Dave — 71 / End Credits

Part One: 71 [Hook] Look Why them man talking 'bout trap And work they never have done My side don't know about pressure And my brothers they never could run Man talk about shottys and .40s But them boys ain't ever seen guns I'm tryna retire at 40 I ain't working till 71 I ain't working till 71 I ain't working till 71 I'm tryna retire at 40 I ain't working till 71 I ain't working till 71 I ain't working till 71 I'm tryna retire at 40 I ain't working till 71 [Verse 1] 16, I saw my first grand And then I went Prada and I lost it It's like I cremated Moses Cause man was just burning profit Then I spend one five in a heartbeat I didn't know about taking losses That's cause I had lines with squares And Os in the middle like noughts and crosses No that's cause I had 3 young g's With their hand on their heart And their mind on cake The guy to my side had a wap on his thigh So I had 40 to my right like Drake Them man there still banging for pride Done with that, mans tryna get paid That's for my g, had cats on my line Like Harvey Dent, I can't feel my face like [Hook] Look Why them man talking 'bout trap And work they never have done My side don't know about pressure And my brothers they never could run Man talk about shottys and .40s But them boys ain't ever seen guns I'm tryna retire at 40 I ain't working till 71 I ain't working till 71 I ain't working till 71 I'm tryna retire at 40 I ain't working till 71 I ain't working till 71 I ain't working till 71 I'm tryna retire at 40 I ain't working till 71 [Verse 2] Dash, duck, dive, run, hide, snitch Man try bump me for a bag But I got around South like London Bridge I was 16 with a mic and a dream 2 years later I'm taking the piss Man still hate on me and my team Cause I got more ice for my age than Sid But wait, look, my man said that he's psycho My man said that they're grinding It's funny how them man are psychos But they're Ps are silent Don't talk to me about moves Like a day off them man are just lying Send a young runner out in the field Put pressure on a yout like a brand new signing [Hook] Look Why them man talking 'bout trap And work they never have done My side don't know about pressure And my brothers they never could run Man talk about shottys and .40s But them boys ain't ever seen guns I'm tryna retire at 40 I ain't working till 71 I ain't working till 71 I ain't working till 71 I'm tryna retire at 40 I ain't working till 71 I ain't working till 71 I ain't working till 71 I'm tryna retire at 40 I ain't working till 71 Part Two: End Credits [Intro] Take 4 Still September the 12th Oh, it's actually not cause I just clocked We're studio 1am so September the 13th Yeah Just for this sick ad-lib that I put down I gotta get this in one take so Look Look [Verse] It''s looking like we've come to an end And I don't even know what to say but I can tell when a person has faith in me It means way more to me than a favour It's for Tyrell, Jack, Benny, Nana, Fraser Jamz, Semtex, Manny And everyone who put me on their radar Just know that you did it well And that my older brother's smiling in his prison cell And even when he can't call me to say hello Know that he can hear me talking on the radio By god's grace soon see me on a screen I never knew drive until I found me a dream I never knew work until I found me a team I swear I've had a headache for my whole damn life Fam I never knew stress until I found me some peace I came here with a zipped mouth and open ears Love to Austin, Man and Maurice Love to every single person who believed Love to all my supporters 'til the end No fans, you're my friends There won't ever be a divide between you and I I love you all to the end I love you all to the end with the bottom of my heart I love you all to the end I love you all to the end And my mum, I love you so, so much You got so much heart Single mum with 4 houses and 3 grown sons Mum you're so, so smart And you love me, cause you let me drop uni' Even though it broke your heart Mum you know it broke my heart Cause I know you want the best for us Protecting what's left of us And I just need to say this My friends you're amazing You wouldn't even know But there's times that I swear that I didn't think I'd make it Walked into depression with a blindfold And came out of the belly of the beast I've got friends that will push me in life And protect me in the streets I thank God for the company I keep [Dave on the phone to his mother] In the studio You're not gonna sit there all day Nah, I'm coming back after this take You're what? Coming back after this take After what? After this take What does that mean? I should just ad-lib you right now, Mummy Huh? Forget it. Ad-lib is like when you You're probably thinking what does that mean? Ad-libs when you use someone's voice But I'm recording the final part of it And you're on loudspeaker cause I'm doing the final take Ok, so what time will you finish? Soon How you gonna get home? Jack's picking me up Eh? Jack's picking me up Alright, see you in a bit Bye mummy