Growing up in a Christian household, the sounds of G’s childhood is that of prayer and gospel music. His aunt Andrea sung in the church choir and the soulful hymns left a huge impact on the young Ghetts. His mother recalls him as a three year old jumping out of her arms and running to the stage at a religious camp meeting in front of 15,000 people. It was then she says that she knew he was destined to be performer. Ghetts had also developed a sense of rhythm from his father who surrounded himself with jazz music. Once the beat got into him G would beating out rhythms on the tables and the floor in his house until his mother was driven to the point where she had to get him a keyboard to satisfy his musical curiosity. It was on this that Ghetts first experimented with writing songs as he’d try putting verses together over the pre-set percussion demos.
And it was music that was set to be Ghett’s saviour as his restless nature caused problems for him during his education. Unable to concentrate in class, the Plaistow citizen continually found himself getting into trouble and as a result never really being able to settle at a school. “I couldn’t really concentrate at school,” Ghetts states about his academic unrest. “The only thing I could concentrate on was music, not even girls. It was the only thing I enjoyed.” This soon transferred to the streets and like many who grow up in areas forgotten by the government, Ghetts found himself turning to crime to pacify his inattentive mind. Naturally it was only a matter of time before Ghetts found himself living at Her Majesties Pleasure. At the age of 16 Ghetts was in and out of jail at a scarily frequent rate which made G realise that if things carried on the way they were then his whole life would be spent behind bars. It was then he sought refuge in the only thing he found peace in; music.
At the age of 14 Ghetts visited a day time rave in Leyton to see the Heartless Crew. The experience cemented his ambition to make it in the music world. “I had this thing in my chest,” G reveals about the defining moment. “I could feel my heart beating and I was drawn to the mic. I knew I wanted to do something like that!” At the same time as Ghett’s legal woes, a new sound was emerging from east London. Born out of Garage; Grime was taking over the pirate airwaves and artists such as Wiley, Dizzee Rascal and Kano were beginning to get heard across the capital. Close friends with the Nasty Crew’s Sharky Major, Ghetts began reciting some of his rhymes for the Newham favourite. Sharks soon let G know that he was ready to be heard and Ghetts began recording tracks and performing on radio and at clubs with the collective. The artist known as Ghetto was born.
With a street buzz steadily growing, Ghetts developed a relationship with fellow Nasty Crew member Kano who had just begun promotion for his major label debut ‘Home Sweet Home’. Featuring on two of the tracks from the disc, including the single ‘Typical Me’, Kane took G on the promotional merry go round for the album that included taking part in tours with Nas and The Streets, as well as opening up for Juelz Santana in New York and performing at the MOBO Awards. Around this same time Ghetts released his first mixtape ‘2000 & Life’; a disc which drew on his experiences of growing up on the streets of Plaistow and of being behind bars. Still heralded as an underground classic the disc was full of angry bravado and vicious rhymes that fuelled favourites such as ‘Simple Minded MC’s’ and the anthem ‘Skinny Sort’. The experience of going on tour with Kano however soon showed Ghetts a side of England that he’d never seen before and this resulted in a change of perspective for the young MC. “Going on tour and seeing the people who would turn up the shows and the reaction they would give us, I realised that my ignorant attitude wasn’t gonna get me anywhere,” Ghetts describes of his revelation. “As soon as I got rid of my attitude things started happening for me.” It was then that Ghetts began recording his second mixtape; ‘Ghetto Gospel’.
One negative by-product of touring with Kano had been that G had been labelled as Kane’s hypeman. Wanting to be recognised as an artist in his own right and whilst also dispelling myths that he could only make angry songs; ‘Ghetto Gospel’ was filled with tracks that discussed the pitfalls of living in a deprived area as well as dedicating tracks to his best friend and his mother. “She cried when I first played it for her,” Ghetts recalls of playing ‘Closest Thing To Heaven’ to his mum on Mother’s Day. The mixtape also included a track for which Ghetts would shoot his first video; ‘Top 3 Selected’. The radio favourite sat alongside songs with fellow members of The Movement; a collective of likeminded MCs that included Scorcher, Wretch 32 and Mercston with whom G had released a CD entitled ‘Tempo Specialists’.
