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@@jacobdykes8827cool, nobody asked. keep hating on the net, when he is making money and you being broke bcs you think what you are doing now is changing something 🤦🏿♂️
@@EKCOAK All of these rappers are better lyrically than Dave 1. Eminem 2. Rakim 3. Nas 4. Andre 3000 5. Ghostface Killa 6. Kendrick Lamar 7. J Cole 8. Lil Wayne 9. Royce Da 5'9 10. Sage Francis 11. Jay Z 12. Chali 2na 13. Lupe Fiasco 14. Mf Doom 15. GZA 16. Killa Priest 17. Noreaga 18. Mos Def 19. Q-Tip 20. OutKast 21. Canibus 22. Childish Gambino 23. Aesop Rock 24. Pharaohe Monch 25. K-Rino 26. Del The Funkee Homosapien 27. Isiah Rashad 28. Jay Electronica 29. Mick Jenkins 30. Saba 31. Freddie Gibbs 32. Chino XL 33. Big L 34. Big Daddy Kane 35. Big Pun 36. Kool G Rap 37. Scarface 38. Redman 39. Pusha T 40. KRS One 41. Tech N9ne 42. Black Thought 43. Immortal Technique 44. R.A. The Rugged Man 45. Lauryn Hill 46. A-F-R-O 47. Gift Of Gab 48. AZ 49. Foxy Brown 50. Method Man 51. Raekwon 52. Inspectah Deck 53. Cyhi The Prince 54. Kurupt 55. Jaz-O 56. Kool Keith 57. T.I. 58. MC Lyte 59. Mc Ren 60. Papoose 61. Lord Finessed 62. KRS-ONE 63. Talib Kweli 64. Eve 65. Black Star 66. DJ Eric B 67. Ja'King The Devine 68. Rhyme Scheme 69. Crooked 70. Snow Tha Product 71. Micwise 72. Weasel Sims 73. Capital Steetz 74. Kxng Crooked 75. Jedi Mind Tricks 76. Anton 77. Tres Aurland 78. Ransom 79. Bad Meets Evil 80. Mickey Factz 81. Sa-Roc 82. Grip 83. Orderoutofkos 84. King Iso 85. Lloyd Banks 86. Kiid Chris 88. Viktor Vaughn 89. Earl Sweatshirt 90. Captain Murphy 91. RJ Payne 92. Elzhi 93. Sgt. A 94. Cambatta 95. Montana of 300 96. Loaded Luc 97. Pharrell Williams 98. Bad Lungz 99. Bas 100. Def Mas 101. Capppadonna 102. Eyedea 103. Dr. Koul 104. KidHyphen 105. Daylt 106. AB-Soul 107. Reason 108. The Roots 109. Apathy 110. Slug
Such a touching song. And what got me most was “yo Hannah it’s Les, can you call me back, I wanna talk about the baby, you me , Jason , all of that.” Almost in tears at the end.
WOW. The art of story telling in rap seems almost dead these days... untill this! Heard it for the first time this morning on the way to work.. parked, running late and tears coming down my face. This track is both amazing and incredibly sad, my jaw literally dropped when the voicemail was played near the end. Truley amazing work.
Yeah thats a sick twist in the end.. And consider subbing because these story telling/deep songs are songs that i like to make lyrics too, you should check out some of Cadet, like Cadet Closure. Its really good.
@@naessintern7179 Nas, Prodigy were easily better rappers at 19 than Dave, and Eminem at 16. Lil Wayne at 17 was better than this guy with his with the wordplay and punch lines.
Strongest rap song ever probably, soo underrated, Dave deserves bigger recognizition worldwide. As someone mentioned before here, I didn’t get the hype of Dave in UK, but after listening to psychodrama I really understand. I’m non native speaker, I really focused on the lyrics in every song, it this album is probably the best,that I’ve ever heard. Big up Dave, great artist,not only rapper, but great story-teller and even the actor, he was great as Modie
this deserves so much more respect than it got. A true lyrical genius, Will always be the best of his generation no one can deliver that much depth and soul into bars.
It’s emotional obsession, clinical depression, life’s a lesson. And you don’t gotta sit and cry, and Lesley living in this gift called life, there’s no better gift than the gift of life, so can you handle it? That fucked me up. I was once a Lesley not strong enough to get away from a Jason.
Mandem i know exactly the feeling, when you listen to a tune, then be like, what did he say? I have to re listen and really listen. You can also listen to, "My 19th birthday" or "Drama" I have them both on the channel man.
@@domper4845 the way I interpret it, the chorus is "i don't know myself. I don't know my self" where the space between the second myself is the different meaning and the genius. First use is "myself" and the speakers are just referring to themselves. So the first chorus, 'Myself' is answering the previous question about the weekend, as if the sentence was "what are you doing this weekend? myself, i don't know what I am doing" (Grammatically clunky, but works to explain my POV hopefully.) The second line of the chorus is "I don't know my self" and because of the space, the speakers are actually admitting they don't know them self, as in, they are lost, confused, surprised they're in the situation they are in, life spinning out of control etc.. Especially since "no more" is added on, it further reinforces how suddenly lost they feel. And, as the story unfolds the suddenness and surprise and sad situation gets bigger and bigger and 'my self' hits that much harder.
