The Key - Speech Debelle

OK, I can see you held it down and learnt patience

Cause some reasons are without their explanations

This is my song so i’ll explain the situation

But won’t air your business out girl, cause that’s a bait ting

I seen you at the station like its work your going

Money have fe mek so just keep doing what you’re doing

It’s crazy cause together we could have made g’s

Cause I did and truthfully you bright like me

The only real difference is you slyer than me

Your need for attention makes you attract the beef

Ironically I use to say you were a bad cow

You a funny little girl with a funny little style

I know you hear my words I know you read between the lines

I might circle the truth but I will not tell a lie

I remember the time I came your yard with a knife

I don’t wanna tek life but I would of tek life

But im bigger than that now I can walk from a row

My days on road has shown me life is like gold

And plus this world is big enough for us both

I know you was down I also know that you coped

I hope that mean you learnt to slow your roll

And keep your mouth closed

A proper attitude is better than fancy close

So as the chapter close that’s how the story goes

As I’ve grown I’ve learnt that friends turn to foes

I heard you got your yard now

Fully grown now

It’s not an armshouse

Cause I overstand

Overstanding is the key key

Ovastanding is the key key

I heard you got your car now

I seen you round town

It’s not a armshouse

Cause I overstand

Overstanding is the key key

Overstanding is the key key

I don’t really care what you feel like

I ain’t got no time to waste on you

I don’t really care what you wanna say

You can keep talking till your blue in the tooth

I’m getting older now starting to make sense of it

Seeing the signs reading minds like hypnotist

Understand the figures like arithmetics and my guess is

People are bad mind

Insecurity breads hate it’s a fact find

In fact im sure it’s incurable

Some people positive while some people are negative and totally oblivious to

the harm they cause

For every Malcom X there is a president bush

For every ambitious soul, there’s a coach potato

Real said turn off the arcade man the games over

This is the takeover taking the haters over

Maybe if they had something else to do they wouldn’t watch you

Too busy with they bizz but now with kids having kids it’s gonna get worse than

this

Only just realising what mama said

By the sweat of mans brow he shall eat bread

Stay focused on your path like a vegan dread

And remember they hate to see you smile

Your unique style, your everything there not

If you sitting in a room with darkness and the lights come on

You’d have to cover your eyes, overstand the lines

Check the paragraphs speaking in parables

Call this the manual for caging animals the haters

I heard you got your yard now

Fully grown now

It’s not an armshouse

Cause I overstand

Overstanding is the key key

Ovastanding is the key key

I heard you got your car now

I seen you round town

It’s not a armshouse

Cause I overstand

Overstanding is the key key

Overstanding is the key key