Intro (Date of Birth)

[Verse: Stormin]
The 15th of February at half eight
The birthday of a great MC today
Picked up a pen and a pad at the age of eight
The age thirteen? First booking date
Sixteen? That's when N.A.S.T.Y came
Shark, Armour, D Double and Kane
All of us so hungry to gobble the fame, but
Me and Ghetts were friends from day
And music was our way, but
Those days, we never got paid
Lucky to get a little oner for a rave
Now it's cash-in-hand before the PA
Before I spray
When you look at it, who paved the way?
We're the reason why the youngers spray
In the old shoebox, you've got a N.A.S.T.Y tape
Bars upon bars, Lil Nasty would say
I'm bringing back those days
923 was our playground
So that's where all the mandem would play
That's where "I Saw Your Nan" was made
I work for myself, I'm no one's slave
I'll never forget those days
Even when I'm gone in a grave
I can't forget Footsie, Monkey, Hypes
Mak-10, Marcus, Griminal, Lykez
Jammer knows
To mix down good, you know it took like three nights
Man living in a studio but that's life
Real music, man know that's life
Ain't just been for a new pair of Nikes
Music is our way of life
To reach the top, everyday I fight
I used to be on the block
Licking off shots
But all I want is music just to pay me nice
If there's a pie, I want a slice
And if there's two
I'm gonna take the two to feed the whole crew
'Cause if I eat, then so do you

[Chorus]
Doing this thing just 'cause
You took my heart from me
You took away everything
And now you're just gone
You'll never know what you did
You'll never know what you did
Ooh, and now you're just gone
You took my heart from me
You took away everything