[Intro: Burna Boy]
Yeah
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 1: Burna Boy]
Yeah, touch down oso ga eme
(Yea, touch down running/race will happen) (meaning that when he arrives, people will take to their heels)
They know that I’m not one of them
Odogwu looking like a million bucks
(Oshimiri)
(River)
Clean like a religious song
Alhamdulilah, in God I trust
(Glory to God, in God I trust)
Heard them for the street dem dey corner talk
(Heard them in the street they are corner talking)
No be chyce na kolanut
(It’s not child’s, it kolanut)
Me I no dey gree like Donald Trump
(Me I do not agree like Donald Trump) (meaning I’m stubborn like Donald Trump)
No be chyce is a Port Harcourt slang, and the full form is ‘No be child’s play’, it means it’s not a child’s play it’s something serious, that’s what Burna Boy was trying to say in the line there, it’s not child’s play it’s something serious. Kolanut has great significance in the Igbo culture, it is used to welcome visitors, used to ask for a woman’s hand in marriage, used to conduct sacrifice and burial ceremony, used to enter convenant with someone. So the kolanut is used for serious occasion and issues in the Igbo land. Burna Boy was trying to say, it’s not child’s play, it’s something serious.
Makinde
Solo makinde
General solo makinde
Different style we dey use slap them face
(Different styles we are using to slap their face)
U know my style na follow come
(You know my style is follow-come (born with it))
And I no go lie I dey kolo small
(And I won’t lie, I am a little crazy)
And you talk, say I no show love
(And you said I didn’t show love)
Do I look like I give a fuck?
People who don’t mind their business, who are always gossiping and poke nosing are called Solo Makinde. It’s a nickname that has been around for a long time and even K1 De Ultimate has a song about it called Solo Makinde.
[Chorus: Phyno & Burna Boy]
Do I?
Do I look like I give a fuck?
Do I?
Do I look like I give a fuck?
I don’t give a shot obata osu
Do I look like I give a fuck?
Do I?
Do I look like I give a fuck?
Do I?
Do I look like I give a fuck?
I don’t give a shot obata osu
Do I look like I give a fuck?
People whose presence changes the mood of a place are called Obata osu. For example if a celebrity like Davido or Wizkid shows up at a party, their presence will make the party more lively and will make people go crazy. And also those people whose presence causes trouble too, they are all known as Obata Osu.
[Verse 2: Phyno]
Lifestyle, aba na anya
(Lifestyle has entered her eye)
(meaning that she is thirsting for the lifestyle)
Ofulu the bag obewe Akwa
(She saw the bag and started crying)
I give am chance otinye aru
(I gave her a chance, she put body) (she put body means she indulged)
Afulum shege fa melum iwa
(I saw shege, they did me dirty)
OG ga ekpu gi ula
(OG will slap you)
Igbahalicha iga aza the ugba
(When you’re done, you will answer for it/you will face the consequence)
Mgbe ojim na njo okwa isim una
(When it was hard for me, you told me no right?)
Imana nam aburo onye okwu na uka
(You know that I’m not a troublemaker)
Say dem no dey gree ma ha fulum da
(They don’t agree/they are stubborn but when they see me they comport/agree or get cold feet)
And e no be beans mana erichamia
(And it’s not beans cause I have eaten it)
(When they say something isn’t beans, it means something isn’t easy, so Phyno is saying it’s not easy cause I have experienced it)
Las las onu ga ekwu
(In the end mouth will talk)
And I no dey see you Adim ocha
(And I don’t see you, I’m clean)
Asa what’s the plan? uche gi adia
(Babe what’s the plan? is your mind in it?)
Osim way ga cholu ogbo I
(She said “go and look for your mate”)
O ife ka anyi gana ako
(Is this what we will be talking?)
Do I look like I give a f**k?
[Chorus: Phyno & Burna Boy]
Do I?
Do I look like I give a f*ck?
Do I?
Do I look like I give a f*ck?
I don’t give a shot obata osu
Do I look like I give a f**k?
Do I?
Do I look like I give a f**k?
Do I?
Do I look like I give a f**k?
I don’t give a shot obata osu
Do I look like I give a f**k?
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