You done well mate, this is the most London centric track he’s done, I had no clue the bar ‘cutting through bricks like the 118’ cutting through bricks of cocaine but the 118 is a bus that cuts through Brixton, a borough in south London, went right over my head
Also back in the day there was a advert for 118 call directory. In the advert it had 2 guys dressed as ninjas karate chopping bricks so the bar really has a TRIPLE meaning
Yep only 19 yrs old in this video. Dave produces a lot of his own beats under his production name of Santan Dave. He plays electric & acoustic guitar & the piano. He often produces & sometimes directs his own videos as well. Bit of genius is Dave! He did an L.A Leaker & a Tiny Desk session 7 years ago when he was only 18 - America just couldn't grasp him though at that time... *The ends is our way of saying the hood or area we live in. You'll hear that a LOT. He's not from these ends - he's not from this area *Peng means a sexy/pretty girl, Leng means an even prettier one. *Uni is short for university - we go to college at 16/17 to do our entrance exams to get into university. *Peak here is slang for something bad, that's a bad or peak situation *Bare means a lot - He's got bare trainers - He's got a lot of creps *Mandem - that's our group of male friends. Galdem is a group of female friends *Wasteman is a loser *Zoot is a joint - to bun a zoot - go smoke a joint *Sket is a promiscuous girl *Ps or Lizzies means money There's a little list just to get you started 😃
Okay so DEFINITELY do Black next, but the Live at the Brits 2020 version. Incredible performance and visuals plus an extra verse at the end. The Brits is kinda like the UK version of the Grammys. Bear that in mind when you listen and imagine this track being performed at the Grammys. Dave has plenty of up tempo bangers he could have played but this was a statement.
Bow is in East London and he said "Im in East trying to link (meet) my girl cuz I got a baby (cupid reference) across Bow like cupid cuz Streatham is in South London so he has to cross London to get to his girl in Bow
Yo, great reaction bro, it's actually from his 3rd Album the first two are Six Paths and Game Over, which actually has a song called My 19th Birthday which is hella fire 🔥🔥🔥. Coming back to your other point, it's actually harder to find a UK artist that doesn't spit some real fire bars even in UK drill bruh, our seen really is that lit all the way through trust me and look forward to you finding more artists to react too🙂Avelino - Daily Duppy would be a great reaction from you, pure bars
'cutting through bricks like the 118' the 118 was a bus route through brixton in south london which also crashed into a house a year before the song was released
also, 'My young G done draws and eights' from the line before, weed is often refered to as 'draw' and a draw which links to the 1-1, then 8th as in an 8th of weed. 8th is a common mesurement for selling drugs. crazy link between all those words
I second this. Original video is good, but live version is the best live performance ever in history of hip hop, on many levels. You'll see. Just in case you don't know, prime minister here is like president there. You'll see why... 😁
Love your reactions❤ Streatham postcode is SW16, and Dave often refers to 16 in his tracks, that's what he means. Dave is a genious, a walking Thesaurus, double entandre king 👑 Please react to Black Live version on Brits 2020, it's a historical moment for hip hop 🏆🥇
Dave songs to do Lesley Heart Attack Panic Attack (live version) Black (live) In the fire (live - will introduce you to more us artists) My 19th/24th bday
Definitely just go through the album track by track this and his newer album "where all alone in this together" deserve the respect of being listened to the whole way through
Hahaha I always judge reactors on if they get the 'ME N U' bar, so I'm glad you got it 🙌🏼🤣 keep up the dave reactions he's the 🐐 Fredo, Potter payper are also solid artists to checkout
You can see Dave’s intelligence , you did well catching the bars man , only ones you struggled with were places , the 118 Brixton bus (cutting through bricks/drugs like the 118) crossbow , Bow street
"My G just came out for a shooting And Ramz done a madness charting So the man got something in common 'Cause trust me, both of their tings been barking" His friend has just come out of jail for shooting somone and Rams (a rapper) released a song called Barking (a place in east London) that charted high in the pop charts where he speaks about linking (meeting up with) a girl from Barking. So when he says both of their tings been Barking, he means ones let his gun "bark" and one's been to literal Barking to see his "ting".
if you want to do a good Dave reaction you need to do "Lesly", "How I met my ex" aaaaaaannnd "Black live at the Brits 2020" trust me you want to do the live version aaaaannnnnd "In the Fire live at the Brits 2022".
