We didn't have no where to live We didn't have nowhere to go 'Til someone said, "I know this place off Burditt Road" It was on the fifteenth floor It had a board across the door It took an hour to pry it off and get inside It smelt as if someone had died The living room was full of flies The kitchen sink was blocked The bathroom sink, not there at all Ooh, it's a mess alright Yes, it's Mile End And now we're living in the sky I'd never thought I'd live so high, just like heaven If it didn't look like hell The lift is always full of piss The fifth floor landing smells of fish Not just on Friday, every single other day Below the kids come out tonight They kick a ball and have a fight And maybe shoot somebody If they lose at pool Oh, it's a mess alright Yes, it's Mile End Nobody wants to be your friend 'Cause you're not from round here Oh, as if that was something to be proud about The Pearly King and the Isle of Dogs Feels up children in the bogs, down by the playing fields Someone sets a car on fire I guess you have to go right down Before you understand just how How low, how low A human being can go Oh, it's a mess alright Yes, it's Mile End Mile End, Mile End

Born into the nest as a temporary home Living like a pest always reaching from the host Getting held back from the water on the coast This city gives me less when I'm searching for the most Tribe I was left inside this maze and that's where I'll fucking stay Stuck inside these bounds that I wanna set ablaze Definition of respect is to smile and fucking wave Treat me like a dog stuck inside a fucking cage Tribe Got me in a mothеr fucking Cage Cage Got me in a mothеr fucking Cage Tribe

Hold yourself back like you're playing for keeps We can't be held back, we're in this too deep Know your fucking role and shut your damn mouth You cowards fucking lost it, stop acting like a cop This is for Flower City FCHC

Where am I Whats It mean Trapped inside Suffocating claustrophobic fear of being Where am I Whats It mean Trapped inside Suffocating claustrophobic disappearing Impaired stuck and I'm blurry Held hostage by worry Begining to see I see the bats coming back and trying to hurt me Nothing you do will bring you home Dragging with you while you roam Killing everyone you love Taking everything you own In the fabric of your being Its entangled in whats sown Try to shake away the fear But the fear is in your bones Where am I Whats It mean Trapped inside Suffocating claustrophobic fear of being Where am I Whats It mean Trapped inside Suffocating claustrophobic disappearing

Falling out Of myself Can't think For myself Help me Help yourself Choose life Now live that life I see you wasting your time Wasting your time Minds up With the birds You're failing Everything Times up Where'd you go Choose life Now live that life I see you wasting your time Wasting your time I see you wasting your time Wasting your time Loving you Is killing me Protect yourself Apathy Stomach churns Bridges burn Sinking in cement of everything that you've ever yearned Choose Life Choose Lifе Choose Life Choose Lifе