Blood On the Dancefloor ft. Bloody Civilian, Wale
Blood On the Dancefloor ft. Bloody Civilian, Wale
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Track eight, 'Blood on the Dancefloor,' in Odumodublvk's 'Eziokwu' album portrays his triumphant gang battle. The lyrics of this record are in English, and Nigerian Pidgin.

Lyrics
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<input type="checkbox" id=toggle1><label for=toggle1><span class="annotate-lyric"> Blvcksheep for life, Blvcksheep forever<br/>Izgaaju 'til we kpeme, Antiworld gangsters GE records, you get me? ODUMODUBLVCK <br/></span></label><div id=content1 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> ODUMODUBLVCK's signature intro  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle2><label for=toggle2><span class="annotate-lyric"> Native <br/></span></label><div id=content2 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He shouts out his record label  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle3><label for=toggle3><span class="annotate-lyric"> Jimoh sounds killed it <br/></span></label><div id=content3 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He shouts out the song's producer  </div></div><br/> All I know <br/> All I know <br/> All I know <br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle4><label for=toggle4><span class="annotate-lyric"> All I know is that when I dey cock, I hit and go <br/></span></label><div id=content4 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> All he knows is that, when he cocks his gun, he hits and goes  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle5><label for=toggle5><span class="annotate-lyric"> All I know is that when I been shoot, I hit their own <br/></span></label><div id=content5 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> All he knows is that, when he shoots, he hits their own (his enemies)  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle6><label for=toggle6><span class="annotate-lyric"> All I know is that when I dey cock, I hit and go <br/></span></label><div id=content6 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> All he knows is that, when he cocks his gun, he hits and goes  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle7><label for=toggle7><span class="annotate-lyric"> All they know is that when I been shoot, I hit their own <br/></span></label><div id=content7 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> All he knows is that, when he shoots, he hits their own (his enemies)  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle8><label for=toggle8><span class="annotate-lyric"> So, why they wanna cause more?<br/>Put him in a Crosstour <br/></span></label><div id=content8 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He brags about victory in a violent fight between two gangs. He describes the victory, even while facing obstacles. Here, Crosstour refers to the Honda Crosstour car he uses in conveying the corpses of his enemies.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle9><label for=toggle9><span class="annotate-lyric"> Kolobi their own blood <br/></span></label><div id=content9 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Kolobi" is a Nigerian Pidgin phrase that denotes his skills in gaining the upper hand against his enemies. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle10><label for=toggle10><span class="annotate-lyric"> Did it on their own turf<br/>So, why they wanna bring blood?<br/>Down to my front door<br/>I don’t wanna drink more<br/>Blood on the dance floor <br/></span></label><div id=content10 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> ODUMODUBLVCK wonders why his rivals would want more trouble even after they've been defeated. He's aware of the possibility of more bloodshed.  </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle11><label for=toggle11><span class="annotate-lyric"> Supposing I fall in with my kala like this and that<br/>I’m dressed in black<br/>Opportunity no be wetin I go dey look them pass<br/>So, I light my bass <br/></span></label><div id=content11 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> For instance, if he joins the battle with his weapons while dressed in black and gets an opportunity, he will seize it.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle12><label for=toggle12><span class="annotate-lyric"> Light that man with my pompi<br/>Tear garanut on the monkey <br/></span></label><div id=content12 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Pompi is a Nigerian Pidgin slang for Pump Action shotgun. In this specific scenario, groundnut (garanut) is a Nigerian pidgin slang for bullets, while ’monkey’ is slang for an idiot. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle13><label for=toggle13><span class="annotate-lyric"> Shake her yansh for my money<br/>Odumodu fala-follow, decipher konji <br/></span></label><div id=content13 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> This is a reference to a transactional relationship between him and a woman as he is horny </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle14><label for=toggle14><span class="annotate-lyric"> I go fill my glass cup<br/>Higher catch fun<br/>While I dey function<br/>My ops on a lost cause <br/></span></label><div id=content14 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He drinks and has fun while his enemies are on a lost cause  </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle15><label for=toggle15><span class="annotate-lyric"> All I know is that when I dey cock, I hit and go <br/></span></label><div id=content15 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> All he knows is that, when he cocks his gun, he hits and goes  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle16><label for=toggle16><span class="annotate-lyric"> I Dey shoot and go <br/></span></label><div id=content16 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He shoots and goes  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle17><label for=toggle17><span class="annotate-lyric"> All I know is that when I been shoot, I hit their own <br/></span></label><div id=content17 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> All he knows is that, when he shoots, he hits their own (his enemies)  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle18><label for=toggle18><span class="annotate-lyric"> When dem point and kill <br/></span></label><div id=content18 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> When they point and kill </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle19><label for=toggle19><span class="annotate-lyric"> All I know is that when I dey cock, I hit and go <br/></span></label><div id=content19 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> All he knows is that, when he cocks his gun, he hits and goes  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle20><label for=toggle20><span class="annotate-lyric"> (Who dey check my own?) <br/></span></label><div id=content20 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> No one can check him </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle21><label for=toggle21><span class="annotate-lyric"> All they know is that when I been shoot, I hit their own <br/></span></label><div id=content21 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> All he knows is that, when he shoots, he hits their own (his enemies)  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle22><label for=toggle22><span class="annotate-lyric"> (I dey run my race) <br/></span></label><div id=content22 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He runs his own race  </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle23><label for=toggle23><span class="annotate-lyric"> So, why they wanna cause more?