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Hello
 Hello and welcome
 My name is Dizzee Rascal
 They call me Rascal, sometimes
 They call me Rascal
 Fool me in that way and I'll call ya
 If you're here for the first time
 I'd like to tell you what it's about
 What this is
 This is, you know
 Whatever you make it
 Wherever you concieve it to be
 Serious, ah ha
 Dizzee Rascal, London's finest (London's finest)
 Look, this journey starts six years ago in a rundown housin' estate
 In bow East London, South-East UK, was a young man
 Let's call this young man Ray
 Frustrated wiv bein' around the way, would say, "I'm bored"
 Until one day gathered up some change
 And in exchange got turntables off Tony
 Not only were they whack, they were wooden
 But he took 'em 'cause it was a bargain and it was a good 'un
 And he said to himself, "Who wouldn't?"
 Why not, then he took a little trot to DJ Targets squat
 Stood outside the door and knocked
 Asked, "What jungle records you got?"
 Must be somethin' you wanna get shot of blot
 Didn't buy beats, he ready to quit, gave him the whole lot
 Then Ray had a little click, they were hot
 Young gun soldiers but it all flopped
 Still it didn't make Ray wanna give up the fight
 Ray just picked up the mic, would write, lyrics while excluded
 No glitz and glamor included
 Like crime for money, dough, crime pays, didn't ya know?
 Even though Ray come across slow
 Broke shit down, brung another new flow
 Made beats in the back room
 Teacher gave him a new spare time
 Then they got a little bit of radio airtime
 1 a.m. 'til 3, be in school by 9
 This was clearly a positive sign
 Learnin' about beats, breaks and bars
 Didn't chat about champagne and cars
 More concerned wiv you know, the grime
 Made it a touch difficult to shine
 Among these so called underground stars
 Some resented him thus presentin' him with pure dumbness like retards
 It didn't matter, Ray would say, "Okay, I'm gonna be a real star one day"
 Went through dramas along the way
 But he stood firm, pressed on wiv the wordplay
 Went through dramas along the way
 But he stoof firm, pressed on wiv the wordplay
 Went through dramas along the way
 Let's take a look at Ray today, today, today
 Showtime, it's showtime