Dax ‘Thought Those Were My Last Words’ Revisited

First, the date honesty this record deserves: Dax Thought Those Were My Last Words is not a new release. The song arrived on March 13, 2020, as track two of his seven-song EP I’ll Say It For You, and it deserves to be heard with that context attached. This is a revisit, framed as one.

Dax, born Daniel Nwosu Jr., is a Nigerian-Canadian rapper raised in Ottawa, and I’ll Say It For You is the project where his confessional, spoken-word-driven style found its shape. The EP runs seven tracks: I Can’t Breathe, Thought Those Were My Last Words, I Need A Break, Dear God, Book Of Revelations, Love Hurts and My Heart Hurts. No features. One voice, start to finish.

Dax Thought Those Were My Last Words, In Context

The song sits second in the sequence, right after the opener, and that placement is the point. Where Dear God, the EP’s best-known track, addresses its questions upward, Thought Those Were My Last Words turns inward: a monologue from a man taking stock of his own life as if the account were about to close. It is heavy material, delivered in the direct, unadorned cadence that became Dax’s signature.

The official audio is on his YouTube channel, and the song’s official video, embedded above, shows Dax alone with the words, no set dressing between the listener and the confession.

Why The Song Keeps Coming Back

Catalogue songs resurface for a reason, and this one’s reason is built into its construction. It is not tied to a trend, a feature or a moment in the charts. It is a self-contained piece of writing about mortality and unfinished business, the kind of record listeners find when they go looking for something heavier than a single.

That is also why this revisit matters less as news than as a reminder. Canadian rap’s catalogue is deep, and Dax’s early work is part of it: an Ottawa-raised artist who built an international audience on spoken-word confessionals years before that style had a playlist category.

The Verdict On The Revisit

Heard today, Thought Those Were My Last Words holds up as the centre of I’ll Say It For You, the track the rest of the EP orbits. If this revisit sends new listeners to it, the honest thing is to send them with the right date attached: March 13, 2020, track two of the seven-track I’ll Say It For You, and still the rawest statement in the Dax catalogue.