Blue Afternoons

CHORUS - MANIK MC & Natty Wylah

Blue afternoons and grey evenings
We stay afflicted by the changing of the seasons
We stay conflicted by the changes that we're feeling
So put your hands up high and raise them to the ceiling
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VERSE ONE - MANIK MC

I'm letting the beat play
Cos I been running the mic like its a relay
None of mine's got time for the he-say and she-say
We just tryina touch your minds in a deep way
Speaking what we're seeing life ain't sweetened like a cheesecake
Cos these days, lapping mc's like this is speedway
Man are tryina reach the country manor from the estate
The beast stays creeping round the east where the heat stays
The weeds blaze, where the children of the streets raised
The fiends stay where the white rules and the b reigns
Police stay listening to every syllable we say
The beef stains, from the kerb to the shopfront
Whole generations either getting merked or getting locked up
Yh fam its happening its best to believe this
Societies a cycle and the deaths stay repeating
Lean a little closer let me bless you with a secret
A life lived for love ain't a life lived in weakness

CHORUS - MANIK MC & Natty Wylah

Blue afternoons and grey evenings
We stay afflicted by the changing of the seasons
We stay conflicted by the changes that we're feeling
So put your hands up high and raise them to the ceiling
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VERSE TWO - Natty Wylah

Moody blue days, double glazed glass on these new trains
Whole carriage with their heads bowed like we do pray
Fingering the beads from the neck hanging the cross
But steady swiping on these screens next station i'm off
Its pure frost, carpets of crystal
The setting sun ceremony its a ritual
Of another day, blessed is the radiant light
Send the sun in full circle bringing pink to the night
Shepherds Delight, pardon me its maybe more than warning
While we're glitching out and falling in this virtual abyss
Send my love to the morning dew tweeting bout the birdsongs
Singing reminiscing bout the worms that he missed
Blaming the mist, but birds of a feather in this world don
Every man dealing with the food on their dish
Its how we exist, its relevant depending on your seating
But no matter where you're sitting theres a reason to live

BRIDGE - VOCAL SAMPLE

High pressure in charge of the scene at the moment
Bringing more in the way of cloud across England and Wales
We will see thicker cloud moving in, mist and murk and strengthening winds as well
Heavy showers eventually following on behind, particularly in western areas
And some rain, into, the northwest

VERSE THREE - MANIK MC

Yo i'm taking a quick second to reflect upon this life of mine
I feel the heat from the fire when I ride the rhyme
The clocks ticking as I bide my time
Stopped fucking with this life of crime so I nine to fived
Line after line im just tryina find perspective
Remain the sea of peace as these times are getting hectic
Late nights I can't stop until the rhyme scheme perfected
Walking this gritty city on guard like i'm fencing
Beast with the beats and the bars i'm advanced
Stepping the levels up, i'm just tryina leave the past in the past
Cos you don't know half of the half
Mind cast in a trance
As we dance on this warm summers evening
Either you march or you better start retreating
Got us working full time living for the weekend
Advancing on the targets while these half wits be sleeping
And know we're suffocating mc's with the deepness

CHORUS - MANIK MC & Natty Wylah

Blue afternoons and grey evenings
We stay afflicted by the changing of the seasons
We stay conflicted by the changes that were feeling
So put your hands up high and raise them to the ceiling
X2