Dave - My 24th Birthday lyrics

I spent my twenty-fourth birthday with
The people I love
For the diamonds, gotta see through the dust
God, I know I ain't easy to love
I just wish that Abdullah coulda
Seen what we done
I retired my mum, moved out with my friends
That's where the problems start
That it ain't where it ends
How many single mums sacrifice it
All for their kids? Stop workin'
Feel they haven't got a reason to live
I believe that God fed the five thousand
With the bread and the fish
'Cah I seen mummy do some similar things
It can help you or harm you
Depеnds on how you usin' the rope
How are wе in the wrong for supplyin' drugs?
The government's the reason that we
Use 'em to cope
I made friends with a flame, and
I'm used to the smoke, yeah
When we never had a thing
We still split in half
It's the people with the least
That got the biggest hearts
One of a kind, true love
It ain't just somethin' you find
A good girl ain't just somethin' you find
I get along with gold diggers
And that's somethin' I fight
But it's probably 'cah now I
Got more money than time
My friends say they worry 'bout
Me, I just tell 'em, "I'm fine"
I took a look in the mirror
And now I wish I was blind
Is she the love of my life
Or in love with a life?
Backstabber, see the blood on your knife
My mum covered me in blood
But it was comin' from Christ
Disaronno on the rocks
I pour a double with ice
I take trips to wind down
I ain't readin' at night
The only time I touch books
When I'm seekin' a flight
Can you hear me? Let me speak in the mic
God, I know I ain't easy to like
But still I'm seekin' the light
I spent a quarter million
On renovatin' my house
And couldn't even live in it 'cause
They was stakin' it out
Tracker in my car, felt like double oh-seven
Whipped the Aston outta park
I knew his energy was dark
Livin' out the Corinthia
Didn't even have a yard
But that's where I met my teacher
And I learned to play guitar
Guess it's written in the stars
Life comes at you fast
Squeeze the Urus in a convoy of cars
We got it on us
You ain't even gotta ask, don't trouble us
Fame comes quicker than money does
Salmon pink suit, I'm like De Niro in Casino
Life gave me lemons, I gave you a branzino
And I seasoned it
Me and Drake were in a private room reasonin'
And he's always been there when I needed him
Listen, I'm the reason why your dream
Girls all wiggle their arses
Drink wine, but don't finish their glasses
Snap pics in Bahamas
Sniper, do it in silence
I ain't in all the drama
In this town, I got the crown
But I ain't been in the plaza
Fuckin' crasiss, teams on conspiracy charges
Gardens laid out in astro'
I ain't dealin' with grasses
Fuck a snitch, got my guys remanded
Life of an artist, pretty women
Triple-A passes
Slim thick, skin slick, I mean
It's comin' like it's oil she bath in
See the harvest, see the seeds I planted
There's a drought in the ends
I'm in Cali' with a ting
I'll end up postin' a pack like
I was snappin' in the gym
Jam my records, you can bang it on the wing
I lost friends, but it's my innocence I miss
I guess ignorance is bliss i ain't braggin'
Only rap about a fraction of my sins
My young Gs don't count a stabbin'
If it happened in his limbs
The world is my fuckin' office
Book her a trip to the tropics
I'm feelin' philanthropic, nigga
That's a different topic the GMT and EST
They're gonna think I'm foreign
Different timezones
And that's the way I gotta pick my watches
Streatham Vale
But you could say I live in Gotham
Way I take the Birkin and I kill a crocket
You can see the little locket
Bro, it ain't no wonder why she finna top it
Look, I ain't a striker
I'm a CAM becah' it's in the pockets
Tell 'em to miss me, never signed a deal
You niggas hatin' on history
And I took the ends with me
That eight-figure check wasn't enough
To convince me
But that's the only time I turned
My back on a sixteen life is a game
You can't play it in split-screen mm-mm
God hasn't given me a test
I couldn't handle yet
I don't even bother tryna match
It when the scammers flex
Give her somethin' money can't buy
And that's the challenge next
Ambidex', problems comin' at me from
The right and left
Love is dead, enough gyal are doin' the most
If you're talkin' engagement
It's probably to do with a post
I'm at that age where everybody's
Gettin' married or havin' kids
Feel like it happened quick
Commitments, hella pressure
There's enough of that as it is
Can't make the same mistakes
That my daddy did
'cah I know what the damage did
How you raise a life
And you haven't lived? But what's livin'?
Is it clubbin' and bangin'
Chicks or plannin' trips
Or some sort of pleasure I
Haven't managed to factor in?
I guess I'll let you know
When the stats are in your friends get busy
The cracks start showin'
And that's when the distance in
Between us start growin', we all want it
I just wanted it more
I think this money's exposin' my flaws
The clean hearted find it harder for sure
See, most people that are wealthy
They ain't good in their core
You either rich off of talent
Or exploitin' the poor
I'm twenty-four and an adult in
The eyes of the law
But still a baby in the eyes
Of the Lord, you see, the Bible's my sword
And the word is my shield
Stormz prayed for me, i cried
It sharpened my steel
But that's my brother for real
Me and mummy saw the world, man
She couldn't believe it and to this day
That's my biggest achievement
Did twenty-seven countries in
Under nine months
So when the Most High says my time's up
Just tell Him that I tried
And I ain't never switched sides
I did it for you and I, sixteen till I die
Yes