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Ayra Starr's breakout single

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Vibez <br/> Ta-ta-ri <br/> Ta-ta-ri-pa, ta-ta-ri <br/> Ta-ta-ri-pa, ta-ta-ri, pa <br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle1><label for=toggle1><span class="annotate-lyric"> Sabi girl no dey too like talk <br/></span></label><div id=content1 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Ayra refers to herself as "Sabi Girl." So she doesn't like talking too much.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle2><label for=toggle2><span class="annotate-lyric"> Animals dey in human form <br/></span></label><div id=content2 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> People can be deceptive.   </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle3><label for=toggle3><span class="annotate-lyric"> Padi man nobody like work <br/></span></label><div id=content3 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> No one likes to work  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle4><label for=toggle4><span class="annotate-lyric"> But you must hustle if you wan chop <br/></span></label><div id=content4 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> But, in order to eat, you must work.  </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle5><label for=toggle5><span class="annotate-lyric"> E no finish, dem wan fight us<br/>If them they run them no fit catch up <br/></span></label><div id=content5 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> No one can catch up to her even if they try.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle6><label for=toggle6><span class="annotate-lyric"> I no dey form say I too righteous <br/></span></label><div id=content6 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She is not self-righteous.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle7><label for=toggle7><span class="annotate-lyric"> No come dey form say you too like us <br/></span></label><div id=content7 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Don't act like you like her.  </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle8><label for=toggle8><span class="annotate-lyric"> Me no getty time for the hate and the bad energy<br/>Got mi mind on my money <br/></span></label><div id=content8 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She has no time for hate or bad energy because she is trying to make money. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle9><label for=toggle9><span class="annotate-lyric"> Make you dance like Poco Lee <br/></span></label><div id=content9 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She refers to Poco Lee who is a popular Nigerian dancer  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle10><label for=toggle10><span class="annotate-lyric"> Steady green like broccoli <br/></span></label><div id=content10 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Green (in this context) means money. Broccoli is green.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle11><label for=toggle11><span class="annotate-lyric"> Steady on my grind, no wan hear what they want telly me <br/></span></label><div id=content11 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She's always hustling and doesn't care what other people say.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle12><label for=toggle12><span class="annotate-lyric"> Kudi na my fantasy <br/></span></label><div id=content12 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She fantasizes about money. "Kudi" means money in Hausa language. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle13><label for=toggle13><span class="annotate-lyric"> Dem wan dey check if my tap e no rush <br/></span></label><div id=content13 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Her haters want to check if her "tap is not rushing." According to her, this phrase means that "her cup runneth over." </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle14><label for=toggle14><span class="annotate-lyric"> But e dey rush<br/>E dey rush well, well<br/>E be much <br/></span></label><div id=content14 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> God makes her cup runneth over. </div></div><br/> Na God dey make my tap, e dey rush <input type="checkbox" id=toggle15><label for=toggle15><span class="annotate-lyric"> The kind money we touch, yeah <br/></span></label><div id=content15 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She makes a lot of money. </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle16><label for=toggle16><span class="annotate-lyric"> E dey rush<br/>E dey rush well, well<br/>E be much <br/></span></label><div id=content16 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Her cup runneth over. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle17><label for=toggle17><span class="annotate-lyric"> No be hype everybody dey crush <br/></span></label><div id=content17 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> It's not hype. Everyone likes her. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle18><label for=toggle18><span class="annotate-lyric"> There’s no dulling with us<br/>(There’s no dulling with us, oh) <br/></span></label><div id=content18 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> With her (and her people presumably), things are never boring.  </div></div><br/> Pa pa ri, pi pa pa ri pa (yeah) <br/> Pa pa ri, pi pa pa ri pa (yeah) <br/> Pa pa ri, yeah <br/> Pa pa pa ri, pa ri pa <br/> Jofunmi Japata, I dey go Ghana (yeah) <input type="checkbox" id=toggle19><label for=toggle19><span class="annotate-lyric"> You never touch, you dey form papas (yeah) <br/></span></label><div id=content19 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> People that haven't made any money are feeling too full of themselves.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle20><label for=toggle20><span class="annotate-lyric"> Which kind money we never see before<br/>Kosi elomi, gat me feeling I’m the one <br/></span></label><div id=content20 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She has seen a lot of money and she knows she is the one.  </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle21><label for=toggle21><span class="annotate-lyric"> Aje, aje, aje<br/>Can never take my cake away<br/>Aje, you can’t count my grace<br/>I just dey my lane, my lane <br/></span></label><div id=content21 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> No one can quantity the grace she has. She just stays in her lane.  </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle22><label for=toggle22><span class="annotate-lyric"> Me no getty time for the hate and the bad energy<br/>Got mi mind on my money <br/></span></label><div id=content22 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She has no time for hate or bad energy because she is trying to make money. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle23><label for=toggle23><span class="annotate-lyric"> Make you dance like Poco Lee <br/></span></label><div id=content23 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She refers to Poco Lee who is a popular Nigerian dancer  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle24><label for=toggle24><span class="annotate-lyric"> Steady green like broccoli <br/></span></label><div id=content24 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Green (in this context) means money. Broccoli is green.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle25><label for=toggle25><span class="annotate-lyric"> Steady on my grind, no wan hear what they want telly me <br/></span></label><div id=content25 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She's always hustling and doesn't care what other people say.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle26><label for=toggle26><span class="annotate-lyric"> Kudi na my fantasy (yeah, yeah) <br/></span></label><div id=content26 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She fantasizes about money. "Kudi" means money in Hausa language. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle27><label for=toggle27><span class="annotate-lyric"> Dem wan dey check if my tap e no rush <br/></span></label><div id=content27 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Her haters want to check if her "tap is not rushing." According to her, this phrase means that "her cup runneth over." </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle28><label for=toggle28><span class="annotate-lyric"> But e dey rush<br/>E dey rush well, well<br/>E be much (e be much) <br/></span></label><div id=content28 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> God makes her cup runneth over. </div></div><br/> Na God dey make my tap, e dey rush <input type="checkbox" id=toggle29><label for=toggle29><span class="annotate-lyric"> The kind money we touch, yeah <br/></span></label><div id=content29 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She makes a lot of money. </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle30><label for=toggle30><span class="annotate-lyric"> E dey rush<br/>E dey rush well, well<br/>E be much <br/></span></label><div id=content30 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Her cup runneth over. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle31><label for=toggle31><span class="annotate-lyric"> No be hype everybody dey crush <br/></span></label><div id=content31 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> It's not hype. Everyone likes her. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle32><label for=toggle32><span class="annotate-lyric"> There’s no dulling with us<br/>(There’s no dulling with us, oh) <br/></span></label><div id=content32 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> With her (and her people presumably), things are never boring.  </div></div><br/> ‘Cause e dey rush<br/>E dey rush well, well<br/>E be much <br/> Na God dey make my tap, e dey rush <br/> The kind money we touch <br/> E dey rush<br/>E dey rush well, well<br/>E be much <br/> No be hype everybody dey crush <br/>There’s no dulling with us<br/>(There’s no dulling) <br/>

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Produced by
Andrevibez, Hoops
Written by
Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe, Prince Omoferi, Alexander Uwaifo
Release date
September 16, 2022