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🎵 Title: “I Don’t Know”
Artist: Lion of Africa 🦁
Genre: UK Hardcore Hip-Hop / Grime
Tempo: 142 BPM — fast flow, thunder bass, echo repeats
Mood: Pain + Power • Streets + Spirit
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(Intro – Distant thunder, slow bass rumble)
Yeah...
It’s the Lion again.
Heavy on the chest…
I don’t know, fam.
(Echo: I don’t know...)
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(Verse 1 – Cry from the streets)
Rain on my block, pain in my veins,
I seen too much, still carry the chains.
Dreams too big for the life I got,
Still I move strong — I can’t be stopped.
Came from the dirt, no shoes, no crown,
Still the Lion, I’ll never bow down.
They don’t feel what I feel inside,
Every scar I got — my soul’s pride.
Tryna make peace, but the world want war,
They knock on my heart, I lock that door.
Every man talk big, but they ain’t that raw,
(Echo: They ain’t that raw...)
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(Hook – Thunder Drop / Echo)
I don’t know… (I don’t know…)
Why the pain don’t fade, but I still grow… (still grow…)
Fire in my chest, it burn real slow… (real slow…)
They can’t break me — I’m built from woe.
Heavy bassline rolling, heart still frozen,
Tears in my eyes, but the King still chosen.
Thunder in my voice, storm in my tone,
Lion of Africa — the world my throne!
(Echo: the world my throne...)
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(Verse 2 – Fast Flow / London street energy)
Dark nights, city lights,
Tryna find peace in these fights.
Mandem talk but they don’t live pain,
I’ve seen death dance in the rain.
Every loss made me sharper, bro,
Every fall just fuel my glow.
They built walls, I built bridges,
Real ones rise, fake ones snitches.
No trust left, just truth and scars,
Look at my life — it’s written in bars.
From Africa’s sand to UK grime,
Still the Lion, born divine.
(Echo: born divine...)
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(Hook – Louder, more desperate)
I don’t know… (I don’t know…)
Why they hate my soul, but I still grow… (still grow…)
Pain don’t fade, it just turn gold… (turn gold…)
Can’t cage the Lion — heart too bold.
Bassline thunder, echoes cry,
Still I roar when the night runs dry.
No fear, no chain, no man, no throne,
Lion of Africa — I walk alone.
(Echo: I walk alone...)
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(Bridge – Spoken / Whispered with echo)
You ever cried but the tears didn’t fall?
You ever prayed but the sky stayed small?
That’s me, fam…
Still standing tall.
(Echo: still standing tall...)
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(Outro – Thunder fades / heartbeat bass)
I don’t know…
Maybe this pain’s my crown.
Maybe the roar’s my sound.
(Echo: my sound...)
But I’ll never lay down…
Never.
(Echo: never... never... never...)
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Mohamed
