Biography:
Joseph Junior Adenuga, better known as Skepta, is an English Grime MC from Tottenham, North London, England. Originally from and born to Nigerian parents he moved from Lagos to London aged three. His family history can be traced back further to Ethiopia, to the Falash Mura community. He is a producer and DJ commonly associated with the North London Grime scene, including Roll Deep and Boy Better Know.
The name "Skepta" originated from the word Sceptre, a type of staff.
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[Pre-Hook]
A#5 D#5 A5 D5
I don't know why man's callin' me family all of a sudden
A#5 D#5 A5
Like hmm, my mum don't know your mum
D5
Stop telling man you're my cousin
A#5 D#5
I got day ones and I got new ones
A5 D5
No fake ones, trust no one
A#5 D#5
It's Boy Better Know 'til I die
A5 D5
Tryna run up in the bank like Bonnie and Clyde
[Hook]
A#5 D#5
Cause man get money with the gang
A5
Man get girls with the gang
D5 A#5
Man eat food with the gang
D#5
Man talk slang so the feds
A5 D5
Can't work out what I just said to a man
A#5 D#5 A5 D5
Told me you was a big fan but the first thing you said when you saw me is "Can I get a pic for the
A#5
gram?"
D#5
I was like "Nah, sorry man"
A5 D5
I only socialize with the crew and the gang
[Verse 1]
A#5 D#5
Woah, guess who's back
A5 D5
Came a long way from sittin' in the flats
A#5
D#5 A5 D5
Came a long way from when whites never used to mix with blacks
A#5 D#5 A5 D5
Now all my white niggas and my black mates, we got the game on smash
A#5 D#5 A5 D5
I used to rate your page on MySpace but you never stayed on track
A#5 D#5 A5
Upset cause your wife is a fan, she done with a little boy
D5 A#5
Now she wants to be with a man
D#5 A5 D5
Told my accountant "Do me a transfer, cause I wanna buy some land
A#5 D#5
You and I have got different plans
A5 D5
Real mad man, I might go Saint Ann's
A#5 D#5
No Triple A pass, no wristbands
A5 D5
You are not mandem, you are not gang
[Skit]
A#5 D#5 A5
Tracksuit Mafia, Boy Better Know
D5
My ones, my team
A#5 D#5
Meridian, bad blocks
A5
London boys, active boys
D5
You get me?
[Hook]
A#5 D#5
Cause man get money with the gang
A5
Man get girls with the gang
D5 A#5
Man eat food with the gang
D#5
Man talk slang so the feds
A5 D5
Can't work out what I just said to a man
A#5 D#5 A5 D5
Told me you was a big fan but the first thing you said when you saw me is "Can I get a pic for the
A#5
gram?"
D#5
I was like "Nah, sorry man"
A5 D5
I only socialize with the crew and the gang
[Verse 2]
A#5 D#5
They wanna see me drown
A5
Tryna hold the mandem down
A#5 D#5
Cause I shutdown Shoreditch car park
A5 D5
And I got bars like Camden Town
A#5 D#5
Out there tryna survive on the streets
A5 D5
Tryin' not to get killed by the police
A#5 D#5
And I be schoolin' MC's
A5 D5
Nobody leaves 'til half-past-three
A#5 D#5
This year I'mma teach them a lesson
A5 D5 A#5
Tell Grace don't reply to those emails
D#5 A5
Nah, I don't wanna do no sessions
D5 A#5 D#5
It's like them man have got an obsession with my style of expression
A5 D5
But in public, never hear my name mentioned
A#5 D#5
Catch them at the nightclub entrance
A5 D5
Always seekin' attention
A#5 D#5
But I be inside, tryna get burse
A5 D5
Lookin' all cool like Herc
A#5 D#5
Dressed like I just come from P.E
A5 D5
You're dressed like you just come from church
A#5 D#5
Better do your research
A5 D5
You don't wanna hear my verse come after your verse
A#5 D#5 A5 D5
MCs act brand new cause they got a little money in their purse
A#5 D#5
So you had a good solo career?
A5 D5
Had a few big songs over the years?
A#5 D#5
Back then you was a real Top Boy
A5 D5
But right now fam, nobody cares
A#5 D#5
Walked in the club, everybody's like
A5 D5
"Who is he? Why is he walkin' around with security?"
A#5 D#5
You know the postcode when you're talkin' road
A5 D5
Better know that I speak that fluently
[Pre-Hook]
A#5 D#5 A5 D5
I don't know why man's callin' me family all of a sudden
A#5 D#5 A5
Like hmm, my mum don't know your mum
D5
Stop telling man you're my cousin
A#5 D#5
I got day ones and I got new ones
A5 D5
No fake ones, trust no one
A#5 D#5
It's Boy Better Know 'til I die
A5 D5
Tryna run up in the bank like Bonnie and Clyde
Cause
[Hook]
A#5 D#5
Cause man get money with the gang
A5
Man get girls with the gang
D5 A#5
Man eat food with the gang
D#5
Man talk slang so the feds
A5 D5
Can't work out what I just said to a man
A#5 D#5 A5 D5
Told me you was a big fan but the first thing you said when you saw me is "Can I get a pic for the
A#5
gram?"
