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Bundle By Bundle
Bundle By Bundle
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In Bundle By Bundle, Burna Boy delivers an anthem of resilience and success, blending Afro-fusion beats with motivational lyrics. The song reflects his journey, celebrating hard work, growth, and the rewards that come "bundle by bundle." It's a testament to staying focused and driven.

Lyrics
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<input type="checkbox" id=toggle1> <label for=toggle1> <span class="annotate-lyric"> When it comes to class, I be teacher <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content1 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> Burna asserts that he is the best at his craft  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle2> <label for=toggle2> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Chop this life, make e no chop you, my nigga <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content2 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He encourages listeners to enjoy life and not let it get the best out of them  </div> </div> <br/> Half a million dollars, when I smile for the picture <br/> That's why I don't put no ice in my liquor <br/>  <br/>  <input type="checkbox" id=toggle3> <label for=toggle3> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Ogbẹni, igbẹ mi lọ n ko <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content3 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> "Ogbeni" is a Yoruba word used to refer to a man/gentleman. "Igbe mi lo n ko" conveys the extent of Burna's power or influence. He is so powerful that he has people that clean up his faeces after him.  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle4> <label for=toggle4> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Cause when we throw the money, we dey throw am bundle by bundle <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content4 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> When he throws money (in the air), he throws it in bundles  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle5> <label for=toggle5> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Ogbẹni, igbẹ mi lọ n ko <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content5 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> "Ogbeni" is a Yoruba word used to refer to a man/gentleman. "Igbe mi lo n ko" conveys the extent of Burna's power or influence. He is so powerful that he has people that clean up his faeces after him.  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle6> <label for=toggle6> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Cause when we throw the money, we dey throw am bundle by bundle <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content6 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> When he throws money (in the air), he throws it in bundles  </div> </div> <br/>  <br/>  <input type="checkbox" id=toggle7> <label for=toggle7> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Mo ka'wọ s'oke but I no see their hand <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content7 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He puts his hands up but he doesn't see others' hands  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle8> <label for=toggle8> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Mo ni ko jeun s'oke but I no see your hand <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content8 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He encourages everyone to level up but he doesn't see others' hands  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle9> <label for=toggle9> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Higher, higher, eh, eh, make devil shake <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content9 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He wants the devil to tremble  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle10> <label for=toggle10> <span class="annotate-lyric"> How I go know say you dеy there if I no see your hand <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content10 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> How will he know that you are there if he can't see your hands  </div> </div> <br/>  <br/>  <input type="checkbox" id=toggle11> <label for=toggle11> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Are you jonzing?<br/>Arе you jonzing? <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content11 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> "Jonzing" means playing  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle12> <label for=toggle12> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Onigbese <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content12 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> Yoruba word for "debtor" </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle13> <label for=toggle13> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Gudugudu, meje, meje <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content13 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> This Yoruba phrase is used to convey admiration or commendation   </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle14> <label for=toggle14> <span class="annotate-lyric"> I chop akara where moi-moi no dey <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content14 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He eats bean cakes when there is no bean pudding  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle15> <label for=toggle15> <span class="annotate-lyric"> As long as e full my belle me I'm okay <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content15 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> As long as his tummy is full, he is okay  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle16> <label for=toggle16> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Vanity, everything na vanity <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content16 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> Everything is vanity  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle17> <label for=toggle17> <span class="annotate-lyric"> As I see say money dey <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content17 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> As he can see that there is money  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle18> <label for=toggle18> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Vanity full my head <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content18 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He is full of vanity  </div> </div> <br/>  <br/>  <input type="checkbox" id=toggle19> <label for=toggle19> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Bundle, bundle<br/>Bundle by bundle<br/>Bundle, bundle, bundle<br/>Bundle by bundle <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content19 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> The repetition of these lyrics conveys  Burna's flaunting of his wealth </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle20> <label for=toggle20> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Lion no dey humble for jungle <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content20 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> A lion is not humble in the jungle  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle21> <label for=toggle21> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Me I just dey do as I wan do <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content21 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He does as he pleases  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle22> <label for=toggle22> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Get my cana from Toronto <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content22 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> This is short for Canadian loud, an expensive cannabis strain. </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle23> <label for=toggle23> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Jẹ kan ma lọ jumbo by jumbo <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content23 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> "Let them go bundle by bundle" </div> </div> <br/>  <br/>  <input type="checkbox" id=toggle24> <label for=toggle24> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Ogbẹni, igbẹ mi lọ n ko <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content24 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> "Ogbeni" is a Yoruba word used to refer to a man/gentleman. "Igbe mi lo n ko" conveys the extent of Burna's power or influence. He is so powerful that he has people that clean up his faeces after him.  