@@mstrasser I’ll be honest it’s such a simple concept that I’ve missed but sometimes the most touching things are simple and people are they don’t think of them or it goes over the heads thanks for pointing this out
I'll be honest I didn't understand the hype round Dave because I only heard his mainstream stuff. After hearing this and letter to my ex, he really is the GOAT.
This is absolutely deep, this is one of the reason why it’s hard for us females to open up, because we are fucking scared. People don’t show there true colours until it’s too late. 😢😭
This song still blows my mind to this day, one of the most creative songs I’ve ever heard and a crazy story, especially with the context from drama 🤯🤯🤯
This is the one Dave song that’s always stuck with me, always makes me tear up and gives me literal chills. The amount of friendships and family members that have been fucked around by their other partner. I don’t think people will really realise how fucked it is that there are people who would intentionally, physically and mentally abuse someone they love and how hard it can be for that person to leave the situation. If your going through anything, and I mean even if it’s small things like name calling, “play” fighting getting physical. You are worth so much more than that, your family and friends love you so much and your character, flaws and quirks. Don’t let someone put you down just because they don’t like something. Your not alone please reach out, you are so brave and you are not alone 💙
Always come back to this song helped me finally go to a dv support group and finally i left thankyou so much for this masterpiece you don’t realise how many people this has touched
Always sit and listen to this,,it says so much about life and how she was mistreated,,literally sit and cry because it's really heart touching,,absolutely amazing,,depression is deep and it's a killer when I'm depressed I sit and listen to this song it helps with my mental health,,
Its the "I don't know my self i don't know myself anymore" :(that hits me cause I literally miss the old me and hate the new me n looking back in life am so concerned how am still blinking💔🤦🏾♀️
This is the most powerful speech for young people it will help men understand that a can’t treat girls the way they want and learn understand to treat them because there is a consequence
I just heard about this song one the best storytelling songs ive heard in a long time one of the saddest song ive heard and it makes my stomach sick no one should ever go through what she gone through but sadly it happens everyday
Lesley was daves mum and jason was daves dad and daves dad had run away with a woman which was "lesleys" best friend (from daves statement in drama "them base lesley to my relatives)
Im not sure if they are his parents, him referring them as relatives in "Drama" (Nice catch btw @mandem from london). It can also mean that it's just a real story from someone of his cousins. I don't think it's his parents because he starts the story that hes talking to her on the train station which would not be possible if its his mom.
You lot didn’t clock the foreshadowing in this, “Hannah had a man that was manipulative so she could see from a mile off’ he’s talking about Jason here 🤯
you're reaching, "HAD a man" which implies that she used to have an abusive man and later in the story we obviously know that Hannah knows about Jason so she would have told Lesley that Jason was manipulative and abusive.
Nas, Prodigy were easily better rappers at 19 than Dave, and Eminem at 16. Lil Wayne at 17 was better than this guy with his with the wordplay and punch lines.
Its just plain wrong that masterpieces of art like this go almost unnoticed and then shitty mumble rappers who just say random words get billions of views.
Look They say the universe, it works in a strange way And it must be true because, we ain't from the same background or same place But me and Lesley ended up on that same train I'm talking everyday, I used to wake up around seven or eight To catch the 906 from Norbury Station Two different worlds in the same location and One day we ended up speaking And I would talk about college, she would talk about meetings And how she's planning on leaving How she hates what she does but she needs it I asked her what she was doing, it's the weekend And she said, she said I don't know myself I don't know myself no more She used to be the life of the party for true And now she going out hardly ever Her man got her in the yard forever And her friends wanna help but it's hard to tell her Hard to let her know that her man's possessive and aggressive And she can't even see it, but for them it's clear as day, she's in a situation Her friend Hannah had a man that was manipulative So, she could see it from a mile off Turtleneck jumpers, makeup around the eye spots All the signs were there But Lesley made it seem a light affair Said it wasn't right to share Her boyfriend, he was a mystery man I didn't know much about him, but he's been in the can Name's Jason, he's a bad boy with no reasoning To be honest, I don't know what Les' sees in him 'Cause she's a good girl with a sweet heart But they've both got demons and a deep past You know opposites attract, apparently I never heard her talk about her family ever, uh-uh He was all that she had Until they had an argument and he stopped calling her back And I don't know if there was more to the story than that 'Cause she plays things down but according to that He went missing one day in the morning he ran She's doing overtime, struggling affording the flat 'Til she, lost her job it fucked all of her plans Couldn't pay the rent, borrowing and calling for cash But Hannah she was there for her, cared for her When I saw Les' she told me I don't know myself I don't know myself no more Les' saying, "I got nothing to live for It's been raw, but David, I ain't never been this poor There's no income, my boyfriend left me So how the fuck am I going to survive when this kid's born?" I said, "It's a blessing as mad as it is And Les', I never even knew you were having a kid" Bro, she's four months pregnant, young and neglected Single but I don't think she wants to accept it So she's still texting ex's trying to get this Back on track but I don't think that she gets it It's emotional obsession, clinical depression Life is a lesson And you ain't got to sit and cry And Lesley, living in this gift called life There's no better gift than the gift of life So, can you handle it? I don't know myself I don't know myself no more But that changed her perspective Late in December, her baby's expected to drop She's accepted, excited, electric, pumped Only got to wait a few months Her and Hannah had lunch Told her she's pregnant And they're the closest of bredrins So she didn't stunt to tell her, I think that it's an error