Lyrics Corrupt Blade - Dr Bigf MC

He left his house with a rage like a hunger
Perceived insult that amounted to slander
He's got a rep to protect plus he's stubborn
Could never accept disrespect
That's why he got a kitchen knife
He was never taught
He could have a different life
If he worked hard
Sod that
That's for idiots
Started shoplifting the decline was insidious
Mum didn't have a clue what he was up to
She worked three jobs
Just to make enough to
Keep the lights on pay the bills and the rent
And food
No Dad on the scene to prevent
This rude
Boy becoming a rude man or worse
Now it's on no time to rehearse our reverse
No going back
He's got a crew
But this is a solo attack
There he is coming out his flat
He'll learn
Noone talks about him like that
Face to face or behind his back
Much less on social media
Twitter or Snapchat
He stepped to him quick
'What you got to say now?!'
Pulled a knife then felt a sharp pain
Above his eyebrow then his abdomen
What a flip
The man he came to get
Ended up attacking him
Then his boys came out and all piled in
He couldn't even cry out
Just fell in stunned silence
It was finished in a matter of minutes
They all fled
While his life force started to diminish
Couldn't reach his phone to call for help
'Mum I'm sorry'
Were his last words and all he felt
Slipped away from this life
All for the sake of looking hard
And brandishing a knife

The events depicted here are fictitious
But based on real life statistics and figures
I worked in Burger King near
Where Stephen Lawrence was murdered
I carried a Swiss army knife
Thinking it would serve a purpose
Or offer me protection
A logical but flawed supposition
The knife carrier
Is faced with awful decisions

I've seen these young men
Wheeled into hospital wards
I've seen these young boys
Being wheeled down to the morgue
I've seen their mothers' tears
I've seen their younger brothers' fears
Young lives ended early
What could have been their careers?
'Why did he die? Why couldn't he live?'
All I could do was listen
I had no answers to give
That type of grief
I can't even begin to conceive
So what's to blame?
Is it austerity?
A general lack of respect for authority?
Violent music?
Violent films?
Violent video games?
I don't have the answers
But something's got to change