Showtime - Dizzee Rascal

Hello, hello and welcome

My name’s Dizzee Rascal

They call me Rascola or sometimes

They call me Rasket

Formally The Boy in da Corner

If you’re here for the first time

I’d like to tell you a bit about

What this is, this is, you know

Whatever you make it

Whatever you perceive it to be

Serious, aha

Dizzee Rascal, London’s finest

This journey starts 6 years ago

In run-down housing estate in Bow

East London south-east UK

Was a young man lets call this young man Ray

Frustrated with being around the way

Would say «i'm bored» until one day

Gathered up sum change and in exchange

Got turntables off tony

Not only were they whack, they were wooden

But he took 'em

Cause it was a bargain and it was a good’en

And he said to himself «who wouldn’t?»

Why not, then he took a little trot to DJ Targets spot

Stood outside of the door and knocked

Asked what jungle records you got

Must be something you wanna get shot, off, blot

Didn’t buy beats, he ready to quit, gave him the whole lot

Then Ray had little click, they were hot

Young gun soldiers, but it all flopped

Still it didn’t make ray wanna give up the fight

Ray just picked up the mic, would write

Lyrics while excluded

No glitz and glamour included

Like crime for money, dough

Crime pays, didn’t you know

Even though ray come across slow

Broke shit down, brung another new flow

Made beats in the back room

Teacher gave him a little spare time

Then they got a little bit of radio airtime

1 AM til 3 be in school by 9

This was clearly a positive sign

Learning bout beats breaks and bars

Didn’t chat about champagne and cars

More concerned with you know, the grime

Made it a touch difficult to shine

Among these so-called underground stars

Some resented him thus presenting

Him with pure dumbness like retards

It didn’t matter, Ray would say, «OK»

I’m gonna be a real star one day

Went through dramas along the way

But he stood firm pressed on with the wordplay

Went through dramas along the way

But he stood firm pressed on with the wordplay

Went through dramas along the way

Let’s take a look at Ray today

Today, today, today, today, today…

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