Growing Up In Public - Professor Green

Written by：Pranam Inje

Ah mate

A wise man once said

Just as things start looking up

It all goes to sh*t again

Story of my f**king life

I'm growing up growing up growing up in public

Growing up growing up growing up in public

Growing up growing up growing up in public

Growing up growing up growing up in public

They told me to act my age

Maybe one day I'll act it

But for now I'm going backwards yeah

Lacing up my shoes buttoning my shirt

I don't know why I'm bothering

You can't polish a turd

Is my tie straight

I did it and I did it all my way

I told you from the get go

It was my way or the high way

And I weren't lying then

Ain't lying now never been a walk over

Ain't lying down

It's nothing new to me

The press ain't ever been too nice

I ain't surprised

The headline was about the DUI

I'm growing up growing up growing up in public

Growing up growing up growing up in public

Growing up growing up growing up in public

Growing up growing up growing up in public

Think to yourself what would I have done

Somebody popped my watch and then tried to run

We got in a tussle all the while

I had no idea where my wife had gone

Plus I'm poignant on

Whether he's got a gun or a knife on him

Not knowing if her life was in

Danger why I tried to hold on to the watch

And fight the

Then I heard her scream

So I'm guessing he bought more guys with him

F**k the watch my priority's Millie now

You think what I did was so silly

Now you've figured it out

Worked out the reason for me getting into the whip

Not only is this dickhead who got me kicked

And gotten away with my watch

He's gone and gotten me in all of this sh*t

Shame I never caught up to him in the whip eh

I'm growing up growing up growing up in public

Growing up growing up growing up in public

Growing up growing up growing up in public

Growing up growing up growing up in public

OK if I'm being logical

In hindsight then probably

It is not a shame

That I didn't catch up to the little toerag in the car

Because that could've ended with me

In more trouble than I already am

DCI Clarke

Detective constable Clarke

I don't like you at all

We will never ever be friends

I don't wanna be a criminal

I'm nearly 30 years old

I'm a married man

I wanna move to the country

Have children and smoke my pipe

With nothing illegal in it

I'm growing up growing up growing up in public

Growing up growing up growing up in public

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Growing up growing up growing up in public

Growing up growing up growing up in public

Growing up growing up growing up in public

Growing up growing up growing up in public

Growing up growing up growing up in public