From the Gutter to the Glow

Lyrics

Intro
Grey sky
Estate stairs
Hood up
Cold glare

Bus pass
One pound
Whole life
South bound (yeah)

Verse 1
Block hot
But the air stay freezing
Grew up where the sirens ain’t season
They reason
Mum said
“Pray
” man prayed then schemed
Bare days I was broke
Bare nights I was dreaming

Peng food in the JD bag
Friends on tag
Can’t leave that flat
Still hit fiends by the alleyway flats
Still see jakes when I shut these blinds back

Dark thoughts when the rent came late
Heart got numb ‘cause the ends ain’t safe
Man had rage in a takeaway box
Chips went cold while I plotted my escape

Pre-Chorus
See blue lights paint the bricks in the night
Got this rage in my chest
But I’m holding it tight
If I jump
If I risk
If I roll these dice
Can I ever turn pain into something bright?

Chorus
From the gutter to the glow
I ain’t letting this go (nah)
Came up out the smoke
Now the mandem want hope (yeah)
Used to run from the feds
Now we run up the shows
South side on my soul
South side on my soul

From the gutter to the glow
Had to carve out a road
Turn the stress into stone
Now it’s set in my gold
Used to hide from the light
Now we buss through the door
South side on my soul
South side on my soul (woah)

Drop
[Beat switches
Tempo lifts
Warped bass swerves in]
(Yeah-yeah)
Jump when it kicks
No fear in my limbs
I was stuck in the bits
Now the world wanna spin
Whole dance floor mad
See the grin on my kin
Turn the pain into flames
Let it burn off the sin (hey!)

Verse 2
Still K-trap in my Air Max
Still same block where they air man
But my mind gone clear like a jet lag
See the globe in my phone when I text back

Turn Ls into patterns I wear
Turn stress into bars they share
From the stairwell smell of despair
To the backstage loud in the air

See the youts in the ends like me
Eyes on the ground
Lil heart so squeezed
Told bro
“One win
That’s all we need”
Then we bounce so high that we’re off these streets

Pre-Chorus
See blue lights paint the bricks in the night
Got this rage in my chest
But I’m twisting it right
If I jump
If I risk
If I roll these dice
I can turn all this grime into something bright

Chorus
From the gutter to the glow
I ain’t letting this go
Came up out the smoke
Now the mandem want hope
Used to run from the feds
Now we run up the shows
South side on my soul
South side on my soul (yeah)

From the gutter to the glow
Had to carve out a road
Turn the stress into stone
Now it’s set in my gold
Used to hide from the light
Now we buss through the door
South side on my soul
South side on my soul (south side)

Bridge
Hands up if you came from the same old flats
Hands up if you prayed then you never looked back
Hands up for the bruise that you turned to a plaque
Whole rave
One voice
Let the ends hear that (yeah)

Chorus
From the gutter to the glow
We ain’t letting this go
Came up out the smoke
Now the mandem want hope
Used to run from the feds
Now we run up the shows
South side on my soul
South side on my soul

From the gutter to the glow
Had to carve out a road
Turn the stress into stone
Now it’s set in my gold
Used to live in the dark
Now we light up the whole
South side on my soul
South side on my soul (woah)