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Chip Lyrics

This that I understand wave
This is the type of music that I fully comprehend and vibe with

This that I overstand wave
This is the type of music that I not only understand but also connect with on a deeper level

From a young age, we over plan wave, you know?
Since we were young, we always had big plans for our lives and we continue to strive towards them, you feel me?

I see yutes on ends patrollin' (skrrt)
I see young people in my neighborhood patrolling the streets in their cars

Strapped up, ridin', rollin' (pow, pow)
Armed and ready, driving around and getting things done, with gunshots being heard

I salute them like I know them, done know
I respect them like they are my own people, you know what I mean?

Hate when they see you progress
I don't like it when people envy and resent my success

No matter how much love you show them
Even if I show them love and kindness, they still won't be happy for me

Can't help it when you're chosen, done know
I can't control it when I am selected for greatness, you know what I mean?

Step with God on my side, loose times everyone's carryin' knives
I move forward with faith and trust in God, despite the many times people around me are armed with knives

But where I'm from, that just life (that's just life), done know
In my neighborhood, having knives and violence is just a part of life, you know?

And if he don't carry that skeng
If he doesn't have his weapon

He know when his pagans see him, he dead
He knows that if his enemies see him without his weapon, they will kill him

Tell me what you know about life and death (real life), done know
Can you really understand the realities of life and death? This is the real deal, you know what I mean?

Boy, just stop it (allow it)
Stop acting tough and trying to start drama

Rappin' like you got real beef (leave dem), I heard that you squashed it
Rapping about having real issues with someone, but I heard that you've actually resolved your issues

I had a little battle with six MC's (uh-huh), I can't call that beef (nah)
I had a small competition with six other rappers, but I wouldn't call it real beef

If you see your opps and pull out your camera (what you doin'?) What you call that, G? (For the 'Gram?)
If you take a photo or video of your enemies when you see them, just for social media, what do you call that? Are you really about that life?

I checked grandma in the hood as I always would, always will (one seven)
I always check on my grandma in the neighborhood, just like I always have done and will continue to do

She don't ever wanna move (nope), and I can't tell her how to feel (mm-mm)
My grandma doesn't want to move from her home, and I can't force her to feel differently

Kids might see me and diamonds shinin', tell you how pressure feels (big facts)
Young people in the area see me with my flashy clothes and jewelry, they can tell you how much pressure I'm under

I was in college in the heart of Tottenham when I first signed a deal
I was studying in college in the center of Tottenham when I signed my first recording contract

Where gunshots go off for real (brrt)
In a place where gunshots are often heard in real life

Just rockin' my Rollie (mm), I was year nine in Stoney (mm)
I'm just wearing my Rolex, but when I was in year nine, I was living in a place called Stoney

Number four rise been boss (mm)
I've been the boss on Number four rise (a street name)

Ask round, they all know me darg
Ask anyone in the area, they all know who I am, my friend

Hornsby right 'round to Finsbury Park
Hornsby (probably a nickname for someone or an area) goes around to Finsbury Park

Couldn't cut me a half of B, luckily I got dope from bars (lucky)
I couldn't afford half a pound of drugs, but luckily, I could buy smaller amounts from drug dealers

Always been on my P's and Q's, G's, zi me?
I've always been careful and aware of my surroundings, you know what I'm saying?

Rum and KA sippin'
I'm sipping on some rum and KA, probably a reference to a popular drink in the area

If you ain't got a blitz between your clique, that's (whoa)
If you and your group don't have a firearm, that's concerning

Still walkin' off if I ain't whippin'
I can still walk away from a situation even if I don't have a car at my disposal

No God got me, I ain't trippin'
I trust in God and have faith that everything will be alright, I'm not worried

In the barber shop like I ain't slippin' (yagga yo)
I'm just chilling in the barber shop like I'm not worried about my safety

I was seventeen tryna be on pole ting (One)
When I was seventeen, I was trying to be involved in criminal activities

I couldn't care less about votin' (suh)
I don't care about voting

Thirteen tryin' to steal for a livin' then I just started to rob like Holding (suh)
When I was thirteen, I tried to steal to survive, but then I started to rob people like Holding did

First time I got nicked police gave me a caution
The first time I was arrested, the police gave me a warning

They know I done that pokin' (turn, turn, turn, turn, turn)
The police know that I have committed violent acts with a weapon (turn being a sound effect)

The bird did the bros for a joke ting, I would've never known it (turn, told me, turn, ayy)
The police arrested my friends just for fun, I wouldn't have known if they hadn't told me (turn being a sound effect)

Couldn't ever get like this, where everyone's out usin' Motorola's (One)
I don't want to live in a place where everyone is using Motorola (probably referring to a type of phone) to communicate

I could've been dead or in jail, but I'm alive and well that's progress (talk)
I could have easily ended up dead or in prison, but I'm grateful to be alive and doing well, that's progress

Young nigga come up off coke heads, how you still answer to Nizzy and Stoney?
I made money from selling drugs, but how can you still be loyal to people like Nizzy and Stoney?

They wanna band drill, but I touch roads that I had with drill (One)
They want me to stop performing Drill music, but I still go back to the streets that influenced my music

The come up was real, cah they really don't want man to drill (bye)
My rise to fame was authentic, but some people don't want me to perform Drill music anymore and are saying goodbye

Stuck on the track, they don't want us to win, we just got to be tactical (One)
We are facing obstacles on our path to success, but we have to be strategic in order to overcome them

I just want my unborn kids all good when I write my will (realness)
I want to ensure that my future children will be provided for once I pass away

I'm just tryna drag the drawer out and write these riddims (One)
I'm just trying to pull out my creativity and write these lyrics

Remember when we back in the trap house just tryna slide this Simmon (twirl)
Remember when we were in the drug house, trying to sell this type of gun (twirl being a sound effect)

Growin' up in Tottenham, tryna learn how to rhyme like Chippy (turn, turn, turn, turn)
Growing up in Tottenham, I was trying to learn how to rap like Chip (turn being a sound effect)

I live life on the edge, but I thank God for the life I'm livin' (turn, turn, turn, turn, turn)
I take risks and live dangerously, but I am grateful to God for giving me this life (turn being a sound effect)

But where I'm from, that just life, done know (turn, turn, turn, turn)
But in Tottenham, that's just the way life is, you know what I'm saying? (turn being a sound effect)

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