Ghetts quickly followed this up with ‘Freedom Of Speech’; another disc of entirely original material which channelled the reckless attitude of ‘2000 & Life’ and combined it with the refined wordplay of ‘Ghetto Gospel’ to make for a truly epic listen. Combining cold, nihilistic moments with bursts of untamed energy, the disc addressed and resolved issues that had arisen between Ghetts and other artists in the scene who had attacked G whilst he moved away from confrontational music during ‘Ghetto Gospel’. Tracks such as ‘Mountain’ and ‘Who’s Got?’ soon reasserted Ghetts as an underground favourite as well as satisfying the new fans he’d acquired from ‘Ghetto Gospel’.
Composing himself as a complete artist, G signalled his growth by changing his performance name to Ghetts and begun work on his debut album which is due for release in 2009. “I’m ready to make the best album I can make,” G affirms of his mind state. “It’s a bit like the TV programme ‘Heroes’. I’m just finally learning how to use my powers.” The first single from the album – ‘Sing For Me’ is already a favourite and has been snapped up by record label All Around The World to come out in early in the new year. As a division of Universal and home to artists such as N-Dubs, the track is set to be Ghetts’ first chart hit and finally propel him into the mainstream – an accolade well deserved and long overdue. “I made this tune for the clubs,” he speaks on the single. “When I’m in there I feel like I wish that it was my tune that everyone was dancing to so that’s why I made that.” And now that he’s had his first taste of success is Ghetts likely to turn his back on the Grime scene that has bred him? “I do Grime!” he proudly boasts. “I love Grime and it’s in my roots. It has been from when I saw Heartless all them years ago. A lot of people ain’t comfortable with that but I’m telling you from now that I’m gonna be a Grime star!”
Crud
Ghetts Lyrics
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Lumped up without the sum
That sums up all of you dumb fucks
Dumdums without the gun
Shouldn't beef above thirty
But man are too bloodthirsty
Left that club drunk without the rum
Knife work, man's cutting out early
Talk is cheap, anyone can outword me
I'll push man to the max, no mercy
Ah, they keep talking Game of Thrones
But if you look at the stats, I'm Cersei
That's another head gone
You could be right and alive
Or you could be dead wrong
We don't hide out unless man's in Croatia
We go find out where you live and go later
Better mind that I'm as close as your neighbor
Claw and a mask, man know Mr Vega
No bullshit, we don't panic
Full clip in the 'matic
Full clips, cinematic
Caught him in the traffic
Old-school Giggs, 'Let Em Ave It'
What's that breeze?
Just caught wind of the fassy
When his friend came back
He was a vegetable sadly
Whatever I'm letting off right now
Is going on Jezebel scatty
What, blud? There's ring off the ting
And then there's decibel happy
That's two different things
The mandem are well splashy
Bang bang ricochet and ping
Will somebody tell Ashley
Gangland, every day and ting
Then I moved out gladly
Hashtag get away from him
They want a shootout badly
Apart from mistakes, what have you made? (Money)
Couldn't even make Kool-Aid
My girlfriend's preggers right now
It's ironic how my birthday is her due date
If I'm out of line
There's a Reason my Logic ain't Cubase
My new ting talking about ex men
I don't care about X-Men unless they can mutate
I don't care if it's US or UK
I don't care if it's a duet or crusade
I don't care if it's you, them and Luke Cage
If I slew them it's Doomsday
Same person straight merkage
That left there, I turned it
When I left there diverted
How did he dead diversions?
Your version or my version?
The playback or live version?
They want Ghetts back, but the '2000 & Life' version
Think you're a big boy 'cause you got beard
Bullets'll make your face look weird
Ashanti the way man side burning
(Nah, she's still good food, though)
True true don dada
Can't tell man about bruise and batter
Can't tell man about boom and scatter
Can't tell man about shoot like Kaká
Can't tell man about "Who's that rapper?"
