This is God's plan, he said it to me An angel either side of my bed in a dream Singin': You don't know what you've yet to achieve And you're destined to some shit you would never believe Now the garden same size as Adam and Eve's I got trees, a forest you better belive For the bass and the treble, I triple the fee How can I sleep when there's money to get with the team? You disrespect the sixteen, your head on a beam For the lust of the money, the head of the queen I done shit I didn't think I could ever redeem I'm from South where they struggle with sayin' your name But it's easy when pronouncin' you dead on the scene So when you see me on these stages, steppin' in clean I hope
You know it's history in the makin' Shall we make it? Oh God
Yeah And when they talk on my name in this country They gon' tell you that I'm already a legend Streatham that I'm reppin', clean steppin' Bro, you need to forget it Fuck ecofriendly, my car eco-aggressive And my ego aggressive, better leave me a message Yeah, you've done it for a year, but that ain't impressive I give a fuck about success if it ain't successive That ain't (history) City's gonna listen on repeat Gone a couple summers, so they miss me on the beat It don't matter if she pretty and petite If she ain't B, she can't even kiss me on the cheek Mum said: Never build a house on sand But I don't think I listen 'cah the villas by the beach And I did it off of beats, I just whip it and I screech Anytime you see my niggas in the streets
You know it's history in the makin' Shall we make it? Oh God
Did I, did I get addicted to the life? Was it all that I wanted? And it was fun for a while But history's smiles on us Now we're on to something Warm to somethin' higher Now hold my hand close I'm inspired And I'm holdin' on to a version of our lives Where' you're still mine
You know it's history in the makin' Shall we make it? Oh God
Yeah My mum told me what my name really means And the powers just kicked in Got me thinkin' back to days When I was a victim to this ting Thinkin' I was keepin' it balanced I was even embarrassed, sellin' CDs in Paris But this music gave me everything I need in a marriage I can't speak sideways on grime, John Galore garage When I know that this is the reason We managed to make (history) Don't be a hero, I ain't lookin' to hurt anyone I got a clean one, and I got a dirty one I never see a man late to his own funeral, but I done see a man show up early to one I prefer the one that's slim But I don't mind me the curvier one And I'm comin' from the South of the river Where the sky's black If not for the history that we made, they wouldn't like rap Niggas tryna water down our ting, it's time to fight back For seventy hours I've been steppin' with powers And it's definitely ours, it's time You mention my name, better know That you're playin' with pepper You borrowed a mill', and I told him to: Pay me whenever Knew it was different from the moment we came in And you can call me, 'cause I said it verbatim The woman with me like a renaissance paintin' I'm Michelangelo's David And anytime you mention me in a statement You better know that it's