Mandem

(Yo-yo-yo, listen) From the flats to the ends, It's mandem again, With a spliff in hand and a beat to bend (Eh-yooo! Mandem rise!) Mandem out in the alleyway lurkin’ Bally on face but the eyes still smirkin’ Five deep, got a vibe and a burner One eye red from the loud, not bourbon Chat too much? That’s curtains We don’t talk long, we do learning Man get clapped for the wrong word spurtin’ But big Mike calm, he just sips his bourbon Mandem posted up, no plan Just bass, smoke, Rizla, and fam Cold heart but we vibe like sun Mandem never walk, we run Mandem skank on block, Bump that grime in a stolen Vaux Old Mike’s still got the plot, Old man bars, man still shell shock I roll with olders, youngers, midlife Mandem broad like ends at midnight Mike’s got tales that twist like pitch pipe Used to roll deep when garage lit right Now he chill with a pint in peace But don’t get gassed, he’ll box your teeth Taught me how to wrap cling with ease And still drop bars on a beat like these (Who dat? Mike! Who dat? Mike!) Man with the pint and the pub crawl life Rolls up slow in the Reebok whites Still got bars and a mind like knives (OG! OG!) Right... Listen up, lads. This ain’t no TikTok trend We was makin' noise when you lot was pretend. Back in my day, the decks went round Not yer phone - we spat on real battlegrounds. Two quid pint, I’d rinse six in an hour Had more lines than your broadband router Spat in the alley with a Rizla twist Now I spit in the booth and still take the mick Don't test man with your apps and stats, I’ve seen real war in the laundrette flats. Call me old but I’m cold with a grin One jab and you’re lookin’ like a wheelie bin. Mandem posted up, no plan Just bass, smoke, Rizla, and fam (We out ‘ere!) Cold heart but we vibe like sun Mandem never walk, we run (Runnin’ wild!) You lot don’t even know… We were grime before grime had a name. Now finish your pint and get out me seat.