Streets, The - Has It Come To This? Lyrics

Lock down your aerials

So dope 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

Fs lads get the tunes out

forever my fave song !!!

Anyone got a link to his nike air max plus that he’s wearing 🤪👊🏻

How has this not got a million views?

Never knew there was a video for this song

can someone invent a munch delivery system I can control with my mind?

freaking censorship ruines this masterpiece! -.-

Real banger here

CLASSIC!

This is so good.

I love this video showing 2 realitiez
You want to watch both and cant. Mike skinner captures this era and this moment perfectly

when you listen to dry your eyes and then this it gives the weirdest best vibe

🔥🔥

Mongraal

Germany loves this

"My spitings dirty but my beats are clean"

Mike skinner pioneer of grime

A forever perfect track

OMGIT BEEN LIKE 20 YERAS SINCE I HAVE NBOT HEARD THE STREETS .... SINCE 2003 AT JUST AMAZING MUSIC ... LOVE IT ... I AM FROM EL SALVADOR BUT WAS LIVING IN MANCHESTER AT THAT TIME AND ALWAYS HEARD YOU ---- GREAT MUSICCCC SOOOOO GOOOOOODDDDDD

Massive tune still relative.

A young boy in Richmond, Virginia discovering this song via Limewire in 2003. STILL BANGS. The wormhole that got me to UK garage, 2 step, jungle, dub, grime, and UK Hip-Hop. Peace to Mike Skinner! Shouts BBC 1Xtra, (ChoiceFM RIP) and CapitalXtra.

Cain McCoy me too in richmond VA

FUCK CENSORSHIP!

Classic 🙌🏾

SR Nova driving like a joyrider

Cause Tony’s got a new motor SR Nova 🚗💨

Wake Up GRIND #USA

the best music artists that are white:
1st - The Streets
2nd - The Killers
3rd - Eminem

Fuck the killers

bringing back all the memories of when life was simple and the next big night out was all i had to worry about...

Exactly!

This is also most of the video for the whole album/ mainly Empty cans.

That GT bgm tho. :)

Sr nova..... Jesus where has the time gone

This has been bugging me! Can anyone tell me what movie/series is this song off? I can’t put my finger on where I’ve heard this from! Really deja vu moment 🙄🙄

Musica que cambia las espectativas de reflexionar de algo que esta por desparacer ...

Why the fuck do the streets only have 21k subs wtf has gone wrong to our country

Reminds me of sleepless nights when my parents blasting out The Streets, what a blessing.

Word play always subverts, surprises, and above all is original.

Sex, drugs and on the dole

still fresh in 2019

Correct.

This tune came out in 2002-03 while I was spending a little time in HMP Liverpool (Walton at the time). When I was a very very naughty boy.
I remember it well because 9/11 happened around the same time.

This is what I call British music!!!!!!

Kisstory still play this on a Friday and Saturday night pre-rave time, such a banger to get ready n go out to 🔥👊

For some reason, this popped into my head. No idea why.

Pauldjreadman BECAUSE ITS A BANGER!!!😂

Oh my god my ears!!! Fucking hell this is AWFUL. Someone put this wanker "singer" out of his cockney misery.
Fuuuuuck I can't stand this shit anymore. This is not music, this is garbage. SHUT THE FUCK UP WITH YOUR "ORIGINAL PIRATE CEREAL, ORIGINAL PIRATE CEREAL.." BULLSHIT!!!! AAAAAAARGH....

