DBC - Places and Spaces for your Mind lyrics

[SPOKEN INTRO] If you're from these areas OK - Lewisham, Brixton, Battersea, Wandsworth, Brockley - you know it. Where else? Clapham Common, Clapham South, Tottenham. If you're from Clarence Avenue, you know you're hype We're doing this one for Schooly D [Verse 1] Places and spaces I've been The roads and loads that I've seen And all the people I've met Much too much to forget So here's a tale to get into About the roads that we've been through So listen up let me do my thing And remember if it ain't got swing It just won't cut it, so listen to me When I say this song's got a hidden key About the whos whats whys wheres or whens Of the places and spaces I've been [Verse 2] Raised and born south side of London Never making trouble, just having fun Me and D made a pact, put our minds to rap Turned words to cash cos we got it like that See, we grew up together, it's a family thing Some families dance, other families sing But this family talked about what we write One other thing: we don't fight In school we chase the boys home Of course the boys wouldn't leave us alone Wanted to carry our books and be our ho's But when the boys tried to get too close We said nay and told them to step off And a little after that we told them to get lost Cos at that time boys could only be friends In the places and spaces I've been [Verse 3] I remember one night we were doing a show When this other rap group (You mean..?) (Yeah, you know) Tried to cause a little friction, robbing us wrong Started yelling and shouting during one of our songs It was a nasty move, sort of got out of hand Cos this kind of move was contrary to plans The Cooks had a result to our favourite sport Adjusted our mikes and we went off The crew that were shouting - we pointed them out Made an example by taking them out And it was a prime example then Of the place and spaces I've been [Verse 4] Now I've been Catford, been to Battersea Amsterdam and Harlem, Milan in Italy Cross checked the Bronx, New York, the US All over London, south to west But in all my travels near and far We remained the same, stayed up to par No ego-tripping cos that's a sin In the places and spaces I've been