Dave or Santan Dave also known as David Orobosa Omoregie is a Nigerian bread, British-raised rapper, actor, singer, songwriter, and producer. He came on the rise in 2016 with one of his biggest hits ‘JKYL+HYD’ and has worked with big industry hitters such as Drake on their 2016 single ‘Wanna Know’. Dave is primarily known as a conscious hip hop as he uses unique poetic lyricism and powerful use of wordplay in his songs.
In Dave’s 2019 single ‘Question Time’ released in part of his debut studio album “Psychodrama”. In this seven-minute song Dave takes a stance and uses his platform to address a wide range of political and social issues including racism, inequality, and the struggles faced by young people within his country. His clever flow pushes thought-provoking questions on many things within British society.
He starts out by saying “A question for the new Prime Minister How’d you have a heart so sinister? How are you so wasteful when people are dying in Somalia, Afghanistan, Egypt, Libya?”. Here he is referring to the 70 billion dollars wasted in bad deals and dishonest contracts that were supposed to be used to support citizens during the outbreak of Covid-19 and their other economic hardships but they saw hardly any impact from these deals. Dave then goes on to reference his own mother who was a nurse who struggled with economic hardships when he was a child and received no help from the UK government.
Dave goes on to support UK nurses and doctors and calls out politicians that have hospitals with overworked and underpaid staff with “Patients lying in the corridors
‘Cause doctors can’t even find a bed for them to sleep I remember A&E and all them sickening screams Of a little girl waiting for a surgeon to be seen Privatized healthcare.”
Throughout the song, he calls out the past prime minister for supporting guns for police and weapons of war instead of using funds to support the UK people in their various needs.
Overall, Dave using his platform and showing up for his country in this way serves as a powerful commentary on the state of British society, sparking important conversations.
