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The third track on Wiley’s tenth album, Snakes & Ladders. This track features fellow grime artists Jme and Teddy. The synth-based instrumental was produced by Teddy.
[Intro]
Teddy
[Verse 1: Wiley]
I've been in the wrong system, the wrong territory
For way too long
If I say it's right and I show it to Johnny, looks back at me
Like it sounds wrong
Who am I making music for then? (Ask him)
Me, the label, or him?
I go mad showin' people eediat tunes
'Cause really Wiley goes in (That's right)
I'm torn between catering for me and the fans (I'm going mad)
I only hear my big hits where people go to get tans (Beach)
What's sad to me is they want easy, I can't show skills (Can't show skills)
For the wayward music they want brother, I don't want mils (I don't want mils)
[Chorus: Wiley]
I step back looking in from the outside (Yeah)
Wondering if it sounds right
Sounds good to me (Sounds good)
On this path it's good to be (Yeah)
You could do the hook for me (Okay)
Or I could do the hoe for free (That's right)
Got a rave booked at one
Leave a hour gap then I'm booked 'til three
[Verse 2: Teddy]
Ooh, hahahaha
Where do I start with this one?
I was on the outside trying to get inside
With the tools outside I got inside
In a matter of time I was doing a lot (Yeah)
Might see me with a lighty on the block (Yeah)
Wiley told me to murk this
So I gotta make this worth it (Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom)
When I spit, spit to kill
Not only Fruity Loops that I kill
I'm a lord of the beats fam
Check YouTube
Every man knows that it got real
Five bills for a grime beat, that's real
Had a man scared and shook like I just got
Signed and dropped, let go from a deal
I'ma stack 'til I get mils
[Chorus: Wiley]
I step back looking in from the outside (Yeah)
Wondering if it sounds right
Sounds good to me (Sounds good)
On this path it's good to be (Yeah)
You could do the hook for me (Okay)
Or I could do the hoe for free (That's right)
Got a rave booked at one
Leave a hour gap then I'm booked 'til three
[Verse 3: Jme]
I don't know who's approval man's seeking
Or what crowd man's tryna be reaching (What)
Don't wanna make tunes that are bait
I make music for an acquired taste (Yeah)
Started doing this thing 'cause I loved it
Not to make tunes for the general public (No)
Our music is made to measure
Wiley is a national treasure (Serious)
Not everybody is gonna like it
If they don't like it, fuck 'em
Man really started from the bottom
Walk in to radio, man ain't forgotten (Trust)
I used to pay five pound a week to get heard
Now I get five bags for spoken word (Yeah)
Personally I think man's winning
And it's only the end of the beginning
[Chorus: Wiley]
I step back looking in from the outside (Yeah)
Wondering if it sounds right
Sounds good to me (Sounds good)
On this path it's good to be (Yeah)
You could do the hook for me (Okay)
Or I could do the hoe for free (That's right)
Got a rave booked at one
Leave a hour gap then I'm booked 'til three
[Outro: Wiley]
I step back looking in from the outside (Yeah)
Wondering if it sounds right
Sounds good to me (Sounds good)
On this path it's good to be (Yeah)
You could do the hook for me (Okay)
Or I could do the hoe for free (That's right)
Got a rave booked at one
Leave a hour gap then I'm booked 'til three
From the Outside was written by Teddy Music & Jme & Wiley.
From the Outside was produced by Teddy Music.
Wiley released From the Outside on Mon Nov 03 2014.