeee
It ain't what you want but it's what you need - yeah
All about ya faith and not what you see
Without the faith you can't cross the sea and
Manga is the only one out here making pure, forward-thinking Grime like it used to be. No cash-in nostalgia, no catering to radio plays; just pure lyricism and cream-of-the-crop production. Remember when Grime had humour and humanity? When MC's had personality and originality that was uniquely British? Before autotune, German whips and 'manaman sells crack and manaman will shank ur mum' became the norm? This is like that. Golden.
Big up Manga - keep doing your thing. You deserve to be massive
Joe Harris
just bare sick the entire album init, bare out of order to make me pick 1 and that, bellz. big up Lewi for being actually grimey as fuck on the produccy romabohemian
Grime, a descendant of garage, dancehall and hip-hop born roughly a decade ago on the streets of the UK, is now entering maturity, with several of its stars finding themselves experiencing the trappings (and the traps) of major label success. But there’s also an increasing universality in its subject matter and themes, and a playfulness … Continue reading Album of the Week: The Surgery EP → Bandcamp Album of the Day Dec 5, 2011