Back to Life

Back to Life was released in 1989 by British R&B band Soul II Soul. It appeared on their debut album Club Classics Vol. One, which was re-titled Keep On Movin' for the U.S. market. The track was released as the album's second single. "Back to Life" was one of two songs on the album featuring British R&B singer Caron Wheeler. The single attained great success in several markets, peaking at #1 on the UK Official Charts and reaching #4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

[Cruger] Don't Flop, Christmas Card Who's ready for this next battle? Make some noise! We've got a very special one right now It's a one-rounder, it was set up on five days prep Cause unfortunately the er- who dropped out? Juan - Juan dropped out Well I mean it was supposed to be him [points at Harry] and Rob Wilson Blah blah blah, but now it's a one rounder with Soljitsu so we're going to get into this right now! OK! On the left, we got Harry Baker, make some noise! And on the right, we got Soljitsu First round it's on Harry Baker we're gonna get right into this shit [Harry Baker] Figured that it's Christmas right? So I'd get started with that cracker shit Was meant to team up with the league's best ginger rapper [J-Short] Yeah, Cracker's shit [Harry Baker] You're drier than a sandwich of sand with silica gel in-between crackers is And just bring very little presence, bad jokes, and dodgy hats and this Wait - very little presents? Bad jokes? Dodgy hats? That's like a cracker, shit [Reading joke from cracker] What dog doesn't bark? A hot dog Bars They said how do you feel about battling Soul? I was like whoa, big news A title match, Harry Baker vs Soul, it's due He'll lose that relatively new chain like they just sold Itsu They said no, Soljitsu Known for exposing dudes I thought well, I better not wear any old, shit shoes Cause you are more annoying than having to sneeze with no tissues You are more annoying than karaoke with note issues I didn't know whether to write bars or jokes for you so Baker brought the best of both like Hovis do [Singing] Cause on the first day of the Christmas Card, Bamalam sent to me Someone who doesn't prep properly for battles And then on the second day of the Christmas Card, I couldn't help but see He's got another battle See when I got this with five days prep I thought, "Excellent - I'll try and set some time aside and put a little bit of effort in." When you got this with five days prep he thought, "Excellent - I'll do another round about how I didn't prep for this." Cause Michael White, HK, ain't worth the ink from your pen But then Seventh Birthday, main stage, you did it again The biggest battle of your life Why should that be different unless You were saving yourself for a last minute one-rounder at the Christmas event Cause I watched Soljitsu vs 100 Bulletz Here's what I know through this Main stage battles are like Helena Bonham-Carter's lawyers settled at once with her partner They don't sue Tim And that is one of the differences with this blagger and me How we've reacted to the chances that we've had in the league Cause bullets shouldn't be a problem with a man from the street But you got given the shot, and couldn't handle the heat I've battled O'Shea, Pamflit, Matter Making big steps with vets You're just another newbie getting sunned Like insects did sex We've both been here a couple of years 10 battles or so it's blessed But you are the worst opponent I have had to date And I am his best This is why this has got the feeling of an American card This got confirmed, he was like, "Cor, vet!" Cause he was like, "Cor, vet!" like an American car I was like, "Che, rookie!", like an American car Like an American car See if you think we must hang like American cars You rap like you can't afford focus Like a camera enthusiast that wants to buy an expensive lens Or an American car Because - oh this is where it gets exciting Cause I've forgotten what I'm writing We all knew this When you choke it's kinda whack bruv When I choke, Quill promised that he'd have it as back up Where is Quill? There is Quill [Quill] And I was like hi though You were joking I'm that type of bloke I can go to the bar I can grab you some Cokes That's a couple bars that you're having for Sol Now you can carry on with the flow [Harry Baker] Yeah [Soljitsu] I rate that, I rate that, I rate that [Harry Baker] You're basically a polished turd that never brings a polished third Your first rounds are amazing Your last rounds are terrible Today that is the same thing so this could be incredible But thank you for stepping in Juan and Rob stay ducking Cause they're next on the menu Soljitsu stay ducking When he enters the venue Cause you can't fit through doorways properly When you walk into newsagents you get accused of snobbery Because you're looking down on their top shelf pornography So I have no idea, if you're a real fucking skeng man But you are the same height as Luol fucking Deng man Soldier dips in and out of yolks like a boiled fucking egg man