D#5
I was like "Nah, sorry man"
A5 D5
I only socialize with the crew and the gang
A#5 D#5 A5 D5
I don't know why man's callin' me family all of a sudden
A#5 D#5 A5
Like hmm, my mum don't know your mum
D5
Stop telling man you're my cousin
A#5 D#5
I got day ones and I got new ones
A5 D5
No fake ones, trust no one
A#5 D#5
It's Boy Better Know 'til I die
A5 D5
Tryna run up in the bank like Bonnie and Clyde
[Hook]
A#5 D#5
Cause man get money with the gang
A5
Man get girls with the gang
D5 A#5
Man eat food with the gang
D#5
Man talk slang so the feds
A5 D5
Can't work out what I just said to a man
A#5 D#5 A5 D5
Told me you was a big fan but the first thing you said when you saw me is "Can I get a pic for the
A#5
gram?"
D#5
I was like "Nah, sorry man"
A5 D5
I only socialize with the crew and the gang
[Verse 1]
A#5 D#5
Woah, guess who's back
A5 D5
Came a long way from sittin' in the flats
A#5
D#5 A5 D5
Came a long way from when whites never used to mix with blacks
A#5 D#5 A5 D5
Now all my white niggas and my black mates, we got the game on smash
A#5 D#5 A5 D5
I used to rate your page on MySpace but you never stayed on track
A#5 D#5 A5
Upset cause your wife is a fan, she done with a little boy
D5 A#5
Now she wants to be with a man
D#5 A5 D5
Told my accountant "Do me a transfer, cause I wanna buy some land
A#5 D#5
You and I have got different plans
A5 D5
Real mad man, I might go Saint Ann's
A#5 D#5
No Triple A pass, no wristbands
A5 D5
You are not mandem, you are not gang
[Skit]
A#5 D#5 A5
Tracksuit Mafia, Boy Better Know
D5
My ones, my team
A#5 D#5
Meridian, bad blocks
A5
London boys, active boys
D5
You get me?
[Hook]
A#5 D#5
Cause man get money with the gang
A5
Man get girls with the gang
D5 A#5
Man eat food with the gang
D#5
Man talk slang so the feds
A5 D5
Can't work out what I just said to a man
A#5 D#5 A5 D5
Told me you was a big fan but the first thing you said when you saw me is "Can I get a pic for the
A#5
gram?"
D#5
I was like "Nah, sorry man"
A5 D5
I only socialize with the crew and the gang
[Verse 2]
A#5 D#5
They wanna see me drown
A5
Tryna hold the mandem down
A#5 D#5
Cause I shutdown Shoreditch car park
A5 D5
And I got bars like Camden Town
A#5 D#5
Out there tryna survive on the streets
A5 D5
Tryin' not to get killed by the police
A#5 D#5
And I be schoolin' MC's
A5 D5
Nobody leaves 'til half-past-three
A#5 D#5
This year I'mma teach them a lesson
A5 D5 A#5
Tell Grace don't reply to those emails
D#5 A5
Nah, I don't wanna do no sessions
D5 A#5 D#5
It's like them man have got an obsession with my style of expression
A5 D5
But in public, never hear my name mentioned
A#5 D#5
Catch them at the nightclub entrance
A5 D5
Always seekin' attention
A#5 D#5
But I be inside, tryna get burse
A5 D5
Lookin' all cool like Herc
A#5 D#5
Dressed like I just come from P.E
A5 D5
You're dressed like you just come from church
A#5 D#5
Better do your research
A5 D5
You don't wanna hear my verse come after your verse
A#5 D#5 A5 D5
MCs act brand new cause they got a little money in their purse
A#5 D#5
So you had a good solo career?
A5 D5
Had a few big songs over the years?
A#5 D#5
Back then you was a real Top Boy
A5 D5
But right now fam, nobody cares
A#5 D#5
Walked in the club, everybody's like
A5 D5
"Who is he? Why is he walkin' around with security?"
A#5 D#5
You know the postcode when you're talkin' road
A5 D5
Better know that I speak that fluently
[Pre-Hook]
A#5 D#5 A5 D5
I don't know why man's callin' me family all of a sudden
A#5 D#5 A5
Like hmm, my mum don't know your mum
D5
Stop telling man you're my cousin
A#5 D#5
I got day ones and I got new ones
A5 D5
No fake ones, trust no one
A#5 D#5
It's Boy Better Know 'til I die
A5 D5
Tryna run up in the bank like Bonnie and Clyde
Cause
[Hook]
A#5 D#5
Cause man get money with the gang
A5
Man get girls with the gang
D5 A#5
Man eat food with the gang
D#5
Man talk slang so the feds
A5 D5
Can't work out what I just said to a man
A#5 D#5 A5 D5
Told me you was a big fan but the first thing you said when you saw me is "Can I get a pic for the
A#5
gram?"
D#5
I was like "Nah, sorry man"
A5 D5
I only socialize with the crew and the gang
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