Ogechi (Remix)
Ogechi (Remix)
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Ogechi (Remix) finds BoyPee, Hycee, Brown Joel and Davido celebrating love and devotion to a special woman named Ogechi. The song explores themes of romance, admiration, and the joy of being in love, highlighting the deep connection and happiness the artistes feel in their relationships.

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<input type="checkbox" id=toggle1><label for=toggle1><span class="annotate-lyric"> It's Davido<br/>Baddest<br/>Shekpe <br/></span></label><div id=content1 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> This is Davido's signature intro  </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle2><label for=toggle2><span class="annotate-lyric"> Say wa le le le le <br/></span></label><div id=content2 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He melodizes  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle3><label for=toggle3><span class="annotate-lyric"> Ogechi don gimme something pon pon pon<br/>Roger Roger over <br/></span></label><div id=content3 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Ogechi- a common female Igbo name. It means "time of God." Davido wonders if she has given him a love potion because of the power she has over him.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle4><label for=toggle4><span class="annotate-lyric"> I don even tell governor <br/></span></label><div id=content4 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He references his uncle who is the current governor of Osun State in the South western region of Nigeria- Governor Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke. He has told his uncle about Ogechi  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle5><label for=toggle5><span class="annotate-lyric"> Be like she do me Karashika, eh <br/></span></label><div id=content5 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He wonders whether she has charmed him because he is so taken by her. "Karishika" is the name of the main character in a 1998 Nigerian horror film. She was an astonishingly beautiful woman by day and a bloodsucking demon by night. She was sent by the the devil to earth to lure successful men and destroy their relationships with their partners as well as their careers. Over time, the name has been used to refer to women who seemingly charm men with their beauty/magical powers.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle6><label for=toggle6><span class="annotate-lyric"> Make I no fit leave am, eh<br/>Me wey be Jon Cena, eh <br/></span></label><div id=content6 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He cannot leave her. He also likens himself to the professional wrestler and actor, John Cena </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle7><label for=toggle7><span class="annotate-lyric"> I say I swear you fine die<br/>Baby girl na you be God design oh<br/>Walahi <br/></span></label><div id=content7 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Davido swears that Ogechi is beautiful and God created her specially.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle8><label for=toggle8><span class="annotate-lyric"> As your face dey show na so your show dey shine <br/></span></label><div id=content8 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> This is a Nigerian Pidgin phrase meaning that a person looks beautiful/handsome.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle9><label for=toggle9><span class="annotate-lyric"> Na you go be my wife<br/>You gat to bе my wife<br/>For you I'll pay the price, yе ye ye <br/></span></label><div id=content9 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He reiterates that he will marry her and he is ready to pay her bride price   </div></div><br/><br/> [Chorus] <input type="checkbox" id=toggle10><label for=toggle10><span class="annotate-lyric"> Oh Chi Chi<br/>Oh Chi Chi Chioma <br/></span></label><div id=content10 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> This is in reference to Chioma- Davido's wife. Chioma is a female Igbo name that means "God is good."  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle11><label for=toggle11><span class="annotate-lyric"> Leenu my bebe <br/></span></label><div id=content11 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Leenu" means "look" or "see" in Igbo. In this line, the singer is addressing her as "my baby." </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle12><label for=toggle12><span class="annotate-lyric"> Oge nke m no o kanwa <br/></span></label><div id=content12 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> This translates to "My own Oge," showing possession and affection. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle13><label for=toggle13><span class="annotate-lyric"> Ololufe I no go lie <br/></span></label><div id=content13 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Ololufe" means "my love" in Yoruba. He's saying he won't lie. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle14><label for=toggle14><span class="annotate-lyric"> I need your love Ifeoma <br/></span></label><div id=content14 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Ifeoma" is another name meaning "good thing" in Igbo. He needs her love. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle15><label for=toggle15><span class="annotate-lyric"> Gwa m ife m ge'enye gi <br/></span></label><div id=content15 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Gwa m" means "tell me" and "ife m ge'enye gi" means "what I will give you." He’s asking what he can do for her. