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What Do You Stand For

from The Surgery EP by Kwam & Sketch'E

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IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU STAND FOR..
WHAT HAVE YOU COME AROUND MAN FOR?
YOU CAN'T MESS WITH MY FUTURE JUST BECAUSE
YOURS IS ONE YOU AIN'T PLANNED FOR
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU STAND FOR
WHAT HAVE YOU COME AROUND MAN FOR
ARE YOU TRYNA JAM DOORS? IF SO THAT'S A SELF-PAR
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT I'M GONNA GO WELL FAR

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MAN DO SONGS AND THEY AIN'T GOT A CLUE
I DON'T PERCEIVE ANY THREAT THERE
CAH THEY DON'T TAKE THE TIME THAT I TAKE ON A TUNE
MAN A MAN SAYING THEY'RE THE BEST HERE
I DON'T BELIEVE THE STATEMENTS THEY MAKE ARE THE TRUTH
THE KIDS FORGET ABOUT KEV YEAH?
I AIN'T GOTTA RUN MY LIP, MY DUBPLATES ARE THE PROOF
THIS TYPE OF MC'S DEAD RARE
AND THESE DAYS I GOT MY HEAD CLEAR
DIDN'T KNOW MYSELF, SO THAT'S THE REASON I WAS ASKING
I'M DEEPER WITH THE BAR TING
I COULD GIVE A FELLA A SLEEPER FOR THE FAST, LIP..
BUT WHAT WOULD THAT ACHIEVE?
NOT LEAST WHEN I HAVE A DREAM, I BEG YOU DON'T GET MAD AT ME..
I'M CHASING MY GOAL
THAT'S WHY I KEEP CREATING MY FLOWS

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I'M EN ROUTE NOW, IT'S NOT A HOLD BACK TING
TRY THAT AND I'LL TUCK MY SHIRT IN
TAKE A BREATH FOR 8 BARS AND GO BACK IN
NORMAL, ME, MERKING
I COULD TALK A LOAD OF GREAZE COS I KNOW THAT'S IN
BUT SORRY, I AIN'T ON A HERD TING
ANY TIME I GET FRUSTRATED I HOLD THAT IN
AND CARRY ON SLOWLY EMERGING
I SEE MY FORTUNES TURNING
BUT THERE'S NO TIME TO PUT FEET UP
I CAN'T STOP TILL IT'S TIME TO PUT ME UP
THERE WITH THE BEST OF OURS WHO EVER SPAT GRIME
WHEN I SET SAIL MY BARS WERE NEVER THAT NICE
..AT THIS POINT OF THE VOYAGE I'M SO GOOD I BOY IT
LIVE RHYMES, THEY'RE CLASS, THEY NEVER FLATLINE
I'M A DARKIE BUT I'M FAR AHEAD OF BLACK TIME

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NONE OF YOU BOYS CAN MESS WITH MY FUTURE
MY PLANS ARE CAST IN CONCRETE
I GOT THOUGHTS THAT EVERYONE BETTER GET USED TO
BECAUSE WE'RE TRAPPED AND WE'RE NOT FREE
I'LL LEAVE ALL THAT FOR A NEXT RIDDIM ON THE DISC
BUT KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT I STAND FOR
I STAND FOR FREEDOM AND STAND FOR REMOVAL OF FIBS
AND OPEN MY OWN EYES AND YOURS
SO IF YOU'RE TALKING THAT SHIT ABOUT STRALLYS
OR TALKING THAT SHIT ABOUT GUCCI, FENDI, HOLLISTER
OR ANY OTHER NO WAIT WAIT FURTHERMORE TURN THE TUNE OFF PLEASE SEAN AND LEMME TALK TO THEM WITHOUT RHYME FOR A SEC, YEAH I KNOW I'M DOING IT AGAIN BUT BRUV, NO, NO, IT'S ALL GETTING OUT OF HAND D'YOU KNOW WHAT YEAH, I CAN GO ON YOUTUBE THIS SECOND AND FIND SOME GROUP OF DICKHEADS ACTING STUPID TALKING SHIT IN FRONT OF A CAMERA, MAN...MAN POINTING AT THE FRAMES OF THEIR GLASSES "WHAT WHAT CAN MAN SEE THE LOGO YEAH? CAN MAN SEE THE LOGO YEAH?" YEAH, SICK, YOU PAID THEM A COUPLE HUNDRED POUND SO YOU COULD ADVERTISE THEIR PRODUCT TO MORE PEOPLE AND MAKE THEM MORE MONEYWHATYOUAIN'TGETTINGACUTOF, SIIIIIICK. (WHAT YOU FINISHED YEAH?) YEAH NAH I'M DONE NOW MATE, LET'S CRACK ON WITH THE NEXT ONE

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from The Surgery EP, released July 18, 2011

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Grime lyric writer and record-onto-tracks-er. Been floating around the underground for a bit, managed to pull off the odd minor achievement here and there. Check me out on here or at grimepedia.co.uk/wiki/Kwam - alternatively Google or YouTube me. Enjoy your visit here! ... more

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