Original pirate material
Yer listening to the streets
Lock down your aerial
Make yerself at home
We got diesel or some of that homegrown
Sit back in yer throne, turn off yer phone
'Cause this is our zone
Videos, televisions, 64's PlayStations
We're paring with precision
Few herbs and a bit of Benson
But don't forger the Rizla,
Lean like the tower of Pisa
Liza, I'll raise yer,
And this is the day in the life of a geezer
For this ain't a club track
Pull out yer sack and sit back
Whether you white or black
Smoke weed, chase brown
Or toot rock
We're on a mission, support the cause
Sign a petition, summon all your wisdom
The music's a gift from the man on high
The lord and his children
Triple teen year rudeboys
Come rain or snow the boodah flows
You don't know?
Stand on the corner watch the show
'Cause life moves slow
Sort yer shit out then roll
Sex, drugs 'n' on the dole
Some men rise, some men fall
I hear ya call, stand tall now
Has it come to this?
Original pirate material
Your listening to the streets
Lock down your aerial
I'm just spitting, think I'm ghetto?
Stop dreaming, my data's streaming
I'm giving your bird them feelings
Touch yer toes and touch the ceiling
We walk the tightrope of street cred
Keep my dogs fed, all jungle all garage heads
Gold teeth, Valentinos and dreads
Now, we were verbally slapped up
Physically tip-top, spinally ripped up
I do the science on my laptop, get my boys mashed up
Your listening to the streets
You'll bear witness to some amazing feats
Bravery in the face of defeat
All line up and grab yer seat
'Cause Tony's got a new motor
Sr nova driving like a joyrider
Speeding to the corner
Yer mother warned yer to sound system banger
Has it come to this?
Original pirate material
Your listening to the streets
Lock down your aerial
My underground train runs from mile end to Ealing
From Briton to Boundsgreen
My spitting's dirty my beats are clean
So smoke weed and be lean
I step out my yard through the streets
In the dead heat all I got's my spirit and my beats
I play fair don't cheat
And keep the gangsters sweet
Turn the page, don't rip it out at yer age
Move to the next stage
Lock the rage inside the cage,
Like sk it's new day
But don't take the shortcut through the subway
It's pay or play, these geezers walk the gangway
Deep seated urban decay, deep seated urban decay,
Rip down posters alight
From last weeks big garage night
And the next Tyson fight
I cook em at ninety degrees Fahrenheit
And don't copy the copyright
I got em in my sites, blinding with the lights
Taken to dizzy new heights
Blinding with the lights, blinding with the lights
Dizzy new heights
Has it come to this?
Original pirate material
Your listening to the streets
Lock down your aerial

2019🔥

These were the glory days la

Thank you🔥💣🔥

Sad I've only just discovered this guy. Feels like I've missed out on something massive.

Timster been living under a rock have you 😂😂😂😂😱

@Jordan Watkins apparently so. I'm a millennium baby tho so by the time I was old enough to even understand this stuff it was too late for me

I know the woman in this vid. She worked at my school.

This is the game changer expanded grime from london , il never for get this tune it reminds me of that london bird i met !

Banger this I love the streets

Any other US listeners?

Yeah right here

Ya mother warned ya its a sound system banger:)

whos here in 2019? still a tune

Support the cause sign a petition

Me! Against all odds, I heard this for the first time in 2019 on the radio. Thousands of miles from the UK.

Yes of course ❤

Yes indeed

I used to get scared when my dad played this but every other Street song I liked.

@Jordan James because it sounded weird to me for some reason. The "how it come to this oh oh oh original pirate material"

@Weaponized KALE just a class tune i know what u mean , flow just sounds too good

Youre listening to the streets ;)

Lock down your aerial

White man rap

Putain ce que j'adore The streets, la musique, les paroles tout est génial, d'ailleurs j'ai tout leurs albums et j'ai déjà eu l'occasion de les voir en concert dont un qui m'avait marqué en 2002 à Nantes, ils avaient mixé "weak become heroes" avec "The music sounds better with you" de Stardust et le résultat était magnifique, longue vie à Mike et son groupe.

Clean version sucks like a 100 words missing. Even the word brown wtf

I can also talk over a beat.

Fucking inspired.

Such a Beautiful song

Turn the page don't rip it out act your age move to the next stage

Anyone else here from the Weekend Offender shirt?!

THIS SONG .....Reminds me of great times !

One of my favorite songs by him. 🔥🔥🔥

Ahhh memories

Seriously?