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle16><label for=toggle16><span class="annotate-lyric"> Obi m i ma na imaka <br/></span></label><div id=content16 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Obi m" means "my heart" and "i ma na imaka" means "you know you're beautiful." </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle17><label for=toggle17><span class="annotate-lyric"> Plenty kele for my life na you I choose (You I choose) <br/></span></label><div id=content17 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> This means that he has had many girls in his life but he has chosen this particular one. "Kele" is a Nigerian slang for girl  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle18><label for=toggle18><span class="annotate-lyric"> I don dey wonder if everything na cruise <br/></span></label><div id=content18 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He wonders if everything is just a joke/for fun </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle19><label for=toggle19><span class="annotate-lyric"> If I do you wrong, my baby boo, I'm sorry <br/></span></label><div id=content19 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> If he has wronged her, he is sorry  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle20><label for=toggle20><span class="annotate-lyric"> You say I getti many girls, that one na story <br/></span></label><div id=content20 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He has so many girls but they're not important to him  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle21><label for=toggle21><span class="annotate-lyric"> But na you dey my mind<br/>I swear say na you dey my mind<br/>I swear I no dey lie<br/>I dream about you all the time<br/>Cause girl, you blow my mind<br/>And I no fit deny<br/>Hmm girl, you do me bad <br/></span></label><div id=content21 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He swears that she is the one on his mind and he dreams about her all the time because she blows his mind. He just cannot deny his feelings for her as he is consumed by her  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle22><label for=toggle22><span class="annotate-lyric"> Eh-ye-ye <br/></span></label><div id=content22 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He melodizes  </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle23><label for=toggle23><span class="annotate-lyric"> Ogechi, Ogechi ka nma <br/></span></label><div id=content23 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Ogechi is a female Igbo name that means "God's time." "Ka nma" directly translates to "is better." Together, they mean God's time is the best.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle24><label for=toggle24><span class="annotate-lyric"> Leenu my bebe <br/></span></label><div id=content24 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Leenu" means "look" or "see" in Igbo. In this line, the singer is addressing her as "my baby." </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle25><label for=toggle25><span class="annotate-lyric"> Oge nke m no o kanwa <br/></span></label><div id=content25 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> This translates to "My own Oge," showing possession and affection. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle26><label for=toggle26><span class="annotate-lyric"> Ololufe I no go lie <br/></span></label><div id=content26 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Ololufe" means "my love" in Yoruba. He's saying he won't lie. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle27><label for=toggle27><span class="annotate-lyric"> I need your love Ifeoma <br/></span></label><div id=content27 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Ifeoma" is another name meaning "good thing" in Igbo. He needs her love. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle28><label for=toggle28><span class="annotate-lyric"> Gwa m ife m ge'enye gi <br/></span></label><div id=content28 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Gwa m" means "tell me" and "ife m ge'enye gi" means "what I will give you." He’s asking what he can do for her. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle29><label for=toggle29><span class="annotate-lyric"> Obi m i ma na imaka <br/></span></label><div id=content29 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Obi m" means "my heart" and "i ma na imaka" means "you know you're beautiful." </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle30><label for=toggle30><span class="annotate-lyric"> Breathing in your love is all I do for the living<br/>I'm tempted to touch your foreign booty, ah-ah-ah <br/></span></label><div id=content30 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He lives for her love and is attracted to her exotic beauty  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle31><label for=toggle31><span class="annotate-lyric"> Ifenkili muoo <br/></span></label><div id=content31 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Ifenkili" is Igbo for "my beautiful one" </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle32><label for=toggle32><span class="annotate-lyric"> See the love I gat fit to full your love bag<br/>Oh baby, this love is real oh (Is real oh, is real oh) <br/></span></label><div id=content32 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He has so much love for her and it is real. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle33><label for=toggle33><span class="annotate-lyric"> I give you ponmo put am with fish oh <br/></span></label><div id=content33 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Ponmo" is cow skin. He uses it metaphorically with fish. Both are common delicacies in Nigeria  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle34><label for=toggle34><span class="annotate-lyric"> Turn am like ugba<br/>Gwo ya ka abacha <br/></span></label><div id=content34 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Ugba" is a type of oil bean salad popularly eaten by the Igbos. "Abacha" is another salad. He will take care of her needs and mix things up for enjoyment  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle35><label for=toggle35><span class="annotate-lyric"> Nye ya ife ogaata<br/>Baby I know say you like am <br/></span></label><div id=content35 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> This is an Igbo phrase meaning that he'd give her what she wants. He knows that she likes what he's offering  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle36><label for=toggle36><span class="annotate-lyric"> Ima na imaka li, ima na imaka li li <br/></span></label><div id=content36 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> This means "you know you're beautiful" in Igbo.