Back to Square One - Maya Jane Coles

You're in control, is there anywhere you wanna go? You're in control, is there anything you wanna know? The future's for discovering The space in which we're travelling From the top of the first page To the end of the last day From the start in your own way You just want somebody listening to what you say It doesn't matter who you are Under the surface trying to break through Deciphering the codes in you I need a compass, draw me a map I'm on the top, I can't get back The first line on the first page To the end of the last page, you were looking From the start in your own way You just want somebody listening to what you say It doesn't matter who you are It doesn't matter who you are You just want somebody listening to what you say You just want somebody listening to what you say It doesn't matter who you are It doesn't matter who you are Is there anybody out there, who is lost and hurt and lonely, too? Are they bleeding all your colours into one? And if you come undone, as if you'd been run through Some catapult, it fired you You wonder if your chance'll ever come Well, if you're stuck in square one

It sounds like Nyge Bring out the dots, get back to basics (turn) If I get stopped, it's back to basic Bad B, lost out my waps and laces Ting set good, no, she can't be basic (turn, turn) Feds ask questions, I get evasive That's "No comment" up in the station Gang can't sleep on a violation Swear, I'ma spend all my savings Switch off my iPhone, back to basics (switch) No, we ain't watchin' faces Violate us, man are catching cases I was on the high road, armed and dangerous Steppin' in some Run Away trainers, no introduction needed (ice) Peng ting already know what my name is And this year, it's only money I'm chasing (One) Don't make me spend all my savings, do it for the cause (cause, cause) Go play the field, gang fluent with the ball Life is tough when you ain't with the law (Suh-suh) Seven jails, no, you ain't been on tour (turn) You ain't ever been on license, feds still tryna put their boot through your door Yo, go there, do it with the rambo, do it with a fours Send this grub back and do it in a wave or do it in a storm I just stabbed this niner, shining, I ain't even do it on my toes (One) I can bruck this grub into pebbles or do it on the low (s-s-s-suh) They think I do ooh-ooh (turn) Do it, the gangdem do it on the road Didn't they know it's the usual? Now me and Skep in the studio Wrist all numb from the cuffs So I just bust out my Cuban Lord knows, life was confusing Now I'm just chuffed (s-s-s-suh) No trim, they don't care if my head back rough Same way all of them gyally on us Bring out the dots, get back to basics If I get stopped, it's back to basic (turn) Bad B, lost out my waps and laces Ting set good, no, she can't be basic (turn, turn) Feds ask questions, I get evasive That's "No comment" up in the station (turn, turn) Gang can't sleep on a violation Swear, I'ma spend all my savings Switch off my iPhone, back to basics No, we ain't watchin' faces Violate us, man are catching cases I was on the high road, armed and dangerous Steppin' in some Run Away trainers, no introduction needed (sexy) Peng ting already know what my name is And this year, it's only money I'm chasing True stories, I ain't gotta lie in my raps I was beside the feds with a .9 on my lap (trust) Gotta look straight forward, try to relax If I get pulled this time, it's a wrap And I still get flashbacks of the cold nights in the trap And man slept on the floor, no heater Tottenham boy, I put the T in Tanita (ice) On a first name basis with the shopkeeper (wagwan?) And he already knows what I came for, cling film and a Ribena (ayy) Big Smoke on the feature, come a long way from draws in the pouch 13 scores in my mouth from the same line, tryna get all of it out (all of it) Fast forward, now I turned starboy, man I don't stand on corners (nah) Two left feet when your diamond's dancing, why your shine look so awkward? (Huh?) It's One on the chorus, with a bit of Skepta, that's what the gyaldem ordered (mm-mm) And you better lock up your wife and daughters 'cause all my guys are ballers Bring out the dots, get back to basics If I get stopped, it's back to basic (turn) Bad B, lost out down my waps and laces Ting set good, no, she can't be basic (turn, turn) Feds ask questions, I get evasive That's "No comment" up in the station (turn, turn) Gang can't sleep on a violation Swear, I'ma spend all my savings Switch off my iPhone, back to basics (ghost) No, we ain't watchin' faces Violate us, man are catching cases I was on the high road, armed and dangerous Steppin' in some Run Away trainers, no introduction needed (shh) Peng ting already know what my name is And this year, it's only money I'm chasing