Found The Streets "browsing" for music back in the Napster days. It was 5th grade when I accidentally found Irony of it All. Consequently discovered Original Pirate Material, I was 12 then in Buffalo NY. Still blasting Skinner 15 years later on my way to a Buffalo Bill's game. His music makes up some of my favorite bangers of all time. Always wondered what kind of impact The Streets had in the UK because virtually no one knows them in my area

Potyok BJJ i am from Birmingham man.. the true origin of the music as skinner is from here. Very real representation of what life was like here during that time. If you want some current shit to bang look up T8PES

@Chris Hardy on it, cheers m8

Potyok BJJ no worries pal... “blinded by the lights” is one of my favorite streets tracks man. “Weak become heroes” is a track as well!

Skinner is one of the most well respected musicians in the UK. You play a streets track and everyone is hyped

Check out Jamie t and audio bullies
Or more recently slow thai

What a tune. I miss these days. Genuinely talented artists, willing to go outside of the box and try new things. Look at the shite we have today.

The Best Album ever Mike!

This song plays a big part in my life in the endless twisted nights ive had while my head been wobbling while fuck and this has been banging. Magical feeling XD

The censoring is breaking my 💔

wonder what happened to him?? i remember this track,,was a classic

He's been releasing new music on spotify under a different name, search for the Darker the Shadow the Brighter the Light 💡

don’t forget the rizla

Remember this as a 14 year old. Sat in Woolworths car park blasting it out on the radio in my old dears Golf GTi while she was shopping. Thought i was the boy!

Nick Hards - not an SR Nova? Disappoint 😂

Didn't ya mother warn ya it's a sound system banger

Sex drugs and on the dole

trying to recreate this in reason, and i can't scope the genius of it, of course the piano roll off is the hardest part

Still a banger 👍🏻

Mint video

words are good

Sr nova, drive it like a joyrider, speed into the corner, your mother warned you it’s a sound system banger!!!!!!!!!

Back when Skinner was relevant. Now pushing 40 years and 14 stone

Has it come to this on the streets of London

I just don't like it...glad I don't hear from their music anymore tbh.

This album destroyed my brain when it came out, he was so far ahead of the game , at the time it was literally him and Eminem pushing things so far forward.

Except Mike can actually write, he didn't just fill rhymes with random sounds.

Not to be negative but in an honest question what exactly or how exactly did Eminem push anything forward

@shamier smith hahahaha thats the TRUTH. How? Someone explain? It's not like it was HIS beats or anything.. sorry,I fuckn hate Eminem.

Agreed.  To think these were the only two spoken word artists who were progressive is absurd.

Eminem pshhh please he aint got nothing on anyone.

Weather your white or brown smoke weed, chase brown and toot rock!!!! (there I said it!...fuckkin censorship!!)

Unique amongst all these bull songs

💕 💕 💕 Best album I ever bought nostalgia repeat listening forever (bar the censorship) 💕 💕 💕

What a banger

love the concept of this video

As a Yank who lived in the UK for nearly 11 years while this song was out, the song definitely brings back some good memories. The best thing I can say about this video is I want to eat that fcuking English Breakfast!!! LOL :-D

Cappy Love real talk bro... I have one 3 times a week ;p minus black pudding. Gimme a shout next time lmao

Respect bruv

U poor thing u had to go back to America its full of Americans so sad. They'll never get it like u do

well said

[Chorus]
(Has it come to this? Oh, oh, oh, oh)
Original Pirate Material
You're listening to The Streets
Lock down your aerial
(Has it come to this? Oh, oh, oh, oh)
Original Pirate Material
You're listening to The Streets
Lock down your aerial