<br/>Put him in a Crosstour <br/></span></label><div id=content23 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He brags about victory in a violent fight between two gangs. He describes the victory, even while facing obstacles. Here, Crosstour refers to the Honda Crosstour car he uses in conveying the corpses of his enemies.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle24><label for=toggle24><span class="annotate-lyric"> Kolobi their own blood <br/></span></label><div id=content24 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Kolobi" is a Nigerian Pidgin phrase that denotes his skills in gaining the upper hand against his enemies. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle25><label for=toggle25><span class="annotate-lyric"> Did it on their own turf<br/>So, why they wanna bring blood?<br/>Down to my front door<br/>I don’t wanna drink more<br/>Blood on the dance floor <br/></span></label><div id=content25 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> ODUMODUBLVCK wonders why his rivals would want more trouble even after they've been defeated. He's aware of the possibility of more bloodshed.  </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle26><label for=toggle26><span class="annotate-lyric"> I dey always expect these things<br/>Normally, normally, normally<br/>You dey try us, you dey try me<br/>Normally, normally<br/>We came here to party nana<br/>But you came here to find me<br/>You came here to find me <br/></span></label><div id=content26 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Bloody Civilian points out that she is not shocked by things like these because if you try them, then you try her  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle27><label for=toggle27><span class="annotate-lyric"> The thing wey dey my mind <br/></span></label><div id=content27 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> What's on her mind is..  </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle28><label for=toggle28><span class="annotate-lyric"> I go fill my glass cup<br/>Higher catch fall<br/>While I dey function<br/>My ops on a lost cause <br/></span></label><div id=content28 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He drinks and has fun while his enemies are on a lost cause  </div></div><br/><br/> Run for your life, they gon’ come for your life <br/> And my one true advice, bring a gun to fight <br/> Let it go, Let it go <br/> Kiss the kids and the wife <br/> Over here, shit get real <br/> Like for real, could be bad when they roll <br/> I ain’t bout to go out like a motherfucker hoe <br/> You bring it to my door, I’mma send you to the goat <br/> The thing about war, you will never know closure <br/> The windows close, they be in the back door <br/> And I don’t trust nothing but this God giving flow <input type="checkbox" id=toggle29><label for=toggle29><span class="annotate-lyric"> Dobale to Folarin when you pass Ondo <br/></span></label><div id=content29 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Dobale" is a Yoruba phrase meaning "prostrate." This is a way of greeting that boys and men use for older people in Yoruba land. "Folarin" is one of Wale's monikers and also one of the titles of his projects. It is a Yoruba word meaning "Walk with wealth." Wale proclaims that you should show reverence to Folarin when you pass Ondo (his hometown in Southwest Nigeria).  </div></div><br/> They crash out for me cause I ride for my folks <br/> Take a chance if you want, we gon’ dance if you go <br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle30><label for=toggle30><span class="annotate-lyric"> All I know is that when I dey cock, I hit and go <br/></span></label><div id=content30 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> All he knows is that, when he cocks his gun, he hits and goes  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle31><label for=toggle31><span class="annotate-lyric"> All I know is that when I been shoot, I hit their own <br/></span></label><div id=content31 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> All he knows is that, when he shoots, he hits their own (his enemies)  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle32><label for=toggle32><span class="annotate-lyric"> All I know is that when I dey cock, I hit and go <br/></span></label><div id=content32 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> All he knows is that, when he cocks his gun, he hits and goes  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle33><label for=toggle33><span class="annotate-lyric"> All they know is that when I been shoot, I hit their own <br/></span></label><div id=content33 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> All he knows is that, when he shoots, he hits their own (his enemies)  </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle34><label for=toggle34><span class="annotate-lyric"> So, why they wanna cause more?<br/>Put him in a Crosstour <br/></span></label><div id=content34 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He brags about victory in a violent fight between two gangs. He describes the victory, even while facing obstacles. Here, Crosstour refers to the Honda Crosstour car he uses in conveying the corpses of his enemies.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle35><label for=toggle35><span class="annotate-lyric"> Kolobi their own blood <br/></span></label><div id=content35 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Kolobi" is a Nigerian Pidgin phrase that denotes his skills in gaining the upper hand against his enemies. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle36><label for=toggle36><span class="annotate-lyric"> Did it on their own turf<br/>So, why they wanna bring blood?<br/>Down to my front door<br/>I don’t wanna drink more<br/>Blood on the dance floor <br/></span></label><div id=content36 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> ODUMODUBLVCK wonders why his rivals would want more trouble even after they've been defeated. He's aware of the possibility of more bloodshed.  </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle37><label for=toggle37><span class="annotate-lyric"> Supposing I fall in with my kala like this and that<br/>I’m dressed in black<br/>Opportunity no be wetin I go dey look them pass<br/>So I light my bass <br/></span></label><div id=content37 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> For instance, if he joins the battle with his weapons while dressed in black and gets an opportunity, he will seize it.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle38><label for=toggle38><span class="annotate-lyric"> Light that man with my pompi<br/>Tear garanut on the monkey <br/></span></label><div id=content38 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Pompi is a Nigerian Pidgin slang for Pump Action shotgun. In this specific scenario, groundnut (garanut) is a Nigerian pidgin slang for bullets, while ’monkey’ is slang for an idiot. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle39><label for=toggle39><span class="annotate-lyric"> Check her nyansh<br/>Nyash<br/>Blood on the dance oh<br/>Blood on the dance floor<br/>Blood on the dance <br/></span></label><div id=content39 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> This is a reference to a transactional relationship between him and a woman as he is horny

Credits
Produced by
JIMOHSOUNDZ, DEEPAHOLIQ
Written by
Emmanuel Olaoluwa Jimoh, Emoseh Khamofu, Ojogwu Tochukwu, Olubowale Victor Akintimehin, Thabo Satekge
Release date
October 6, 2023