History
by Dave

Album: The Boy Who Played the Harp (2025)
Charted: 9
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  • This is God's plan, He said it to me
    An angel either side of my bed in a dream
    Singin', "You don't know what you're yet to achieve
    And you're destined for some shit you would never believe"
    Now the garden same size as Adam and Eve's
    I got trees, a forest, you better believe
    For the bass and the treble, I treble the fee
    I can't wish my ex the best, she would end up with me
    How can I sleep when there's money to get with the team?
    You disrespect the sixteen, your head on a beam
    For the lust of the money, the head of the Queen
    I done shit I didn't think I could ever redeem
    I'm from South where they struggle with sayin' your name
    But it's easy when pronouncin' you dead on the scene
    So when you see me on these stages steppin' in clean
    I hope

    You know it's history in the makin'
    Shall we make it? Oh God

    Yeah
    And when they talk on my name in this country
    They gon' tell you that I'm already a legend (can we make it?)
    Streatham that I'm reppin', clean steppin', bro, you need to forget it
    Fuck eco-friendly, my car eco-aggressive (yeah)
    And my ego aggressive (yeah), you better leave me a message
    Yeah, you've done it for a year, but that ain't impressive
    I give a fuck about success if it ain't successive, that ain't (history)
    City's gonna listen on repeat (yeah)
    Gone a couple summers, so they miss me on the beat (woo)
    It don't matter if she pretty and petite
    If she ain't B, she can't even kiss me on the cheek (yeah)
    Mum said, "Never build a house on sand"
    But I don't think I listen cah the villas by the beach
    And I did it off of beats (yeah), I just whip it and I screech (yeah)
    Any time you see my niggas in the streets

    You know it's history in the makin' (makin')
    Shall we make it? Oh God

    Did I, did I get addicted to the life?
    Well, it's all that I wanted
    And it was fun for a while
    But history smiles on us
    Now we're on to somethin'
    On to somethin' higher (ah)
    Now hold my hand close
    I'm inspired
    And I'm holdin' on to a version of our lives
    Where you're still mine

    You know it's history in the makin' (Ooh)
    Shall we make it? Oh God

    Yeah
    My mum told me what my name really means and the powers just kicked in
    Got me thinkin' back to days when I was a victim to this ting
    Thinkin' I was keepin' it balanced
    I was even embarrassed, sellin' CDs in Paris
    But this music gave me everything I need in a marriage
    I can't speak sideways on grime, jungle or garage
    When I know that it's the reason we managed to make (history)
    Don't be a hero, I ain't lookin' to hurt anyone
    I got a clean one, and I got a dirtier one
    I never see a man late to his own funeral, but
    I done see a man show up early to one
    I prefer the one that's slim, but I don't mind me the curvier one, yeah
    And I'm comin' from the South of the river, where the sky is black
    If not for the history that we made, they wouldn't like rap
    Niggas tryna water down our ting, it's time to fight back
    For seventy hours, I've been steppin' with powers, and it's definitely ours, it's time
    You mention my name, better know that you're playin' with pepper
    You borrowed a mil', and I told him to pay me whenever
    Knew it was different from the moment we came in
    And you can call me 'cause I said it verbatim
    The woman with me like a renaissance paintin'
    I'm Michelangelo's David
    And any time you mention me in a statement, you better know that it's

    History Writer/s: David Orobosa Omoregie, Dom Maker, James Blake Litherland
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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