The Great Hip Hop Hoax Page #10

What would I do?

If every time you met somebody

you assumed they were lying,

you'd go around in circles.

I sat down on this big couch

and Gavin was there,

and he said, "I'm Scottish,"

in a Scottish accent.

And it's weird, because right up

until that point, I had no idea.

And then I remember looking at him,

hearing his words,

it looks like Gavin,

but it doesn't sound like Gavin.

I kind of almost expect them

still to talk in an American way,

because they still look the same.

It's not like they were wearing

a mask or had prosthetics on.

Want to sort of come on

the biggest tour

with the best band in the world?

I got a call on my mobile

from a number I didn't recognise,

and it was Billy.

And then to hear him

talking in a Scottish accent as well

was really quite weird.

I had so much contact with them

over that time and the accent never

broke once, at any point, did they

let on that they weren't American.

At all. You know. Greatest actors

I've ever come across.

To all intents and purposes,

they destroyed themselves.

They misguidedly thought

that pretending to be American,

not Scottish, would get them

a record deal.

But I think they got a record deal

because they had great songs

and were captivating personalities.

I thought it was funny.

I also thought, good luck to them.

It sort of made the whole journey

more amusing.

They came from really boring,

horrible lives,

and the way you escape from that

really boring, horrible life

is become something you're not.

They could sit in their small house

in the corner of Scotland

and see America in their bedrooms,

and then created this dream.

But all dreams come to an end.

You wake up.

I honestly feel I've learned more

about myself in the last five years.

Figured out what I'm truly

capable of, how far I'll go,

how high I'll get and how low I'll

stoop to to get what I want.

I know who I am now, you know?

I've got no regrets about London.

Your perception of

"living the dream" changes.

To this day, I still believe

that I'm living the dream.

I've done the whole dream chasing,

and it's more like, I'd say,

the dream is kind of chasing me.

# It's all there

# Shining up for the season

# It's not why

# It's all there... #

They could have sold

millions of CDs.

I thought they'd have number ones.

I thought they'd sell out arenas

for concerts.

People can say, "But what if you done

that, what if you done this?

"Where would you have been now?"

I could have been anyone.

This interview could have been done

in Beverly Hills, you never know.

I wouldn't take them back.

It was a long time ago.

Be too old now anyway.

31 and ugly, they are now.

I miss him as a person.

At the end of the day,

there's two people in the world

who have went through this,

you know what I mean?

There's only one person

I can talk to

that knows exactly what

this was like, and that's Bill.

Would you do it again?

Hmm. Tough question.

What did Bill say?

# Every little thing I know

# Every little thing I have

# Sitting up by the Eyre

# Sitting with tired eyes

# Every little thing I have

# Sitting up by the Eyre

# Sitting with tired eyes ##

I'm takin' a break

from the path I'm on

Sh*t creek, paddle, gone

Feel like my past's been blasted on

with a massive atom bomb

I'll be the freshest next best yes

This is effortless

Rappers that wanna challenge

can hand me the damn death wishes

Cos I been livin' in

a John Niven imagery industry

Bitterly killin'

every single little bit of me

Could've been the epitome

of every kid with a dream

But life is higgledy-piggledy

Nothin' is what it seems

To question my pedigree

You just best to test and see

I'm so nuts

and nuts are allergic to me

I know these swag rappers

are just testing my sanity

Sh*t, Sili had swag when it was

just called personality.

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