All our secrets they are tailored trouble Draped loose now around your hips Your spotless instincts are valid We coexist Got 26 days to work with (Got 26 days) We got 26 days to work with (It moves, it moves, it moves) We'll see what all gets done I'm an addict for dramatics I confuse the two for love "You can't tell me that you don't beg" Liar (Liar) If we're keeping score We're all choir boys at best (Intrusive and arrogant) Liar (Liar) If we're keeping score We're all choir boys at best (Intrusive and arrogant) Got 26 days to work with (Got 26 days) Then back on that island That you swear by Still barely can't afford It's still a question of "How long will this hold?" "Well Is it any different now that we are" "Don't you go there not here, not now" (It moves, it moves, it moves) Not here, not now I'm an addict for dramatics I confuse the two for love "You can't tell me that you don't beg" Liar (Liar) If we're keeping score We're all choir boys at best (Intrusive and arrogance) Liar (Liar) If we're keeping score Were all choir boys at best (Intrusive and arrogance) We're all choir boys at best Liar (Liar) If we're keeping score We're all choir boys at best (Intrusive and arrogance) Liar (Liar) If we're keeping score We're all choir boys at best (Intrusive and arrogance) Liar (Liar) Liar (Liar) It takes one to know one

I feel like I'm right back at square one, homie it's back to the basics I'm watching for green numbers, I feel like I'm Neo up in The Matrix, I Take it one day at a time, hustling hard, no faking the grind In a few years I'll be taking what's mine, in a few years I'll be taking what's mine I feel like I'm right back at square one, homie it's back to the basics I'm watching for green numbers, I feel like I'm Neo up in The Matrix, I Take it one day at a time, hustling hard, no faking the grind In a few years I'll be taking what's mine, in a few years I'll be taking what's mine I'm right where I wanna be, most of you rappers is wannabes I move over squares like I'm playing chess, I think that Hov might've said it best Cost me nothing, I pay you no mind, they told me stay focused and stay on ya grind I know I been gone for a minute, but I'm back snapping like I'm breaking ya spine I just been taking my time, I been scheming and plotting Shoutout to my homie and grandfather, I know that you gone but you not forgotten Look... ain't nobody realer, even a hospital patient ain't iller Hop in the booth and I turn to a killer, got so far to go like I was J Dilla I got the moves like Big Sean, you don't make moves, like you paralyzed Or a mannequin, they panicking, cause these sick lines got em terrified Get it jumping like a trampoline, a young bull like Zach Lavine No Jayceon, but I'm in the game, and they falling off like saggy jeans I feel like I'm right back at square one, homie it's back to the basics I'm watching for green numbers, I feel like I'm Neo up in The Matrix, I Take it one day at a time, hustling hard, no faking the grind In a few years I'll be taking what's mine, in a few years I'll be taking what's mine I feel like I'm right back at square one, homie it's back to the basics I'm watching for green numbers, I feel like I'm Neo up in The Matrix, I Take it one day at a time, hustling hard, no faking the grind In a few years I'll be taking what's mine, in a few years I'll be taking what's mine

Shut it down Shut it down Shut it down Shut it down Shut it down Shut it down Shut it down Shut it down Shut it down From what it might have been Seems to be what's fine Don't work too much Into be your thing Am I your thing? I write easy when I seize this Don't comes war Our hearts Our feel comfort I write easy when I seize this Don't comes war Our hearts Our feel comfort Shut it down Shut it down Shut it down Shut it down Shut it down Shut it down Shut it down Shut it down Shut it down I write easy when I seize this Don't comes war Our hearts Our feel comfort I write easy when I seize this Don't comes war Our hearts Our feel comfort