Long Way Home
Wretch 32 Lyrics

Rolling through London, I've been cruising a while
I've been driving around London for a while now.

I see a man in a feud with his girl
I saw a man and his girlfriend having an argument.

Yeah about losing his child
They were arguing about losing their child.

She was crying him a river I guess she's in denial
She was crying a lot, but I think she's in denial about something.

And the car ain't tinted, and this aint none of our business
The car we're in isn't tinted, and their argument is none of our business.

So we aint trying to stare too long
We didn't want to stare at them for too long.

Me and the driver look like there aint one of us listening
Both me and the driver looked like we weren't listening to them.

And not one of us listening,
Neither of us were really listening to their argument.

Probably both had a row with our sisterin,
We probably both had an argument with our sisters before.

While the whole street witnessed
While the entire street saw them arguing.

Just gotta turn a blind eye, no winking
We have to ignore their argument and not make any gestures indicating that we saw them.

We still rolling, we shoulda took the other way
We're still driving, but we probably should have taken a different route to avoid seeing their argument.

I'm still moaning
I'm still complaining about seeing their argument.

I shoulda kept that to myself, still told him
I should have kept my complaints to myself, but I still told the driver.

So now he's going all the way, real sulkish
Now the driver is sulking and taking us the long way.

Clubs are closed, I'm gettin mad
The clubs are closed and I'm getting angry about it.

Like would you take a look at these lads
I'm looking at these guys outside.

Trying to stop a cab like they can't see man
They're trying to stop a cab as if they don't see me.

Alcohol got em feeling like they can't be slapped
They're drunk and feeling invincible.

And one of them's vomitting kebab
One of them is throwing up their kebab.

And the other one's hoppin on his back
The other one is jumping on his friend's back.

And his girl tryin to pick him up
And his girlfriend is trying to pick him up.

That's the one time that she's gotta be the man
That's the one time she has to be the strong one and help him.

Taking the long way home again
I'm taking the long way home again.

Watching the world drag, in the rain
Watching the world go by slowly in the rain.

There's motion but there's no change
Things are moving, but nothing is really changing.

It's the same old, same old
It's the same thing over and over again.

Race till it's over yeah
Keep going until the end.

Rolling through London, where we slipped on a junction
We were driving through London and slipped on a junction.

I don't wanna see any more drunkards
I don't want to see any more drunk people.

And I'm talking to myself cause
I'm talking to myself because

I wanna conversation with a little more substance
I want to have a conversation with more depth.

And it's alright, it's in the brain
It's okay, it's only in my head.

And what a surprise it's gonna rain
It's going to rain, what a surprise.

And we still speed past the homeless
We're still driving past homeless people quickly.

And still act like we ain't got enough change
We act like we don't have enough change to give them.

I guess summat's gotta change,
Something has to change.

Traffic light he stuntin in a range
The traffic light is turning red and there's a guy showing off in his Range Rover.

Imagine I'm sat lusting at the paint
Imagine I'm sitting here admiring the paint on the car.

While the prostitute screamed that she never got paid
While a prostitute is screaming that she never got paid.

Cuz she thinks that she never got raped
Because she thinks she was never raped.

She's still got the mind of a child
She still thinks like a child.

That only happens when you never get raised
That only happens when you don't have a good upbringing.

Trapped in a cycle that you can never escape
Stuck in a cycle that you can never get out of.

And this shit used to burn me
This used to upset me a lot.

And that's why it's part of my verse B
That's why it's in my song verse.

Sitting in a back of a cab, guess this is part of my journey
Sitting in the back of a cab, I guess this is just part of my journey.

And these things used to burn me, but now they just part of my journey
These things used to upset me, but now they're just part of my experience.

I'm making my own way
I'm finding my own path.

Because there's no way home from here
Because there's no direct route home from where I am.

Show me a side, I'll start making my own way back when it's over, over, over
If you tell me where to go, I'll start making my own way back when everything is over.