And I was big on the slam poetry scene in Germany in 2014 like Julia fucking Engelmann Google das Yet still you wouldn't find a bigger plank in all of B&Q I make the crowd screw face like they sort of need a poo Leaving them awkwardly bemused is all you seem to do So now I'm removing sole like orthapaedic shoes Nah I'm removing Soul like punching Caustic forced the league to do Removing sole like you've got - Removing sole like you've got served fish when you're a vegan dude Removing soul like that moment you die your aura's leaving you So they'll need to bring him Back to Life like Soul II Soul lyrics Cause if Sol's ever been consistent then Sol's the sole witness Even at his best I only fuck with some of Sol's disses So he's still getting sunned at his peak like summer solstices Cause you're from Redbridge Redbridge Known for its award winning parks and open spaces Redbridge Yet he walks around with that golden gait That's a red bridge You have the swagger of an incredibly awkward poet from Bristol called Tim Ledwitch Shoutout Tim Ledwitch And if you don't know who Tim Ledwitch is I just made that up to make my punchline sound edgy as shit Nah he is real though You called out Juan Then battled Juan Then called out Lethal Bizzle He couldn't make it today But he sent a poet from the streets of Bristol so Pow! You don't know about me Pow! I'm Harry to the B Pow! It's fun to rhyme pars but in Leeds P Solja took away my hood and grime pass And to finish I now have a question about his erection This is not something I say often But when you get a boner do you call it The Rock? Because that's another name for Dwayne's Johnson Do you? It doesn't matter if you do! [Soljitsu] You know what First of all Fuck Danny Jaqq He said that Frankie Phraser is a real fucking skeng man He's not - he's a real fucking pen man I'll say it again Fuck - no I won't Anyway Harry Baker Howdy neighbour I watched your battle with O'Shea and I agree Your nan's a Gary taker Your dad is Danny Baker And if you ran into Mark Grist you would form a pack of Quavers He said that I swear I wholeheartedly apologise for my last performance I know it's a tad bit late But they have given me Harry Baker So I gotta say thanks to Bam today Cause this has come as a massive favour Seeing that our styles compliment each other like Danny J vs Frankie Phraser I took a leaf out of Pamflit's page Just to say that I rap it greater When I'm multi-ing Harry Baker with Harry Baker Cause Harry Baker rhymes with Harry Baker I'm gonna keep rhyming Harry Baker with Harry Baker Until I remember what I actually wrote for Harry Baker No, real shit I won't get caught, no I usually rap about how the grams of 'caine brang me major stacks of paper Or I talk about guns But in this crowd, guns shock, nigga that's a taser For battles I usually prep the day before the battle day or actually later But this- But this time it was two days' prep You can thank me later Actual bakers need to make dough, to make dough So they knead, to make dough, to make dough With ease This Baker makes dough with poetry I make dough by growing trees Not the smoking trees That coca leaf That makes the product with the potent seeds To turn motherfuckers into overdosing fiends I could do bars I could do jokes But I'm doing bad bars Jokingly Cause I know this league They always want the goon bag to go- to put on the show with geeks But I'm neither or because I chose my niche Don't Flop made it cool for- nah sorry Don't Flop made it cool for nerds to chat that shit And talk that smack in a rapper's face K-Shine has given the green light to not take that shit By smacking a rapper's face So stick to your poetry Let me explain You cross the line You'll get smacked back to your lane So fuck a poetry slam That would get a poet beat, slammed And Don't Flop ain't banning us I could give you the left, or the right, they're both bangers You could hit the gym, it won't matter Cause when you wear a t-shirt The t-shirt looks like it's still on the coat hanger Yeah Harry Baker Howdy neighbour Nah I'm joking Just cause you wrote a book of puns doesn't mean you wrote the book of puns No-one gives a shit what Baker's punning Cause all the Don't Flop fans love my puns Just Baker's doesn't So you wanna play a game of puns? You think mine is weak? My pun game is Dr Jekyll in a turban Nigga that's Hyde and Sikh! Should I continue? He'll probably break down the word continue But that doesn't make you talented That just shows that's the cunt in you That's why I'm cunting you Cause those schemes and Office bars Are something stupid cunt teens use (Juan) Yo I'm not gonna fuck up again Cause this is the event at the end The old Soljitsu is dead The one that doesn't prep This is freestyle off the top of my head And he said that, he meant that, I'm putting that to bed And if you don't believe me, just remember, that's what I said Cause that's what I meant Cause that's what I wrote Cause that's what I read And no I didn't throw it away That's what I kept Merry Christmas