My 27th Birthday - Dave.mp3

[00:00.000] 作词 : Dave/Jo Caleb/Jonny Leslie/Grayson Lane/Elijah Fox
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Dave/Jo Caleb/Jonny Leslie/Grayson Lane/Elijah Fox
[00:04.258] (Everything's fine)
[00:04.939] Look
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[00:05.899] White fish on the coast of the Caribbean, my life is a film
[00:08.879] Hero and villain, I'm playin' both in the script
[00:10.943] Worthy of spill but I got Christopher Nolan readin'
[00:13.122] The constant overachievin', I know
[00:14.684] I ain't as rich as those people with old money, but, I didn't know money
[00:18.285] They mock me online for speakin' up on all of our issues
[00:20.753] And bein' vocal, the shit that I see on socials
[00:22.970] But, how can I stay silent when, when?
[00:27.014] I'm out in Barbados, white people mistreatin' locals
[00:29.524] The villa in Jamaica but it's owned by the Chinese
[00:32.082] Head to the right beach and they're chargin' us five each
[00:34.763] They say, "The Caribbean paradise, like, why leave?"
[00:37.474] But how can I be silent when there's blood on the pine trees?
[00:39.914] Most of us would sacrifice our soul for the right fees
[00:42.703] Before I find love, I'm just prayin' I find peace
[00:45.303] Before I find love, I'm just prayin' I find peace
[00:47.785] You know what I believe, I don't know if I handled it well
[00:50.764] It's **** Coca-Cola, did I stop drinkin' Fanta as well?
[00:53.362] I could see the blood on the lyrics I write for myself
[00:56.085] I cried about slavery, then went to Dubai with my girl
[00:58.791] Surely I ain't part of the problem, I lied to myself
[01:01.191] Jewels that my people die for are a sign of my wealth
[01:03.858] My work is a physical weight of my life and my health
[01:06.643] The last couple years, feel like I been inside, on a shelf
[01:08.995] I just phoned Cench, and I said, "You inspired myself"
[01:11.947] I don't feel a spot of jealousy inside of myself
[01:14.797] But when I'm all alone, I won't lie, I question myself
[01:17.301] Am I self-destructive? Am I doin' the best for myself?
[01:19.862] I know I love music, but I question the rest of myself
[01:22.207] Like why don't you post pictures or why don't you drop music?
[01:24.904] Or why not do somethin' but sittin' and stressin' yourself
[01:27.303] Ten years, I been in the game and I won't lie, it's gettin' difficult
[01:31.750] This shit used to be spiritual
[01:33.073] We don't need no commentators, we could leave to the sports
[01:36.036] Just listen to the music, why do you need somebody's thoughts?
[01:38.611] And some of it's constructive but most of it is forced
[01:41.080] And why we countin' the numbers, how the music make you feel?
[01:43.894] I'm just bein' real
[01:45.252] Alright
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[01:50.573] Yeah, white fish on the coast of the Caribbean, my life is a film
[01:54.430] Hero and villain, I'm playin' both in the script
[01:56.454] Worthy of Oscar and Hollywood nominations
[01:58.488] I'm throwin' money at women in different denominations and killin' the conversation
[02:02.665] All them people told me, "Keep grindin', be patient"
[02:05.036] It's weird bein' famous, tryna navigate the spaces
[02:07.556] Feel like a celebrity but you ain't on the A-list
[02:10.484] And you never drop so you ain't really on the playlist
[02:13.179] But your fans love you, can see it on their faces
[02:15.606] America feels so close that you can take it
[02:18.396] 2017, was tryna make it to the ranges
[02:20.901] 2025, I'm tryna make it to the Granges
[02:23.489] How do I explain me and my soulmate are strangers, that we've already met
[02:27.438] And I've known her for ages
[02:28.937] How do I explain, because I'm runnin' out of pages?
[02:31.361] How do I explain South London and its dangers?
[02:34.072] Can't recall the last time that we was all together, but
[02:36.901] All I can remember, the Olympics was in Beijing
[02:39.381] Moved to Dubai, that's for the taxes that they takin'
[02:41.987] Or move to Qatar, feel the breeze on the beach
[02:44.491] But how can I explain to my kids that it's fake wind?
[02:47.225] Free, but I'm broke, have me feelin' like I'm caged in
[02:49.936] How do I explain two pounds got you eight wings?
[02:52.550] How do I explain my opps lost but we ain't win?
[02:55.079] Girls I'm around had surgery on their hips
[02:57.861] How do I explain that I love her the way she is?
[03:00.314] How do I explain my feelings on having kids?
[03:03.223] That it wasn't what it was, but it is what it is
[03:05.691] How do I explain? My niggas are in the hood
[03:08.023] And they don't ask for nothin' even though they know they could
[03:11.271] 'Cause they'd rather trap, rob, and get it on their own
[03:13.683] How do I explain these messages on my phone?
[03:16.016] I just got a call, my girl's sittin' in the car
[03:18.607] And it says, "Serge" but Serge with us in the car
[03:21.461] I know I might sound like a villain from afar
[03:24.020] How do I explain that my mechanic is a chick?
[03:26.651] Or why she callin' me when I don't even own a whip because my license is revoked?
[03:31.919] I mean, how do I explain that I don't want a hill 'cause my identity is pain?
[03:34.670] How do I explain, I mean, how do I explain?
