little derek

yeah, little derek's doing okay, little derek's doing fine, little derek's doing cool, you know how we do, stepped out my house i'm feelin fresh and brand new, olu did the trim rhianna done the hairdo, and everything i wear's new, maharishi jacket, puma top, boxfresh jeans and nike cambu, sprayed a little versace dreamer on me too, so every girl who pass is like ooh wooh, police don't pull us over like woo woo, cause their kids watch mtv and channel u, but life ain't always been fine like baby blue, cause when u do uk rap you're number two, cause the usa ain't givin us space to break true, so i'm on the grind tryin to pioneer and break-through, gotta keep the punters happy, to tango it takes two, and it seems like i'm the rapper the people take to, i've never had alot, with what i've got i've made do, now i'm blowin up up in this bitch like move, move, move!, step out the ride i'm feelin nice and quite fly, i'm tryin to reach the top i see the top is quite high!, steady on my grind tryin to get my face up in the source, so i keep my faith up in the forces in the bright, white sky, gettin calls from these record label bosses like 'hi'!, and i've been inside their offices, and listened to their promises, but no-ones made me offers yet, that i could not deny, and i been makin profits of this my mix-tapes fly, life ain't always been pretty like nah, on the north side of the city, where it's gritty like kai, we did what we had to done to get by, hopin not to get caught up in no silly drive by, little derek wrote lyrics while the others got high, and he ended up in hmv instead of hmp, cause street life could only end one way, your friend cryin on the scene like why, why, why?, knowin real fame that's what i used to dream about, that everyone would know my name and they would scream it out, knowin my song words and sing along to and i would walk down the street and hear blue, blue, blue. my video's rotatin so i got these execs debating, about whether i'm taken, and these rnb guys is thinking the same thing, calling up my phone asking whether i'm dating. i turned my passion to career how could i lose out, quit my 9-5 so i don't have to sell *shoes* now, my cds are moving, that's the route that i'm choosing, so i got to make it thru, thru, thru, little rachael used to look up to the sky too, analyse the planets and wonder if i could shine too, so now they ask how i'm doin i say, little rachael's doing okay,