"Funds" explores themes of wealth, street life, and personal pride. Davido's Verse 1 boasts of his affluent lifestyle and extravagant spending. Odumodublvck's Verse 2 recounts experiences of street life and its accompanying vibes. Chike's Verse 3 is characterised by sensual appeals and pride.Notably, "Funds" samples South African music icon Brenda Fassie's classic hit "Vul' Indlela".
<input type="checkbox" id=toggle1> <label for=toggle1> <span class="annotate-lyric"> (Vul' indlela weMaMgobhozi) <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content1 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> "Vul' Indlela" translates to "make way" in Zulu. Brenda pleads with people who meddle in others' affairs to move out of the way as her son is getting married today. </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle2> <label for=toggle2> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Ayayayayayayayaya, Bambam <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content2 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> Melodizing </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle3> <label for=toggle3> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Black sheep for life, black sheep forever <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content3 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> ODUMODUBLVCK refers to himself as a black sheep forever. </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle4> <label for=toggle4> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Izgaaju 'til we kpeme, Antiworld gangsters<br/>GE records, you get me? ODUMODUBLVCK <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content4 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> ODUMODUBLVCK's signature intro. He shouts out his associates and friends. "Izgaaju" is a slang meaning to live recklessly, party hard, or act wild."‘Till we kpeme" means "until we die." </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle5> <label for=toggle5> <span class="annotate-lyric"> (WeMaMgobhozi) <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content5 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> This refers to gossips </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle6> <label for=toggle6> <span class="annotate-lyric"> NATIVE <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content6 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> ODUMODUBLVCK shouts out his record label - Native </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle7> <label for=toggle7> <span class="annotate-lyric"> (He unyana wam, helele—) <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content7 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> This means: "My baby boy, is getting married today" </div> </div> <br/> You go see say my baby bambam <input type="checkbox" id=toggle8> <label for=toggle8> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Baddest<br/>Ye!, Shekpe!<br/>OBO, Baddest, Chee (WeMaMgobhozi) <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content8 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> Davido's signature intro </div> </div> <br/> <br/> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle9> <label for=toggle9> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Okay (Okay), girl make I show you my bank account <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content9 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> Davido wants to show a woman his bank account </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle10> <label for=toggle10> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Two face, I get plenty to go around <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content10 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> This is in reference to the legendary Nigerian artiste - 2Baba fka 2Face. </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle11> <label for=toggle11> <span class="annotate-lyric"> So girl make you dance when you hear the sound<br/>Na we dey pop all over town <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content11 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He wants her to dance anytime she heard this song as him and his friends (presumably) are known all over the town </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle12> <label for=toggle12> <span class="annotate-lyric"> So tell me if you dey down, dey down <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content12 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He wants to know if she is interested </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle13> <label for=toggle13> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Do you know, do you know, say owó mi ti pọ l'apo? (Vul' indlela) <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content13 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> "Owo mi ti po lapo" means "I have a lot of money in my pocket" in Yoruba </div> </div> <br/> Girl I know, girl I know, some things that you do not know <input type="checkbox" id=toggle14> <label for=toggle14> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Whethеr na traffic abi go-slow<br/>Baby I promise I go still show (WeMaMgobhozi) <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content14 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> No matter what obstacles are in the way, he will still show up </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle15> <label for=toggle15> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Spending monеy Pablo (Hey ah) <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content15 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> This is in reference to Pablo Escobar, a Colombian drug lord, narcoterrorist, and politician who founded the Medellín Cartel. </div> </div> <br/> <br/> <br/> I suppose relocate but I go buy Belgium <input type="checkbox" id=toggle16> <label for=toggle16> <span class="annotate-lyric"> My money na alele, I apply pressure <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content16 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He has a lot of money and works hard </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle17> <label for=toggle17> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Wednesday na your shima palava put us for high tension <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content17 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> On Wednesday, it was his (presumably his friend) babe's troubles that put them under pressure. </div> </div> <br/> You must apply OT <input type="checkbox" id=toggle18> <label for=toggle18> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Big boy you must to buy plenty (Yeah) <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content18 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He must buy a lot </div> </div> <br/> <br/> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle19> <label for=toggle19> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Mismanage my funds on you<br/>All I really wanna do is<br/>I'll mismanage my funds<br/>Even if they wanna stop me<br/>I'll mismanage my funds on you<br/>All I wanna do is<br/>Oh, hey, ah-ah, oh, hey<br/>Mismanage my funds <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content19 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He really wants to mismanage his funds on her, that is, spend recklessly on her, regardless of what anyone says </div> </div> <br/> <br/> <br/> Alright, okay <br/> Ten brokoto for the voltage <br/> Tilapia, kote, bring egufe with cocaine <br/> Gobe, Ucee the gbedu na replay <br/> Find Abacha for my brozay <br/> Conquer the street with play play (Helele—) <br/> <br/> <br/> Anyị je bili na Paris, ọ ga-adị kwa mma <br/> If I handle this your body, oga sọ kwú so, oga sọ kwú sọ <input type="checkbox" id=toggle20> <label for=toggle20> <span class="annotate-lyric"> If you put me for palava, m je kpọla gi ọfala <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content20 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> "Palava" means trouble </div> </div> <br/> Nwoke na-eme, nwa bu ife, ego na-ebe hmm (WeMaMgobhozi) <input type="checkbox" id=toggle21> <label for=toggle21> <span class="annotate-lyric"> I no fit complain you go see say my baby bambam (He unyana wam, helele—) <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content21 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He can't complain. People will see that his woman is the total package </div> </div> <br/> Ah, baby <br/> <br/> <br/> I suppose relocate but I go buy Belgium (Baby o) <input type="checkbox" id=toggle22> <label for=toggle22> <span class="annotate-lyric"> My money na alele, I apply pressure (Alele o) <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content22 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He has a lot of money and works hard </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle23> <label for=toggle23> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Wednesday na your shima palava put us for high tension <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content23 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> On Wednesday, it was his (presumably his friend) babe's troubles that put them under pressure. </div> </div> <br/> You must apply OT <input type="checkbox" id=toggle24> <label for=toggle24> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Big boy you must to buy plenty <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content24 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He must buy a lot </div> </div> <br/> <br/> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle25> <label for=toggle25> <span class="annotate-lyric"> Mismanage my funds on you<br/>All I really wanna do is<br/>I'll mismanage my funds<br/>Even if they wanna stop me<br/>Mismanage my funds on you<br/>All I wanna do is<br/>Oh, hey, ah-ah, oh, hey<br/>Mismanage my funds on you<br/>All I really wanna do is<br/>I'll mismanage my funds<br/>Even if they wanna stop me<br/>Mismanage my funds on you<br/>Spend all of my funds on you<br/>Oh, hey, ah-ah, oh, hey<br/>My baby bambam <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content25 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> He really wants to mismanage his funds on her, that is, spend recklessly on her, regardless of what anyone says </div> </div> <br/> <br/> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle26> <label for=toggle26> <span class="annotate-lyric"> WeMaMgobhozi, weMaMgobhozi <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content26 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> This refers to gossips </div> </div> <input type="checkbox" id=toggle27> <label for=toggle27> <span class="annotate-lyric"> He unyana wam, helele— <br/> </span> </label> <div id=content27 class="annotate-explain"> <div class="annotate-text"> This means: "My baby boy, is getting married today" </div> </div>