1. |
Drop
02:35
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VERSE 1
Drop, that tingle in your feet
the feeling of the beat, watch your knees fall in defeat
and buckle, before the vocals creep through the rubble
subtle, like the pop of a bubble
trouble, i start the verse, ya feel it one time
Make you dance your way onto the front line
Warning i ain’t here to take no names
The spoils of victory, I take claim
Feedback & fame won’t feed the fam
Smooth criminals, creep through villages
gone in the morning, sheets we pillaged them
Young & corrupted, girls we caught up in
bang on 'em eardrums …..
We just trynna have some fun wit it
Neighbours wanna call the cops again
‘Cause my colour makes me complicit
Don’t make sense, it don’t make commas men
Drop me a line, they won come sentence me
HOOK
My skin is like bronze
My heart’s like a diamond
My tongue is like gold
My word is my bond
If i think it, i’m gon’ drop
If I speak it, time gon’ stop
If I sing it, & you bop
If I flip it, won’t you’ cop
VERSE 2
They wan’ box me in, they can’t box with god
I know the ropes like a boxing ring
Can’t box me out,
Can’t shake my dreams
Nigerian boy, i’m olajuwon
& I travelled
10,000 hours now I’m a veteran
Found me a girl,
& found me some brethrens
Life is a lesson
I cut my check
& check off my checklists
I give you my word
I don’t want no sentence
It don’t make sense, it don’t make commas men
That my colour make me complicit
Drop me a charge, they won come empty me
Draining my blues to fill they cups with it
HOOK
My skin is like bronze
My heart’s like a diamond
My tongue is like gold
My word is my bond
If i think it, i’m gon’ drop
If I speak it, time gon’ stop
If I sing it, & you bop
If I flip it, won’t you’ cop
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2. |
Gung Ho
02:40
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I wanna be gung-ho
Wide eyes, big ears like dumbo
Fly me as high as the sun go (x2)
Mama I cross the street on my own
Left, Right, Left, your seed is grown
Promise I'll never forget my roots
You taught me black thought I forever use
But last year left me so humbled
New city felt like a jungle
Somewhere I took the wrong turn though
Now I'm all blue like a stormcloak
So I grind & I packed all my stress into one roll
Blow 'em away then I encore
Cheers & applauds from the front-row
Hmmm
I wanna be gung-ho
Wide eyes, big ears like dumbo
Fly me as high as the sun go (x2)
My pops gave me code, when I sit he spoke
Don't chase the glitter unless it's gold
Do chase the liquor & not these hoes
Hmm
Never let 'em dictate
Always learn from mistakes
Never let your dick think
Always use the big brain
Accept your own,
Do what you love, collect your toll
Love who you do, protect your home
Watch the skies, forget the throne
Cause the king 'gon die, soldiers too
Countrymen, get older too
Its you yourself you owe it too
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3. |
Medals
04:45
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VERSE 1
Don’t ask me to run it back to you
Don’t ask me to jump, I’ll crack the hoop
Don’t mind me, I’m young & black & blue
Don’t like me, I’m outta love for you
PRE-CHORUS
I've been stuck in place, been stuck out of place at the same time
I've been knocking, nothing, running outta patience, now I'll take mine
CHORUS
I'm just trynna get to where I wanna get to
I been trynna step through, now I'm trynna get through I been called a pot
I been called an empty Kettle
Now I'm on my mettle
Now I want my medals
I done ran fast, now I done gone long
I done jumped high, now I want my and 1 I been called a pot
I been called an empty Kettle
Now I'm on my mettle
Now I want my medals
VERSE 2
They come for me when I'm comfortable (I was just chilling)
They come for me with the constable (Stand your ground? Are you kidding)
Now I’m, just another black boy on the color tube (we’re just hashtags & headlines) Where’s color in the constitution
PRE-CHORUS
I've been stuck in place, been stuck out of place at the same time
I've been knocking, nothing, running outta patience, now I'll take mine
CHORUS
I'm just trynna get to where I wanna get to
I been trynna step through, now I'm trynna get through I been called a pot
I been called an empty Kettle
Now I'm on my mettle
Now I want my medals
I done ran fast, now I done gone long
I done jumped high, now I want my and 1 I been called a pot
I been called an empty Kettle
Now I'm on my mettle
Now I want my medals
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4. |
Hey Colonizer
03:22
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VERSE 1
Hey colonizer,
I'm no Django for hire
I just sing my desires
Do my dance till I tire
CHORUS
I do my Shoki
Kpanlogo
Shakiti bobo
I do my Zanku
Skelewu
Shaku shaku
Azonto
Do my dance till I tire
VERSE 2
I no come kill myself (Mi o le ku)
They say time heals all, yet
I been stuck in place,
Been stuck out of place
In my shoes, you no fit take one step
CHORUS
But me, I do my Shoki
Kpanlogo
Shakiti bobo
I do my Zanku
Skelewu
Shaku shaku
Azonto
Do my dance till I tire
VERSE 3
No be by force, no be gra gra
What no concern me, no matter
If it come near my family, na drama
Hmmm Extra extra, mo ma jara
CHORUS
But for now, I do my Shoki
Kpanlogo
Shakiti bobo
I do my Zanku
Skelewu
Shaku shaku
Azonto
Do my dance till I tire
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5. |
Fools
03:30
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VERSE 1
Fooled me once, I fooled you twice, we fooled us nice
We wanna earn our worth, we won’t reduce the price
Shebi we’re fools whether we dance, tabi we don’t
Baby mi jowo o, jeka jo maa gbadun
PRE-CHORUS
You be my maga-maga
I’ll be your mugu-mugu
Ololufe mi,
Hold on forever
You be my maga-maga
I’ll be your mugu-mugu
Hold on forever
Hold on…
CHORUS
Blame me, blame me if you’re late
You took it, you took it to the heart
I said (x2)
VERSE 2
Mama mi kilo fun mi
Baba mi soro fun mi
See my mama always told me I should stop to think my words through
And my dada always told me talk with crowds but keep your virtue
PRE-CHORUS
You be my maga-maga
I’ll be your mugu-mugu
Ololufe mi,
Hold on forever
You be my maga-maga
I’ll be your mugu-mugu
Hold on forever
Hold on…
CHORUS
Blame me, blame me if you’re late
You took it, you took it to the heart
I said (x2)
BRIDGE
And I never listen, teenage revolution I revert to
We’re adolesenseless, scared in love but never go to church
I remember when I met you, I would court you past your curfew
I said blame me, how could I know you would take that to the heart
CHORUS
Blame me, blame me if you’re late
You took it, you took it to the heart
I said (x2)
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6. |
Omoge
02:45
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VERSE 1
She walked by one morning
Stole my gaze without no warnings
So graceful - she’s been here before
I let her in like a trojan
& all in a moment,
I forgot everything I’ve been longing
Found everything I belong in
CHORUS
Look right, look left
Omoge
Think twice
Before you cross my mind
You’ll run through it, can’t run from it
I’m on to you and might commit …
crime.