You ain't a mum for a day, you're a mum forever Whatever, and you and Jason break up whenever If I'm honest that's something you should have done together She doesn't know that her and Jason are going out again And Jason doesn't know that Lesley's carrying a child for them She had daydreams of settling down with Jason, better 'cause now they're together it's wild Feeling like she needs to call her friends and tell 'em 'Cause while she's letting him down but most of them are never around She calls Hannah the next day Still tryna figure out the best way to tell her that she's getting back together with an ex-flame So she left her a voicemail Like "Yo Hannah, it's Les' can you call me back? I wanna talk about the baby, you, me, Jason, all of that I've been feeling like I need to get my aura back I used to be so fucking confident But these days, I swear that-" I don't know my self I don't know myself no more It's 3:30 Lesley was meant to get a scan But today I think she's going home early Tryna talk to Jason, tell him 'bout the kid Addressing any reservations Have that conversation Middle of the summer and it's raining Waiting at the train station Hella cancellations So she gets a taxi, sitting in a backseat Blue jean jacket and a maxi Actually, tired and her legs are aching Touched the destination Way faster than the cab driver's estimation She put the key in the door She, couldn't believe what she see on the floor Some size five trainers, raging Tears in her eyes, but it's cool 'cause they must be the neighbors And Jason's in the bedroom fully naked Lesley running up the stairs but she's making noise And she can hear Jason's voice Saying "Hide in the closet" But he's made his choice So, she bursts in saying "What kind of person would cheat on his pregnant girlfriend?" Jason, saying "What the fuck, you're pregnant? What the fuck? You weren't even gonna tell me, I mean what the fuck? What do you want from us? Nah, you ain't in love, you just wanna love" Lesley telling Jason, "I don't wanna love I don't want a you and I, I don't want an us And also, I don't wanna talk loads One more line before I dash like Morse code" Open the wardrobe And Jason's on the edge "I just wanna see if she was prettier than me, slimmer than me Maybe your baby's similar to me Maybe you wanted someone thicker than me, fitter than me To satisfy you quicker than me I got your baby in my stomach and you did this to me What did I ever do to you for you to finish with me? I didn't believe my girls but they were thinking of me And give it to me, the wardrobe, give me the key" I was pulling up the door but Jason's bigger than me Literally, I remember viscerally Jason pulling from behind me now he's gripping on me White flashes, eye gashes, when he's hitting me, see I just wanted to disappear I wasn't living for me Physically I shut the fucking doors quick as can be He's outside asking why I made him do what he did Using a kick to open up the room that I'm in I'm feeling afraid, barricaded, with a chair in the handle I'm hearing sirens but I just wanna run away but I can't Jason's gone by the time police are comin' They saw that ain't no one else in the house And feds are running through the door shouting "We have reports of an argument with a woman" There's blood all over the floor and it's splattered onto the wall Lesley's on the bed and she's tryna speak to the feds She's deep in the stress and his meter's above her head If anything, she couldn't even say anything But she's got this really sharp pain where her belly is So, they call an ambulance, Lesley didn't plan for this Police are in the room tryna find the missing piece of the puzzle Until they stumble on something that's kind of random It's a phone in the wardrobe They had five missed phone calls from Jason and also a couple other numbers So they thinking that it's no help Until they play the voicemail like "Yo Hannah, it's Les' can you call me back? I wanna talk about the baby, you, me, Jason, all of that I've been feeling like I need to get my aura back I used to be so fucking confident But these days, I swear that-" I don't know my self I don't know myself no more She felt sick to her stomach, she started panicking Mind rattling, tryna understand what Hannah did Battling the shame 'cause the situation embarrassing She's tryna fathom it betrayed by her own garrison Meanwhile, she's on the bed tryna manage this Piercing pain in the stomach, she couldn't handle it Now she's waiting for an ambulance Yeah And I know she's strong, but when I heard about what happened I was over-shocked Her nose was gone, her jaw line shattered and rocked They said her baby was the reason she was holding on She dozing off, doctors getting no response Her heart rate slowing down and they don't know what's wrong Picked her up, got her out the home and onto the stretcher for good measure But she fading out, oh She took damage to the brain and now she's in a coma as we speak But I ain't sure if she can make it out You see this time that I'm taking out to tell you the story is more than a song or track It's a message to a woman with a toxic man I'm begging you to get support if you're lost or trapped I understand that I can never understand And I ain't saying that it's easy but it must be right Some of your sisters, aunties, mums or wives Are fucked aside and they will never touch on why I'm touched 'cause I've seen women that I love though like- Cry little red tears through a bloodshot eye This shit's awful, no matter what culture it ain't normal Men try and twist it, make it seem like it's your fault In that train full of people that you're taking How many Lesley's are running from their Jasons? Angel without wings Like the day without the night to bring her peace A song without a voice A spark without a flame A child without a name Oh, it's just wrong Like an ocean without a shore A soldier without a war How can we do this anymore? A song without a voice A spark without a flame A child without a name Oh, it's just wrong Well, we've made a massive amount of progress in this last year, haven't we? Feels like a long journey And I must say it's been a pleasure, to watch you mature and grow in thought And in your career and life You've opened up immensely I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't miss these sessions But you know, you can never stop learning about yourself So you're always welcome I'm just happy you're at a place now where you feel you understand your emotions And are in control
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Imagine having the ability to write like this at 19. Insanity, this guy is truly something else
Facts , listen my mix
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He's 21
@@prod_by_ybdj1879 when he wrote this he was 19
Mad
I mean, it's alright. I've seen better writing from other teens his age.
