Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley (born; 26 April 1981) and popularly known as Ms. … Read Full Bio ↴Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley (born; 26 April 1981) and popularly known as Ms. Dynamite is a double Brit Award and three time MOBO Awards winning R&B, UK garage, and hip hop singer and rapper.

Ms. Dynamite was born and raised in Archway, London, England, to a Scottish mother and a Jamaican father. She grew up listening to reggae and hip hop music. Though she wanted to become a schoolteacher or social worker, her biggest aspiration was to be a musician. She is the eldest of eleven siblings, one of whom is a grime artist known as Akala.

While working at the radio station RAW FM, Ms. Dynamite was discovered by Richard Forbes at a West End club. After working briefly with the garage act So Solid Crew, she released her debut album, A Little Deeper, in 2002, which won Britain's prestigious Mercury Prize for Album of the Year for 2002.
2001

Pain
Ms. Dynamite Lyrics

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Allowing you to pollute my space with
Ya bullshit
You been doing me wrong, I been
Unhappy with this relationshit,
Putting up with it
For way to long
I been, stooping to your level
Playing games

Going out my way to disrespect you
Though I accept that you cant do me nothing
That I aint let you do... hmmmmmmm

I been repeating myself, its frustrating
All this confrontation is stagnating
And animosities all I'm accumulating
You say you gonna change
Well I'm done waiting baby

Chorus:
I gotta get away cause I need to heal
Can't take another day of how you make you feel
Gotta get away so I can break the chain
You causing all this pain but imma take the blame
Cause you don't understand what your doing
And it's like there so urgency to change
I remember days that you consoled me
Now I see that only I can lift my pain

You think cause you aint beating me or cheating on me
The way you mistreating me aint abuse
But if you loved me
You wouldn't want me here with you
And you know that its true
You got me standing in the mirror asking a woman
I don't know, why the f**k she stuck around
Cause I been living with a stranger
That gets off on putting and keeping and seeing me down
I aint seen that man I feel in love with in so long
Did he exist, was I fooled?
Cause he was so beautiful and you are so... cruel

Repeat Chorus
Ohhh, let it go, let it go, let it gooo hmmmm

I been repeating myself, its frustrating
All this confrontation is stagnating
And animosities all I'm accumulating
You say you gonna change
Well I'm done waiting baby

Repeat Chorus Twice

Overall Meaning

In "Pain," Ms. Dynamite expresses her resentment towards an unhealthy and toxic relationship. She begins by calling out her partner for constantly disrespecting her and polluting her space with their nonsense. She has been unhappy for a while and has been putting up with it for way too long. Ms. Dynamite admits to stooping to her partner's level and playing games, but now realizes that she needs to get away from the relationship to heal. She can't take it anymore as the confrontation is frustrating and accumulates animosity between them. Although her partner promises to change, she does not believe them and is done waiting for them to do so. The chorus emphasizes her need to get away from the toxicity, break the chain, and take responsibility for her own pain as her partner is unable to change.

Line by Line Meaning

Allowing you to pollute my space with Ya bullshit
I let you come into my life and bring your negativity without realizing how damaging it would be.

You been doing me wrong, I been Unhappy with this relationshit, Putting up with it For way to long
You have been mistreating me and our relationship for far too long, but I have been tolerating it despite my unhappiness.

I been, stooping to your level Playing games Going out my way to disrespect you Though I accept that you cant do me nothing That I aint let you do... hmmmmmmm
I have been lowering myself to your level by engaging in petty games and disrespecting you, although I acknowledge that there are actions you could do to hurt me that I haven't allowed.

I been repeating myself, its frustrating All this confrontation is stagnating And animosities all I'm accumulating You say you gonna change Well I'm done waiting baby
I have been trying to communicate my frustrations and we keep having the same arguments and disagreements, only causing more resentment and hate to build up in me. I'm done waiting for you to change.

Chorus: I gotta get away cause I need to heal Can't take another day of how you make you feel Gotta get away so I can break the chain You causing all this pain but imma take the blame Cause you don't understand what your doing And it's like there so urgency to change I remember days that you consoled me Now I see that only I can lift my pain
I need to remove myself from this situation so I can start the healing process from all the pain you have caused me. You are the source of my pain, but I will take responsibility for my role in allowing it to happen. You seem to be unaware of how much damage you have caused, and there doesn't seem to be any rush to make things right. In the past, you have been the one to comfort me, but now I realize that only I can lift myself out of this pain.

You think cause you aint beating me or cheating on me The way you mistreating me aint abuse But if you loved me You wouldn't want me here with you And you know that its true
You seem to believe that because you haven't physically harmed me or cheated on me, that the way you are mistreating me isn't considered abuse. But if you really loved me, you wouldn't want to keep me in this situation with you, and deep down, you know that's true.

You got me standing in the mirror asking a woman I don't know, why the f**k she stuck around Cause I been living with a stranger That gets off on putting and keeping and seeing me down I aint seen that man I feel in love with in so long Did he exist, was I fooled? Cause he was so beautiful and you are so... cruel
You have made me question who I am and why I have stayed with you. I feel like I'm living with a stranger who only wants to bring me down and see me suffer. I haven't seen the man I fell in love with for so long that I wonder if it was all just a lie, since you are so unkind and cruel.

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