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VERSE 1

We're now living in an age of what the fuck?
It's a double dip recession brother, that's what's up/
Captain credit crunch, with a bowl full of bad luck/
Check the overdraft like yo, it's a bad month/
Still i've had fun, reminiscing maths class/

looking at my wage slip, trying to figure out tax/

Same as every other month, it's a dumb task/

Groundhog payday, trying to make that shit last/

But fuck it yo, at least I got a dope beat/

Put it on the back burner, I call it a hot seat/

Sit on it, ignore it and I go sleep/

Wak up in the morning, the important shit is all free/

Friends, family and health, they tell me fuck wealth/

Jonny control yourself/

People pulling strings set you up to fail/

But i'll be damned if I like them take my soul as well/

CHORUS

Times are hard, the pain is large/

And lifewanna leave you with scars/

But we're gonna be okay/

okay, okay, okay/

VERSE 2

Now tell me, how am I supposed to smile on my face/

While men are strapped with a P45 to the waste/

I'm just trying to get by without lying in cases/

I ain't dying for cake, i'm inspired to taste/

Admire the chase to make it but musically/

Girls love bass, men do too/

Without the B/

You can aim for the target with the market research/

Barrage 'em with t shirts and sell till your knees hurt/

If you heard a dope verse, i'm glad you're appeased/

It ain't about you though, I wrote it for me/

When i'm getting this head pressure who's setting me free/

Hip Hops in my body and it's letting me breathe/

Come chill with a brother, it's St Pauls in summer/

Ans some of us won't suffer while others become numbers/

It's alright. Just keep your guard/

Cus the stakes are high and the times are hard/

CHORUS

Times are hard, the pain is large/

And lifewanna leave you with scars/

But we're gonna be okay/

okay, okay, okay/

VERSE 3

I delve into my size twelves well past the limit/

And wallow in my sorrows till tomorrow i'm a cynic/

Hell makes my pride swell, I dwell with the timid/

As we burrow in your burough under shadows of a mimic/

Follow crowds to the bridges, I'm allowed to be vivid/

Look around as my blood covers the ground, free spirit/

Released, compound syllable beast

Now in critical condition gritted my teeth/

Just wanted to be invisible now visualise me/

The pitiful individual with nowhere to be/

Illeagal to bleed so even death is out of my league/

Defiantly dying to speak, its likeim fighting to breathe/

Smiting evil people, heathens, not believing in me/

They'll see a magic middle finger as a trick up my sleeve/

Tears have run dry, you're lying if you expect me to grieve/

Check out the heart beat, deciets the colour of thieves/

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from The Long Ting EP, released July 31, 2015
Jonny Steele, Jack Dennis, Stevie Mac, Dave Preece, Charlotte Coupland, Nikki Quinnen

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