21 Years
Skepta"21 Years" is a song by Skepta, released in 2025 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:15 long and contains 85 lines and 673 words.
Lyrics
0:10I've stuck it out and now I can see that I've seen both sides
0:19And I remember how I felt
0:22I remember how I felt
0:24I remember exactly how I felt
0:28Twenty-one years with the same old bars
0:29Still get reloads so I keep repeatin' 'em
0:31Twenty-one years with the same faces around me
0:33I know you're bored of seein' 'em
0:35Twenty-one snakes in the grass just waitin' hatin'
0:38You need twenty-one phones for the game I'm playin'
0:41Twenty-one years with the same old bars
0:43Still get reloads so I keep repeatin' 'em
0:45Twenty-one years with the same faces around me
0:47I know you're bored of seein' 'em
0:49Twenty-one snakes in the grass just waitin' hatin'
0:51You need twenty-one phones for the game I'm playin'
0:54I'm in my room up late I'm pacin' overthinkin'
0:57I don't wanna lie in the bed
0:58Spent all this money on a hotel suite but I spent the night in my head
1:01Feel like I wanna switch off my phone for a week
1:03'Cause I can't get a break from the beef
1:05Textin' me paragraphs I'm on a beach
1:06Ludicrous **** disturbin' the peace
1:08I'm wonderin' why I know I shouldn't text them back but I keep respondin'
1:12Why do I keep trauma-bondin'?
1:13Why did they lie?
1:14Why they keep abscondin'?
1:15You know the type they never wanna sleep
1:17Eat rave rinse and repeat
1:18In a new gang every other week
1:20Switchin' sides like half-time it's peak
1:29Twenty-one years with the same old bars
1:31Still get reloads so I keep repeatin' 'em
1:33Twenty-one years with the same faces around me
1:35I know you're bored of seein' 'em
1:37Twenty-one snakes in the grass just waitin' hatin'
1:39You need twenty-one phones for the game I'm playin'
1:42As soon as I hit that stage three reloads in sixty seconds
1:44And I'm gone like Nicolas Cage
1:46Never had squares I was cuttin' oer thshapes
1:47Taught them how to finesse on a minimum wage
1:5028 grams in an ounce 419 I done froze your accounts
1:54Ugh
1:55Yo yo yo
1:56It's the same old story over and over again
1:58I said I wouldn't link that girl no more
2:00Look now she comin' over again
2:01When I was high said I wanna quit smokin'
2:03I changed my mind now I'm sober again
2:05Went from the school run straight to the studio
2:06I spit a war lyric and it's over for them
2:08You said I can't multitask I'm an enigma
2:10And I'm only puttin' the loudest in the Rizla
2:12Try walk a mile in my shoes you get a blister
2:13Left the house and I came back richer
2:15Walk in the door tryna find where the kids are
2:17Plug gave me the heads up said he got a new pack
2:19And I told him "Send me a picture"
2:20You know me I ain't tryna pay full price
2:22I'm tryna get a deal like I'm shoppin' in Bicester
2:24Ever since way back way back way back way back then
2:26Get that again
2:28Told 'em it's payback way back send me in a Maybach
2:30Ayy that's them
2:31"So who's wrong now?"
2:32Why would you say that?
2:33Can't get your chain back skate my friend
2:34London boy but I don't discriminate
2:36Take that dollar and I'll take that Yen
2:38Ever since way back way back way back way back then
2:40Get that again
2:41Told 'em it's payback way back send me in a Maybach
2:44Ayy that's them
2:45"So who's wrong now?"
2:45Why would you say that? Can't get your chain back skate my friend
2:48London boy but I don't discriminate
2:50Take that dollar and I'll take that Yen
2:59You won't see me outside unless it's a special occasion
3:01Kids for the evenin' I'm outside tryna motivate the mandem and hold a reasonin'
3:05Twenty-one years with the same old bars
3:07Still get reloads so I keep repeatin' 'em
3:09Twenty-one years with the same faces around me
3:11I know you're bored of seein' 'em
3:13Twenty-one snakes in the grass just waitin' hatin'
3:15You need twenty-one phones for the game I'm playin'
I've stuck it out and now I can see that I've seen both sides And I remember how I felt I remember how I felt I remember exactly how I felt Twenty-one years with the same old bars Still get reloads so I keep repeatin' 'em Twenty-one years with the same faces around me I know you're bored of seein' 'em Twenty-one snakes in the grass just waitin' hatin' You need twenty-one phones for the game I'm playin' Twenty-one years with the same old bars Still get reloads so I keep repeatin' 'em Twenty-one years with the same faces around me I know you're bored of seein' 'em Twenty-one snakes in the grass just waitin' hatin' You need twenty-one phones for the game I'm playin' I'm in my room up late I'm pacin' overthinkin' I don't wanna lie in the bed Spent all this money on a hotel suite but I spent the night in my head Feel like I wanna switch off my phone for a week 'Cause I can't get a break from the beef Textin' me paragraphs I'm on a beach Ludicrous **** disturbin' the peace I'm wonderin' why I know I shouldn't text them back but I keep respondin' Why do I keep trauma-bondin'? Why did they lie? Why they keep abscondin'? You know the type they never wanna sleep Eat rave rinse and repeat In a new gang every other week Switchin' sides like half-time it's peak Twenty-one years with the same old bars Still get reloads so I keep repeatin' 'em Twenty-one years with the same faces around me I know you're bored of seein' 'em Twenty-one snakes in the grass just waitin' hatin' You need twenty-one phones for the game I'm playin' As soon as I hit that stage three reloads in sixty seconds And I'm gone like Nicolas Cage Never had squares I was cuttin' oer thshapes Taught them how to finesse on a minimum wage 28 grams in an ounce 419 I done froze your accounts Ugh Yo yo yo It's the same old story over and over again I said I wouldn't link that girl no more Look now she comin' over again When I was high said I wanna quit smokin' I changed my mind now I'm sober again Went from the school run straight to the studio I spit a war lyric and it's over for them You said I can't multitask I'm an enigma And I'm only puttin' the loudest in the Rizla Try walk a mile in my shoes you get a blister Left the house and I came back richer Walk in the door tryna find where the kids are Plug gave me the heads up said he got a new pack And I told him "Send me a picture" You know me I ain't tryna pay full price I'm tryna get a deal like I'm shoppin' in Bicester Ever since way back way back way back way back then Get that again Told 'em it's payback way back send me in a Maybach Ayy that's them "So who's wrong now?" Why would you say that? Can't get your chain back skate my friend London boy but I don't discriminate Take that dollar and I'll take that Yen Ever since way back way back way back way back then Get that again Told 'em it's payback way back send me in a Maybach Ayy that's them "So who's wrong now?" Why would you say that? Can't get your chain back skate my friend London boy but I don't discriminate Take that dollar and I'll take that Yen You won't see me outside unless it's a special occasion Kids for the evenin' I'm outside tryna motivate the mandem and hold a reasonin' Twenty-one years with the same old bars Still get reloads so I keep repeatin' 'em Twenty-one years with the same faces around me I know you're bored of seein' 'em Twenty-one snakes in the grass just waitin' hatin' You need twenty-one phones for the game I'm playin'
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