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle25> <label for=toggle25> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Cause when we throw the money, we dey throw am bundle by bundle <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content25 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> When he throws money (in the air), he throws it in bundles  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle26> <label for=toggle26> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Ogbẹni, igbẹ mi lọ n ko <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content26 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> "Ogbeni" is a Yoruba word used to refer to a man/gentleman. "Igbe mi lo n ko" conveys the extent of Burna's power or influence. He is so powerful that he has people that clean up his faeces after him.  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle27> <label for=toggle27> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Cause when we throw the money, we dey throw am bundle by bundle <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content27 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> When he throws money (in the air), he throws it in bundles  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle28> <label for=toggle28> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Ogbẹni, igbẹ mi lọ n ko <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content28 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> "Ogbeni" is a Yoruba word used to refer to a man/gentleman. "Igbe mi lo n ko" conveys the extent of Burna's power or influence. He is so powerful that he has people that clean up his faeces after him.  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle29> <label for=toggle29> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Cause when we throw the money, we dey throw am bundle by bundle <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content29 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> When he throws money (in the air), he throws it in bundles  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle30> <label for=toggle30> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Ogbẹni, igbẹ mi lọ n ko <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content30 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> "Ogbeni" is a Yoruba word used to refer to a man/gentleman. "Igbe mi lo n ko" conveys the extent of Burna's power or influence. He is so powerful that he has people that clean up his faeces after him.  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle31> <label for=toggle31> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Cause when we throw the money, we dey throw am bundle by bundle <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content31 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> When he throws money (in the air), he throws it in bundles  </div> </div> <br/>  <br/>  <input type="checkbox" id=toggle32> <label for=toggle32> <span class="annotate-lyric"> O de mo tungba <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content32 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> Translates to "And you know tungba." Tungba is an onomatopoeic term for the sound of a well-struck talking drum </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle33> <label for=toggle33> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Today na today <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content33 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> Today is the day </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle34> <label for=toggle34> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Small things wey dem say wọn ti n kigbe mogbe <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content34 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He has not even said much and people are already panicking  </div> </div> <br/> Never too late <input type="checkbox" id=toggle35> <label for=toggle35> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Fàájì, oshey <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content35 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> Faaji is a Yoruba word meaning enjoyment while "oshey" is an anglicized spelling of the Yoruba word "ose" meaning thank you.  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle36> <label for=toggle36> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Ita mo wa, o ti pe ti mo sun'le <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content36 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> Burna is outside as everyone already knows, he does not sleep at home  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle37> <label for=toggle37> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Taka sufe, where the ballon dey? <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content37 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> "Taka sufe" is a Yoruba phrase meaning to "snap your fingers and whistle." Balloon refers to the inhalation of canisters of nitrous oxide through balloons. </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle38> <label for=toggle38> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Do anyhow as long na me dey pay <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content38 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He will behave how he likes as long as he is the one paying  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle39> <label for=toggle39> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Emi fẹ jaiye today, emi fẹ jaiye <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content39 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He wants to enjoy today </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle40> <label for=toggle40> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Why you tell another person wetin I tell you? <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content40 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> Burna asks someone why he told someone else something he told him.  </div> </div> <br/> I always like to say the truth and shame the devil <input type="checkbox" id=toggle41> <label for=toggle41> <span class="annotate-lyric"> I no dey for all that kind level 'cause I no get time for the people wey too dey wurugbon lẹnu <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content41 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He doesn't have time for people that say nonsense  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle42> <label for=toggle42> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Emi Mr no gbo nothing me I no dey hear you <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content42 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He calls himself "Mr. I don't hear anything" because he does not hear what people say  </div> </div> <br/> Hundred thousand people when I pull up for the venue <input type="checkbox" id=toggle43> <label for=toggle43> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Why e be say I still dey hustle wellu wellu?