[03:37.391] I went and hit the streets because I didn't want to bus
[03:39.925] I ended up at work and I was barely gettin' paid
[03:42.459] For someone that was two years above me in my age
[03:45.117] I didn't even find it strange, I mean, how do I explain?
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[04:00.581] Fifty-two miles from Marseilles, I'm in Miraval
[04:03.035] Four years, seventeen days, I ain't been around
[04:05.756] I can't lie, it even shocks me that I'm still around
[04:08.355] I can't lie, it even shocks me how I'm livin' now
[04:11.069] Starin' at this Rachel Jones painting, I'm sittin' down
[04:13.780] The last thing that I drew was a weapon, I'm livin' wild
[04:16.621] Turned twenty-seven, but I feel like I'm still a child
[04:18.793] In this house out in Central London I can barely afford
[04:22.003] Six months sober and I feel like I'm Dave again
[04:24.169] Drinkin' all my pain and my sorrows away again
[04:26.741] I got withdrawal symptoms, but they happen at ATMs
[04:29.415] Next two years, I'll be lookin' at ATMs
[04:32.176] Who's the best artist in the world? I'm sayin' Tems
[04:34.829] Maybe James Blake or Jim, on the day, depends
[04:37.108] Let's see who quits, now we ain't gettin' paid again, yeah
[04:41.163] I'm just here, drinkin' liquor by myself
[04:43.281] Is my music just becomin' a depiction of my wealth?
[04:45.897] Never trust a girl whose lock screen's a picture of herself, I had to learn that shit myself
[04:49.574] Now I'm sittin' by myself with no girl, like, shit, I really did this to myself
[04:53.877] Twenty-seven, and I'm terrified of livin' by myself, 'cause there's a kid inside myself
[04:57.633] I haven't healed, and me and him debate each other
[05:00.805] I can't love myself, I'm made of two people that hate each other
[05:03.244] My parents couldn't even save each other, made each other unhappy
[05:06.396] Used to be excited by the block, but size doesn't matter
[05:09.335] You supply another knot, sling a shot, I couldn't really kill the giant with a rock
[05:13.405] But that's a life that I forgot, and my young boys are slidin' over what?
[05:16.977] I don't know, 'cause I ain't spoke to him in time
[05:18.933] Been afraid of gettin' older, scared of bein' left behind
[05:21.183] And then I—, pssh, and I then I question, will I live my life in resent?
[05:25.522] Is anybody ever gonna take my kindness for strength?
[05:27.773] I gave Tisha the world, it weren't enough and then she went
[05:30.455] Everybody's makin' content but nobody's content
[05:33.284] Safe space, can I vent? It crept up
[05:35.818] My girl cheated on me when I was next up
[05:37.989] It made me want her even more, man, it's messed up
[05:40.738] I still walk around the Vale with my chest out
[05:43.406] I don't wanna leave my house because I'm stressed out
[05:46.088] You done me dirty and you didn't even tell a lie
[05:48.732] It ain't about what you said, it's what you left out
[05:51.398] My whole life, I been feelin' like I'm left out
[05:53.918] If you **** another girl, she say you cheated on her
[05:56.642] And if she **** another man, she say she stepped out
[05:59.256] And if you askin' 'bout Dave, they say, "The best out"
[06:01.899] Yeah, and I survived all these eras 'cause I barely made any, I'm just speakin' how I feel
[06:08.826] Yeah, ****ed up, speakin' how I feel
[06:11.645] Record until the morning, I ain't even had a meal
[06:14.097] I dropped Joni home and fell asleep behind the wheel
[06:16.616] Drivin' at a hundred an hour, I switched gears
[06:19.366] I ain't spoke to one-six-nine in six years
[06:21.846] Don't even get me started on—, this shit's weird
[06:24.749] Call me what you want, but with music, I'm sincere
[06:27.237] You wanna know the reason it's taken me four years?
[06:30.014] It's not 'cause I'm surrounded by yes-men and sycophants
[06:32.777] It's 'cause I'm with producers and people that give a damn
[06:35.178] It's me that's gotta carry the pressure, I live with that
[06:37.845] All I thought about was the song we could give the fans when I was out there gettin' stood up by artists I'm bigger than
[06:43.116] I don't want no girls around when my nieces, they visit man
[06:45.541] They might see the way that I'm livin', I figured that
[06:48.291] I wanna be a good man, but I wanna be myself too
[06:52.212] And I don't think that I could do both, so I can't let her too close
[06:55.343] It hurts, but I'm still movin', feel like it's me versus me and I'm still losin'
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[07:04.100] Yo, my boy, it's Josiah, what you sayin'
[07:06.621] You know I'ma have to check you on your ****in' birthday, my boy
[07:10.098] More life, my guy
[07:11.650] Man, soon out, don't even watch that
[07:14.130] What're you sayin', though, bro?
[07:16.368] I know you got space on one of them eight-minute, nine-minute tracks to give man a shoutout
[07:20.221] Tell the people there my story
[07:22.432] The man already know what I was, the mandem know, man
[07:26.195] C'mon, bro, I know you got me
[07:30.425] A'ight, lastly, my sis', to mom
[07:33.391] I beg you check in with her, please, make sure she's blessed
[07:36.314] While I'm gone, make sure she's safe
[07:39.002] Ayy, soon home, my boy, love