By Any Means

by XYM

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1.	This is not an Intro 00:52	lyrics	buy track
'Drop da beat!'
2.	Dedication Pt 1 04:36	lyrics
'This for Sam Cooke, A change done came, But we ain't finished yet cos same gangs in the chains.'
3.	Paintbrush 04:23	lyrics	buy track
'Said our religion was hocus pocus, so day chain n choke us, N gave us sceptres, ain't a joke cos I paint da picture.'
4.	Up North 04:08	lyrics
'Thatcher closer our pits so I'm opening mines, N fuck da dole queue, this be da breadline.'
5.	Ali 04:21	lyrics
'Ain't come from da jungle, I come from da hip-hop, I rumble this shit, n leave you flat like shit pop.'
6.	XYM featuring Craig Storrod - Yard Rhymes 04:00	lyrics
Tears of a clown, da fears dat I drown, Under beers with my peers, n da cheers of a round
7.	Streets 04:00	lyrics
'Street life ain't a sweet life, It's a beat wife with a meat knife.'
8.	Muddy Waters 05:05	lyrics
'It hurt when you stuck in da dirt, N it's fucked when you stuck in da muck.'
9.	African Throwback 03:45	lyrics	buy track
'My Asian brudders, Muslims, Hindus, Sikh n Buddhas, Speak with a brother, power in numbers and now dey shudder.'
10.	Phd 04:45	lyrics	buy track
'Why run with an iPod, I got me a Walk-man, I got me a swagger, I know I'm good, Why boys getting daggered, to show day hood?'
11.	Time 04:02	lyrics
'If Nat Cole couldn't find his soul, Dig back past da Cole, You find we were king with rings of pure gold, It weren't a bling thing, so that was our gold.'
12.	XYM featuring Craig Storrod - Pentameter 03:40	lyrics
'Broke into records, my mates broke da law.'
13.	Flute 02:02	lyrics	buy track
'Talk about religion, and world affairs, Looking for a church, gonna marry her there.'
14.	Unbelievable 03:57	lyrics
'Keep my friends close, but my pen'll be closer, Cos friends become enemies, but my open is my soldier, No love for da pigs, so my energy's kosher, So great on da mic, But I already told ya.'
15.	Roots 04:50	lyrics	buy track
'People say I'm half white, but they only half right, Don't judge a book by its cover, ain't defined by my colour.'
16.	Paupers Porches 04:26	lyrics
'Rap for da kids inside da bars, I rap for da kids laid in da gutter, Take a look at da stars.'
17.	Hooligan 03:43	lyrics
'My hit's go like disco, I cool with my gang, Outside da school gates, where da hooligans hang.'
18.	XYM featuring Sammy Alexander - Dollar$ 04:28	lyrics
'Tryna make dollars, but I don't make sense, So aim for da pounds and just a few pence.'
19.	Dedication Pt 2 06:12	lyrics
'This for all my people who love hip-hop, This for all my people getting gripped by da cops, This for all my people going through government strife, We coming out stronger, n we loving this life.'