Them kinda ting make human para
Can't tell man about food and trapper
Been out here since FUBU and Kappa
Baby nine, man goo goo gaga
Sting man like Buju and Shabba
All man there is bodoof and backa
Greengate gangbanger
No suwoo or blue bandana
J Hus with a knife
That's Juju and dagger
Eat him up, beat so tasty
Giggs so rude, yeah, Giggs so facety
Pricks get bruised up, hit, no safety
Pricks get moved up, bitch, don't make me
You, him, her, that bitch don't rate me
You've been acting nervous lately
Dude got captain murdered baitly
Broad-day, burnt up, slapped up, weighty
Yeah, slapped up, shaky
Wake him up, wakey wakey
Yeah, big bread, you so bakery (haha)
Forgot my weed, so who's gon' lace me?
Sticky, blue marijuana
Yeah, Lucy and Lana
Wan chew the banana
And Lara
Sipping D'Ussé with Carla
And man got the power like I moved in with La La
Hollow got man so nervous
Sweet, man so Werthers
Sweeties, man sold sherberts
Yeah, man just rinsed that MAC straight
Man flip burgers
Yeah, man got hit nine times
Yeah, man got Curtis'd
Yeah, man just 'llow me
Yeah, 'bout it 'bout it
Yeah, rowdy rowdy
Yeah, nigga, don't dial me stylist
No, no one don't style me
Nigga, just give me some space, please
No one don't crowd me
Yeah, new innuendo
Parked at the station
Old-school, used to Nintendo
Greazy, uno momento
Got that, shoot him again though
Boost in the bando
Fuck that, boost in the Benzo
Big cake for a hen do
But who'd be the hen though?
And he's got the high-grade
But who's got the crème, though?
Yeah, skrrt in a Lamborghini, yeah
Skrrt it again, bro
With that Dr. Dre and Eazy-E
Turn up Lorenzo
Honk honk, yeah, H on the honka
Saw me with Swizz Beatz
Video, H and the monster
Yeah, H be the romper-stomper
Yeah, take it and conquer
Ay, man can't respect this yute
'Cause, mate, you're a plonker
Living, man's just living this
Man's so stupid, man's the silliest
Man's just hideous
Straight Darth Vader, hates Darth Sidious
True don dada
Can't tell man about bruise and batter
Can't tell man about boom and scatter
Can't tell man about shoot like Kaká
Can't tell man about "Who's that rapper?"
Them kinda ting make human para
Can't tell man about food and trapper
Been out here since FUBU and Kappa
Baby nine, man goo goo gaga
Sting man like Buju and Shabba
All man there is bodoof and backa
Greengate gangbanger
No suwoo or blue bandana
J Hus with a knife
That's Juju and dagger
The lyrics of Ghetts Giggs's song "Crud" depict the violent and aggressive mentality that exists within gang culture. The artist addresses the lack of sense shown by those engaging in conflict, referencing how fights escalate beyond the use of fists and instead involve weapons such as guns and knives. The lyrics highlight the violent consequences that often result from these actions, including death and severe injury. Ghetts Giggs also refers to the vulnerability and chaos that is widespread within gang culture, as well as the varied motivations for engaging in these dangerous activities, including money, power, and respect.
Overall, Ghetts Giggs's lyrics in "Crud" provide a sobering and raw look into the dangers of gang culture, as well as the mentality and behaviors that perpetuate violence.
Line by Line Meaning
How the fuck you get punched up with a gun tucked?
How did you manage to get into a fight while carrying a concealed weapon?
