Dizzee Rascal Imagine song lyrics

imagine if I showed u 1 day I was leavin da hood,

wud u call me a sell out, wud u say its all good?

wud u folow if u cud?

or wud u jus tell me get da hell out?

and imagine if I showed u dat id found another way of gettin dough wiv out doin dirt,

lets blurt, wud u love me 4 givin u sum hope?

or ressent me coz ur pride got hurt?

imagine if we never grew up on a council estate,

an was country manor raised, wiv a spoon in our mouth,

wud we still b makin fuss about da east an da south?

wud we shiver at da robberys, murder an da crack?

an thank god dat we didn hav 2 live like dat,

jus an image on da tv as were comftarbly sat,

sippin wine room lit by da summer sunshine,

not a worry in da world as we cash will e chat?

oblivious 2 how we wud b livin on da flipside,

no experience, not a clue about a ruff ride,

no harrassment, no boy dem on our back side,

dat'd b amazin still!

but I no u wonder wud it make u any less real?

wats da current spot ur standin in, offerin,

if u had a better offer wud u go 4 da kill?

snap out of ur day dream, how do u feel?

does it all seem worthwhile 4 ya?

try an put it in perspective,

retrospective of ur profile an ur honour,

do u wana hang about or are u a goner?

come along fink fast, decision time,

uve been livin in da grime, don u wana climb?

da ladder of life, da wall of enlightenment,

or are u lookin 4 da hype an excitement,

coz deres so much drama in da LDN,

its kinda hard tryin 2 find legal money 2 spend,

generation, genocide look possible,

da rate at which we drew up 4 da sken,

an pretend, dat we dont no who da real enemy is,

who shud we hold responsible, instead we offend,

a couple square metres of pavement in da endz,

wat wud we acchieve my friends?