Dizzee Rascal - Imagine 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?