<br/>When I get money like Tony Elumelu <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content43 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He wonders why he is still hustling despite having as much money as Tony Elumelu, a well-known Nigerian economist, banker and philanthropist. </div> </div> <br/>  <br/>  <input type="checkbox" id=toggle44> <label for=toggle44> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Ogbẹni, igbẹ mi lọ n ko <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content44 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> "Ogbeni" is a Yoruba word used to refer to a man/gentleman. "Igbe mi lo n ko" conveys the extent of Burna's power or influence. He is so powerful that he has people that clean up his faeces after him.  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle45> <label for=toggle45> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Cause when we throw the money, we dey throw am bundle by bundle <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content45 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> When he throws money (in the air), he throws it in bundles  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle46> <label for=toggle46> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Ogbẹni, igbẹ mi lọ n ko <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content46 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> "Ogbeni" is a Yoruba word used to refer to a man/gentleman. "Igbe mi lo n ko" conveys the extent of Burna's power or influence. He is so powerful that he has people that clean up his faeces after him.  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle47> <label for=toggle47> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Cause when we throw the money, we dey throw am bundle by bundle <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content47 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> When he throws money (in the air), he throws it in bundles  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle48> <label for=toggle48> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Ogbẹni, igbẹ mi lọ n ko <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content48 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> "Ogbeni" is a Yoruba word used to refer to a man/gentleman. "Igbe mi lo n ko" conveys the extent of Burna's power or influence. He is so powerful that he has people that clean up his faeces after him.  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle49> <label for=toggle49> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Cause when we throw the money, we dey throw am bundle by bundle <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content49 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> When he throws money (in the air), he throws it in bundles  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle50> <label for=toggle50> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Ogbẹni, igbẹ mi lọ n ko <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content50 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> "Ogbeni" is a Yoruba word used to refer to a man/gentleman. "Igbe mi lo n ko" conveys the extent of Burna's power or influence. He is so powerful that he has people that clean up his faeces after him.  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle51> <label for=toggle51> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Cause when we throw the money, we dey throw am bundle by bundle <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content51 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> When he throws money (in the air), he throws it in bundles  </div> </div> <br/>  <br/>  <input type="checkbox" id=toggle52> <label for=toggle52> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Mo ka'wọ s'oke but I no see their hand (Bundle, bundle) <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content52 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He puts his hands up but he doesn't see anyone's hands </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle53> <label for=toggle53> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Mo ni ko jeun s'oke but I no see your hand (Bundle, bundle) <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content53 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He asks everyone to wise up but he can't still see their hands  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle54> <label for=toggle54> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Higher, higher, eh, eh make devil shame (Bundle, bundle) <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content54 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He is going higher and shaming the devil in the process  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle55> <label for=toggle55> <span class="annotate-lyric"> How I go know say you dey there if I no see your hand (Bundle, bundle) <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content55 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> How will he know that you are there if he can't see your hands  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle56> <label for=toggle56> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Are you jonzing? <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content56 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> "Jonzing" means playing  </div> </div> <br/>  <br/>  <input type="checkbox" id=toggle57> <label for=toggle57> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Ogbẹni, igbẹ mi lọ n ko <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content57 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> "Ogbeni" is a Yoruba word used to refer to a man/gentleman. "Igbe mi lo n ko" conveys the extent of Burna's power or influence. He is so powerful that he has people that clean up his faeces after him.  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle58> <label for=toggle58> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Cause when we throw the money, we dey throw am bundle by bundle <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content58 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> When he throws money (in the air), he throws it in bundles  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle59> <label for=toggle59> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Ogbẹni, igbẹ mi lọ n ko <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content59 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> "Ogbeni" is a Yoruba word used to refer to a man/gentleman. "Igbe mi lo n ko" conveys the extent of Burna's power or influence. He is so powerful that he has people that clean up his faeces after him.  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle60> <label for=toggle60> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Cause when we throw the money, we dey throw am bundle by bundle <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content60 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> When he throws money (in the air), he throws it in bundles  </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle61> <label for=toggle61> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Bundle, bundle<br/>Bundle by bundle<br/>Bundle, bundle, bundle<br/>Bundle by bundle <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content61 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> The repetition of these lyrics conveys  Burna's flaunting of his wealth </div> </div>

Lyric Breakdown Video
Credits
Produced by
Telz
Written by
Alli Odunayo, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, Greg Dowling, Shane Johnson, Tracy Kelliher
Release date
December 17, 2024