Lumped up without the sum, that sums up all of you dumb fucks
You got beaten up without putting up a fight, which perfectly represents how foolish and ignorant you all are
Shouldn't beef above thirty, but man are too bloodthirsty
You shouldn't engage in conflicts when you're over thirty years old, but people are too eager for violence
Left that club drunk without the rum, knife work, man's cutting out early
You left the club intoxicated without even drinking rum, indicating that you were involved in a knife fight and had to leave early
Yup, y'all don't know nothing 'bout certy, talk is cheap, anyone can outword me
You guys have no knowledge about being certified, and talking trash is effortless, anyone can do it better than me
I'll push man to the max, no mercy
I will relentlessly challenge and provoke others to their breaking point, without showing any mercy
Ah, they keep talking Game of Thrones, but if you look at the stats, I'm Cersei
People keep mentioning Game of Thrones, but if you examine the evidence, I resemble Cersei in terms of power and influence
That's another head gone, you could be right and alive, or you could be dead wrong
Another person lost their life, you could be correct in your actions and still survive, or you could be completely mistaken and end up dead
We don't hide out unless man's in Croatia, we go find out where you live and go later
We don't go into hiding unless someone is in serious trouble, we track down your residence and confront you at a later time
Better mind that I'm as close as your neighbor, claw and a mask, man know Mr Vega
You should be aware that I'm just as near as your next-door neighbor, I wear a glove and a mask, everyone recognizes Mr. Vega
No bullshit, we don't panic, full clip in the 'matic, full clips, cinematic
We don't mess around or get scared, the firearm magazine is full in the automatic weapon, ample ammunition, like scenes in a movie
Caught him in the traffic, old-school Giggs, 'Let Em Ave It'
Encountered him while he was stuck in traffic, demonstrating the old-school style of Giggs, reminiscent of 'Let Em Ave It'
What's that breeze? Just caught wind of the fassy, when his friend came back, he was a vegetable sadly
What's that noise? I just became aware of the coward, when his companion returned, he was completely incapacitated
Whatever I'm letting off right now is going on Jezebel scatty, what, blud? There's ring off the ting and then there's decibel happy
The volatile actions I'm currently engaging in are causing panic and chaos, what, my friend? There's a vast difference between fair confrontation and excessive noise
That's two different things, the mandem are well splashy, bang bang ricochet and ping, will somebody tell Ashley
These are completely separate matters, the group of friends are highly skilled and reckless, engaging in gunfire, causing bullets to bounce and hit undesired targets, someone should inform Ashley
Gangland, every day and ting, then I moved out gladly, hashtag get away from him, they want a shootout badly
Living in a world governed by gang activities on a daily basis, then I left that environment with joy, there's a widespread desire for a violent confrontation
Apart from mistakes, what have you made? (Money), couldn't even make Kool-Aid
Besides your blunders, what have you accomplished? (Money), you couldn't even successfully prepare a simple Kool-Aid drink
My girlfriend's preggers right now, it's ironic how my birthday is her due date
My girlfriend is currently pregnant, it's amusing how my birthday coincides with her expected delivery date
If I'm out of line, there's a Reason my Logic ain't Cubase, my new ting talking about ex men, I don't care about X-Men unless they can mutate
If I'm behaving inappropriately, there's a specific rationale as to why my mindset isn't like Cubase, my current partner is discussing previous men, I'm not interested in X-Men unless they possess the ability to mutate
I don't care if it's US or UK, I don't care if it's a duet or crusade, I don't care if it's you, them, and Luke Cage, if I slew them it's Doomsday
I don't care if it's from the United States or the United Kingdom, I don't care if it's a musical collaboration or a sacred mission, I don't care if it involves you, them, and a fictional character named Luke Cage, if I defeat them, it's an apocalyptic scenario
Same person straight merkage, that left there, I turned it, when I left there diverted
I'm the same individual who caused a violent disruption, I transformed the situation from how it initially appeared, I diverted the circumstances upon leaving
How did he dead diversions? Your version or my version? The playback or live version?
How did he successfully overcome various obstacles and distractions? Is it your interpretation or mine? Is it the recorded version or the live performance?
