Yeah,
Little Dereks Doing Okay yeah
Little Dereks Doing Fine fine
Little Dereks Doing Cool cool
You know how we do
Stepped out my house im feelin fresh and brand new
Olu did the trimry and I done the hairdo
And everything i wears new, Mahadashi jacket, Puma top, boxfresh jeans and Nike cam boots.
Sprayed a little versace dreamer on me too
so every girl who pass is like ooh wooh
Police dont pull us over like woo woo
cos theyre kids watch MTV and Channel U U
But life aint always been fine like baby blue
cuz when u do UK rap youre number two
cuz the USA aint givin us space to break true
so im on the grind tryin to pioneer a break-through
gotta keep the punters happy, to tango it takes two
and it seems like im the rapper the people take to
ive never had alot, with what ive got ive made do
now im blowin up up in this bitch like move, move, move!
Step out the ride im feelin nice and quite fly
Im tryin to reach the top i see the top is quite high!
Steady on my grind tryin to get my face up in the source
so i keep my faith up in the forces in the bright, white sky
gettin calls from these record label bosses like Hi!
head up in inside their offices
and listen to their promises
but no-ones made me offers yet
that I could not deny
And i been makin profits of this my mix-tapes raw
life aint always been pretty like nah
on the north side of the city
where its gritty like pie
we did what we had to done to get by
hopin not to get caught up in no silly drive by
little derek wrote lyrics while the others got high
and he ended up in HMV instead of HMP
cos street life could only end one way
your friend cryin on the scene like why, why, why?
Knowin real fame thats what i used to dream about
that everyone would know my name and they would scream it out
knowin my song words and sing along to it now
and i would walk down the street and hear blue, blue, blue.
my videos rotatin so i got these execs debating
about whether im takin
and these RnB guys is thinking the same thing
calling up my phone asking whether im dating.
I turned my passion to career how could i lose out
quit my 9-5 so i dont have to sell shows now
my CDs are moving
thats the route that Im choosing
so i got to make it thru, thru, thru
little Rachael used to look up to the sky too
analyse the planets and wonder if i could shine too
so now they ask how im doin i say
little Rachaels doing okay