South-London rapper Strandz is on the rise thanks to his future-facing vision, with co-signs from elder statesmen including Stormzy and Digga D. In the latest Music Box episode, he performs his 2024 track “No Peace, No Time” and 2022’s “4 the Money”. Earlier this year, he teamed up with Giggs for a new single, “Time”, in which he encapsulates “the feeling of terror from a desensitised perspective”.Stay tuned to Independent TV for more Music Box featuring the latest acts breaking through, available across desktop, mobile and connected TV, as well as our YouTube channel.
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00:00If it ain't peace, there's no time If it's for the money, then nigga, I'm online
00:22If it's for the honey, then honey, I'm on crime If you hear they caught me and shot
00:26me, you gon' Maybe I've been lovin' you, lovin' you long
00:28time You know we be tuggin' and tuggin' on her
00:31You smile like a drug, give me the lung Your eyes like the sun, so they make me go
00:35blind Cause we on the same, and they lookin' so
00:38nice And every date night, I'm an innocent guy
00:40When I link with my N.O.P., so man, you know son
00:43Get life when I see some, I just think about risin'
00:46My niggas inside, free them up, lookin' at some serious time
00:49And if we go war, then it's serious crime Hold it other side, we got serious vines
00:54If it ain't us, I'm all right No, you got me lovin' and livin' on hope
01:17Lookin' for the truth in me, givin' me more life
01:19Yeah, you got me feelin' this, feelin' this so nice
01:23How you think I live to be livin' this whole time?
01:26We playin' in suits, lookin' so It's the class they had, just lookin' in your
01:30It's the X I have Them conversations that we have late night
01:34When we money makin' He ain't ever been a pagan
01:37But if he in your way, no hesitation Would you get me from the station?
01:43Do a homebody probation Then I'm here if you need savin'
01:47As far as stayin' in love, we don't need patience, you know
01:51There is no time
01:57There is no time
02:00There is no time
02:06There is no time to waste, my dear
02:17Yeah, I was just a lil' n***a, faithful, sinner, hateless, winner, cold dude, winter
02:30Livin' in a filler, weaponary, concealer In the jungle, you know I stay with the gorillas
02:35They gon' cheat, lax, and I cheat, copier Please be careful, n***a, I heard that he a killer
02:40They be lookin' at me like I'm their competition But my rhymes are iller
02:44And when you do it for the love, then the crown's your biller
02:47Now they lookin' at me different, like they're eatin' for the stars
02:49But you looked at the ceiling, courtesy of the crown
02:52Nine to five, I'll jail stretch, that's all money for time
02:54You ain't feelin' me, n***a, are you hearin' these rhymes?
02:57I got the ill in me, bro, it's enough to call you a spank
03:00Gave my soul worth, and now they pay for my time
03:02She don't see the villain, got her innocent mind
03:05I'm makin' her mine
03:10Yeah
03:15Look
03:16My block could be like the military, but there's too much backsteppin'
03:20So I'm on B-pop, I'm bringin' rap back in
03:23Fearless, but really in a trap second
03:25I'm so fully legit, I don't understand them
03:28When I speak Japanese
03:30My bathroom boy just got a couple keys
03:33I told my shootie I don't let police
03:36I'm fully legit, I just want peace
03:38But police is not to get money from where I'm from
03:41And police is not to get money from where I'm from
03:43I'm up here bring peace, you ain't hearin' me wrong
03:46So one day I'll get paid just for singin' this
03:48Singin' the song, singin' the song
03:50We gon' do it for the money
03:52Lil' n***a, let me teach you somethin'
03:55We really made it out of nothin'
03:58For the money
04:00We gon' do it for the money
04:02Lil' n***a, let me teach you somethin'
04:05We really made it out of nothin'
04:08Uh-huh
04:11Yeah, for the money
04:13We gon' teach you somethin'