[Verse 1]
Make yourself at home
We got diesel or some of that homegrown
Sit back in your throne and turn off your phone
'Cause this is our zone
Videos, televisions, 64s, PlayStations
Weigh up Henry with precision, few herbs and a bit of Benson
But don't forget the Rizla, lean like the Tower of Pisa
These are, I'll raise ya, and this is the day in the life of a geezer
For this ain't a club track, pull out your sack and sit back
Whether you white or black
Smoke weed, chase brown or toot rock
We're on a mission, support the cause
Sign a petition, summon all your wisdom
The Music's a gift from the Man on high, the Lord and his children
Triple team here of rudeboys
Come rain or snow, the boodah flows
You don't know? Stand on the corner, watch the show
'Cause life moves slow
Sort your shit out then roll, sex, drugs and on the dole
Some men rise, some men fall, I hear your call, stand tall now

[Chorus]
(Has it come to this? Oh, oh, oh, oh)
Original Pirate Material
You're listening to The Streets
Lock down your aerial
(Has it come to this? Oh, oh, oh, oh)
Original Pirate Material
You're listening to The Streets
Lock down your aerial

[Verse 2]
I'm just spitting, think I'm ghetto?
Stop dreaming, my data's streaming
I'm giving your bird them feelings
Touch your toes and touch the ceiling
We walk the tightrope of street cred
Keep my dogs fed, all jungle, all garage heads
Gold teeth, valentinos and dreads now
We were verbally slapped up
Physically tip-top, spinally ripped up
I do the science on my laptop, I get my boys mashed up
You're listening to The Streets
You'll bear witness to some amazing feats
Bravery in the face of defeat, all line up and grab your seat
'Cause Tony's got a new motor, SR Nova, driving like a joyrider
Speeding to the corner
Your mother warned ya it's a sound system banger

[Chorus]
(Has it come to this? Oh, oh, oh, oh)
Original Pirate Material
You're listening to The Streets
Lock down your aerial
(Has it come to this? Oh, oh, oh, oh)
Original Pirate Material
You're listening to The Streets
Lock down your aerial

[Verse 3]
My underground train runs from Mile End to Ealing
From Brixton to Boundsgreen
My spitting's dirty, my beats are clean
So smoke weed and be lean
I step out my yard through the streets
In the dead heat, all I got's my spirit and my beats
I play fair, don't cheat and keep the gangsters sweet
Turn the page, don't rip it out at your age, move to the next stage
Lock the rage inside the cage, like SK, it's a new day
But don't take the shortcut through the subway
It's pay or play, these geezers walk thegangway
Deep seated urban decay, deep seated urban decay
Rip down posters I like from last week's big garage night
And the next Tyson fight
I cook 'em at 90 degrees Fahrenheit and don't copy the copyright
I got 'em in my sights, blinding with the lights
Taken to dizzy new heights
Blinding with the lights, blinding with the lights
Dizzy new heights

[Chorus]
(Has it come to this? Oh, oh, oh, oh)
Original Pirate Material
You're listening to The Streets
Lock down your aerial
(Has it come to this? Oh, oh, oh, oh)
Original Pirate Material
You're listening to The Streets
Lock down your aerial
(Has it come to this? Oh, oh, oh, oh)
Original Pirate Material
You're listening to The Streets
Lock down your aerial
(Has it come to this? Oh, oh, oh, oh)
Original Pirate Material
You're listening to The Streets
Lock down your aerial
(Has it come to this? Oh, oh, oh, oh)
Original Pirate Material
You're listening to The Streets
Lock down your aerial
(Has it come to this? Oh, oh, oh, oh)
Original Pirate Material
You're listening to The Streets
Lock down your aerial
(Has it come to this? Oh, oh, oh, oh)
Original Pirate Material
You're listening to The Streets
Lock down your aerial
(Has it come to this? Oh, oh, oh, oh)
Original Pirate Material
You're listening to The Streets
Lock down your aerial
(Has it come to this? Oh, oh, oh, oh)
Original Pirate Material
You're listening to The Streets
Lock down your aerial

WysMayte yooooooo I read it at the same time it said it madddness 😂💯 what a tune tho

This makes me sad to be a brit

Omar Z why

Ya twat