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Ozeba is an infectious tune that finds Rema showcasing his playful, defiant and self-assured nature. The song is delivered in English and Nigerian Pidgin.

Lyrics
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<input type="checkbox" id=toggle1><label for=toggle1><span class="annotate-lyric"> London (London) <br/></span></label><div id=content1 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> This is the producer tag for London- the track\'s producer  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle2><label for=toggle2><span class="annotate-lyric"> Another banger (banger) <br/></span></label><div id=content2 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Rema\'s signature intro, indicating that this is another hit  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle3><label for=toggle3><span class="annotate-lyric"> All of my guys them dey tell me say me I be party animal <br/></span></label><div id=content3 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> All of his guys (friends) tell him that he’s a party animal. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle4><label for=toggle4><span class="annotate-lyric"> Who be that girl wey dey shake her ikebe for back? Me I want her, I like her (arrg-arrg) <br/></span></label><div id=content4 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He wonders aloud who the girl shaking her bum at the back is (presumably the back of a club). He wants and likes her. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle5><label for=toggle5><span class="annotate-lyric"> Whether the ikebe na real or fake, abeg, just dey back am (come, come) <br/></span></label><div id=content5 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He doesn’t care whether the bum is real or fake. He just wants her to come to him. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle6><label for=toggle6><span class="annotate-lyric"> How you go sell me money, then I spray the money, then you come dey pack am? <br/></span></label><div id=content6 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He is confused as to how a person will sell him money, then spray it on him and still take it. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle7><label for=toggle7><span class="annotate-lyric"> You no see say na Balenciaga I dey rock, abeg, no dĐ”y march am <br/></span></label><div id=content7 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He is wearing designer shoes. Balenciaga is a Spanish luxury fashion line founded in 1919 by CristĂłbal Balenciaga that produces ready to wear footwear, jewelry, and bags. Rema asks someone not to step on his Balenciaga shoes. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle8><label for=toggle8><span class="annotate-lyric"> Me wey be arĐ”a-boy, I dey do my things, zaga-zigi, zigi-zaga (grr) <br/></span></label><div id=content8 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He is a self-proclaimed area boy, that is, he runs the streets, so he does things however he likes. Area boys are viewed as local touts and they may be notorious as they engage in criminal activities. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle9><label for=toggle9><span class="annotate-lyric"> "Rema, what is the matter?"<br/>I go prove to them say somebody badder, eh<br/>Somebody wicked, eh<br/>I go do my best to make all of una vex <br/></span></label><div id=content9 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He will prove to people that he is badder and wicked. In other words, he is better, cooler and tougher. He will make sure that he provokes everyone. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle10><label for=toggle10><span class="annotate-lyric"> I don comoti for my set, I don intercept<br/>I dey put the game for reset <br/></span></label><div id=content10 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He is at a more advanced level in his career, now higher than artistes that were his peers. He has reset the music game and pushed boundaries. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle11><label for=toggle11><span class="annotate-lyric"> Shey you wan gatekeep who sabi jump fence, ehn? <br/></span></label><div id=content11 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> This is his way of saying that he cannot be stopped because he will break through the glass ceiling, no matter what is thrown in his path. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle12><label for=toggle12><span class="annotate-lyric"> Ozeba, ozeba, ozeba, ozeba, ozeba<br/>Ozeba, ozeba, ozeba, ozeba, ozeba<br/>Ozeba, ozeba (hm, hm, hm), ozeba, ozeba, ozeba (arrg-ra-ra)<br/>Ozeba, ozeba, ozeba, ozeba, ozeba <br/></span></label><div id=content12 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Ozeba is a slang word meaning "trouble." He repeatedly chants it </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle13><label for=toggle13><span class="annotate-lyric"> Emi ati Ă wọn guys mi, ita lawa, emi itolowo<br/>Italawa, itolowo, ita, itolowo, eh-eh <br/></span></label><div id=content13 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He and his guys are outside. This means that he is outside, staying active and making moves instead of staying inside and doing nothing </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle14><label for=toggle14><span class="annotate-lyric"> They want a banger? Ehn-ehn?<br/>Give them back to back, ehn-ehn?<br/>Buss up their medulla, arrg-arrg <br/></span></label><div id=content14 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He delivers bangers back to back and blows their brains. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle15><label for=toggle15><span class="annotate-lyric"> Tell all your faves that I ask you to ask them, "Who\'s their daddy?" (Huh)<br/>H-I-M, huh, I\'m that nigga (uh-huh)<br/>I\'m that, huh, I\'m that nigga, huh (uh-huh)<br/>Father figure (uh-huh) huh, huh, huh <br/></span></label><div id=content15 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He asserts that he is ‘him.’ He is unique and is a legend in his own right. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle16><label for=toggle16><span class="annotate-lyric"> I dey vex every day, only thing wey fit make me dey happy na ikebe <br/></span></label><div id=content16 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Rema is angry everyday but the only thing that can make him happy is a woman’s bum. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle17><label for=toggle17><span class="annotate-lyric"> Internet gangster, that thing wey you talk, make you come my front, make you for rĂ©pĂ©tĂ© <br/></span></label><div id=content17 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He has been accused of being an internet gangster so he challenges his accusers to say it in front of him </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle18><label for=toggle18><span class="annotate-lyric"> "Rema, what is the matter?"<br/>I go prove to them say somebody badder, ehn?<br/>Somebody wicked, ehn?<br/>I go do my best to make all of una vex <br/></span></label><div id=content18 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He will prove to people that he is badder and wicked. In other words, he is better, cooler and tougher. He will make sure that he provokes everyone. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle19><label for=toggle19><span class="annotate-lyric"> I don comoti for my set, I don intercept<br/>I dey put the game for reset <br/></span></label><div id=content19 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He is at a more advanced level in his career, now higher than artistes that were his peers. He has reset the music game and pushed boundaries. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle20><label for=toggle20><span class="annotate-lyric"> Shey you wan gatekeep who sabi jump fence, ehn? <br/></span></label><div id=content20 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> This is his way of saying that he cannot be stopped because he will break through the glass ceiling, no matter what is thrown in his path. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle21><label for=toggle21><span class="annotate-lyric"> Ozeba, ozeba, ozeba, ozeba, ozeba<br/>Ozeba, ozeba, ozeba, ozeba, ozeba<br/>Ozeba, ozeba (ayy, ayy, ayy, ayy), ozeba, ozeba, ozeba<br/>Ozeba, ozeba, ozeba, ozeba, ozeba (ahh)<br/>Ozeba, ozeba, ozeba, ozeba, ozeba<br/>Ozeba, ozeba, ozeba, ozeba, ozeba (arrg-ra-ra)<br/>Ozeba, ozeba, ozeba, ozeba, ozeba<br/>Ozeba, ozeba, ozeba, ozeba, ozeba <br/></span></label><div id=content21 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Ozeba is a slang word meaning "trouble." He repeatedly chants it </div></div>

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Credits
Produced by
Rema, London
Written by
Divine Ikubor, Michael Ovie Hunter
Release date
July 10, 2024