One the deepest songs I have ever heard, I never listen to songs longer than 5 minutes but this song is different😓💔
Same and i so glad i listen to this song and not just heard it
Daily reminder Eminem was making better songs at 16
@@jacobdykes8827cool, nobody asked. keep hating on the net, when he is making money and you being broke bcs you think what you are doing now is changing something 🤦🏿♂️
@@EKCOAK All of these rappers are better lyrically than Dave
1. Eminem
2. Rakim
3. Nas
4. Andre 3000
5. Ghostface Killa
6. Kendrick Lamar
7. J Cole
8. Lil Wayne
9. Royce Da 5'9
10. Sage Francis
11. Jay Z
12. Chali 2na
13. Lupe Fiasco
14. Mf Doom
15. GZA
16. Killa Priest
17. Noreaga
18. Mos Def
19. Q-Tip
20. OutKast
21. Canibus
22. Childish Gambino
23. Aesop Rock
24. Pharaohe Monch
25. K-Rino
26. Del The Funkee Homosapien
27. Isiah Rashad
28. Jay Electronica
29. Mick Jenkins
30. Saba
31. Freddie Gibbs
32. Chino XL
33. Big L
34. Big Daddy Kane
35. Big Pun
36. Kool G Rap
37. Scarface
38. Redman
39. Pusha T
40. KRS One
41. Tech N9ne
42. Black Thought
43. Immortal Technique
44. R.A. The Rugged Man
45. Lauryn Hill
46. A-F-R-O
47. Gift Of Gab
48. AZ
49. Foxy Brown
50. Method Man
51. Raekwon
52. Inspectah Deck
53. Cyhi The Prince
54. Kurupt
55. Jaz-O
56. Kool Keith
57. T.I.
58. MC Lyte
59. Mc Ren
60. Papoose
61. Lord Finessed
62. KRS-ONE
63. Talib Kweli
64. Eve
65. Black Star
66. DJ Eric B
67. Ja'King The Devine
68. Rhyme Scheme
69. Crooked
70. Snow Tha Product
71. Micwise
72. Weasel Sims
73. Capital Steetz
74. Kxng Crooked
75. Jedi Mind Tricks
76. Anton
77. Tres Aurland
78. Ransom
79. Bad Meets Evil
80. Mickey Factz
81. Sa-Roc
82. Grip
83. Orderoutofkos
84. King Iso
85. Lloyd Banks
86. Kiid Chris
88. Viktor Vaughn
89. Earl Sweatshirt
90. Captain Murphy
91. RJ Payne
92. Elzhi
93. Sgt. A
94. Cambatta
95. Montana of 300
96. Loaded Luc
97. Pharrell Williams
98. Bad Lungz
99. Bas
100. Def Mas
101. Capppadonna
102. Eyedea
103. Dr. Koul
104. KidHyphen
105. Daylt
106. AB-Soul
107. Reason
108. The Roots
109. Apathy
110. Slug
@@jacobdykes8827 you really just wasted all that time trying to force your opinions on others 💀
Such a touching song.
And what got me most was “yo Hannah it’s Les, can you call me back, I wanna talk about the baby, you me , Jason , all of that.”
Almost in tears at the end.
For real
ikr man
😥😥😥💔💔
WOW. The art of story telling in rap seems almost dead these days... untill this! Heard it for the first time this morning on the way to work.. parked, running late and tears coming down my face. This track is both amazing and incredibly sad, my jaw literally dropped when the voicemail was played near the end. Truley amazing work.
Yeah thats a sick twist in the end.. And consider subbing because these story telling/deep songs are songs that i like to make lyrics too, you should check out some of Cadet, like Cadet Closure. Its really good.
You haven’t heard Joyner Lucas
@@owenf7824 i mean is joyner even doing story telling anymore
Song goes deep. But it’s reality that so many go through
True story
It reminds me of my dad i hate him sm he was abusive to my ma my whole life now he is in jail fer attempted murder
The twist in the story is mad
@@lillyst5149 did you not listen?
so jason was cheating on les with hannah,,right?
