Rise And Fall Lyrics - Singles - Lowkey

|Verse 1| 

Back in the days, I had dreams of rapping on stage 

Imagined listening to radio where my track would get played 

It's tragic, I never fathomed that the magic will fade 

Lets take it back to the days when I established my name 

I was over-hungry for beats, like the melody was something to eat 

(Bars) a hundred a week was nothing to me 

As long as I had something deep to crush a sucker MC 

I won battles but in a couple I fumbled, suffered defeats 

I was grinding hard, way harder than other artists did 

At 17, on Choice FM, I went bar for bar with swiss lyrics for 45 minutes 

Ready and prepared 

No lie, you can ask anybody that was there 

Simple and plain, my CD got critical acclaim 

I began to build an official position in the game 

Quicker than I could think, I was fulfilling all my aims 

I miss them days, now it's difficult 'cause shit isn't the same 

|Chorus| 

Everything that goes up must come down 

I was alright before, but I'm fucked up now 

Got a bit of success, didn't like it at all 

It's time that I document my rise and my fall 

If it's not your destiny then it's not meant to be 

In the mirror, face to face with my worst enemy 

Got a bit of success, didn't like it at all 

It's time that I document my rise and my fall 

|Verse 2| 

Before volume 2 dropped, my brother died 

I never stopped, I just carried on busting rhymes 

Putting on a brave face but it was still tough at night 

I couldn't sleep 'cause my nightmares were nothing nice 

Volume 2 came out, got live in the press 

Regardless, I was still stressed and fucking depressed 

More successful, the more I felt stuck in a web 

Pain ate away at my soul 'till nothing was left 

There were rumors about, I heard a dirty sound 

They even tried to say that Chancers turned me down 

Everyday, they were on the phone, tryna get me on that show 

'Till I had to tell 'em straight, look, I didn't wanna go 

I didn't wanna blow 

Had nothing to prove bruva 

In '05 I won an award for best new comer 

But that shits all irrelevant 

They say the only thing worse than not getting what you wish for 

Is getting it 

|Chorus| 

Everything that goes up must come down 

I was alright before, but I'm fucked up now 

Got a bit of success, didn't like it at all 

It's time that I document my rise and my fall 

If it's not your destiny then it's not meant to be 

In the mirror, face to face with my worst enemy 

Got a bit of success, didn't like it at all 

It's time that I document my rise and my fall