Wretch 32 – The Baton lyrics

[Verse 1 - Avelino]
Yeah, started from zero
But we never had zero ambition, I saw it all before it came to fruition
The fruits from my labor and vision meant
I would never dwell at the place I was livin', I would rather make me a living while feeling alive
I'll tell my niece about my dad, she'd never seen him alive but I see him when I'm sleeping at night
What's a guardian angel when there's a demon inside of your forts?
Fronted by success and there's people that I would endorse
So, I'm tryna see the whole team eat
We was going ot now we go O-T-T for the money clean up, I got ocd from nights in the hotel obe
Maybe-e, love is from the hate we breed cause my blood cousin fucking try to make me bleed
I won't ever let it go, son of a gun, you won't ever let it go, I get it in and you won't ever get involved
No bad energy, I wish the best for my enemy
Mama told me that I should repent cause it would replenish me
I said, "Eventually," nothing set in stone 'till the symmetry
I hope they lift me up after they bury me
That's what you call legendary, Jay-Z, Big, [?], [?], [?], [?], [?]. [?] we're the same and if not, then we're to blame
It doesn't matter, on the road to fame
Money or the problems, I was here for change

[Hook - Knucks]
They ain't ready for the war
With the yellow tape in the truck, yeah
Look at everything I bought
All from the pennies from my forts, yeah
They ain't ready for the war
With the yellow tape in the truck, yeah
Look at everything I bought
All from the pennies from my forts, yeah

[Verse 2 - Wretch 32]
I'm writing this from my grave
I've died and I've gone away
My wife is in Holloway
And sky is on holiday
If Kai isn't gonna rain
I've tried, should I contemplate?
The nights I was on the plane
Providing what's on the plate
If I couldn't stop the pain, then maybe I caused it
If I couldn't fight the game, then maybe I bruised it
But if you can't bring up your baby, then maybe you bought it
Cause at 4 you can leave your change, you're enslaving your orphan
Or maybe I'm a slave to endorsements
Maybe I took this paper thing way out of proportion
Maybe it had me rapping for the plaques on my walls but now I'm forced to keep on saying I'm awesome
Did you listen to Wretchrospective with a new perspective?
Are you now Growing Over Life or is this new objective?
Are you seeing in black and white or having colors blended?
Is your favorite fr32 verse, now my chapter's ended
"I used to love Wretch when he was broke way before the success
Man, I'm talking F64s, that's way before the dreads and all this righteous [?]"
Man, you don't know my story, you just know my glory
I'm Shakespeare and Charles Dickens going Hamlet off me
I'm Spielberg and Spike Lee cameras on or off me
Man, I paint a picture like Davinci, get a cameras from me
But you have to pay cash money
I'm already your dad's son, is he your father that has stolen these raps from me?
And he clash, that hash should be the Clash of the Titans, why would I
Battle with some shits when I could rap up your highness, this ain't a problem, it's just simple mathematics, the minus
I'm still above you even when I'm reclining
I'm still above you even when I'm declining
And if you get above, it's because I decided
I'm passing the baton

[Hook - Knucks]
They ain't ready for the war
With the yellow tape in the truck, yeah
Look at everything I bought
All from the pennies from my forts, yeah
They ain't ready for the war
With the yellow tape in the truck, yeah
Look at everything I bought
All from the pennies from my forts, yeah