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle37><label for=toggle37><span class="annotate-lyric"> Ada di ora mma <br/></span></label><div id=content37 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> In Igbo, this means "a beautiful girl" </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle38><label for=toggle38><span class="annotate-lyric"> Turn around make I spray you all my dollar now<br/>Para dey for my body, eyah <br/></span></label><div id=content38 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He wants to spray her all his dollars, that is, shower her with money. His feelings for her are intense  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle39><label for=toggle39><span class="annotate-lyric"> Chop my groundnut oh <br/></span></label><div id=content39 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> This means that he wants her to enjoy what he offers  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle40><label for=toggle40><span class="annotate-lyric"> Make you born my pikin o <br/></span></label><div id=content40 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> He wants her to have his kids  </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle41><label for=toggle41><span class="annotate-lyric"> Ogechi, Ogechi ka nma <br/></span></label><div id=content41 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Ogechi is a female Igbo name that means "God's time." "Ka nma" directly translates to "is better." Together, they mean God's time is the best.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle42><label for=toggle42><span class="annotate-lyric"> Leenu my bebe <br/></span></label><div id=content42 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Leenu" means "look" or "see" in Igbo. In this line, the singer is addressing her as "my baby." </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle43><label for=toggle43><span class="annotate-lyric"> Oge nke m no o kanwa <br/></span></label><div id=content43 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> This translates to "My own Oge," showing possession and affection. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle44><label for=toggle44><span class="annotate-lyric"> Ololufe I no go lie <br/></span></label><div id=content44 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Ololufe" means "my love" in Yoruba. He's saying he won't lie. </div></div><br/> I need your love <br/> I need your love <br/> I need your love <br/> I need your love, eh <br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle45><label for=toggle45><span class="annotate-lyric"> Ogechi, Ogechi ka nma <br/></span></label><div id=content45 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Ogechi is a female Igbo name that means "God's time." "Ka nma" directly translates to "is better." Together, they mean God's time is the best.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle46><label for=toggle46><span class="annotate-lyric"> Leenu my bebe <br/></span></label><div id=content46 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Leenu" means "look" or "see" in Igbo. In this line, the singer is addressing her as "my baby." </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle47><label for=toggle47><span class="annotate-lyric"> Oge nke m no o kanwa <br/></span></label><div id=content47 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> This translates to "My own Oge," showing possession and affection. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle48><label for=toggle48><span class="annotate-lyric"> Ololufe I no go lie <br/></span></label><div id=content48 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Ololufe" means "my love" in Yoruba. He's saying he won't lie. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle49><label for=toggle49><span class="annotate-lyric"> I need your love Ifeoma <br/></span></label><div id=content49 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Ifeoma" is another name meaning "good thing" in Igbo. He needs her love. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle50><label for=toggle50><span class="annotate-lyric"> Gwa m ife m ge'enye gi <br/></span></label><div id=content50 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Gwa m" means "tell me" and "ife m ge'enye gi" means "what I will give you." He’s asking what he can do for her. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle51><label for=toggle51><span class="annotate-lyric"> Obi m i ma na imaka <br/></span></label><div id=content51 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Obi m" means "my heart" and "i ma na imaka" means "you know you're beautiful." </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle52><label for=toggle52><span class="annotate-lyric"> Ogechi, Ogechi ka nma <br/></span></label><div id=content52 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Ogechi is a female Igbo name that means "God's time." "Ka nma" directly translates to "is better." Together, they mean God's time is the best.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle53><label for=toggle53><span class="annotate-lyric"> Leenu my bebe <br/></span></label><div id=content53 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Leenu" means "look" or "see" in Igbo. In this line, the singer is addressing her as "my baby." </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle54><label for=toggle54><span class="annotate-lyric"> Oge nke m no o kanwa <br/></span></label><div id=content54 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> This translates to "My own Oge," showing possession and affection. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle55><label for=toggle55><span class="annotate-lyric"> Ololufe I no go lie <br/></span></label><div id=content55 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Ololufe" means "my love" in Yoruba. He's saying he won't lie. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle56><label for=toggle56><span class="annotate-lyric"> I need your love Ifeoma <br/></span></label><div id=content56 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Ifeoma" is another name meaning "good thing" in Igbo. He needs her love. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle57><label for=toggle57><span class="annotate-lyric"> Gwa m ife m ge'enye gi <br/></span></label><div id=content57 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Gwa m" means "tell me" and "ife m ge'enye gi" means "what I will give you." He’s asking what he can do for her. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle58><label for=toggle58><span class="annotate-lyric"> Obi m i ma na imaka <br/></span></label><div id=content58 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> "Obi m" means "my heart" and "i ma na imaka" means "you know you're beautiful." </div></div>

Credits
Produced by
Dawie
Written by
Ernest Favor Ekah, Favour Agubosim Brown, Sopuru Precious Odunze, Davido
Release date
June 26, 2024