Honour Codes

(Can you make the right choice
Can you make a change?
Tryna honour codes when we play the game)

[Verse 1: Bird T]
I never like to hold a grudge because the weight is heavy
I never liked the fact that I can feel the hate possess me
Why lose faith in yourself, follow the nature that dwells
Close to your heart, and you could find the way to excel
I came for the bell
I'm grading myself
Even if I'm taking a L
I'm learning like I had the plates on
And had to slam the brakes on
Based on a sci-fi novel no one ever read
It's real life as you see it
Don't worry it appears close
It's just another very distant memory
I'm finding the future alive in the music
It's vibrant and moving, and life is improving
I'm taking steps!
I only promise I ain't making threats
Save your breath, man, them sore losers wanna blame the ref
When they make comparisons and your grade is F
Pressure, picking up the pace again, I barely break a sweat

[Verse 2: Deformed Wing]
I'm trying to remain while the new are here
See the pressure's on the change like a souvenir
It's hard to endure, tryna get signed like a in-store
Most seem blind to what they're in for
Never sell yourself short if you know the profit
Hits coming off the green like I overshot it
We knew the logic
And want it like my olders got it
When it comes to real work, you can tell who's done it
Uninspiring
From the side, eyeing him, [challenge him?]
Cyanide lines would be supplying him
Defend the art I put my whole life into
Can tell from the start that loyalty ain't in you
If only they knew
The real see through
To the fake standards that they wanna hold 'em up too
It ain't surprising, [don't put the sell out?], you're capsizing
The figures on the posts of the Owls keep rising!

[Chorus: Bird T]
Can you make the right choice, can you make a change?
Can you take the weight, can you make a gain?
We tryna honour codes when we play the games
Stay shining light so the truth won't fade away

Can you make the right choice, can you make a change?
Can you take the weight, can you make your gain?
We tryna honour codes when we play the games
Stay shining light so the truth won't fade away

[Verse 3: Big Owl]
This the game that's really gonna make your path change
Looking for the exit, I'll be moving to a stargate
You're looking for some parking, I'll be darting in a fast lane
That's the time I'm living in, this mission is so fast-paced
Always on a next ting, it's the vision that'll get you in position
For the place you wanna live in; If you ain't got vision then you'll stay in the place you eat, sleep and shit in
So, listen, I tell it how it is, not how it isn't
Under rain clouds in Britain it's a strange sound I'm bringing
Yet it resonates within 'em from the underground
System, with the gutter-sounding wisdom
So they elevate with instinct, I'm original, no imprint
Every millisecond's different
Bring the colour like I'm pigment
Paint the soundscape in an instant
With The Four Owls imprint my instinct is addictive
Our decisions make a difference, it's on you to show persistence
Your choice, your existence!

[Verse 4: Rusty Take-Off]
The game's a bitch, but I married it
Give a fuck if you can hold it down, man, I wanna see you carry it
Twinkle eyes, see them hypnotised by glamour-shit
A thin line between rep and acting like a sket, can they manage it?
It weighs heavy, so I slay about 5-a-day and stay ready while these goons slip-and-slide away
They're piss-weak so here's Shit's Creek
Singing to them
Guardian of the arts and my heart says I should bring it to 'em
Everyone gets into this for different reasons
Some wanna get the Ps and get to leaving
Or front like fake Gs and chuck the cheese in
I dunno what's funnier or worse
Them or the fact that people actually believe them
I do this because I love this, don't put nothing above this
There's names for dames that's all about the change
So, what's up, bitch? Gold digger
I'm just speaking from the soul
And punching through to make the hole bigger
Chuck you couple 'Go figures'

[Chorus: Bird T]
Can you make the right choice, can you make a change?
Can you take the weight, can you make a gain?
We tryna honour codes when we play the games
Stay shining light so the truth won't fade away

Can you make the right choice, can you make a change?
Can you take the weight, can you make your gain?
We tryna honour codes when we play the games
Stay shining light so the truth won't fade away