Yah@@leslee-wp5ks
11 minutes of pure raw lyrics.Pure fire :)
Dave is really on another level
Aye min eh such a greet artist min eh
11 mins of pure garbage
@@jacobdykes8827 ok
@@naessintern7179 Nas, Prodigy were easily better rappers at 19 than Dave, and Eminem at 16. Lil Wayne at 17 was better than this guy with his with the wordplay and punch lines.
i truly think this is one of the most beautiful songs i've ever heard. it's truly something else.
Here I am crying singing "I don't know myself" on a loop. Such a transcendent song.
💟🖤💜💙💚💛🧡❤💝
I love that bit
Strongest rap song ever probably, soo underrated, Dave deserves bigger recognizition worldwide.
As someone mentioned before here, I didn’t get the hype of Dave in UK, but after listening to psychodrama I really understand.
I’m non native speaker, I really focused on the lyrics in every song, it this album is probably the best,that I’ve ever heard.
Big up Dave, great artist,not only rapper, but great story-teller and even the actor, he was great as Modie
Always feel like I can vision this song like a movie, can actually picture everyone... Now thats good music ❤️
Daily reminder Eminem was making better music at 16
@@jacobdykes8827 cap
@@jacobdykes8827 ye totally saying random ass words that have no meaning at all really fast is so good
@@3suspectagb fr
"How many Lesley are running from their Jason's " my chest😭
Truly a masterpiece. Stumbled upon this and since I’m from the US I never heard something like this. Dave is crazy talented.
yeah, the psychodrama album is insane
Listen to “sing about me, I’m dying of thirst” by Kendrick Lamar if you wanna here something American like this
@@iamlegend5373 still not compared to this
@@Aujlamba did you even listen??
this deserves so much more respect than it got. A true lyrical genius, Will always be the best of his generation no one can deliver that much depth and soul into bars.
Bro, this is like the 100th time I play this song and it still gives me goosebumps. SIMPLY INSANE.💯
It’s emotional obsession, clinical depression, life’s a lesson. And you don’t gotta sit and cry, and Lesley living in this gift called life, there’s no better gift than the gift of life, so can you handle it?
That fucked me up. I was once a Lesley not strong enough to get away from a Jason.
im so happy you got out of it
Bless your soul
It is literally impossible for me to listen to this without crying. Dave is truly a creative genius.
Yknow when you listen a song a bunch of times but never actually hear it? Yeah I heard this time and I'm shook
Mandem i know exactly the feeling, when you listen to a tune, then be like, what did he say? I have to re listen and really listen. You can also listen to, "My 19th birthday" or "Drama" I have them both on the channel man.
@@MandemFill my 19th birthday know every lyric in that song g
My experience exactly
Incredible. And The wordplay in the chorus "my self" and "myself" is stunning.
could you explain that please? I'm not sure of the word play? thanks in advance
@@domper4845 the way I interpret it, the chorus is "i don't know myself. I don't know my self" where the space between the second myself is the different meaning and the genius. First use is "myself" and the speakers are just referring to themselves. So the first chorus, 'Myself' is answering the previous question about the weekend, as if the sentence was "what are you doing this weekend? myself, i don't know what I am doing" (Grammatically clunky, but works to explain my POV hopefully.) The second line of the chorus is "I don't know my self" and because of the space, the speakers are actually admitting they don't know them self, as in, they are lost, confused, surprised they're in the situation they are in, life spinning out of control etc.. Especially since "no more" is added on, it further reinforces how suddenly lost they feel. And, as the story unfolds the suddenness and surprise and sad situation gets bigger and bigger and 'my self' hits that much harder.
@@mstrasser I’ll be honest it’s such a simple concept that I’ve missed but sometimes the most touching things are simple and people are they don’t think of them or it goes over the heads thanks for pointing this out
@@itskeke-wk8ng No prob!
@@mstrasser wow
This song made me fall in love with Dave’s music. Total genius, lyrical poet. The uks best and still underrated!
I'll be honest I didn't understand the hype round Dave because I only heard his mainstream stuff. After hearing this and letter to my ex, he really is the GOAT.
Letter to my ex please by who? Please
my comment exactly. I just listened to both songs for the very first time
@@kefbanks7906 I think he meant how I met my ex by dave
This is absolutely deep, this is one of the reason why it’s hard for us females to open up, because we are fucking scared. People don’t show there true colours until it’s too late. 😢😭
Holy shit that was an emotional Rollercoaster.
The twist reveal with the voicemail gives me chills even when I know it's coming.
I want to understand something that's kinda confusing me, did Hannah betray her? Was Hannah the girl in the wardrobe?
