[Verse 1: JyellowL]
Look, time is better spent and not wasted
I had to stop focusin' on them and what they did
The picture gets bigger and the lens is what changes
Yeah, that’s when friends become strangers
Read between the lines and then what you find is you're on different pages
You can't hear your callin’ 'cause you're disengaged
With purpose at that motive, this occasion
At most, Krystle Basement
When they wanna link you, bettеr dislocate them
I was nevеr born to dick ride, I was born to dictate
If there was a riptide, then I'm the one that splits waves
Why they wanna pick fights? It's not even a big plate
See either they click right, or write it for the clickbait
Never what they describe, in spite of what they did say
Life is bittersweet, that's why I'm only left with distaste
You give them a peak on how you're workin’ on the big break
Then they wanna take it, but never know what it takes
Either get a plate fixed or be the one to fix plates
Grindin’ on the streets, well, expect to get our skin scathed
Workin' through the weekends, that’s Saturday and Sunday
Hopin' we can see M's and accolades someday
Hopin' we can see M’s and accolades Sunday
Be as consistent as all of my mum's prayers
We will see M's and accolades someday
And keep that smile on my mum's face, God's grace
[Chorus: Toshín]
Hey, if you can see me now
You'd never wear my crown
You're not gonna hold me
You're not gonna hold me down
It's too late to turn back
Hey, if you can hear me now
You'd never wear my crown
You're not gonna hold me
You're not gonna hold me down
It's too late to turn back now
[Verse 2: JyellowL]
Can't be reasonable, not when a dream is involved
Speeches of reason even made me believe in it more
I been here before and been correct, but who's keepin' the score?
See, they try discard my intellect like they did at the start
You know, previously it still give me PTSD
We're no good at sharin', that why we needed three PS3s
And two PS4s imagine bein' choosy and poor
Too immature, but knew the allure of remedial things
Too reassured not to be treated as kings
Knew we were more than disobedient kids
Who leaderboards couldn't reward and didn't believe everythin' we see on the Wikipedia links
Like are your thoughts really your thoughts or what the media thinks?
I said it's crazy, you know
So I'm mindin' the business pays me, you know
Livin' off of fillet rolls and savings, you know
Now I'm breakin' in the door, I raised the alarm, yeah
See, I was way too nonchalant
Raised a false alarm, ooh
Dodged a bullet, mashallah
Aimed across my heart
Find I'm always doin' this again, man, this is not the start
Approached it with discipline and this has been my martial arts, yeah
Man, they love you once you're on, then you're nonchalant
But when you're in the struggle, though nobody wants to call
I got loads of ammunition sittin' in my arsenal
And I run it with my soldiers, make it feel like martial law, yeah, yeah
[Chorus: Toshín]
Hey, if you can see me now
You'd never wear my crown
You're not gonna hold me
You're not gonna hold me down
It's too late to turn back
Hey, if you can hear me now
You'd never wear my crown
You're not gonna hold me
You're not gonna hold me down
It's too late to turn back now
You're not gonna hold me
You're not gonna hold me, oh
It's too late to turn back now
You're not gonna hold me
You're not gonna hold me, oh
It's too late to turn back now
JUDAS was written by Allen Roberts & Jake Gosling & JyellowL & Matthew Brettle & Sammy Soso & Toshín.
JUDAS was produced by Jake Gosling & Sammy Soso.
It’s about pushing forward, no matter what life throws at you. Judas might knock you down, but you get back up, stronger and wiser.
— via IMRO