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Uh <br/> Obah <br/> What dem a say? <br/> Obah <br/> Run <br/> Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm <br/> Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm <br/> Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm <br/> Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm <br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle1><label for=toggle1><span class="annotate-lyric"> Awa de, awa de de <br/></span></label><div id=content1 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> This is a Yoruba phrase that means "we have come, we have come." </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle2><label for=toggle2><span class="annotate-lyric"> Awa lọmọ to n sọ ti o seke, ye <br/></span></label><div id=content2 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> We are the children they look up to or aspire to be. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle3><label for=toggle3><span class="annotate-lyric"> Orimọlade gbemi debẹ <br/></span></label><div id=content3 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Orimolade" is a Yoruba word that means "The head knows who should be crowned." </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle4><label for=toggle4><span class="annotate-lyric"> Jigan jigan<br/>Ẹsẹ mi o delẹ, delẹ <br/></span></label><div id=content4 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Jigan is a Nigerian comedian and actor who walks with a limp. Like Jigan, Asake’s feet do not reach the ground. Jigan filed a lawsuit against Asake for the offensive lyric but later withdrew it and they made amends.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle5><label for=toggle5><span class="annotate-lyric"> Alaye mi stop shebẹ <br/></span></label><div id=content5 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He advises his friend not to do that.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle6><label for=toggle6><span class="annotate-lyric"> O fẹ jenbi, otun fẹ jenbẹ <br/></span></label><div id=content6 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> You want to eat from here and eat from there.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle7><label for=toggle7><span class="annotate-lyric"> Opọ se <br/></span></label><div id=content7 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> It is a lot.  </div></div><br/> Agbawo, fẹnu fo fence <input type="checkbox" id=toggle8><label for=toggle8><span class="annotate-lyric"> Sun sẹ yin <br/></span></label><div id=content8 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Move back  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle9><label for=toggle9><span class="annotate-lyric"> Amọrawa, sho get? <br/></span></label><div id=content9 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> We know each other, do you understand? </div></div><br/> Abinibi yato s'ability <input type="checkbox" id=toggle10><label for=toggle10><span class="annotate-lyric"> Ẹsọ fun wọn tan ba teri si<br/>Wọn ma pa lori <br/></span></label><div id=content10 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He says, "Tell them that if they put their heads into it, their heads won't hurt them."  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle11><label for=toggle11><span class="annotate-lyric"> Tẹnu kọ, emi promising <br/></span></label><div id=content11 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> It's not just idle talk. He is sure of it.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle12><label for=toggle12><span class="annotate-lyric"> Awọn tẹ fọ fun, fọ fun mi<br/>Tori ko sẹ lomi <br/></span></label><div id=content12 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Those who you are mesmerized by are mesmerized by him.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle13><label for=toggle13><span class="annotate-lyric"> Many many fẹ dabi mi<br/>Eri bi <br/></span></label><div id=content13 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He says that a lot of people want to be like him but there is none like him.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle14><label for=toggle14><span class="annotate-lyric"> Ẹgbọlorun tobi <br/></span></label><div id=content14 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Lift God high.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle15><label for=toggle15><span class="annotate-lyric"> Mo da aso-ẹbi for my country <br/></span></label><div id=content15 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He has become so popular in Nigeria.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle16><label for=toggle16><span class="annotate-lyric"> You can call me Mr Money <br/></span></label><div id=content16 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Mr. Money is a moniker that Asake uses to refer to himself.  </div></div><br/><br/> Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm <br/> Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm <input type="checkbox" id=toggle17><label for=toggle17><span class="annotate-lyric"> 2:30 fẹlu <br/></span></label><div id=content17 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> It is almost 2:30 </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle18><label for=toggle18><span class="annotate-lyric"> Oya ka turn up <br/></span></label><div id=content18 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Let us turn up/enjoy.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle19><label for=toggle19><span class="annotate-lyric"> Kilẹ to mọ <br/></span></label><div id=content19 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Before day breaks  </div></div><br/> Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm <br/> Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm <br/> Ye, ye, ye <input type="checkbox" id=toggle20><label for=toggle20><span class="annotate-lyric"> 2:30 fẹlu (Thirty fẹlu) <br/></span></label><div id=content20 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> It is almost 2:30 </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle21><label for=toggle21><span class="annotate-lyric"> Oya ka turn up <br/></span></label><div id=content21 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Let us turn up/enjoy.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle22><label for=toggle22><span class="annotate-lyric"> Kilẹ to mọ <br/></span></label><div id=content22 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Before day breaks  </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle23><label for=toggle23><span class="annotate-lyric"> Ere moba wa kosi ja <br/></span></label><div id=content23 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He came to have fun and not fight.  </div></div><br/> Shokoto pen pe, ye <input type="checkbox" id=toggle24><label for=toggle24><span class="annotate-lyric"> Ayenika, yebo, yeba <br/></span></label><div id=content24 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Life is full of wickedness.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle25><label for=toggle25><span class="annotate-lyric"> Formation logba, ye ja <br/></span></label><div id=content25 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Formation is what is necessary so do not fight. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle26><label for=toggle26><span class="annotate-lyric"> Ọmọ'yami ko stay wise <br/></span></label><div id=content26 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Asake tells his "omo iya" to stay wise/alert. "Omo iya mi" is an affectionate Yoruba term used to refer to a person who is very close to someone. The literal meaning is "child of my mother." </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle27><label for=toggle27><span class="annotate-lyric"> Tranquility, tranquility<br/>I no get time to dey form activity<br/>Kole kalas, I dey find stability <br/></span></label><div id=content27 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He wants peace as he has no time to waste because he is looking for stability.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle28><label for=toggle28><span class="annotate-lyric"> Like abacha, money long infinity <br/></span></label><div id=content28 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He compares the amount of money he has to the length of "abacha." Abacha is a cassava-based meal that originated from the Igbo people in south-eastern Nigeria. Abacha is cut in long strips.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle29><label for=toggle29><span class="annotate-lyric"> What's the chances?<br/>What's the probability?<br/>To see a better version of me with agility <br/></span></label><div id=content29 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Asake asks what the probability is of finding a better version of him who's more agile. This could possibly be a response to the constant comparisons being made to fellow artiste- Seyi Vibez.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle30><label for=toggle30><span class="annotate-lyric"> No you can't fake reality <br/></span></label><div id=content30 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Reality can't be faked.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle31><label for=toggle31><span class="annotate-lyric"> Ogun, principality and calamity<br/>Mo ti lọ, mo ti pa iyen ti <br/></span></label><div id=content31 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> The curses of principality and calamity are curses that he has broken and risen above.  </div></div><br/> Bẹbẹ no de for jiji <br/> O shi wa n titi <br/> Still get money like Fifty <input type="checkbox" id=toggle32><label for=toggle32><span class="annotate-lyric"> Dripping like Fiji <br/></span></label><div id=content32 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He is "dripping", that is, he has swagger. Dripping also means wet so he makes a play on words as Fiji is a brand of bottled water.   </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle33><label for=toggle33><span class="annotate-lyric"> I be real G <br/></span></label><div id=content33 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Asake calls himself a real one.

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Credits
Produced by
Blaise Beats
Written by
Asake, Olamide
Release date
April 5, 2023