I’ll steal your heart and make you mine
VERSE 2
Don’t trip, girl I know that love is blind
Don’t slip, omoge, leave me clues cause I will find
Nice to meet you I am charmed
Look I don’t mean you no harm
Just blink once, blink twice
At midnight, I’ll be your light
BRIDGE
At midnight, I’ll be your light
Just look right, look left
Blink once, blink twice
On this thriller night, girl I’ll be your light
CHORUS (x2)
Look right, look left
Omoge
Think twice
Before you cross my mind
You’ll run through it, can’t run from it
I’m on to you and might commit …
crime.
I’ll steal your heart and make you mine
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7. |
Heal
04:38
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CHORUS
I dream of sunshine
I dream of sunsets
When I ain't know how to feel
I look up and I heal
I dream of cool waves
I let my blues take
When I ain't know how to feel
I dig deep and I heal
Ohhh…
VERSE 1
I dream of burgundy roses
Crystal chalices on mahogany coasters
I'm channeling Moses
Echoes of cheers, congrats, mabrook, mazel tov
Head in the clouds pray that gravity hold us
The road is tough but the ends drove us
More freedom is what we toast to
& success to the lovers, honour to the brave
Health to the sick
Pray, no stones or sticks ma lawd
See my home ain't brick, it’s glass walls
Pray no motes or beams hmmm
Unless they beam me up,
Purple tucked,
Eyes to the sky as I pucker up (X2)
When I ain't know how to feel
I look up and I heal
CHORUS
I dream of sunshine
I dream of sunsets
When I ain't know how to feel
I look up and I heal
I dream of cool waves
I let my blues take
When I ain't know how to feel
I dig deep and I heal
VERSE 2
I pray for green margins, we
On the pursuit of happiness like the gardeners
We pray Allah pardon us
Life’s hard enough without being young, black & born a target -
A, fish in a sea with… white sharks & blue whales
Bite me, I’ll bite back
& when I get trouble sleep
I yanga , but I no dey count sheep
I’m a lion, them no concern
You see my eyes on the horizon
Black clouds over my rooftop
Me & baby in a 2-door
Brain heavy like mojo-jojo
Make me wanna blow my roof off
Power-puff & blow my sorrows in the air & then I cool off
When I ain't know how to feel
I dig deep & I heal
CHORUS
I dream of sunshine
I dream of sunsets
When I ain't know how to feel
I look up and I heal
I dream of cool waves
I let my blues take
When I ain't know how to feel
I dig deep and I heal
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8. |
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VERSE 1
Fooled me once, I fooled you twice, we fooled us nice
We wanna earn our worth, we won’t reduce the price
Shebi we’re fools whether we dance, tabi we don’t
Baby mi jowo o, jeka jo maa gbadun
PRE-CHORUS
You be my maga-maga
I’ll be your mugu-mugu
Ololufe mi,
Hold on forever
You be my maga-maga
I’ll be your mugu-mugu
Hold on forever
Hold on…
CHORUS
Blame me, blame me if you’re late
You took it, you took it to the heart
I said (x2)
VERSE 2
Mama mi kilo fun mi
Baba mi soro fun mi
See my mama always told me I should stop to think my words through
And my dada always told me talk with crowds but keep your virtue
PRE-CHORUS
You be my maga-maga
I’ll be your mugu-mugu
Ololufe mi,
Hold on forever
You be my maga-maga
I’ll be your mugu-mugu
Hold on forever
Hold on…
CHORUS
Blame me, blame me if you’re late
You took it, you took it to the heart
I said (x2)
Baby mi jowo o, jeka jo maa gbadun...
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Idris Lawal Toronto, Ontario
Idris Lawal is Nigerian born, Toronto based song-writer and producer. Growing up in Nigeria, Qatar, South-Africa and Canada; his early exposure to different cultures would become the foundation of his genre-bending sound. Today, he draws from a variety of musical influences including rap, afrobeat, highlife, afro-pop, soul music and blends into what he calls “afrobop”. ... more
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