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London City

by Eklipse

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Originally exhibited as part of the Late at Tate Britain Online series in remembrance of the UK Hip Hop legend Ben Chijioke a.k.a TY – ‘London City’ sees Eklipse pay homage to the gritty city that raised him as he delivers lyrically, showcasing content versatility, infectious flow as well as sonically assisting JayJForty7 on the instrumental which captures the pulsation of Eklipse's east end up beat tempo and prevalent baritone bass. With a visual to accompany it, directed by Olivia Hempstead, London City brings a side of Eklipse that many have missed.

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Made in the London city.
lost at home, I still zone out deep in this London city.
Prejudice comes and Prejudice goes, it’s all that I know.
Used to the cold deep in this London city
But see I make London gritty. And I’ma take London with me.

Made in the London city.
lost at home, I still zone out deep in this London city.
Prejudice comes and Prejudice goes, it’s all that I know.
Used to the cold deep in this London city
But see I make London gritty. And I’ma take London with me.


I wouldn’t speak these words if people had options.
London the streets are paved with gold,
how could we ever have problems?
I know at least one and I’ll call it Johnson.
Land full of pees and minds full of nonsense,
English taught me never to be responsible.
Just take what you want you fool.
Strike fear and they follow you.
Here we’d die for the lizzie but sing no anthem.
How could we love and thank them
when I know we’re all here at random?
Black face, mad rage all for the ancestors
Red like blood that the land got served
took from the motherland and killed any other man
that looks like me so I bang these curbs
And I slang this work.
Survival mode from when I was birthed.
Ready to go but hopefully not in no hearse.
Unless it really be worth it.
Win you lose, that’s suttin that’s certain.
No blacks no dogs even if you earned it.
So some turn to magic like merlin.
I don’t rep the union jack
But still we’d come leave your union jacked.
Head to toe all in black.
Know that they took from us so we learned to take back.
All ganged up and stuck up in flats.
And now I hate pork when a man go café.
Hype. Like I’m on two pints.
And if I go home they call me a London boy


Made in the London city.
lost at home, I still zone out deep in this London city.
Prejudice comes and Prejudice goes, it’s all that I know.
Used to the cold deep in this London city
But see I make London gritty. And I’ma take London with me.

Made in the London city.
lost at home, I still zone out deep in this London city.
Prejudice comes and Prejudice goes, it’s all that I know.
Used to the cold deep in this London city
But see I make London gritty. And I’ma take London with me.

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released January 29, 2021
Produced by JayJForty7 & Eklipse
Mixed and Mastered by JayJForty7
Visual Directed by Olivia Hempstead

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Eklipse London, UK

A rapper and MC from Newham, East London, Eklipse started MCing in the summer of 2007. He started writing lyrics from then on and now has the lyrical ability to expand his horizons in to almost any genre as long as he has an instrumental to write to.
Now its 2015 and Eklipse is looking to take his music to new heights with EPs to coincide with the dropping of his mixtape Dark Matters.
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