Headie One – Illegal (Audio, Lyrics, Video)

Headie One premieres the official video for the new “Illegal” song produced by M1OnTheBeat, HL8 & Deggzy Beatz.

Headie One Illegal

It appears that Headie One could be coming through with a new album in the near future. Over the course of 2022, he’s unleashed a handful of singles that have shown his international appeal. He’s collided with rappers outside of the UK, like French rapper Gazo and Dutch artist Frenna, but he’s also brought it back to his stomping ground in London with his latest releases.

Following the Bandokay and Abra Cadabra-assisted release, “Can’t Be Us,” the rapper slides through with his latest solo track, “Illegal.” Tackling a ghostly vocal sample, Headie takes a look back at his past, the experiences that shaped him, and the trauma he inherited. “Come a long way from Eagle, it was induction, I was on default/ it’s still PTSD when I hear that Nina,” he raps on the hook. It’s a shivering banger that displays Headie One’s honest songwriting and cutting flows that come so effortlessly to him.

Headie One – Illegal (prod. M1OnTheBeat, HL8 & Deggzy Beatz)

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Lyrics

[Intro]
Hundred days in the bando, couldn’t get a Freeview
So wet, it’s lookin’ like a sea view
Deggzy sur la prod’

[Chorus]
They said I’m legal handlin’ shit illegal (Turn)
It was a .9 on the press, it was comin’ up flat, lookin’ like a P2 (Turn)
My young boys been in and out the city (Turn, turn)
Flyin’ out AMGs like GeeYou (Turn, turn, HL8)
Me, I’m just lookin’ at this top floor penthouse
Wrist so wet, it’s lookin’ like a sea view (Suh, suh, suh, suh)
One hundred days in the bando, couldn’t get a WiFi, couldn’t get a Freeview
Freeview, déjà vu on the rex, I was tryna make a lot like William Regal
Regal, come a long way from Eagle, it was induction, I was on default
Uh, it’s still PTSD when I hear that nina

[Verse 1]
I can’t believe I could’ve afford the coronavirus kilo (Can’t believe)
Opp boys can’t put their hands on D2
A thousand bine, I spend this whole recoup
I was banned at front, do a lot, somethin’ got filled up with shells like seafood (Real talk)
Then dropped like a preview, how all now still buyin’ out waps?
Bought more stars than a GoGo-review (Gang)
Can’t believe I gotta scream “Free Clap”, he was live on cam, tryna bun some beetroot (Free up bro)
Have you ever been brass?
Had the conure 4’s all white like the Beatles
Them man is like Steve Bruce
It’s been five years since I got recalled and still I ain’t sleepin’ peaceful
Yo, I seen man on a wing smokin’ mamba (Throwback)
I just had to come home and get my wrist rose like Amber
Probation act like the boys on map
A long time, I ain’t shanked somebody on camera (Turn, turn)
I see niggas tryna rap and in the same breath said they ain’t no rapper

[Chorus]
They said I’m legal handlin’ shit illegal (One)
It was a .9 on the press, it was comin’ up flat, lookin’ like a P2 (Turn)
My young boys been in and out the city (Turn, turn)
Fliyin’ out AMGs like GeeYou (Turn, turn)
Me, I’m just lookin’ at this top floor penthouse
Wrist so wet, it’s lookin’ like a sea view
One hundred days in the bando, couldn’t get a WiFi, couldn’t get a Freeview (No)
Freeview, déjà vu on the rex, I was tryna make a lot like William Regal
Regal, come a long way from Eagle, it was induction, I was on default (Suh, suh)
Uh, it’s still PTSD when I hear that nina

[Verse 2]
Still outside, no face, no case ‘cah they still say my name, and bros caught case
See a opp and I left him to plant more Tet’ with a shank than Salt Bae, Salt Bae (Yo)
The PM come lumpy and the rest of the pack dusty like locane
Was in the T-House grumpy, that’s until I learned how to whip that cocaine (Turn up)
Am I legal or illegal? (Illegal)
For fucks sake, free Kim, know the jakes think me and him’s cleanin’ cash (Free up)
Ain’t it funny how I’m runnin’ up numbers?
Cah I really used to sleep in maths (One)
You ever seen a man from servery bang up, start billin’ up his weed with a hat? (Billin’ weed with a hat from the service mat)

[Chorus]
They said I’m legal handlin’ shit illegal (One)
It was a .9 on the press, it was comin’ up flat, lookin’ like a P2 (Turn)
My young boys been in and out the city (Turn, turn)
Flyin’ out AMGs like GeeYou (Turn, turn)
Me, I’m just lookin’ at this top floor penthouse
Wrist so wet, it’s lookin’ like a sea view
One hundred days in the bando, couldn’t get a WiFi, couldn’t get a Freeview
Freeview, déjà vu on the rex, I was tryna make a lot like William Regal
Regal, come a long way from Eagle, it was induction, I was on default (Suh, suh)
Uh, it’s still PTSD when I hear that nina

[Outro]
Deggzy sur la prod’
M1OnTheBeat
HL8