Innocent Smile (Album Version) Letra - Skepta ft. Suggs, Chase & Status

See, you start looking at me like that, it's like

I don't even know you, I've just fucking met you, like

Who the fuck are you, like? Telling me how to behave in my life

It's like, take a look at yourself, just for once

Do you see yourself? Look in the mirror

Don't really know

How this could happen

I don't really know

How this could happen

Don't really know

What's the story, morning glory?

More fake news tryna mind control me

Got me twisted, you don't know me

I'm a dark horse, not a one trick pony

You're living in the bits like a prison and shit

Had to move to the sticks, the neighbours too nosy

Black leather boots, better grab a Stoney

'Cause there's a war going on outside, don't get cosy

Persistence, resilience

From Nigeria to Meridian

Mum, did you see what I done?

I turned my benefits into some millions

Ever since school taught me about slavery

I've been focused on brilliance

MPs lie, they treat us like idiots

How you turn it around and blame it on the immigrants?

Don't really know

How this could happen

I don't really know

How this could happen

Don't really know

Don't ask what happened to my innocent smile

The way that we're living is wild

Ain't no love for an immigrant child

The writing's on the wall, has anyone else noticed?

Was it Brexit? Was it COVID?

They point fingers, I feel hopeless

Inhale, exhale, keep the focus

Persistence, resilience

From Nigeria to Meridian

Mum, did you see what I done?

I turned my benefits into some millions

You came London for a better life

And it's nothing but greatness we been giving 'em

Now they say Adenuga's the UK's Black royal family

Wha gwaan, William?

See, you start looking at me like that, it's like

I don't even know you, I've just fucking met you, like

Who the fuck are you, like? Telling me how to behave in my life

It's like, take a look at yourself, just for once

Do you see yourself? Look in the mirror

Don't really know

How this could happen

I don't really know

How this could happen

Don't really know (Grea-greaze; Big-big—; Boom)

Don't really know (Grea-greaze; Big-big—)

Don't really know

How this could happen

I don't really know

How this could happen

Don't really know

Mirror, mirror, on the wall

Am I good enough?

Mirror, mirror, on the wall

Am I good enough?

You tell me I'm just a mirror

You tell me I'm a reflection of you

Mirror, mirror, on the wall

Now I'm tall enough

They said a meter for the ride

Am I brave enough?

You tell me I'm just a mirror

You tell me I'm a reflection of you

Why do I let what people say to me

Get in the way of who I'm meant to be?

Mum said the love is inside me, don't make sense to me

That's why I'm asking all these questions

You tell me I'm just a mirror

You tell me I'm a reflection of you

Come on, River, stop singin' in the mirror!