In this article I will be translating the lyrics of the hit record ‘Lonely At The Top’ by the YBNL Nation singer and songwriter, Asake.
It’s lonely at the top (lonely, lonely, lonely)
Money on my mind (money, money, money)
Don’t care what they’re yarning about me in particular
(I don’t care about what exactly they are saying about me)
(kò kán mí, kán mi, kán mí)
(It doesn’t concern me, it doesn’t concern me)
Out here on the road chasing my dream because I know (no one can chase it for me)
Wọn l’Ọlọlade má ń gb’ọmọ lọ (gb’ọmọ lọ)
(They said Ololade is carrying women)
Bọrọkọtọ idi ṣ’ọmọ lọ (ṣ’ọmọ lọ)
(Women with different sizes of backside)
Ẹ fí wọn s’ilẹ jẹ kán má lọ
(Leave them alone, let them go)
No dey find anybody, na money I want (me, I want)
(I am not looking for anyone, it is money that I want)
No dey hear wetin people dey talk (people dey talk)
(I am not listening to what people are talking)
Wọn tí ge Aṣakẹ l’eti lọ (l’eti lọ)
(They have cut off Asake’s ear)
This Life na one, no get another one
(There’s only one life, I don’t have another one)
I go take am do wetin I love
(I will use it to do what I love)
Here Asake is saying that people are gossiping and saying that he is carrying women of different bum sizes and shape. Them he proceeded to say that those people gossiping should be left alone, like no one should pay them any attention, let them go one. And he continues by saying his only focus now is on making money, he isn’t out here focusing on anyone but rather on his success. Then he proceeded to say that he isn’t paying any attention to what people are saying and that they have removed his ears, like they have used too much talking to deafen him and he can’t and won’t be listening to anymore of what they are saying.
Asake then goes on to say that there is only one life, and he doesn’t intend to misuse it, he will use this one life to do the very thing that he loves and care about.
Wetin you love o
(What you love)
No be wetin I love o
(Is not what I love)
Wetin I love, I go do am with all my heart o
(What I love, I will do it with all my heart)
Ogogoro no be vodka
(Ogogoro isn’t vodka)
Mr. Money ginger
But una know I no dey waste time
(But you all know that I don’t waste time)
Mr. Money ginger ah, ahh
Just carry on, baby, no time (no time)
Bad boy dey, me, I dey fine
(Bad boy is here, me, I’m good)
And at the same time, me, I dey high
(And at the same time, I am high/intoxicated)
Mó du’ro’ tàn, mó stand out, calm down
(I am firm/fit, I stand out, calm down)
You go dey fine like fine wine, no decline
(You will be fine like a fine wine, no decline)
Think about it, extraordinary things
Show me love, I go show you more
O pọ, lọ pọ, pọ (pọ)
(It’s plenty)
Wo bo ṣe ń ṣe, wo bo ṣe ń ṣe
(Look at the way she is behaving)
Ọmọ e don tey, jẹ a ṣ’ere gele
(Babe it’s been a while, let’s romance)
Mo ń fọ f’aye, mo ti fọ f’àyè
(I am scared of life)
Ye, ye
Ọlọlade má ń gb’ọmọ lọ (gb’ọmọ lọ)
(They said Ololade is carrying women)
Bọrọkọtọ, idi ṣ’ọmọ lọ (ṣ’ọmọ lọ)
(Women with different sizes of backside)
Ẹ fí wọn s’ilẹ jẹ kán má lọ
(Leave them alone, let them go)
No dey find anybody, na money I want (me, I want)
(I am not looking for anyone, it is money that I want)
No dey hear wetin people dey talk (people dey talk)
(I’m not listening to what people are talking)
Wọn tí ge Aṣakẹ l’eti lọ (l’eti lọ)
(They have cut off Asake’s ear)
This life na one, no get another one
(This life is just one, I don’t have another one)
I go take am do wetin I love
(I will use it to do what I love)
Wetin you love o
(What you love)
No be wetin I love o
(Isn’t what I love)
Wetin I love, I go do am with all my heart o
(What I love, I will do it with all my heart)
Ogogoro no be vodka
(Ogogoro isn’t vodka)
Mr. Money ginger
But una know I no dey waste time
(But you all know that I don’t waste time)
Mr. Money ginger ah, ahh
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