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Basquiat
Basquiat
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Ololade mi Aşakę <br/> Tune in to the King of Sounds and Blues <br/><br/> Twenty-three, twenty-four <br/> Şebi I tell dem before <br/> Make dem stop to dey f'ẹnu fo <br/> Şe l'aye n yi <br/> Iwọ gbọn gbọn <br/> It dey turn turn <br/> Bi Revolver Mag .44 <br/> Tell me what Oluwa can't do <br/> Me I no skedaddle <br/> Tell me what Oluwa no fit handle <br/> Jẹ'n gbadun l'o ma gbadun <br/> Oya, kan tan candle <br/> Dem small, Shatta Bandle <br/><br/> Walking poetry, I am greater <br/> I'm a work of art, basquiat <br/> Na gaskia <br/> Owo at'alafia <br/> L'awa n wa <br/> Not time for drama o <br/> Walking poetry, I am greater <br/> I'm a work of art, basquiat <br/> Na gaskia <br/> Owo at'alafia <br/> Lawa n wa <br/> Not time for drama o <br/><br/> El Chapo, emi ni <br/> Ebenezer Obey the Commander, emi ni <br/> Capone, Capo de Tutti, emi ni <br/> I'm on one <br/> Won o ri'ru ginger t'emi ri <br/> I'm guilty <br/> If dem see my swag, it dey kill <br/> I no go appeal <br/> Know it's hard to swallow the pill <br/> Tell Nojim, tell Raheem <br/> May you tell Wakeel <br/> Shout out to my Sphinx, my mama, na she be my queen <br/> Ogbor <br/> Tal'o b'ọmọgọ? <br/> Tani Ugor t'o n wu bo? <br/> A maa kọ <br/> No dey fuck up! <br/> O l'ókó, oò mọ'nkọ <br/> Wọn ni irọ ko <br/> Emi l'ọmọ tan fi n yangan, ye <br/> All eyes on me bi ti 2 Pac <br/> See, I too bad <br/> You go feel am like kolos, two drags <br/> I no dey buga, I be cool cat <br/> Never lose guard <br/> Can't catch the wave with a durag <br/> Studying me, it's an honor, ję'un lo <br/> I get many pages like Songs of Solomon <br/> L'ọla Anobi Muhammad <br/> Ko ni wa'lẹ lai lai till we reach al Jana <br/><br/> Twenty-three, twenty-four <br/> Şebi I tell dem before <br/> Make dem stop to dey f'ẹnu fo <br/> Şe l'aye n yi <br/> Iwọ gbọn gbọn <br/> It dey turn turn <br/> Bi Revolver Mag .44 <br/> Tell me what Oluwa can't do <br/> Me I no skedaddle <br/> Tell me what Oluwa no fit handle <br/> Jẹ'n gbadun l'o ma gbadun <br/> Oya, kan tan candle <br/> Dem small, Shatta Bandle <br/><br/> Walking poetry, I am greater <br/> I'm a work of art, basquiat <br/> Na gaskia <br/> Owo at'alafia <br/> L'awa n wa <br/> Not time for drama o <br/> Walking poetry, I am greater <br/> I'm a work of art, basquiat <br/> Na gaskia <br/> Owo at'alafia <br/> Lawa n wa <br/> Not time for drama o <br/><br/> El Chapo, emi ni <br/> Ebenezer Obey the Commander, emi ni <br/> Capone, Capo de Tutti, emi ni <br/> I'm on one <br/> Won o ri'ru ginger t'emi ri <br/> I'm guilty <br/> If dem see my swag, it dey kill <br/> I no go appeal <br/> Know it's hard to swallow the pill

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Credits
Produced by
Magicsticks
Written by
Ololade Ahmed, Olamide Adedeji
Release date
June 12, 2023