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Rod Wave

25

Release date: 11th October 2024

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About This Track

Rod Wave released '25' on 11th October 2024 as part of his sixth studio album 'Last Lap'. The track takes its title from the age at which the Florida rapper finds himself reassessing the patterns that once defined him, the chorus built around a refrain of weariness and change. The verses move between two registers: early passages sketch a relationship grounded in travel, family, and monogamous intent, whilst later lines catalogue the social anxiety and peer alienation that have marked him for years. The central question arrives plainly: 'What is it you're willin' to do for love?' The closing section counts upward from twenty-one through twenty-five, each year a marker, the final age landing on fatigue and the recognition that old excitements no longer hold. The production allows space for the introspection, Rod Wave's delivery measured against a backdrop that never rushes him. It is a song about arriving somewhere you thought you wanted to be and finding the view unfamiliar.

"25" is a track by Rod Wave, from the album Last Lap, released 11th October 2024. Full lyrics are available below.

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Rod Wave

Rod Wave

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25

[Intro]

Uh, uh-uh, uh, uh

Oh, do you do this often?

I know it sound wrong, like, everything I left in Maryland

I just don't wanna see myself anymore, I don't

They, like, they say they miss me and shit, shut up, for real, like, man

Look, 'kay

[Verse]

DJ, run it back, play my song in this bitch

Vibin' like I'm alone in this bitch, mm

Tit for tat, I got you back, was I wrong for that shit?

Tell me, is we too grown for that shit? Uh

I wanna lock it in, baby, no weighin' my options

Wanna travel, see the world, gettin' drunk on an island

Wanna settle, start a family, so tell me about it

And you so perfect, baby, don't give nobody that body (Okay)

Social anxiety, I fear

And I done been this way for some years

I don't really get along with my peers

Everything that they do to me is weird

So in a world full of weirdos, fools, and scrubs

Tell me, what is it you're willin' to do for love?

You know it's true that the datin' pool is fucked

Ain't nobody out here, baby, it just be us

And I know, and I know, and I know, and I know a broken heart when I see one

And I feel, and I feel, and I feel, and I feel like I love you more

Did you know? Do you know? Did you know? Do you know I'm a shoulder if you need one?

When I feel what I feel, keep it real, what’s the deal? I'm ready for

Go somewhere we could be alone, you and me alone

I remember bein' twenty-one when my life had just begun

Twenty-two, many things to see and do

Twenty-three, lookin' forward to twenty-four

Is it just me or it ain't no love no more?

Twenty-five, what a time to be alive

Am I getting old? Why do I feel tired?

All the same old things, the same old games

Same old pain, think it's time for a change 'cause

Certain shit ain't like me no more

Certain shit don't excite me no more

It don't excite me no more, no

It ain't like me no more

No more, no more

No, no, no, no, no

Certain shit don't excite me no more

It ain't like me no more

This ain't like me no more, no

It don't excite me no more, uh

[Outro]

Uh

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Track details

From Last Lap

2024
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Last Lap
Last Lap
Rod Wave
Release year
2024
  1. —Lost In Love
  2. —The Mess They Made
  3. —Jersey Numbers
  4. —Turtle Race
  5. —Karma
  6. —D.A.R.E.
  7. —Mike
  8. —Angel With An Attitude
  9. —Last Lap
  10. —Scared Love
  11. —25
  12. —IRan
  13. —Federal Nightmares
  14. —Never Mind
  15. —Even Love
  16. —Fuck Fame
  17. —Apply Pressure
  18. —Waited 2 Late
  19. —The Best
  20. —Spaceship

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Production & Engineering

Writer
EELmatic, GuiltyBeatz, Rod Wave, Seyi Sodimu, Spax (Producer), Tems
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