Continuing my tradition of doing something special for my birthday, #pdrturns23 has me drowning in more melancholy than last year.
“The Birthday” concerns the only pressing gift I have in mind for my 23rd birthday: to get back with her. It’s a pseudo-bonus track to The Tape, as you might notice wit...
Verse 1:
Burberry top, the
Gold hoop rings I like a lot
...the bigger the better, we got some
Business to settle, I can't be bitter forever, I told ya'
...I'm the
Boy, you know it all, I'm the
Boy, you got my heart, but I
Sure don't see a start
Bridge:
Can we make it honestly?
Can we make it honestly?
...ooo, was it
All a waste of time? Were you ever really mine?
Pre-Chorus:
...we got our best kicks, texting "see you
There"... then we act all out, like we weren't
Aware... I'mma make a toast, 'ready led with
Prayer... only when around you's when I feel (myself)
Chorus:
// It's been 'bout me when you come around
It's been 'bout us when we're going
Back and forth now, back and forth now
Back and forth, we gotta get back in force now //
Verse 2:
High waisted shorts, I'm
Talking 'bout the gym kind, you're a good sport
Know that's why you wear 'em and other reasons, of course
Mutual recovery of the buyer's remorse
Pitch black hair, watch the light in her eyes
It's that stare when she knows that I'm lying
It's not fair, I'm tryna' make an assessment
"Incompatible" is the lesson, you want a nigga just guessing, like
Bridge:
Can we make it honestly?
Can we make it honestly?
...ooo, was it
All a waste of time? Were you ever really mine?
Pre-Chorus:
...we got our best kicks, texting "see you
There"... then we act all out, like we weren't
Aware... I'mma make a toast, 'ready led with
Prayer... only when around you's when I feel (myself)
Chorus:
// It's been 'bout me when you come around
It's been 'bout us when we're going
Back and forth now, back and forth now
Back and forth, we gotta get back in force now //
Outro:
...I'm the
Boy, you know it all, I'm the
Boy, you got my heart, but I
Sure don't see a start
Only see the end
I only see the end
...
Will you sleep on me when I turn 23? Yo
Will you sleep on me 'till I turn twenty, twenty
Three... yeah, 'cause I
See the end
23
The Birthday was written by DJ DAX.
The Birthday was produced by Oddwin.
DJ DAX released The Birthday on Fri Oct 26 2018.
Hot off the heels of The Tape, I had been contemplating whether or not I wanted to follow up with a bonus track. This is kind of a half step to that, in that the naming convention of the track fits the other songs on the tracklist, but the sound is more pop/R&B than anything on the project itse...