(feat. Nate James)

[Intro:]

I'm only 22 but I feel like i'm older,
Developed a hunchback from carrying the world on my shoulders
In a world full of holders

In the land of Tony Blair
It's hard to BBC my dreams and stay focused
And I've always been a loner in the form of a trio

The three amigos, who? me, myself and I, uno mio
And ain't nothing changed but ma size,
And the fact im on the rise,

It's two thousand and five!

[Verse 1:]

I'm everybodys friend now, I'm everybodys cousin
Because i'm the up and comer,
Coming up, I see him coming

To eat with the up and comer,
Sleep with the up and do songs with,
And try steal heat off the up and comer.

The only person I trust is my mother
From day dot, through all the ups and coming down she supported me
She said that I'm a keep it,

Pregnant in secret,
Ignoring all the encouragements to have aborted me,
Family cursing me, forgettin it could have been worse, Remember I chose the beats over the streets,

Kept on telling me to go to University
It's all reversed now, now that i'm tipped to do well commercially
As for friends?

We've moved on and grown up,
I used to rap with a crew called one,
We broke up.

Now being solo only shows you who your true friends are
When you invite them to shows but they dont show up..


[Chorus:]
I don't wanna hear the cries no more
Find your dream I'm chasing mine

Give it all you got and strive for more
Lifes too short to waste my time
And I look up at the sky and all I see;

Is I can only rely on me
Because at the end of the day I'm still on my own.


[Verse 2:]
You might have seen me standin on the streets
Trying to sell my CD's at five pound a pop it was me,

X-I-LEM P
Back to the studio to make another beat,
No whip, this was all done by fee!

Then we call Michael Merridith to get a good mix,
He put it on a DAP, I put it on a DISC
And we give it to the DJ's

Get them to put it out,
And a little bit of DAT, a little bit of DIS..


[Verse 3:]
Lifes a (*##$,
In a relationship with time,

Sleeping with me on the side!
In front of life is death
And im a young dog, trying to stay alive

I look at life DOGGY STYLE!
There ain't no stoppin me now,
No lookin back to when I was trapped between religions,

It wasn't simple because I feared bending over backwards
To get into heaven only to end up in limbo!
And this is what I'm saying now..


[Chorus: x2]
I don't wanna hear the cries no more

Find your dream I'm chasing mine
Give it all you got and strive for more
Life's too short to waste my time

And I look up at the sky and all I see is;
I can only rely on me
Because at the end of the day I'm still on my own..

And this is what im saying now...


I don't wanna hear the cries no more
Find your dream I'm chasing mine
Give it all you got and strive for more
Lifes too short to waste my time

And I look up at the sky and all I see is;
I can only rely on me
Because at the end of the day I'm still on my own..

[Song fades with vocal sounds]


Don't need nobody...
Gonna do it on my own.