Nothing's Changed

With my Walkman happy

Chinton school but I lived in Abbey

Had bare cats four black,

Two tabby,

Before we had packs of Ami.

Street kids, we ain't ever been to the Valley,

Home air thick and it smells like burning.

The system's calling us urban

I don't even know what it is,

But I'm learning.

Didn't even call it depressed, just hurting,

Had to get out, I was bursting.

Shame that I don't really know what I'm searching

For, but still I keep searching.

Mum's ill, but bills so my nan keeps working,

Late night nursing,

And they wonder why I feel like a burden,

Still picked apart like surgeon.

Nothing's changed, still

Can't look back

Nothing's changed, still

Can't look back

Nothing's changed, still

Can't look back

Nothing's changed, still

Can't look back

I better head back home

I better head back home

Piss-poor friends,

No places to vent.

Smart kid, but it don't make sense.

Bun herb 'cause the world's intense.

Made my way and I made my dent

Under the bridge and over the fence.

Long walks,

River Trent.

I never fucked with the freshers' events.

I ain't mindful of shit I resent.

Never used to look in the mirror,

Hardly see myself in a picture

It's why I struggled to mix in the mixture,

Unless there's a round or a pitcher.

I never had Dad like that, but still,

To my siblings I'm a good sister.

I try so hard to connect the dots,

So why are my family bitter?

Nothing's changed, still

Can't look back

Nothing's changed, still

Can't look back

Nothing's changed, still

Can't look back

Nothing's changed, still

Can't look back

I better head back home

I better head back home

I better head back home

I better head back home

I think I really need you,

But do I really need you?

I think I really need you,

But do I really need you?

I think I really need you,

But do I really need you?

I think I really need you,

But do I really need you?