Love Me JeJe
Love Me JeJe
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"Love Me JeJe" is the first single off Tems' highly anticipated debut album- Born in the Wild. It is an upbeat love song that is inspired by the iconic 1997 song of the same name released by US-based Nigerian singer-songwriter, Seyi Sodimu featuring Nigerian actor and singer- Shaffy Bello. The lyrics are delivered in English and Yoruba.

Lyrics
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<br/> Tell me when to say "Love Me Je Je" <br/> One, two <br/> One, two, three, go <br/> Aye <br/> Oh, yeah <br/><br/> I need your loving <br/> So fresh, so clean <br/> Love me in and out <br/> Unfailingly <br/> And I'll be down now anytime you call me <br/> I'll be down, I'll be down <br/><br/> Because I love, and I love, and I love, and I love you only <br/> Because I need, and I need, and I need, and I need you more <br/> Yeah, You know I run and I run and I run and I run <br/> Fly, we can fly in the sky in the night <br/> Hold me in your arms, in your love and your light <br/><br/> I'm on your wave right now <br/> I'm on your wave right now, yeah <br/> I'm on your vibe now <br/> You got me on your side now, yeah <br/> I'm on your wave right now, yeah <br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle1><label for=toggle1><span class="annotate-lyric"> If not you, then I don't want to know<br/>I don't want no story <br/></span></label><div id=content1 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> If it's not her lover, Tems is not interested   </div></div><br/> Day and night it's unconditional <br/> Got me living softly, yeah yeah <input type="checkbox" id=toggle2><label for=toggle2><span class="annotate-lyric"> Love me je je, love me tender <br/></span></label><div id=content2 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Jeje" means "gently." She tells her lover to love her gently and tenderly. This expression conveys Tems' longing to be loved gently and tenderly </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle3><label for=toggle3><span class="annotate-lyric"> You know your love turn me up like NEPA <br/></span></label><div id=content3 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> NEPA is an abbreviation for National Electric Power Authority. It is the former name of the organization in charge of electricity use in Nigeria. Tems likens the way her significant other loves her to the way NEPA lights up the nation with electricity  </div></div><br/> Anything you want and I'ma do whatever <br/><br/> Because I love, and I love, and I love, and I love you only <br/> Because I need, and I need, and I need, and I need you more <br/> Yeah, you know I run and I run and I run and I run <br/> Fly, we can fly in the sky in the night <br/> Hold me in your arms, in your love and your light <br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle4><label for=toggle4><span class="annotate-lyric"> I'm on your wave right now<br/>I'm on your wave right now, yeah<br/>I'm on your vibe now <br/></span></label><div id=content4 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> This is a slang which could mean that "she understands her lover really well" </div></div><br/> You got me on your side now, yeah <br/> I'm on your wave right now, yeah <br/><br/> Yeah yeah <input type="checkbox" id=toggle5><label for=toggle5><span class="annotate-lyric"> Say love me je je, love me tender<br/>Love me je je, love me tender<br/>Say love me je je, love me tender<br/>Love me je je, love me tender <br/></span></label><div id=content5 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She wants to be loved gently and tenderly.  </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle6><label for=toggle6><span class="annotate-lyric"> You are my sugar, my honey, my tender lover<br/>You are my sugar, my honey, my tender lover<br/>Yeah, you are my sugar, my honey, my tender lover<br/>You are my sugar, my honey, my tender lover <br/></span></label><div id=content6 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She refers to her lover as sugar and honey, which are terms of endearment </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle7><label for=toggle7><span class="annotate-lyric"> Why won't you just open your mouth and say something<br/>I'm actually terrified  <br/></span></label><div id=content7 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> This is an outro. Tems wonders why someone she is speaking to won't just say something and the person says they're actually terrified

Credits
Produced by
Spax, GuiltyBeatz
Written by
Akano Samuel, Ronald Banful, Seyi Sodimu, Temilade Openiyi
Release date
April 25, 2024