They want Ghetts back, but the '2000 & Life' version
People desire Ghetts to return, but only in the '2000 & Life' version of himself
Think you're a big boy 'cause you got beard, bullets'll make your face look weird
You believe you're a grown man just because you have facial hair, but bullets will drastically alter the appearance of your face
Ashanti the way man side burning (Nah, she's still good food, though)
The side of your face will be burnt like Ashanti's hairstyle (No, she's still attractive, though)
True true don dada, can't tell man about bruise and batter
Undeniably, I am the true dominant figure, you cannot teach me about inflicting harm and causing physical damage
Can't tell man about boom and scatter, can't tell man about shoot like Kaká
You cannot inform me about explosive actions and chaotic consequences, you cannot educate me about shooting accurately like Kaká
Can't tell man about 'Who's that rapper?', them kinda ting make human para
You cannot enlighten me about unfamiliar rappers, those types of situations often cause individuals to become paranoid
Can't tell man about food and trapper, been out here since FUBU and Kappa
You cannot inform me about the drug trade and being a skilled dealer, I've been involved in these activities since the era of FUBU and Kappa clothing brands
Baby nine, man goo goo gaga, sting man like Buju and Shabba
Using a baby-sized firearm, I harm others just like Buju Banton and Shabba Ranks did with their music
All man there is bodoof and backa, Greengate gangbanger
Everyone present is reckless and aggressive, representing the gangbangers from the neighborhood of Greengate
No suwoo or blue bandana, J Hus with a knife, that's Juju and dagger
Not affiliated with any specific gang or blue bandana, I resemble J Hus when carrying a knife, embodying the power of both Juju and a dagger
Eat him up, beat so tasty, Giggs so rude, yeah, Giggs so facety
Devour and defeat him, the victory is satisfying, Giggs is extremely disrespectful and proud, yeah, he's unapologetic with his attitude
Pricks get bruised up, hit, no safety, pricks get moved up, bitch, don't make me
Idiots get beaten up badly, struck without any mercy, idiots get taken down, don't provoke me, bitch
You, him, her, that bitch don't rate me, you've been acting nervous lately
You, him, her, and that girl don't have any respect for me, you've been displaying signs of anxiety and apprehension recently
Dude got captain murdered baitly, broad-day, burnt up, slapped up, weighty
The guy got killed in broad daylight, the situation was obvious and clearly evident, brutally attacked, severely beaten, and left with significant consequences
Yeah, slapped up, shaky, wake him up, wakey wakey
Yeah, heavily beaten, causing fear and trembling, wake him up from his unconscious state, indicating it's time to be alert
Yeah, big bread, you so bakery (haha), forgot my weed, so who's gon' lace me?
Yeah, you have a lot of money, you resemble a bakery with your wealth (haha), I forgot my marijuana, so who's going to provide it for me?
Sticky, blue marijuana, yeah, Lucy and Lana, wan chew the banana, and Lara
High-quality, potent marijuana, yeah, so strong that it feels like hallucinating on Lucy and Lana (reference to LSD), desire to consume the banana-shaped drug, and someone named Lara
Sipping D'Ussé with Carla, and man got the power like I moved in with La La
Drinking D'Ussé cognac with Carla, and I possess influential power similar to living with La La (reference to La La Anthony)
Hollow got man so nervous, sweet, man so Werthers, sweeties, man sold sherberts
The shotgun shells make individuals extremely anxious, oh so sweet, just like Werther's Original candies, man used to sell drugs in powdered form to resemble sherbet
Yeah, man just rinsed that MAC straight, man flip burgers, yeah, man got hit nine times, yeah, man got Curtis'd
Yeah, I just used that MAC-10 gun intensively, man is involved in illegal activities like flipping burgers, yeah, man got shot nine times, yeah, man got attacked like Curtis Warren (famous British criminal)
Yeah, man just 'llow me, yeah, 'bout it 'bout it, yeah, rowdy rowdy
Yeah, just let me be, yeah, I'm assertive and confident, yeah, I'm spirited and aggressive
Yeah, nigga, don't dial me stylist, no, no one don't style me, nigga, just give me some space, please, no one don't crowd me
Yeah, my friend, don't refer to me as a stylist, no, no one controls or influences my fashion choices, my friend, just give me some personal space, please, no one should crowd me
Yeah, new innuendo, parked at the station, old-school, used to Nintendo
Yeah, fresh hidden message, stationed at the venue, reminiscent of an old-school era where playing Nintendo consoles was popular
Greazy, uno momento, got that, shoot him again though, boost in the bando, fuck that, boost in the Benzo
Sly and cunning, just give me a moment, I possess that ability, shoot him again though, quick getaway in the trap house, forget that, rapid escape in the Mercedes-Benz
Big cake for a hen do, but who'd be the hen though? And he's got the high-grade, but who's got the crème, though?