@@muhammedhabib2286 Yea
This song still blows my mind to this day, one of the most creative songs I’ve ever heard and a crazy story, especially with the context from drama 🤯🤯🤯
This is the one Dave song that’s always stuck with me, always makes me tear up and gives me literal chills. The amount of friendships and family members that have been fucked around by their other partner. I don’t think people will really realise how fucked it is that there are people who would intentionally, physically and mentally abuse someone they love and how hard it can be for that person to leave the situation. If your going through anything, and I mean even if it’s small things like name calling, “play” fighting getting physical. You are worth so much more than that, your family and friends love you so much and your character, flaws and quirks. Don’t let someone put you down just because they don’t like something. Your not alone please reach out, you are so brave and you are not alone 💙
❤
Always come back to this song helped me finally go to a dv support group and finally i left thankyou so much for this masterpiece you don’t realise how many people this has touched
❤
I am so happy for you
imma say what other people have probably said already
"How many lesley's are running from their jason's" is the coldest and saddest line ever
Became a fan of Dave in February and I feel like I’ve missed on a lot. Santan!!!🔥
This song was so deep especially “how many Lesley’s are running from their Jason’s?” Heartbreaking truly
“in that train full off people your taking,How many Lesleys are running from their Jasons?” brooooo😭
Always sit and listen to this,,it says so much about life and how she was mistreated,,literally sit and cry because it's really heart touching,,absolutely amazing,,depression is deep and it's a killer when I'm depressed I sit and listen to this song it helps with my mental health,,
Its the "I don't know my self i don't know myself anymore" :(that hits me cause I literally miss the old me and hate the new me n looking back in life am so concerned how am still blinking💔🤦🏾♀️
Your never the same after abuse but you become better eventually and your hella better off after it takes years to accept it though xx stay strong x
Amazing meaningful lyrics love how music gets more loudest and dominant as the story gets worse
Not many so called artists produce songs like this one. Glad he got best album 🙌
This is the most powerful speech for young people it will help men understand that a can’t treat girls the way they want and learn understand to treat them because there is a consequence
You still listen to this and sing along❤️😳Great masterpiece
Daily reminder Eminem was making better music at 16
@@jacobdykes8827 Okay??
@@daligang1359 lol
One of the deepest songs felt in my heart, lived through similar shit
Having been a Lesley this was so powerful
This had me crying Dave thank you for talking about this its so important to talk about toxic relationships
So powerful, a girl stuck in a bad situation. 😔
This man is truly something else
Reminds me of 'Brenda's got a baby' this guy really is the next Tupac
Wow!! First time hearing this, it's a stunning piece of writing
High asf right this track is a masterpiece 🌿✌❤🇬🇧
damn right fam ❤
I listen to this track everyday and everytime like it’s a 30 second song
Likeee you don't even know when 11 mins go by
@@prettygirlstephanie facts you get so in the song time flies by like damn great song writing son production and everything
Daily reminder Eminem was making better music at 16
@@jacobdykes8827 sym
Completely understandable
I just heard about this song one the best storytelling songs ive heard in a long time one of the saddest song ive heard and it makes my stomach sick no one should ever go through what she gone through but sadly it happens everyday
Lesley was daves mum and jason was daves dad and daves dad had run away with a woman which was "lesleys" best friend (from daves statement in drama "them base lesley to my relatives)
Im not sure if they are his parents, him referring them as relatives in "Drama" (Nice catch btw @mandem from london). It can also mean that it's just a real story from someone of his cousins. I don't think it's his parents because he starts the story that hes talking to her on the train station which would not be possible if its his mom.
But he does say in black he lives without his dad so I think he could be right but so could you
it definitely isn't Dave's dad because Dave isn't the oldest child in his family and the song mentions that Lesley hasn't had children yet
Also I’m pretty sure he says she’s still in a coma or something I haven’t actually seen the lyrics yet but I’m pretty sure I heard that
XSlender ! His dad got deported to Nigeria when he was 3 months old
This song is way too good I’m obsessed with it I’m listening to it every second it’s just down to earth
Every little bit of this just hits hard 🤍 this is literally art
You lot didn’t clock the foreshadowing in this, “Hannah had a man that was manipulative so she could see from a mile off’ he’s talking about Jason here 🤯
you're reaching, "HAD a man" which implies that she used to have an abusive man and later in the story we obviously know that Hannah knows about Jason so she would have told Lesley that Jason was manipulative and abusive.
Pure reach
nah he ain’t
Yooooo
After hearing this story no better question can be asked Dave is a genius
This is the first time I've cried to a Dave song
This isn't a story it's a message
I felt it 🙏😥
this is a very touchy song big up dave man he wrote this when he was 19
That reduced me to tears. 😢
Daily reminder Eminem was making better music at 16
@@jacobdykes8827 daily reminder that you're racist
Nas, Prodigy were easily better rappers at 19 than Dave, and Eminem at 16. Lil Wayne at 17 was better than this guy with his with the wordplay and punch lines.
This song gave me the chills I honestly hope she’s okay
This song is deep. I really don't think it's got the recognition it deserves.
best uk artist ever
Daily reminder Eminem was making better music at 16
@@jacobdykes8827 uk mate
@@intence1233 what
@@jacobdykes8827 Hell no Eminem was not making better music at 16. Hes rapping with no proper subject matter
@@jeromesimz6271 he was better than Dave, Dave is ass
Omg this is real talent
Always come back to this song
first time acc reading lyrics it gave me goosebumps
😣😣😣😣what a powerful song love his full album hes unreal
I'm literally crying
This is poetry
WOW IM IN LOVE WITH THIS MAN HE RAPS LIKE NO OTHER HES A STORY TELLER
I didn't feel the 11 minutes raw talent.
