Five minutes

Lyrics

[TRACK TITLE: 5 MINUTES] [INTRO — SPOKEN] Five minutes. Five minutes to the next Tube. Thought this was the Vic line. What is this? Five minutes till I move. Can’t be real. [BEAT COMES IN] Thought this was the Vic line. Turns out I was wrong. Was I? Was I? No. It is the Vic line. So what am I on about? Five minutes. Can’t be real. [VERSE 1 — RAP / SPOKEN] I’ve had it with this service, always something, always waiting, always staring at the board like staring makes it change. Five minutes. That’s all it says. And somehow now I’m taking it personally. People walking past me, someone eating crisps, someone doesn’t care at all. Maybe they’ve got it right. Maybe I’m the idiot here. [PRE-DROP — SPOKEN] I got annoyed. Why? What did that do? Nothing. Did the train come faster? No. Did I get the five minutes back? No. So now I’ve lost five minutes and spent another two being annoyed about it. Brilliant. [DROP] Five minutes. Five minutes. Five minutes. That’s it. Five minutes. [VERSE 2 — RHYTHMIC RAP] Started with a glance up, just checking the time. Four minutes. Oh, come on. Look away. Look back. Three. Right. Fine. Check my phone, check the board, check the tunnel, check the board again. Two minutes. Two? Hang on. Wasn’t it five about thirty seconds ago? Or have I completely lost it? [INSTRUMENTAL] [VOICE CHOPS] Five. Four. Three. Two. [BREAKDOWN — SPOKEN] Funny what a number does. Five minutes at home? Nothing. Five minutes in bed? Gone. Five minutes on a platform? Apparently an attack on my freedom. [BEAT RETURNS] One minute. That’s normal. One minute is fine. One minute I can live with. And here we are. [FINAL DROP] One minute. One minute. One minute. Train approaching. And suddenly none of it mattered. All that muttering, all that checking, all that— Five minutes. Five bloody minutes. [OUTRO — TRAIN ARRIVES] Doors open. That wait is over. [PAUSE] How long to the destination? Five minutes. Five minutes? Can’t be real.