London Borough of Brent Songtext
von Bashy

This is Kensal Rise, this is the London
Overground Service to Richmond
Calling at Willesden Junction
Acton Central, South Acton
Gunnersbury, Kew Gardens and
Richmond. This is the
London Overground Service to
Richmond; the next station is
Willesden Junction
Used to have dreams of making a
100k, I made a hundred grand
Weren′t enough, used to have dreams
Of making a mill
Then I made mills
Weren't enough, gotta pay tax
Payment due, just to see a million
You gotta make two, Of course, the
Money changed me, I would hope
That the money changed you, cos
When you′re broke you will do mad


Tings, and you're broke you will do
Bad tings, and when you're broke you
Will do sad tings, we grew up poor
And we had to make do, some will
Break, some break through, me and
Those guys went the same school, I
See a video the other day, now dem
Man deh tek food, mad, drugs ain′t
Cool, drugs ain′t cool, but the place
Where we're from people wanna
Space to escape to
Where we′re coming from painful
Yeah, where we're coming from is
Hateful, yeah, round here need a
Angel, feel like Peven Everett
On Gabriel
Living ′round here's taxing, won′t end
On the 5th of April, North West know
How they do, 'round here
Kane and Ables, that's bruddas
Killing bruddas, dun him on the
Mains they will let it go in plain view
Whoosh, on the road there will be
Blood, Daniel Day Lewis, playing
Daniel Plainview, Yeah, blessed to be
Alive, blessed to have a life and make
It to the cradle, true they wanna kill
Us all prenatal, a sista giving birth

Can be fatal, just being poor gotta
Pay that expense, life in the
London Borough of Brent
Oi, let that riddim run still, let that
Riddim run, yeah, ′round here′s mad
Don'tchaknow. West, North West
Nort′ West, North Weezy, however
You wanna say it
Cah me have nuff friend you
Know, mi come from a place called
Harlesden, HARLESDEN, let mi
Big up all me fren dem from North
West 10, Stonebridge, Harlesden
Church Road, Willesden
Mek mi big up, all Brixton man
All Tottenham man, all man from
Dalston, mi love the whole of uno
This is Kensal Rise

I am from a ends where, man sell
Drugs go buy designer menswear
Watches better than the businessmen
Wear, one on one's are rare and
Rarely end there, seeing through
A different kinda lens here
Anywhere from Kilburn up to
Edgware, anywhere from Kensal
Green to Wembley, anywhere from
Stonebridge down to Camden
Anywhere from Harlesden up to
Hatch End, oh this sounds so good
I have to extend, anywhere from
Harrow down to Acton, anywhere
From Mozart up to Hendon
Anywhere from Ladbroke Grove to
Ealing, anywhere from Shepherd′s
Bush to Drayton, anywhere from
West Ken back to Hampstead
Anywhere from Willesden up to
West End. Anywhere from, anywhere
From, anywhere, anywhere
Anywhere from, anywhere, anywhere
From, anywhere, oi, let that riddim

Run still, let that riddim run
'round here′s mad
Don'tchaknow