Released: November 27, 2020

Songwriter: AJ Tracey

Producer: Lukrative F1lthy

[Intro]
(I'm working on dying)

[Chorus]
Akira
My outlook's sunlight but clearer
I'm the prince of the new-school era
And achieve what I wanna but it's progress
It's a process and I just get nearer
I take risks every day like Yumeko
Lemme know if we gotta shoot like Shearer
I take risks every day like Yumeko
And you know I was gonna blow I'm Akira
My outlook's sunlight but clearer
I'm the prince of the new-school era
And achieve what I wanna but it's progress
It's a process and I just get nearer
I take risks every day like Yumeko
Lemme know if we gotta shoot like Shearer
I take risks every day like Yumeko
And you know I was gonna blow I'm Akira

[Verse 1]
Would you believe?
I killed the shows overseas
Spread the sound like a disease
I brought the world to its knees
Diamonds they jump in that freeze
This watch cost a piece we still got the p's
I dropped the top on the Lamb for the breeze
It's paid out I can't do a lease
And I wanted peace
They wanted war and they got it
Somebody show me his face and I'll bomb it
I'm sick I stay through all my set-up like I'm vomit
I'm nuttin' like them bro I'm totally different
Alien missing I'm still on a mission
I glisten and listen to comments
Then piss on them
Niggas say that I'm cappin'
I'm not I'm still dissin'
It's Sheller and Shelly
I'm sippin' this tekky
My telly is gassin' and smelly
I've got murder all on my mind like I'm Melly
I'm shootin' I'm wetty I'm splashin' these wellies, uh
Look at my watch and I just see my wrist
This 'ere a skelly lil bitch
I know 'cause I ride with a stick like a witch
You're pissed if you're close to a stick and they switched

[Chorus]
Akira
My outlook's sunlight but clearer
I'm the prince of the new-school era
And achieve what I wanna but it's progress
It's a process and I just get nearer
I take risks every day like Yumeko
Lemme know if we gotta shoot like Shearer
I take risks every day like Yumeko
And you know I was gonna blow I'm Akira
My outlook's sunlight but clearer
I'm the prince of the new-school era
And achieve what I wanna but it's progress
It's a process and I just get nearer
I take risks every day like Yumeko
Lemme know if we gotta shoot like Shearer
I take risks every day like Yumeko
And you know I was gonna blow I'm Akira


[Verse 2]
I'm still working on dying
Slide round your block and it's frying
Come to the trench where the bullets are flying
Trust, if I said it's not then I'm lying
We ask a opp for a block he's denying
I ain't put nuttin' in mine but I'm trying
Rolling with demons, protected by angels
I do this for all of the mums that are crying
SK, SK, SK, SK
All on my feet I don't rock nothin' else
Might grab some more they'll go straight on the shelf
Health, I traded that shit for the wealth
I'm in Dishoom, gettin' some lunch
Straight out the tube, check out the bunch
Using your room, you was in cunch
All of this ice, might get a hunch
Rick with a capital
Drop it like me I'm fanatical uh!
Modern-day classical
All of my outfits are nuttin' but magical
I'm on a hunt won't be glad I'm an animal
Unanimous, I'm the guy that made it glamorous
Covered in water, I'm platypus
We hit the track with the bells not a abacus
I'm with a waifu in real life she fabulous

[Chorus]
Akira
My outlook's sunlight but clearer
I'm the prince of the new-school era
And achieve what I wanna but it's progress
It's a process and I just get nearer
I take risks every day like Yumeko
Lemme know if we gotta shoot like Shearer
I take risks every day like Yumeko
And you know I was gonna blow I'm Akira
My outlook's sunlight but clearer
I'm the prince of the new-school era
And achieve what I wanna but it's progress
It's a process and I just get nearer
I take risks every day like Yumeko
Lemme know if we gotta shoot like Shearer
I take risks every day like Yumeko
And you know I was gonna blow I'm Akira


[Outro]
(I'm working on dying)

AJ Tracey

AJ Tracey is a British rapper and grime MC. His dad’s a former rapper from Trinidad, and his mum is a Welsh former drum and bass DJ. Based in Ladbroke Grove, West London (although he was raised in the south just like FT and true say, his dad lived in Tottenham), AJ started making waves in the pirate radio scene in 2014, although his songs under the name Looney date back to 2011.

Speaking to GRM about his stage name, AJ

Basically when I used to shot, I couldn’t give my real name. I used to wear loads of Armani, so I called myself AJ. The Tracey comes from this guy called Stacey in my ends. Everyone used to be/is scared of him so I thought, if a man has a girl’s name and he’s still scaring people, the maybe I should try doing it so I can be THAT guy.