Letter to Cadet (Cadet Tribute)

[Intro: Cadet, Rapman]
There has to, there has to be a way
I have to get involved in this
I have to
And plus with me and Rapman yeah, they love seeing us coming together
They wanted us coming together for so long
So it's such-
It's just-
It has to happen, it has to happen
Uh, me and Rapman actually haven't worked in the past you know
But it's always been in the air like
Anyone you ask about Cadet's music, or Rapman's music
I'm sure you get to as much as I do
Everytime I hear "Cadet, oi listen you need to do a tune with Rapman, you need to do a tune with Rapman"
Non-stop
Even under the comments on my videos it's all "work with Rapman"
So it just, it has to happen
And I'm so glad it's happening now
Hopefully, there's a little more to come of this
I can't believe man's doing this
Man just spoke to you last week
Mad

[Verse 1]
Yo
Yo Cadet, cuz, what's good blud?
How's it going up there?
You died too young and you died too soon
For real, man, it really weren't fair
I was with you that Wednesday before you passed
And there was such a great vibe in the air
Spoke about music, spoke about progress, spoke about everything regarding careers
And you said you'd never been to the States, and how you really wanna go someday
Well I know what it's like, said it looks hype
Said you need a man there to show you the way
Spoke about labels, said they never hollered
I was like fuck them pricks anyway, cuz you done charted all by yourself
All they're gonna do is stand in your way, you don't need them
Bare blessings your way, just received them
You put in work from day, that's the reason
Bar after bar in the car we cah we fiend them, yeah we need them
Now that you're gone, the challenge things long
Cos everyone knows you were the best at that
And any single time that you'd jump on the beat, you would always pour out your heart on the track
And when I first saw your Behind Barz, I was like damn I need to level like that
From the way that you broke that down, right then and there I had to take off my hat
And I said all of this to your face, I always show love when it's someone I rate
You know cuz we come from an industry when certain man can't help but to hate
Kept me on my toes, small rivalry but we turned into bros
Without you in the game god knows - never rapped about drugs, never rapped about roads
Still got the kids gassed that alone there shows
You was one of a kind, the fact that your gone cos it plays on my mind
Wasn't like we was best friends but, there was a special respect, that's a rare thing to find

[Rapman speaking]
When we first came out, they tried to play us against each other you get me, tried to make us rivals you get me
They would diss you in my videos and diss me in yours
But when we met it was all love

[Verse 2]
I remember when we first met, 2016, SB event
I was like "yo there's my enemy Cadet"
You was on stage you was shelling down the set
Came off stage, smiled and you spud me
Small little hug, everything was lovely
Took a picture and exchanged numbers
Then we spoke on the phone next day
We agreed that when the times right, we'd jump on a track and blow everyone away

[Rapman speaking]
Yeah I remember speaking to you about on Whatsapp the next day man
That we both agreed that when we work together
Its gotta be something epic you get me
Cos people have wanted it for so long

[Verse 3]
Fast forward to Shiro's Story
I'm talking right at the end of part 2
When they heard your voice and they saw your face
They went mad cos people they knew
It's like the only thing that could gas it up more is if the ting involved you
So I appreciate all the time you made and I'm thankful that you came through
Fam you acted dope and you rapped dope it's like everything turned out nice
And in part 3, in between takes, you and Deno made Advice
And that tune you made in like an hour break, who'd of known that it'd change your life?
You deserved to chart and you deserved the fame but
"Fam you didn't deserve to die"

[Rapman speaking]
Nah fam you didn't deserve to die cuz, 28
Type of age is that brudda?
You should of lived into your great ages fam
Fam, you was the hardest worker in the game, real talk bro, I'll be real
I remember telling you fam, you know this Shiro Story ting is gonna take hours and you was like "Rapz I'm not afraid of hard work you know"
Ha the way you shut me down bruv
Ahh Cadet my guy
You made me up my game
I'll be real man, see your Behind Barz about your pops
Best Behind Barz I've hard in my life and that's no joke
I don't think it's ever gonna get tops
And I said this to you, I'm so glad I said this to you
Like... This ain't no clout thing, no clout chasing thing or nuttin'
This is a respect thing, I had to make the song out of respect
Without you, I would never of tried to up it
So Thank you for coming into this lane and making people appreciate the art of narration, storytelling, whatever you want to call it
The type of rap that only a few of us made
And You definitely, definitely was the best
RIP bro man
Gone but never forgotten