[ti:History (Explicit)] [ar:Dave/James Blake] [al:The Boy Who Played the Harp (Explicit)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.35]History (Explicit) - Dave/James Blake [00:01.33]Lyrics by:Dave/James Blake [00:02.64]Composed by:Dave/James Blake/Dom Maker [00:04.25]Produced by:James Blake/Dom Maker [00:05.95]This is God's plan He said it to me [00:08.66]An angel either side of my bed in a dream [00:10.85]Singin'"You don't know what you've yet to achieve [00:13.49]And you're destined for some **** you would never believe" [00:15.83]Now the garden same size as Adam and Eve's [00:18.26]I got trees a forest you better believe [00:20.80]For the bass and the treble I treble the fee [00:23.30]I can't wish my ex the best she would end up with me [00:25.76]How can I sleep when there's money to get with the team? [00:28.17]You disrespect the sixteen your head on a beam [00:30.73]For the lust of the money the head of the Queen [00:33.07]I done **** I didn't think I could ever redeem [00:35.61]I'm from South where they struggle with sayin' your name [00:37.97]But it's easy when pronouncin' you dead on the scene [00:40.43]So when you see me on these stages steppin' in clean [00:42.72]I hope [00:43.89]You know it's history in the makin' [00:53.86]Shall we make it? [00:59.02]Oh God [01:03.47]Yeah [01:05.11]And when they talk on my name in this country they gon' tell you that I'm already a legend [01:08.68]Can we make it? [01:10.45]Streatham that I'm reppin' clean steppin' bro you need to forget it [01:13.83]**** eco-friendly my car eco-aggressive [01:15.98]Yeah [01:16.41]And my ego aggressive [01:17.43]Yeah you better leave me a message [01:18.81]Yeah you've done it for a year but that ain't impressive [01:21.00]I give a **** about success if it ain't successive that ain't [01:23.98]History [01:24.50]City's gonna listen on repeat [01:26.05]Yeah [01:26.55]Gone a couple summers so they miss me on the beat [01:28.43]Woo [01:29.11]It don't matter if she pretty and petite [01:31.13]If she ain't B she can't even kiss me on the cheek [01:33.36]Yeah [01:33.87]Mum said"Never build a house on sand" [01:35.86]But I don't think I listen cah the villas by the beach [01:38.34]And I did it off of beats [01:39.72]Yeah I just whip it and I screech [01:40.87]Yeah [01:41.18]Any time you see my niggas in the streets [01:42.77]You know it's history in the makin' [01:51.20]Makin' [01:52.90]Shall we make it? [01:58.50]Oh God [02:02.92]Did I did I get addicted to the life? [02:07.57]Well it's all that I wanted [02:11.53]And it was fun for a while [02:13.99]But history smiles on us [02:17.32]Now we're on to somethin' [02:20.17]On to somethin' higher [02:25.20]Ah [02:26.09]Now hold my hand close [02:28.96]I'm inspired [02:32.15]And I'm holdin' on to a version of our lives [02:39.52]Where you're still mine [02:41.86]You know it's history in the makin' [02:50.31]Ooh [02:52.00]Shall we make it? [02:56.98]Oh God [03:01.65]Yeah [03:04.07]My mum told me what my name really means and the powers just kicked in [03:07.41]Got me thinkin' back to days when I was a victim to this ting [03:10.44]Thinkin' I was keepin' it balanced [03:12.00]I was even embarrassed sellin' CDs in Paris [03:14.35]But this music gave me everything I need in a marriage [03:16.75]I can't speak sideways on grime jungle or garage [03:20.02]When I know that it's the reason we managed to make [03:22.01]History [03:22.32]Don't be a hero I ain't lookin' to hurt anyone [03:24.62]I got a clean one and I got a dirtier one [03:26.79]I never see a man late to his own funeral but [03:30.29]I done see a man show up early to one [03:31.81]I prefer the one that's slim but I don't mind me the curvier one yeah [03:35.29]And I'm comin' from the South of the river where the sky is black [03:38.23]If not for the history that we made they wouldn't like rap [03:40.47]Niggas tryna water down our ting it's time to fight back [03:43.01]For seventy hours I've been steppin' with powers and it's definitely ours it's time [03:46.83]You mention my name better know that you're playin' with pepper [03:49.35]You borrowed a mil' and I told him to pay me whenever [03:51.80]Knew it was different from the moment we came in [03:53.72]And you can call me 'cause I said it verbatim [03:55.64]The woman with me like a renaissance paintin' [03:57.43]I'm Michelangelo's David [03:58.56]And any time you mention me in a statement you better know that it's [04:01.50]History