A grand celebration for a bachelorette party, but who would be the bride-to-be? And he claims to have top-quality marijuana, but who possesses the superior quality?
Yeah, skrrt in a Lamborghini, yeah, skrrt it again, bro, with that Dr. Dre and Eazy-E, turn up Lorenzo
Yeah, swerve in a Lamborghini, yeah, do it again, mate, with that Dr. Dre and Eazy-E music playing, let's crank up the volume to the max
Honk honk, yeah, H on the honka, saw me with Swizz Beatz, video, H and the monster
Honk honk, yeah, H on the horn, everyone noticed me with Swizz Beatz, just like in a music video, H and the monster
Yeah, H be the romper-stomper, yeah, take it and conquer, ay, man can't respect this yute, 'cause, mate, you're a plonker
Yeah, H is the dominant figure who crushes the competition, yeah, take control and conquer the situation, ay, man cannot have respect for this young person, because, mate, you're an idiot
Living, man's just living this, man's so stupid, man's the silliest, man's just hideous
Living life, man's just experiencing existence, man is incredibly foolish, the most foolish of them all, man's just absolutely repugnant
Straight Darth Vader, hates Darth Sidious
Straight up evil like Darth Vader, despises evil like Darth Sidious
True don dada, can't tell man about bruise and batter, can't tell man about boom and scatter
Undeniably, I am the true dominant figure, you cannot teach me about inflicting harm and causing physical damage, you cannot inform me about destructive explosions and scattering
Can't tell man about shoot like Kaká, can't tell man about 'Who's that rapper?'
You cannot educate me about shooting accurately like Kaká, you cannot inform me about unfamiliar rappers
Them kinda ting make human para, can't tell man about food and trapper
Those types of situations often cause individuals to become paranoid, you cannot enlighten me about the drug trade and being a skilled dealer
Been out here since FUBU and Kappa, baby nine, man goo goo gaga
Been actively involved in this lifestyle since the era of FUBU and Kappa clothing brands, carrying a small firearm, man acting childish
Sting man like Buju and Shabba, all man there is bodoof and backa
Inflict pain upon individuals like Buju Banton and Shabba Ranks, all the people present are foolish and reckless
Greengate gangbanger, no suwoo or blue bandana, J Hus with a knife, that's Juju and dagger
An active member of the Greengate gang, not associated with any specific gang or blue bandana, carrying a knife like J Hus, representing both the power of Juju and a dagger
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Downtown Music Publishing
Written by: Justin Clarke Samuel, Nathaniel Thompson, Tj Amadi, Rio Romaine Willis
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@gazoakleychef
ghetts is levels above the rest
@covidaint1921
@avantgardevegan so are steaks
@dwaynescouch
@@covidaint1921 👀😳🤣
@archiebf4524
Ghetts is best of his generation. Ocean Wisdom best overall
@ah805
Na not on skepta and Giggs’ level
@mrnumba154
@@ah805 don't mention Ghetts and Skepta in the same sentence bro, Ghetts is levels above.
@inbeatdjacademy6291
Youth don't even know who Ghetts is. He's part of the reason you're listening to half the UK artists now.
@yoclouxy9360
Nah it was giggs for me
@88Sith88
@@yoclouxy9360 Ocean Wisdom for me mate, wizzy's mad good
@BioHazard2103
The goat