Loyle Carner - Looking Back

[00:02.91] Must be a fly in here somewhere [00:05.46] Well not anymore, heh heh [00:20.06] Face this [00:21.26] Like water, never taste this [00:22.82] Evil, white rose to a racist [00:24.95] They used to hype 'cause my mothers face was white and my fathers face blacker than the scene outside a spaceship [00:30.13] Flooded with rocks and jewels, crystals shine and shimmer [00:32.32] He never let me use their words, "due time my jigga" [00:34.94] Never called me nigga, said it's the master's tongue [00:37.40] But being black and white, the trouble never asked for none [00:40.10] But they all passed me some, fuck it, I grabbed it [00:42.41] Both hands in the darkest sun, scribbled 'til the parker's done [00:44.42] Grabbed another pen and scribbled where the parker's spun [00:47.43] Following in footstops of fathers that were asked to run [00:50.09] But not the one who wanted out and so they disappear [00:52.48] All caught up in the fam and feeling like they interfere [00:55.07] I'm thinking that my great grandfather could've owned my other one [00:58.25] And yo, that shit is weird [01:00.10] I'm lost (I'm) [01:01.73] Wondering my cost (I'm) [01:04.04] Telling you, it hurts, (I'm) [01:06.77] If you don't know your worth [01:09.29] So we run from the maker like sons in Jamaica [01:12.18] Heart break, breaker like the sun's an equator [01:14.50] We wasted it, before we even tasted it [01:19.39] Cities on fire [01:21.36] Quite literally [01:22.44] The reason nobody's talking remains a mystery [01:25.09] My brother's lost, telling him do it differently [01:27.49] I wanna take the blame but we don't share the same history [01:30.03] I'm lost [01:30.60] Wonder my cost up in this space [01:32.26] Mixed race, colour on my face, feeling misplaced [01:35.19] A waste [01:35.97] Ain't tryna tell you how my shit taste [01:37.39] Pack a couple days in this thin case, make a move [01:40.14] Write everyday and night 'til I say the truth [01:42.40] Lose looking for some proof that I'm still in news [01:45.11] See, I got it all to lose, nothing to prove [01:47.49] Promise the day I get paid, I'ma pay my dues [01:49.91] Uh, find the karma [01:52.22] Told me I'm from Ghana but really it's Guyana [01:54.60] Uh, I'm Coyle Larner to Carner, the birth place of my father's father [01:58.63] I don't know the answer [01:59.65] I'm lost [02:01.60] Wondering my cost [02:04.32] Telling you it hurts [02:06.72] If you don't know your worth [02:09.26] So we run from the maker like sons in Jamaica [02:12.32] Heart bait breaker, duh, whatever [02:14.76] Wasted it, before we even tasted it [02:18.80] Fuck [02:38.39] Ay, yeah, can I just get uhhh. [02:41.45] You got chicken soup? [02:42.48] Nah, only goat soup for today [02:44.39] Uh, can I get one goat soup... erm... [02:47.45] And then some curried chicken with, Only plain rice [02:51.44] Yeah, can I just get plain rice then, [02:52.84] And some, er, steamed veg as well please [02:54.44] Only plain rice? [02:55.44] Yeah [02:56.48]