MADE IT OUT

[Intro] I don't sleep—I just lie there and count Latch on the door, phone face-down on the carpet Ten years out the flats, still I talk to the ceilin' Only ting in this room that know what I'm feelin' Won some, lost more—don't ask where the rest of 'em— (shh vocal chop, beat drops) [Verse 1] Paid for peace, still the quiet keep leakin' Four walls in this gaff—they do all the speakin' Up off the floor—but the climb just get steeper Every win—I go quiet, go deeper Tongue that called me "bruv" put my name in a statement Loyalty round here come with terms and a payment I don't move off a word, I move off a pattern Man say "we good, bruv"—I nod, it don't matter (high energy, string stabs, wider 808 glide) Said we'd all make it out—who's left at the end Half of 'em went missin'—no reply, just pretend Spent my youth on that corner tryna help man ascend Up in the penthouse—I still can't recommend Made it out the ends, but the ends never left my mind Every year I go higher, I leave more man behind Told 'em "dun know, I'm good"—that's a certi lie I look fine on the 'gram—I'm a mess offline [Chorus] I made it out Don't ask what the win's about Cah the mandem that I came with ain't around Top of the building—still can't find my ground I made it out Don't ask what I'm on about Mandem that I started with ain't around (shh vocal chop) Nobody around [Verse 2] Don't glide round the ends no more—I glide round my head Three AM, fully dressed, tryna bargain with dread Man see the whip and the wrist and the penthouse Don't see the kid that can't sleep with the lights out Put man in position, got moved out of place Now I move through the room like a rumour, no trace Bought the bed, sleep on the floor—all of it's mine Every year that I made it put a bend in my spine (building, 808 glides up) Climbed out of the murk—still the murk's in my shirt Put my young days in the ground, tryna grow me some worth Every rung that I climbed, I paid down in earth Now I'm up in the clouds—count it up, and it hurt (high energy) Big gaff, big glass, and I'm still in here alone Bare man claim they're fam, not a one I would phone Turned the ends to a name, turned the name to a throne Never clocked that a throne's just a seat on your own [Chorus] I made it out Don't ask what the win's about Cah the mandem that I came with ain't around Top of the building—still can't find my ground I made it out Don't ask what I'm on about Mandem that I started with ain't around (shh vocal chop) Nobody around [Bridge] [Verse 3] Same stairwell, same smell—ten years, it ain't been repaired Stood on my own landing like I don't live there Chicken shop's a barber's now—I stood there too long Same pavement, same gate—and I can't find my spot Came back for one man—his name's not on no door Should've come back sooner—that's the debt I can't ignore Walked the long way to the cage and the cage look small Never stepped in—just stood at the wall I been gone so long that my own yard feel far Nothing here that I recognise—that's the hard part Sat in the car park a hour—never got out the car (low energy, 808 tail and pad) Sat there till the car park went dark Buzzer's got new names on it—not a one I could name Ten years and the ends moved on without me—no blame Told me "get out"—never told me the way back in Made it out—turned out that's a place, not a win [Chorus] I made it out Don't ask what the win's about Cah the mandem that I came with ain't around Top of the building—still can't find my ground (backing doubles twice, ghost vocal buried low) I made it out Drove back to the ends—parked up, never got out New names on the buzzer—I don't know no-one around (shh vocal chop, near-whisper breathy) Nobody around [Outro] Don't call off the party—just change how it's done Leave one seat empty for the ones that never come (shh vocal chop) Cold light, cold floor, cold tap water Got the whole ting sorted, still out of order I made it out... ...I made it out.