Love Nwantiti (feat. Joeboy & Kuami Eugene)
Love Nwantiti (feat. Joeboy & Kuami Eugene)
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<input type="checkbox" id=toggle1><label for=toggle1><span class="annotate-lyric"> My baby my valentine (Uh)<br/>Girl na you dey make my temperature dey rise<br/>If you leave me, I go die, I swear<br/>You are like the oxygen I need to survive <br/></span></label><div id=content1 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> CKay expresses love for a woman. He can't survive without her. </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle2><label for=toggle2><span class="annotate-lyric"> I’ll be honest<br/>Your lovin dey totori me<br/>I-I’m so obsessed <br/></span></label><div id=content2 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Her love makes him feel excited and he is obsessed with her.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle3><label for=toggle3><span class="annotate-lyric"> I want to chop your Nkwobi <br/></span></label><div id=content3 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He alludes to having sex with her. Nkwobi is a meal that originated from the Igbos in south-eastern Nigeria.  </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle4><label for=toggle4><span class="annotate-lyric"> Unle! Your body dey baka mi si<br/>Unle! Open am make I see<br/>Unle! Gimme love nwantiti <br/></span></label><div id=content4 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Her body is mesmerizing and he wants to see it. He wants her to give him "love nwantinti" which is an Igbo phrase meaning "small love." </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle5><label for=toggle5><span class="annotate-lyric"> Baby make a bad man sing, oh yeah <br/></span></label><div id=content5 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She makes him sing in a way that makes him feel like he's getting soft. This is off brand for him as he is a "bad man." </div></div><br/><br/> Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah <br/> Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah <br/> Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah <br/> Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah <br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle6><label for=toggle6><span class="annotate-lyric"> Pounds and dollars I go spend for your head<br/>Talk all they want I don’t care what they said<br/>Cuz your matter, na hin I come dey carry for my head <br/></span></label><div id=content6 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Joeboy wants to spend money on his love interest no matter what people say. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle7><label for=toggle7><span class="annotate-lyric"> Every night, na you I wan dey carry to my bed <br/></span></label><div id=content7 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He wants to be with her every night  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle8><label for=toggle8><span class="annotate-lyric"> Ololo no tell me no no no<br/>You can be my partner, never riding solo-lo<br/>And we can do am lowkey no need to pariwo <br/></span></label><div id=content8 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He wants her to agree to be his partner and keep their relationship private.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle9><label for=toggle9><span class="annotate-lyric"> I’m feeling what you’re doing oya baby carry go (carry go) <br/></span></label><div id=content9 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He loves what she is doing and wants her to continue.  </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle10><label for=toggle10><span class="annotate-lyric"> Unle! Your body dey baka mi si<br/>Unle! Open am make I see<br/>Unle! Gimme love nwantiti <br/></span></label><div id=content10 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Her body is mesmerizing and he wants to see it. He wants her to give him "love nwantinti" which is an Igbo phrase meaning "small love." </div></div><br/> No dey do me hanky panky <br/> Oh no no no no <br/><br/> Ah ah ah ah ah ah <br/> Ah ah ah ah ah ah ahh <br/> Ah ah ah ah ah ah (they call me Eugene) <br/> Ah ah ah ah ah ah ahh <br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle11><label for=toggle11><span class="annotate-lyric"> Girl I want to go but you got me coming <br/></span></label><div id=content11 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Kuami Eugene could be making a play on words. He could mean that his love interest wants him to stay with her or he could mean she's giving him an orgasm.   </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle12><label for=toggle12><span class="annotate-lyric"> Why should I be coming early in the morning <br/></span></label><div id=content12 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He wonders aloud why he should be coming so early in the morning.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle13><label for=toggle13><span class="annotate-lyric"> Oya shake it make you spend my money <br/></span></label><div id=content13 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He asks her to dance and spend his money.  </div></div><br/> Call me Mr Bean I go make you horny <input type="checkbox" id=toggle14><label for=toggle14><span class="annotate-lyric"> Aii gimme gimme baby make you gimme<br/>I go show you loving, I go take you to my city, city <br/></span></label><div id=content14 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He is ready to show her love and take her to his city. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle15><label for=toggle15><span class="annotate-lyric"> Loneliness Dey make I look pity <br/></span></label><div id=content15 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> It's because he feels lonely that he looks pitiful.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle16><label for=toggle16><span class="annotate-lyric"> You want make I sing Joromi before you go see me (Simi) <br/></span></label><div id=content16 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> This is in reference to Nigerian artiste- Simi's 2017 hit- Joromi. The original Joromi was sung by the legendary Sir Victor Uwaifo (also a Nigerian artiste). </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle17><label for=toggle17><span class="annotate-lyric"> Fine girl, you know your body badder<br/>Same body but come make you shake it for Ghana<br/>Kia kia dance for me baby pana <br/></span></label><div id=content17 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Kuami hails his woman's body and tells her to come to Ghana (his country) to show it off and dance.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle18><label for=toggle18><span class="annotate-lyric"> Come and kill show ooooo <br/></span></label><div id=content18 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He tells her to come and kill it. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle19><label for=toggle19><span class="annotate-lyric"> Rockstarrrrrrrr! <br/></span></label><div id=content19 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Kuami Eugene refers to himself as a rockstar so this is his signature line.  </div></div><br/><br/> Ah ah ah ah ah ah

Credits
Produced by
Ckay, Tempoe
Written by
Chukwuka Ekweani, Alagwu Michael Chigozie
Release date
February 13, 2020