You've always gotta be around people that lift you up
and you've gotta be able to trust them with your life,
especially if you don't know what it's riding on, so,
there's no point having someone
that's quick to turn their back on you,
and will flip on you for a little bit of money, or,
loyalty is royalty, man.
And that's priceless.
Like, you can't buy that.
And a lot of people, they'll claim to be loyal,
but you'll rarely meet that many that are.
So, it's kinda just that, like,
this is my gang, innit?
These are my people.
This is my family, my brothers,
the ones that stick around are the ones you trust.
That's why they say you can count
your true friends on one hand.
It's just important to me,
like especially when I've had so many
people in my life that were disloyal,
to have a good set of people around me.
So, I met Rocky, he was at a show,
my first show I had done in LA,
he was in there 'cause Crash,
he was supporting me on the little tour.
He was already on AWG, and had his boys with him.
And I walked in the dressing room and I was like,
"What the fuck?
Why is Rocky, huh?"
'Cause I knew who he was, innit?
Like, who wouldn't, you know what I'm saying?
You'd have to be living under a rock.
But then I was too high and I'm not one of them people
that say, "Yo man! Oh, you're the best,"
you know what I mean, I just chilled out
and then he come over and he was like,
"Your album's hard."
I was like, "Fuck! Whoa!"
I was like, "You heard my album?"
Like, I was so high, it was just like, "What the fuck?"
I was like "How the fuck you heard it?"
Then from that, started linking, going studio.
And then he was like, "Yo, man, I just want to help you.
I see what you're doing, I fuck with it."
After we made the beat and I laid the chorus,
I just FaceTimed him,
'cause I'd been talking to him anyway.
And I was like, "Listen to this."
And he's like, "Yo, that's hard, man."
My American accent's shit.
But I was like, "Yeah."
And he was in London.
So I went and linked him and he just slapped it down quick.
I kind of forgot about the song anyway,
'cause I was like, "Ah, it's just another one."
When I was in Thailand, I was chatting to him.
And I was like, "Send that tune"
and he was like, "Alright," sent it.
I heard it, and I was like "Ah, this is a vibe."
I was like, "This is it."
I was like, "Fuck it, I'm slapping this one out."
Mazzalean is a way of us saying mad ting.
It could be anything, man.
It could be like when some food tastes good,
you're like, "That's a mazzalean," like,
it's wavy, you know what I mean?
It's just good.
Like, if something's a mad ting,
if something shocks you,
that's what mazzalean is, innit?
So I used to wear dungarees, like,
when I was young, I got these dungarees
and I just thought they were steezy.
Everyone started wearing like skinny jeans,
and I just used the rock these, like,
I put a hoodie underneath it.
I had these dungarees and they're just hella baggy.
And I just wear them with some Vans or something.
And it just, I felt a little hard.
When I was younger I wasn't type of person to care about,
"Oh, I've gotta keep all fresh and like,"
So I would just be running around doing my thing.
It's a murder scene, you know what I'm saying?
It's like, anywhere we go, we shut the shit down.
It don't matter.
Like, mandem will have to get drawn in the white chalk,
and left there, you know what I mean?
I'm getting that money like a crackhead's getting crack,
you know what I'm saying?
That's like, I'm getting this money.
Like that's it.
No, no debate.
Not up for discussion.
It's like I'm questioning,
I feel so shit, like I'm feeling low in myself.
I'm questioning what's up?
Like, what does it feel like to feel good?
Do you know what I'm saying?
People have always said
I got like suicidal tendencies,
like I'm trying to push it 'til maybe I die,
or I kill myself.
Go out in a blaze of glory kind of thing.
I'm comfortable, I can eat good.
I ain't thinking about where the money
for the electric's coming.
I ain't thinking about just yamming some dry food
that's there, you know what I mean?
Surviving off of like Pot Noodle,
like over there you guys like Top Ramen or whatever,
you know what I mean?
But here, like Pot Noodle is just like bread and butter.
I still got a long way to go, but I'm more comfortable.
I'm stable, I ain't got to worry.
Life's just changed dramatically.
In every sense.
I can't really pinpoint one thing.
But the Pot Noodle I'd say is probably the biggest one.
I ate so many of them things,
I felt sick to my stomach, bruv.
At this point in time, I didn't feel like
I'd felt love or like them kind of feelings
until I was like, experimenting with these things,
and be it like, it was Mandy, what you call Molly.
And I was like, "Ahh, I love you,"
like, you know what I'm saying?
I'm a believer, like mushrooms and natural stuff.
Psychedelics, you know what I'm saying?
Unless your mind's fucked already.
Hell of a time.
It's like a great eye-opener,
teaches you a lot about yourself.
With mushrooms, yeah, it's like
you create paths, pathways to emotions.
So memories are attached to a certain emotion.
So anytime you feel that emotion,
you remember or you have this connection to a bad time.
So it's like, say there's snow.
Say your brain's snow, and it's got all these imprints.
You take shrooms, it's like snow falls again
and you don't have these connections.
So it's like, it re-establishes a fresh feeling.
Like they're testing it now, but definitely for
mental health, depression, microdosing.
And like, obviously if it's controlled in the right way,
I think it's definitely beneficial.
But that's years to come.
I believe in 10, 15 years, psychedelics, mainly mushrooms,
will be used with mental health and illness.
But I'm not a doctor.
Do what you do, but, you know what I'm saying?
I'm just giving you my experiences.
I'm not a role model.
This whole section, I was just like,
I was just freestyling, punching it, innit?
Like, just getting it in.
That's just the vibe, innit?
I'll just hype, and like the,
"What's up, what's up, what's up, what's up,"
it kind of reminded me of like,
"Turn my swag on, took a look in the mirror
said what's up, what's up, what's up,
yeah, I'm getting money," like.
That kind of thing.
And after I'd done it, I was like, "Yo!"
Like any kid from a place where there's
not much opportunity are just like,
whether it's looking for a good time,
or just trying to get your money, like,
it's the hustle, innit?
You know what I'm saying?
In the UK as well, cricket is like a huge sport.
And there's like a cricket ground,
and like cricket tickets.
So that's the ticket.
And like when you're wrapping up,
whatever you're wrapping up, you know what I'm saying?
Like it will be a ticket.
So you're shorting tickets,
and it might be in the cricket ticket on the inside.
You know what I'm saying?
Just a way of recycling.
I'm a romantic, I like red wine.
Rosé's not for me.
It tastes a bit perfumey or something.
I just think it's like,
if you're going to do it, do it properly, innit?
If you've lied to me, the trust thing's broken already.
It's inevitable, like.
See, you're no longer a bud.
You're no longer here, like,
eliminate you quick, and then just do my thing.
I'm energized, I'm up, it's cool.
I learned, I figured it out now.
I know what you was from the start.
So now it's good.
Like, I'm not going to hold onto it and be like, "Man.."
I'm just going to get on with my day and just get it.
Everyone who knows me knows
I've stuck to what I said I was going to do.
I stuck to my word and I pursued it.
Even when things got really bad,
I always just kept on the path.
I just hope people use it as like an incentive
to do what they want to do, like follow their dreams.
Do it. Do it with everything you've got
and it will pay off eventually, you know what I mean?