Read All About It (feat. Emeli Sande)

[00:00.49]I wanna sing I wanna shout
[00:04.99]I wanna scream till the words dry out
[00:09.35]So put it in all of the papers I'm not afraid
[00:14.73]They can read all about it read all about it ohhhh
[00:23.16]Nothing to hide
[00:23.98]Stifle and smother
[00:24.98]Suffered and cried
[00:26.03]Strife made me tougher
[00:27.41]Never mumbled or shy to trouble
[00:28.73]I rise above all
[00:29.78]Expectations to get rep
[00:31.60]Ain't never begged anyone yet
[00:33.28]When I wanted to get pence hustle
[00:34.60]To be I'm exactly what my neck says
[00:36.60]That sket said I tried to cash in on my Dad's death
[00:39.15]I wanted to vent but I never said F**K all
[00:41.15]After all you were never kin to me
[00:43.78]Family is something that you never been to me
[00:46.15]In fact making it harder for me to see my father was the only thing
[00:49.53]That you ever did for me
[00:50.70]I wanna sing I wanna shout
[00:54.75]I wanna scream till the words dry out
[00:59.25]So put it in all of the papers I'm not afraid
[01:04.57]They can read all about it read all about it ohhhh
[01:17.51]Dear Dad;
[01:19.76]As a kid I looked up to you
[01:21.20]Only thing was I never saw enough of you
[01:23.51]Last thing I said to you was I hated you
[01:26.01]I loved you but now it's too late to say to you
[01:28.32]Just didnt know what to do and how to deal with it
[01:31.32]Even now deep down Im still livid
[01:33.57]To think I used to blame me
[01:35.57]I wonder what I did to you to make you hate me
[01:37.89]I wasn't even bad lifes a journey and mine wasnt an easy ride
[01:41.25]You never even got to see me rap
[01:43.45]I just wish you woulda reached out
[01:45.57]I wish you woulda been round when I been down
[01:48.07]I wish that you could see me now
[01:49.82]Wherever you are I really hope you find peace
[01:52.06]But know that if I ever have kids
[01:54.52]Unlike you i'll never let them be without me
[01:56.95]I wanna sing I wanna shout
[02:01.26]I wanna scream till the words dry out
[02:05.76]So put it in all of the papers I'm not afraid
[02:11.13]They can read all about it read all about it ohhhh
[02:18.33]I write songs I can't listen to
[02:19.69]Everything I have I give to you
[02:22.00]In every one of these lines I sing to you
[02:26.31]My job's more like public service
[02:28.12]My life just became yours to read and interpret
[02:30.31]If you heard it it'd come across a lot different at times
[02:33.12]I throw fits when I read how they word things
[02:35.50]You see me smile
[02:38.00]Now you're gonna have to see me hurtin'
[02:40.50]Coz pretending everything is alright when it ain't really isn't working
[02:44.31]I wanna sing I wanna shout
[02:48.81]I wanna scream till the words dry out
[02:53.25]So put it in all of the papers I'm not afraid
[02:58.62]They can read all about it read all about it
[03:05.75]I ain't censoring myself for nobody
[03:07.62]I'm the only thing I can be
[03:12.06]All that is good all that is bad all that is me
[03:22.25]I wanna sing I wanna shout
[03:27.25]I wanna scream till the words dry out
[03:32.06]So put it in all of the papers I'm not afraid
[03:38.06]They can read all about it read all about it ohh