Skint
by Ash
Lyrics
[Intro] [Live show, crowd noise, no beat yet] [Spoken word, talking to the crowd and the camera, no rapping]
Hey — hey, listen. Stop scrolling. Yeah, you. Put the thumb down. [Crowd laughs] Shoutout to all the Instagram crew watching this in bed at two in the morning, in the toilet at work, on the bus — I see you. You lot are the real fans. [Crowd cheers] Now listen, before I run this one — I didn't make this in a studio. Couldn't afford one. Obviously. Wait till you hear the song. [Crowd laughs] I made this whole tune with SoundLab AI on Create Music dot net. Swear down. Wrote the bars in my notes app on the bus, and by the time I got off — beat, hook, whole track — done. That's how easy it is. So if you've got bars in you, Create Music dot net!
[Verse 1] Pulled up to the show in the whip — it's the bus (the bus) Top deck, front seat, that's VIP, trust (trust) Chain on my neck from the market, two quid (two quid) Neck went green before I even got in (green!) Designer on my back — charity shop, a fiver (a fiver) Tag says "medium," I'm a large, but I'm a survivor (survivor!) Watch on my wrist stopped in 2019 (nineteen) Time is money — so it makes sense that it's frozen, you get me? (get me?) Fresh creps on my feet — buy now, pay later, three payments left (three left) Miss another one and they'll repossess my step (my step!) I'm ballin' — one ball — a stress ball from a careers fair (careers fair) Squeeze it when the rent's due, so basically every day, yeah (every day) Phone screen's cracked, I'm seeing all of you in mosaic (mosaic) Mum still pays the bill — shoutout Mum, she couldn't make it (she's on a double!) Nan slipped me a tenner, said, "don't tell your mother" (shh) That's my sponsor, that's my label, that's my investor (Nan!)
[Hook] They got racks (racks), I got rent (rent) They got whips (skrrt), I got the bus, and it's late again (late!) They got ice (ice), I got a freezer, half a tray (half a tray) They got drip (drip) — nah, my ceiling's got a drip, landlord said "one day" (one day) When I say "man's," you say "skint!" (Man's!) (Skint!) Card declined at the till, cashier's looking like "hmm" (hmm) When I say "man's," you say "skint!" (Man's!) (Skint!) Overdraft so deep, I've got a mortgage on it, innit (innit!)
[Verse 2] Payday came, I blinked, and it's gone (it's gone) Rent, phone, and an overdraft fee for the overdraft — long (long!) Yellow sticker aisle at half nine, that's fine dining (fine dining) Reduced lasagne, twelve pence — I'm not lying (twelve pence!) Instant noodles for breakfast, cold — man's a chef (a chef) Bottles in the club? Tap water, slice of lemon, that's the flex (the flex!) Mansion? Box room, house share, six of us, one loo (one loo) Twenty-minute queue for the shower — morning routine (routine) Private jet? Budget airline, seat thirty-two, no window (no window) Paid extra for the bag and I cried a little (a little) Tour bus? Coach, eight hours, back seat by the toilet (the toilet) Promoter paid me in exposure, so now I'm — exposed, innit? (exposed!) Girl asked me what I drive — I said, "ambition" (ambition) She said, "Get the drinks in, then" — declined. That's the finish (finish!) Still skint, still spitting, and the crowd's still bouncing (bouncing) Empty wallets in the air — that's the only thing I'm counting (counting!)
[Hook] They got racks (racks), I got rent (rent) They got whips (skrrt), I got the bus, and it's late again (late!) They got ice (ice), I got a freezer, half a tray (half a tray) They got drip (drip) — nah, my ceiling's got a drip, landlord said "one day" (one day) When I say "man's," you say "skint!" (Man's!) (Skint!) Card declined at the till, cashier's looking like "hmm" (hmm) When I say "man's," you say "skint!" (Man's!) (Skint!) Overdraft so deep, I've got a mortgage on it, innit (innit!)
[Bridge] [Beat strips back to kick and 808, rapper leads the crowd] Oi! Everybody in here with an overdraft, make some noise! [Crowd roars] Everybody who bought this ticket on buy-now-pay-later! [Crowd cheers] Everybody whose mum still pays their phone bill — don't lie! [Crowd laughs and cheers] Empty wallets in the air! Wave 'em like you just don't care — 'cause there's nothing in 'em! When I say "man's," you say "skint!" Man's! (Skint!) Man's! (Skint!) [DJ: "Pull up! Reload!"] [Air horn, beat cuts, beat restarts harder]
[Final Hook, crowd shouting every word] They got racks (racks), I got rent (rent) They got whips (skrrt), I got the bus, and it's late again (late!) They got ice (ice), I got a freezer, half a tray (half a tray) They got drip (drip) — nah, my ceiling's got a drip, landlord said "one day" (one day) When I say "man's," you say "skint!" (Man's!) (Skint!) Card declined at the till, cashier's looking like "hmm" (hmm) When I say "man's," you say "skint!" (Man's!) (Skint!) Overdraft so deep, I've got a mortgage on it, innit (innit!)
[Outro] [Beat rides out, crowd chanting] Man's! (Skint!) Man's! (Skint!) Man's! (Skint!) Man's! (Skint!)