MJ Cole (born Matthew James Firth Coleman, 1973) is a house and UK garage p… Read Full Bio ↴MJ Cole (born Matthew James Firth Coleman, 1973) is a house and UK garage producer and remixer. Born in London, England, his student days were spent studying classical music at LCU and the Royal College of Music, while his student nights were devoted to raving to hardcore and jungle at Telepathy and Raindance.

After starting his own label Prolific Recordings, Cole produced a song called "Sincere" in 1998 with a sampler and an Amiga. One of the twenty test pressings of "Sincere" was received by Pete Tong, who started playing the tune on his national BBC radio 1 show. Cole then signed on Gilles Peterson's Talkin' Loud label, where he recorded "Sincere", the album. The Mercury Music Prize nominated (2000) debut won him the accolade of Best Producer from the prestigious Muzik and Mobo magazine awards, sold over 60,000 copies in the UK alone and spawned two outstanding Top 15 singles.

He released a second long player "Cut to the chase" (2003) and he has collaborated on and remixed works by Jill Scott, Tom Jones and Mariah Carey.

Rough Out Here
MJ Cole Lyrics

Whoooooooooooooo!!!
Reall really really, really

Standing on the corner
Just killin time (time)
Watching cars or blocks
In a gas line (way down the gas line)
People everywhere, looking very sad (awww)
The pressure's so great
Drivin people mad y'all

It's (rouuuuughhhhh) so rough (out here)
(Really really rough out here) said a really really rough
(Really really rough out here)

Winter's getting higher
Salaries getting low
Truckers on strike
(Cause the speed's too slow)
Payin twice as much
(For everything ya buy)
The pressure's so great
(And ya can't afford to die)

It's (rouuuuughhhhh) so rough (out here)
(Really really rough out here)
(Really really rough out here)

People out of work
(Can't get a dime)
Still they wonder why
(That there is so much crime)
Getting kinda rough
We all need a shout
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It's (rouuuuughhhhh) ROUGH!!! (out here)
(Really really rough out here) really really really rough
(Really really rough out here)

Oh well there's stealing and killing and dealing
Pressures on poverty (eeeeeeheeeeee)
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Ehhhhh

(Really really rough out here) Come with me, ha, ohhh
(Really really rough out here) Come with me
(Really really rough out here)

Getting' kindaa rough out here
(Really really rough out here) Rough! Out here!
Rough out a-here yeah!
(Really really rough out here)

(Really really rough out here)
(Really really rough out here)

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Written by: MATTHEW COLEMAN, DANIEL ROBIN FAHEY

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