He was speaking to my soul I'm learning
the lyrics always gets to me💔
The Art of story telling 😭
this song is still amazing and there's so much power in this
this song is absolutely beautiful Brought me to tears. amazing. just amazing.
Story telling Dave is something else
Dave and rap man have the same ability 😮
Amazing track easily 10/10 can‘t stop listening to this I never felt that intense about a track in my life yet
Wow this song is more then just words .
This song is so underrated
I will getting bck here every yr.
Man this is deep dave my guy
This speaks a lot to the heart broken ❤❤
Goosebumps bro. Goosebumps.
Bless up💪 and long live santan dave💯👑
Amazing song such deep lyrics really hit me hard wow ❤️
this must be my favourite song
this song hits me
Who is here in 2024
Meeeee😢
Me @@kmitchell692
thank you for this song, im lesley. ☺️😌💙
Wow….. 💔 this song is so powerful I had goose bumps while listening to it
Such an underrated song
Dave you’re music
best lyrical artist out there full stop no competition🤟
the whole song is insane but from 8:04 it just hits different
This is a proper song
Its just plain wrong that masterpieces of art like this go almost unnoticed and then shitty mumble rappers who just say random words get billions of views.
It hits different when you can relate ...
Ngl I was emotional, this song is deep af
this hasnt got the most attention as it needed
Look
They say the universe, it works in a strange way
And it must be true because, we ain't from the same background or same place
But me and Lesley ended up on that same train
I'm talking everyday, I used to wake up around seven or eight
To catch the 906 from Norbury Station
Two different worlds in the same location and
One day we ended up speaking
And I would talk about college, she would talk about meetings
And how she's planning on leaving
How she hates what she does but she needs it
I asked her what she was doing, it's the weekend
And she said, she said
I don't know myself
I don't know myself no more
She used to be the life of the party for true
And now she going out hardly ever
Her man got her in the yard forever
And her friends wanna help but it's hard to tell her
Hard to let her know that her man's possessive and aggressive
And she can't even see it, but for them it's clear as day, she's in a situation
Her friend Hannah had a man that was manipulative
So, she could see it from a mile off
Turtleneck jumpers, makeup around the eye spots
All the signs were there
But Lesley made it seem a light affair
Said it wasn't right to share
Her boyfriend, he was a mystery man
I didn't know much about him, but he's been in the can
Name's Jason, he's a bad boy with no reasoning
To be honest, I don't know what Les' sees in him
'Cause she's a good girl with a sweet heart
But they've both got demons and a deep past
You know opposites attract, apparently
I never heard her talk about her family ever, uh-uh
He was all that she had
Until they had an argument and he stopped calling her back
And I don't know if there was more to the story than that
'Cause she plays things down but according to that
He went missing one day in the morning he ran
She's doing overtime, struggling affording the flat
'Til she, lost her job it fucked all of her plans
Couldn't pay the rent, borrowing and calling for cash
But Hannah she was there for her, cared for her
When I saw Les' she told me
I don't know myself
I don't know myself no more
Les' saying, "I got nothing to live for
It's been raw, but David, I ain't never been this poor
There's no income, my boyfriend left me
So how the fuck am I going to survive when this kid's born?"
I said, "It's a blessing as mad as it is
And Les', I never even knew you were having a kid"
Bro, she's four months pregnant, young and neglected
Single but I don't think she wants to accept it
So she's still texting ex's trying to get this
Back on track but I don't think that she gets it
It's emotional obsession, clinical depression
Life is a lesson
And you ain't got to sit and cry
And Lesley, living in this gift called life
There's no better gift than the gift of life
So, can you handle it?
I don't know myself
I don't know myself no more
But that changed her perspective
Late in December, her baby's expected to drop
She's accepted, excited, electric, pumped
Only got to wait a few months
Her and Hannah had lunch
Told her she's pregnant
And they're the closest of bredrins
So she didn't stunt to tell her, I think that it's an error
You ain't a mum for a day, you're a mum forever
Whatever, and you and Jason break up whenever
If I'm honest that's something you should have done together
She doesn't know that her and Jason are going out again
And Jason doesn't know that Lesley's carrying a child for them
She had daydreams of settling down with Jason, better 'cause now they're together it's wild
Feeling like she needs to call her friends and tell 'em
'Cause while she's letting him down but most of them are never around
She calls Hannah the next day
Still tryna figure out the best way to tell her that she's getting back together with an ex-flame
So she left her a voicemail
Like "Yo Hannah, it's Les' can you call me back?
