Ave Life chords by Chiedu Oraka

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Verse 1
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Yeah I nev
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er had
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a carefree,
I was left to roam the street
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Getting chases with litchi
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from the bobbies on the beat
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We  were fuckers,
we didn't really care about no sleep
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Cause we deserved a buzzer
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causing trouble every week
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Getting beggars for a quid,
beggar bites was like the crib
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You gotta big up Gerrard
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cause he never called the pigs
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Cause we were little shits
stealing chocolates and crisps
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Cause we were kinda poor
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but our clothes still had tics
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We were kinda poor
but our clothes still had stripes
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Always a target,
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being black with this hype
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I was wanted by areas,
a lot of it was hype
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But my opps back then now
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see me under lights
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That's unpaid back
Used to scrap loads, now I'm laid back
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I don't need a name,
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been respected from way back
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Loyal to the soil,
not a lot a man can say
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That you're tryna be the tough guy
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I'm just tryna get a make back
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Guys have life
Have life
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We've all took losses
but it's not a bad life
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It's safe most the time,
but the crime rate's rife
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It made me who I am,
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there's no way I could lose sight
Survival of the fittest
in the maddest conditions
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Listen to what parent?
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Make our own decisions
Way before COD,
we've been going on missions
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To the norm, it's a game,
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would you play in our positions?
I'll always remember
when that Jude said guilty
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Didn't think it back then,
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but that holiday built me
Not a lot of time,
but still let the games filthy
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And I nearly lost it all
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when my guy tried to milk me
Passing no blame,
they want no gun to my dome
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That's just a life lesson
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I had to deal with on my own
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If that was you though,
the tower would've
definitely been thrown
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But that ain't me though,
cos quitting wasn't ac
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cepted in my home
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It's kinda mad down the abs I can't lie
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It's dog eat dog
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when there's no funds to get by
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I've seen kids with no shoes
playing out on my night
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And the parents spend money
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to get high as a kite
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Estate life, we make the
most of what we got
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We should be upset
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we've all been left here to rot
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And behind closed doors
we've all dealt with quite a lot
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But we still walk around
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like we're the cream of the crop
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That's how I'm life, I've life
We've all took losses
but it's not a bad life
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It's safe most the time
but the crime rate's rife
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It made me who I am
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there's no way I could lose sight
Survival of the fittest
in the maddest conditions
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Listen to what parent,
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make our own decisions
Way before COD
we've been going on missions
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To the norm it's a game,
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would you play in our positions?
We went from playing Kirby and Block
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To drinking white lightning
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outside of a shop
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Some became addicts,
some decided to shop
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I picked up the pen
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while you man picked up the rock
What you know about going
Queenie part Astro?
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Summer going lifestyle
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with goodies and a tango
It was very tense,
be ready to let your hands go
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Cause one wrong look
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could make me feel like I was Django
I come from the Albs
where the girls are kinda ratchet
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Punch you in the face if
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you're violet or chashit
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Better be match fit when things turn drastic
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Drama's contagious,
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be ready when you catch it
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Missed the sound of that
goodie van plaxon
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When everything was good
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the only beef was Mr Jackson
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Back when the only Crab
I knew was Sebastian
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Now the Crab's in the bucket,
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knit for a reaction
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That's Av Life 21st Resident
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Av Life
Big up Dave Mello
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Danny Brinkley, what a nutter he was
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Av Life 23rd Av,
definitely the shortest
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Av on the North
Big up Danny Litchfield
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Av Life The Ghetto 7th Av
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Man like Emo, Stevenson, Gupta
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Av Life Banana Man gave
them mad his chases,
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if  you know you know
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Av Life 5th Dav,
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so many characters down there
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The Laus, The Tymans,
Mud Eye, Simon Risby
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Have life 11th Av,
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I spent a lot of time down there
Big up Johnny Young's Nana, R .I .P
Have life
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Elvis used to live down there as well
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Crazy character,
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gave the maddest chases
Have life
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Big up Paul Preston on 10th Av
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Too many other names to mention