I'm Not the Man-Wretch 32

[ti:I'm Not the Man] [ar:Wretch 32] [al:Black and White (Deluxe Version)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I'm Not the Man (我不是这个人) - Wretch 32 [00:20.71]I been a wretch from about 3 or 2 [00:23.10]Cruisin on the tele it was on channel 2 [00:25.37]My dad was in the riots so [00:26.65]They came to seize you [00:27.71]Growing up I was a kid that everybody knew [00:30.02] [00:30.64]More me it's like I'm never in the mood [00:32.82]A true pisces my emotions in my tunes [00:35.32]It's an understatement to say [00:36.57]It's over with me and you [00:37.76]I took a few shots [00:38.80]But I'm soldiering it through [00:40.65]And now I'm looking at my boys turned men [00:42.93]Thinkin' lord god we coulda been like them [00:45.74]Cuz we ain't the type to fear our opponents [00:48.14]The road door closed [00:48.91]When my career pass opened [00:50.62]It's like I'm drinking [00:51.75]More than I'm thinking [00:53.22]Celebrating as I'm crossing off my wish list [00:55.47] [00:56.02]I'm sleeping with both eyes open [00:57.42]I'm living my dream man [00:59.31]I don't wanna miss this [01:00.74]I'm not the man you thought I should be [01:04.64] [01:05.96]That's just the way we drop [01:07.58]Them jeans where I stay [01:10.73]I'm not the man you thought I should be [01:14.95] [01:15.75]Just take a second get to know me [01:19.93] [01:20.71]It takes a second just to look me in my eyes [01:23.21]It takes an hour just to listen to my life [01:25.50]It took me years just to push me to this hype [01:27.75]But it take a lifetime to try [01:29.17]And duplicate my vibe I'm me [01:30.99]Smooth with my scratches and scars I'm free [01:33.62]2 minute stamp on the charts [01:35.33]And I'm sending a letter [01:36.71]I hope you receive it [01:38.25]Hand on my heart I'mma flow while it's beating [01:40.35]To put it in words it coulda been worse [01:42.86]From the undergrounds I coulda been dirt [01:45.28]I took a right turn at a wrong place [01:47.43]Cuz sometimes shortcuts are the long way [01:49.90]Gotta have strong faith [01:51.31]Now I'm pleading with my baby mamma [01:53.14]She tryin' to tell me [01:54.23]That I turned into a lady lover [01:55.73]Huh I got my eye on the prize [01:57.69]And I'm bringing home the bread [01:59.04]Lets make a toast [01:59.63]You can save the butter [02:00.81]I'm not the man you thought I should be [02:04.73] [02:05.76]That's just the way we drop [02:07.68]Them jeans where I stay [02:10.68]I'm not the man you thought I should be [02:14.80] [02:15.73]Just take a second get to know me [02:19.69] [02:20.78]I'm not the man you thought I should be [02:24.68] [02:25.66]That's just the way we [02:27.10]Drop them jeans where I stay [02:30.17] [02:30.74]I'm not the man you thought I should be [02:34.85] [02:35.74]Just take a second get to know me [02:40.23] [02:40.87]Last month a 14 year old in my hood [02:43.33]Got stabbed and died [02:44.93] [02:45.69]I used to cruise on my bike down [02:47.35]That same side road that he lost his life [02:49.98] [02:50.70]I fill a cup with tears and kick it [02:52.68]Back like a shot just to swallow my pride [02:55.50]Niggas would eat from your bowl [02:56.71]And you keep down like a pin [02:58.34]Coulda hold a strike [02:59.53]You don't know what it's like [03:01.35]Getting cheese amongst a rats fam [03:03.30]From a town where robin could rob batman [03:05.21]Taxman underneath the taxman [03:07.23]Giving me that tax man [03:08.78]I'd rather die from death man [03:10.69]And everything ain't [03:11.22]What it seems on these shelves [03:12.93]You parting red seas and A&R in ourselves [03:15.72]And you can still get a deal and get shelved [03:18.25]Getting signed won't necessarily help [03:20.37] [03:21.57]All this fire in my tank [03:22.93] [03:23.55]I've come too far to get shanked [03:25.29] [03:26.14]I'm walking on water that others sank [03:27.64] [03:28.22]And I'm laughing all the way to the bank [03:30.66]Power of the grime lord on my side [03:32.75]Test me I can make a preacher man grimes [03:35.03] [03:35.67]From a council estate but yeah we made it [03:37.86] [03:38.37]Best things can come from the worse places [03:40.86]I'm not the man you thought I should be [03:44.94] [03:45.68]That's just the way we drop [03:47.98]Them jeans where I stay [03:50.70]I'm not the man you thought I should be [03:54.67] [03:55.73]Just take a second get to know me [03:59.11] [04:00.70]I'm not the man you thought I should be [04:04.74] [04:05.68]That's just the way we drop [04:07.48]Them jeans where I stay [04:10.76]I'm not the man you thought I should be [04:14.92] [04:15.62]Just take a second get to know me