For a Minute
Joy Crookes & KarimThaPeasant * Track #5 On Reminiscence - EP
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For a Minute by Joy Crookes (Ft. KarimThaPeasant)
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Performed by
Joy CrookesKarimThaPeasantProduced by
Barney ListerFor a Minute Lyrics
[Verse 1: Joy Crookes]
Chicken shops with £2 tops
We're roamin' but can't get enough
Eatin' sunshine everyday
Accustomed to our South East way
Cruisin' in the rainy streets
Smokin' cigarettes like sweets
Creamy legs in London air
Our hands are up but we still care
The blades don't turn
But you see them from miles and miles
And you learn
That over here we hide our grief behind smiles
And we run around and laugh 'cause that's our style
[Chorus: Joy Crookes]
Oh, we know
It's not about where we're livin'
Make the most for a minute
Girls can dream, still know
It's not about where we're livin'
Make the most for a minute, yeah
(It's not about where we're livin'
Make the most for a minute)
(It's not about where we're livin'
Make the most for a minute)
[Verse 2: Joy Crookes]
Tommy, Shaq, Nathan and Mo
"Mum, why ain't my brother home?"
Cradled by a dozen flowers
Streets just took another child
Ain't it strange that my home
Had closed before it ever opened?
Don't you know
That over here we hide our grief behind smiles?
And we run around and laugh 'cause that's our style
[Chorus: Joy Crookes]
Oh, we know
It's not about where we're livin'
Make the most for a minute
Girls can dream, still know
It's not about where we're livin'
Make the most for a minute
[Verse 3: KarimThaPeasant, Joy Crookes, Both]
There's pain outside
There's pain in the art
No time for the worst in me (Worst in me)
Remember finding the email
From the penitentiary that locked up Tariq (Up Tariq)
They don't have control on us
No, they don't have control on we (On we)
They can steal all of our space
But if we ain't there then it's cheap
[Chorus: Joy Crookes]
Oh, we know
It's not about where we're livin' (It's not a-)
Make the most for a minute (It's not a-)
Girls can dream, still know (Girls can dream, still know)
It's not about where we're livin' (It's not about where we're livin')
Make the most for a minute
Oh, ah
It's not about where we're livin'
(Make the most for a minute)
Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
(It's not about where we're livin'
Make the most for a minute)
For a Minute Q&A
Who wrote For a Minute's ?
For a Minute was written by KarimThaPeasant & Joy Crookes.
Who produced For a Minute's ?
For a Minute was produced by Barney Lister.
When did Joy Crookes release For a Minute?
Joy Crookes released For a Minute on Fri Jan 25 2019.
How did the feature come about?
I always make music at home so it wasn’t anyone else’s choice, like the label, to put him on that song. I was producing it at home, I co-produced that song and the original production I did myself – and I rang KarimThaPeasant over and was like, “Brah I think I need a feature.”
What did Joy Crookes say about "For a Minute"?
“For a Minute” is about my area, which people used to say was a shit-hole. I had to think back about my childhood and be like, actually, I really liked going to the chicken shop with two pound because all my mates used to do that, it was a ritual we had after school in the summer … It was about thin...