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ICARUS WAS A YOUT FROM BRIXTON Lyrics by Ceebo

LAMBETHNOTLA

2024

[Verse 1]
\nMy Marjae knew this brudda through her friend
\nIn the end met in '02
\nBack when grime was the trend
\nImmigrant nigga with hopes of starting again
\nIn the nizzy and his name Izzy least let's just pretend
\nAnd he was one of the men that would develop a habit
\nCigarette fumes because the stress of life couldn't hack it
\nKnowin' the jakes could spin his yard 'cause he ain't got papers
\nThen it progressed smokin' weed now he's got papers
\nRеup on the low want nobody to judge
\nTilson Gardens for thе bud but Mummy clocked the mud
\nTried to warn his older sister out of love
\nThat the faith a nitty has ain't the same as the one that comes from above
\nYou see in ends drink and smoke was what we knew
\n'Cause if you didn't then the ills of life will fuck with you
\nReveal a cut or two or maybe even scars
\nLeave our problems on the ground this shit has got me flying far
\nOh, Lard
\n
\n[Verse 2]
\nTimes past and I'm eleven on the strip and now
\nThere's cats and needle points where the mandem have us a kickabout
\nOn New Park take a break and bop to Happy Shoppers
\nSeen a couple shottas getting grabbed by more than happy coppers
\nHit the Morely's and I seen my Uncle Izzy lookin' iffy
\nHad a roach on the ear and said he missed me
\nTruthfully my Marjae said we shouldn't talk
\nAnd if I see him on the street look away and keep the—
\nIt's really kinda funny thinkin' retrospect
\nBecause my father was hooked on liquor, he'd take it to the neck
\nBut as long as the addiction is an accepted affliction
\nThen it's not the same as nitties, that's okay I guess
\nHe needed help but we turned on him like his siblings did
\nAin't even care bout the squalor that he was living in
\nIzzy didn't mind
\nBut there's only so long you can hide what's buildin' up
\nBy just billin' it
\n
\n[Verse 3]
\nMy Uncle Izzy is a nitty now, mad ting
\nYou'll find him homeless in the city now, mad ting
\nIt's almost funny how quick the vice had grabbed him
\nCould you imagine that it started from that damn spliff
\nPsychosis the diagnosis
\nThe family did the best Moses impression
\n'Cah they split, fam, it's the mad ting
\nBlood is nothing I can tell by what his fam did
\nAnd if I say it I'm the villain, that's the mad ting
\nI mourn the soul of the dreamer who just wanted to fly
\nThe high that he chases got him crashing and falling from the sky
\nBut this is normalcy in Lambeth so nobody cries
\nUntil it's funerals from hearing that somebody died
\nHow many Izzies in my city boxing demons been labelled a heathen
\nAnd never receiving the help that they need
\nThe shottas profit off despair from the hopeless it's peak
\nWent from survival of the fittest to open with greed
\nSticks and stigma in Stockwell got me sticking to faith
\nThe price of being poor is higher than minimum wage
\nHardly scared of hell because we've been living in pain
\nI saw him scrambling for pennies this shit is insane
\nMy uncle Izzy is a nitty now, mad ting
\nYou'll find him homeless in the city now, mad ting
\nIt's almost funny how quick the vice had grabbed him
\nCould you imagine that it started from that damn spliff\n\n
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Ceebo

Ceebo

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Read the complete lyrics to "ICARUS WAS A YOUT FROM BRIXTON" by Ceebo from the album "LAMBETHNOTLA" in 2024. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Rap.

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"ICARUS WAS A YOUT FROM BRIXTON" appears on "LAMBETHNOTLA" in 2024.

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