In My Lifetime - LowKey, Wretch 32

I learnt life is suffering

And happiness is one thing that money doesn’t bring

(In my lifetime)

Our birthright is struggling

It must have been, but no matter what I keep the love within

(In my lifetime)

I’ve waited for days that didn’t come

The battle’s over, but the war isn’t won

(In my lifetime)

I’ll keep fighting until there’s none

You rap about things you see while I rap about things I’ve done

(In my lifetime)

I’ve been around the flipping planet

Welcome to the world though my parents didn’t plan it

'86, it was my mum and dad that made me this

Just a baby, I couldn’t understand the craziness

Let me take you back when, and run through my history

When Wendy didn’t babysit my mum used to sing to me

(In my lifetime)

I learnt the meaning of true love

Sometimes I feel like I’ve been through too much

(In my lifetime)

I lost battles and won some

Made many mistakes that can never be undone

Carried the same name as a doctor that delivered me

A toddler to a monster, tryna prosper in the industry

So what’s your life like?

Cause mines a bag of drama

I’ve seen scenes that Panorama’s cameras are after

When I was 13 I saw a man die

Drove his car through that wall, all I could do was stand by

(In my lifetime)

I’ve shed so many tears

I’ve written so many rhymes over these years

By 20 I did more than most other British rappers did

I toured Europe, and spat a hundred bars to cannabis

The state of the world, got me thinking militant

But in the grand scheme my life is probably insignificant

I’ll be stuck with regrets till nothing is left

Life’s a bitch but I’m still tryna love her to death

(In my lifetime)

I don’t mind if I ain’t going platinum

Cause deep down I know that I made gold anthems

I ain’t being no ransom

But I know they’ll remember me like Samsung

(In my lifetime)

It’s been me, no tantrum

I came on my own and I’ll leave no phantom

(In my lifetime)

In my league, I’m a champion

So when I decease they’ll scream my anthem

(In my lifetime)

I’ve seen everything except what I’m living to see

I’m Stevie Wonder, I’m tryna get a vision of me

In the mirror sitting where I’m predicted to be

As a winner that costs but my lyrics are free

I’ve seen so much over the years

It’s been an uphill spiral, just getting close to the stairs

Now I’ve got a clean shave come over my beard

Now I’ve got a clean slate cause, there’s no more in rears

(In my lifetime)

I like to grime for my chicks, and rhyme for respect

While these other rappers couldn’t get in line with my steps

Inside of my head is a mind like Albert Einstein

I’m fly like a falcon outside

Just tryna get to where the outcomes outline

Intake, it’s about time that I ditched faith

And if it’s about rhymes then I’ve been great

But that’s the downside when your meets end