Lyrics Adolescence - Unknown T , Digga D

Yeah, you done know, what's good? Hollowman
And we're takin' it from the older generation to the newer generation
You get me? We're doin' it again
It's that pain is the essence shit, my nigga
Unknown T and my nigga Digga D, let's go

It's Big Ride, Unknown, Digga, I want you to talk to the people'dem
I want you to let them know what real life is, yeah?
It's none of this movie shit (mm-hm)
You can't see this shit in a cinema, G (listen)

It's 4450 for a Glock and that got bought quickly
Speakin' to my lawyer in the dock, and I was so shifty
Three points up against the poli', now it's all history
Hold me in the holdin' cell, I buss it, but they won't dismiss me

I said, "Fuck it, I'm a tug", you don't know the mystery
I was locked inside a cuff, and now I'm pourin' whiskey
Serco trips back into the bricks, see, I was movin' risky
Old ways back inside them dingers, fling it like it them Frisbee's

As a likkle yout it started with a spliff or two (spliff or two)
By the age of 14, I started flippin' food (flippin' food)
Two years down the line, I tried to - some yutes (- some yutes)
Now I chill and send hits from afar, 'cause that's what winners do (mm-hm)

You ain't gonna get paid if it don't hit the news (hit the news, mm-hm)
Them other older -- givin' clues
I got the stick, try stick and move (stick and move)
I got the stick, I'm on whatever these niggas choose (grrt)

Pain is the essence, learnt the game in adolescence
You violate? I'm grippin' on a weapon, pain is the essence
You can tell by my presence that I'm grippin' (grrt)
If you're dissin', I'ma finish it in seconds

Pain is the essence, learnt the game in adolescence
You violate? I'm grippin' on a weapon, pain is the essence
You can tell by my presence that I'm grippin' (grrt)
If you're dissin', I'ma finish it in seconds

All the stress I caused my ma-dukes, hid guns in the car boots
Hid crack in the dustbins and knives in the parks too (parks too)
Used to hit festivals with some hard food
Fell out with the ma-dukes when she heard I blast yutes (blast yutes)

I got cousins from them sides, when skengs rise (rrr)
Used to get the blame, "It's not us man, it's them guys"
Hence, why I won't tell a soul if their f- die
- my - friend, laugh, sit back and memorise

I remember when my papa used to give me a hug
Knees in the mud, my heart's froze give me a slug
Now I'm piffin' it in Spain smokin' premium grub
Nina or none, we bought guns with minimal funds

See I look back, and I regret I used to lean on my mum
I caused stress, but then she knows she raised a G in her son
And she was stressin' on the M, but it was me on the run
Don't forget I held the scene on my ones, but fuck it

Pain is the essence, learnt the game in adolescence
You violate? I'm grippin' on a weapon, pain is the essence
You can tell by my presence that I'm grippin' (grrt)
If you're dissin', I'ma finish it in seconds

Pain is the essence, learnt the game in adolescence
You violate? I'm grippin' on a weapon, pain is the essence
You can tell by my presence that I'm grippin' (grrt)
If you're dissin', I'ma finish it in seconds

Yeah, what you tellin' me, Unknown?
Pain is the essence, right? Nothin' ain't changed
The game's still the same, just different players now
Digga, done know
D-U-Beezy, signin' out
Pain is the essence