I wanna talk about the baby, you, me, Jason, all of that
I've been feeling like I need to get my aura back
I used to be so fucking confident
But these days, I swear that-"
I don't know my self
I don't know myself no more
It's 3:30 Lesley was meant to get a scan
But today I think she's going home early
Tryna talk to Jason, tell him 'bout the kid
Addressing any reservations
Have that conversation
Middle of the summer and it's raining
Waiting at the train station
Hella cancellations
So she gets a taxi, sitting in a backseat
Blue jean jacket and a maxi
Actually, tired and her legs are aching
Touched the destination
Way faster than the cab driver's estimation
She put the key in the door
She, couldn't believe what she see on the floor
Some size five trainers, raging
Tears in her eyes, but it's cool 'cause they must be the neighbors
And Jason's in the bedroom fully naked
Lesley running up the stairs but she's making noise
And she can hear Jason's voice
Saying "Hide in the closet"
But he's made his choice
So, she bursts in saying "What kind of person would cheat on his pregnant girlfriend?"
Jason, saying "What the fuck, you're pregnant? What the fuck?
You weren't even gonna tell me, I mean what the fuck?
What do you want from us?
Nah, you ain't in love, you just wanna love"
Lesley telling Jason, "I don't wanna love
I don't want a you and I, I don't want an us
And also, I don't wanna talk loads
One more line before I dash like Morse code"
Open the wardrobe
And Jason's on the edge
"I just wanna see if she was prettier than me, slimmer than me
Maybe your baby's similar to me
Maybe you wanted someone thicker than me, fitter than me
To satisfy you quicker than me
I got your baby in my stomach and you did this to me
What did I ever do to you for you to finish with me?
I didn't believe my girls but they were thinking of me
And give it to me, the wardrobe, give me the key"
I was pulling up the door but Jason's bigger than me
Literally, I remember viscerally
Jason pulling from behind me now he's gripping on me
White flashes, eye gashes, when he's hitting me, see
I just wanted to disappear I wasn't living for me
Physically I shut the fucking doors quick as can be
He's outside asking why I made him do what he did
Using a kick to open up the room that I'm in
I'm feeling afraid, barricaded, with a chair in the handle
I'm hearing sirens but I just wanna run away but I can't
Jason's gone by the time police are comin'
They saw that ain't no one else in the house
And feds are running through the door shouting
"We have reports of an argument with a woman"
There's blood all over the floor and it's splattered onto the wall
Lesley's on the bed and she's tryna speak to the feds
She's deep in the stress and his meter's above her head
If anything, she couldn't even say anything
But she's got this really sharp pain where her belly is
So, they call an ambulance, Lesley didn't plan for this
Police are in the room tryna find the missing piece of the puzzle
Until they stumble on something that's kind of random
It's a phone in the wardrobe
They had five missed phone calls from Jason and also a couple other numbers
So they thinking that it's no help
Until they play the voicemail like "Yo Hannah, it's Les' can you call me back?
I wanna talk about the baby, you, me, Jason, all of that
I've been feeling like I need to get my aura back
I used to be so fucking confident
But these days, I swear that-"
I don't know my self
I don't know myself no more
She felt sick to her stomach, she started panicking
Mind rattling, tryna understand what Hannah did
Battling the shame 'cause the situation embarrassing
She's tryna fathom it betrayed by her own garrison
Meanwhile, she's on the bed tryna manage this
Piercing pain in the stomach, she couldn't handle it
Now she's waiting for an ambulance
Yeah
And I know she's strong, but when I heard about what happened I was over-shocked
Her nose was gone, her jaw line shattered and rocked
They said her baby was the reason she was holding on
She dozing off, doctors getting no response
Her heart rate slowing down and they don't know what's wrong
Picked her up, got her out the home and onto the stretcher for good measure
But she fading out, oh
She took damage to the brain and now she's in a coma as we speak
But I ain't sure if she can make it out
You see this time that I'm taking out to tell you the story is more than a song or track
It's a message to a woman with a toxic man
I'm begging you to get support if you're lost or trapped
I understand that I can never understand
And I ain't saying that it's easy but it must be right
Some of your sisters, aunties, mums or wives
Are fucked aside and they will never touch on why
I'm touched 'cause I've seen women that I love though like-
Cry little red tears through a bloodshot eye
This shit's awful, no matter what culture it ain't normal
Men try and twist it, make it seem like it's your fault
In that train full of people that you're taking
How many Lesley's are running from their Jasons?
Angel without wings
Like the day without the night to bring her peace
A song without a voice
A spark without a flame
A child without a name
Oh, it's just wrong
Like an ocean without a shore
A soldier without a war
How can we do this anymore?
A song without a voice
A spark without a flame
A child without a name
Oh, it's just wrong
Well, we've made a massive amount of progress in this last year, haven't we?
Feels like a long journey
And I must say it's been a pleasure, to watch you mature and grow in thought
And in your career and life
You've opened up immensely
I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't miss these sessions
But you know, you can never stop learning about yourself
So you're always welcome
I'm just happy you're at a place now where you feel you understand your emotions
And are in control
The lyrics are literally on the screen 🤣
Broski just wasted his time when the lyrics are on the screen 😂😂😂
Hits home
Wow this rlly got to me
Imagine having the ability to sing and write like this
Wow. This is some profound writing.