Chorus

Welcome to the D.E. double N. I. S.O.N,
the D.E. double N. I. S.O.N,
the D.E. double N. I. S.O.N,
I. S.O.N, I. S.O.N.


Verse One

Yo’, me and my older Brother were trouble,
so we had pack our bags on the double and relocate four miles away,
East London where the skies are grey,
the year was ninety-two, or ninety-tre, I can’t remember,
here’s your new bedroom, me and my Bro walked in two-by-two,
I put my bag down, coat off, removed my shoes,
no bunk for Funk, we had to share a double-bed as teenagers,
my Pops sent us down to the local retailer to get him cigarettes,
but we were under age, watching Rambo and Schwarzenegger flix all day,
we had a fridge in our room stacked with Coca-Cola, 7-Up,
this was like a dream come true,
I had a Step-Mom and didn’t really pay her no mind,
because she didn’t really pay us no mind and that was fine,
I used to see my Dad on weekends, but now I see my Mom on weekends,
my world’s turned upside-down at each end, and I’mma have to live with it,
Hackney used to be my home and now I’m just a little bit further out,
but it’s the price that you pay when you’re only fourteen and you have no say... (mutha)


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Verse Two

Even though I moved yo’ I didn’t change schools,
now the journey’s much longer,
had a few routes to choose from to get there, get back,
when I reflect back to the days of grey trousers, blue shirt,
jet black sweater with a crest on the left breast, less rest,
Mom had four now there’s two gone, less stress,
all around the time when music was alluring,
My Pops used to leave the house at five in the morning
and I would wake up at the very same time
Four hours before nine, I didn’t mind,
Cos I would watch a movie before I got ready,
by my very last lesson my eyes would get heavy,
got my Teachers telling me I need iron,
but underlying was the fact I woke up so early,
so I’m trying to stay awake, but I had a new lifestyle,
with my Brother and my Father and his Wife who didn’t smile,
So welcome to Dennison,
where the lights never go out like Thomas Edison is working on em’,
my whole life turned a corner,
especially when both elevators out of order,
now I’m walking up the stairs going…


Chorus Outro

Welcome to the D.E. double N. I. S.O.N,
the D.E. double N. I. S.O.N,
the D.E. double N. I. S.O.N,
I. S.O.N, I. S.O,
living with my D.A.D. and I’m S.O.N,
at the D.E. double N. I. S.O.N,
the D.E. double N. I. S.O.N,
the D.E. double N. I. S.O.N.