After jumping on Kano’s triumphant “Class Of Deja” earlier this year, East London Pirate Radio legends D Double E and Ghetts link up once more for “Where Do We Come From?”, which is an ode to East London where they grew up.
[Chorus: D Double E]
(Where?) Where do we come from?
Where do we come from? (Where?)
London, the East London dungeons (Yeah)
Arms out in functions (Yep)
Police with truncheons (Yep)
Don't make no assumptions, Nah
Don't make no assumptions (Nah)
Where do we come from?
Where do we come from (Where?)
London, the East London dungeon (Yeah)
Arms out in functions (Yep)
Police with truncheons (Yep)
Don't make no assumptions, Nah
Don't make no assumptions
[Verse 1: D Double E]
(Uh-uhhhh...)
(Bidi-bap-bap)
Its like everyone's on this ting (Yeah)
Either shots in cling or its shots in skin (Blud)
Either shots in him or his next of kin (Blud)
If a man's not dead then he's locked up in a bin
(Uh-uhhhh....)
I still drive thru the ends with the drop top off
Just know the ends is all opp'ed off
(Uhhh...)
Any minute now the road might get blocked off
(Wha-gwaan)
One minute the beef dies down and the it all pops off
(Yeah)
[Chorus: D Double E]
Where do we come from?
Where do we come from? (Where?)
London, the East London dungeon (Yeah)
Arms out in functions (Yep)
Police with truncheons (Yep)
Don't make no assumptions, Nah
Don't make no assumptions (Nah)
[Verse 2: Ghetts]
Newham
Where a man a murder man they went to school with
As if like he never knew him (Facts)
Both went bons that there ain't no bun
I try to school these kids but they all play tricks
You little niggas don't know anything about boxing
Apart from pay per viewing
What are you on the pavement doing?
Man don't rate no acid attacks
Then again thats how granddad felt
When man was out here with a shank in my hand
Fisticuffs that's granddads world
What do you expect from me?
My life expectancy was 20
Mum wanna send me West Indies
Before it is Rest-In-Peace
(Uh-uhhhh....)
[Chorus: D Double E]
Where do we come from?
Where do we come from? (Where?)
London, the East London dungeon (Yeah)
Arms out in functions (Yep)
Police with truncheons (Yep)
Don't make no assumptions, Nah
Don't make no assumptions (Nah)
[Verse 3: D Double E]
(Bidi-bap-bap)
Don't think it is all fish and chips
Don't think it is all tea and biscuits
Coz man will put a hole in your T with a brand new biscuit
Come around to the ends and fuck around if you want to risk it
East London where me born and grow!
Make a big man haffi do ten toes (Blud)
(Yeah)
I'm from East London where dem man dem a move
I'm in the booth right now spittin the truth
I'm in the hood right now yeah and I got proof
(Yeah Cuz)
Oh my word!
Look, where do we come from?
[Chorus: D Double E]
Where do we come from?
Where do we come from? (Where?)
London, the East London dungeon (Yeah)
Arms out in functions (Yep)
Police with truncheons (Yep)
Don't make no assumptions, Nah
Don't make no assumptions (Nah)
Where Do We Come From? was written by Ghetts & D Double E.
Where Do We Come From? was produced by Merlin.
D Double E released Where Do We Come From? on Wed Nov 06 2019.