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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Burna Boy
Burna Boy
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu
Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu
Lyrics
Eric Isaac Utere
Eric Isaac Utere
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jake Gordon
Jake Gordon
Mixing Engineer
LeriQ
LeriQ
Producer

Lyrics

[Intro]
How can I not be happy all day?
I'm from the streets of Africa
If you put speakers in my mind
I bet it would sound like
[Verse 1]
Whoa, whoa, whoa
That's why I smoke, smoke, smoke
Shirt off like I ain't got no clothes
'Cause where I'm from, there ain't no snow
So I refrigerate my flow
That's how a **** keep it cool
[Verse 2]
How can I not be happy all day?
I'm from the streets of Africa
Even if I don't have no money
My **** Tunde buy the bar
Back home they call me Oluwa Burna
'Cause I'm so awesome, you should know
Always be on my speed, downing things
You know me, I'm no regular
Banger to them when I step in the room
The ground beneath you shaking up
Soon as your wifey seen me and my crew
She said you're breaking up
[Verse 3]
Eighteen carats on my earlobes
Make it hard to put on earphones
Haters talking, I don't hear though
We're thinkin' I'm like Carmelo
Pull up on girls like, hello
[Verse 4]
Whoa, whoa
I'm Fela Kuti with the hoes
Shirt off like I ain't got no clothes
'Cause where I'm from, there ain't no snow
So I refrigerate my flow
Shout Luciano, that's my bro
[Chorus]
How can I not be happy all day?
I'm from the streets of Africa
If you put speakers in my mind
I bet it would sound like
How can I not be happy all day?
I'm from the streets of Africa
How can I not be happy all day?
I'm from the streets of Africa
[Verse 5]
How can I not be happy all day?
I'm from the streets of Africa
Even if I don't have no money
My **** Tunde buy the bar
[Verse 6]
Sitting here rolling up my Backwoods
Smiling with diamonds in my mouth
Why would you want to fuck my day up?
My **** run up in your house
[Verse 7]
Fucking with me, that's a no-no
Couple hot ones, you can hold though
I pull up like Marco Polo
Make all the girls them go loco
[Verse 8]
Somebody call the po-po, no
I'm Fela Kuti with the hoes
Shirt off like I ain't got no clothes
'Cause where I'm from, there ain't no snow
So I refrigerate my flow
And I do this with my eyes closed, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 9]
La-la-la-la, la-la, la-la-la
La-la-la-la, la-la, la-la
La-la-la-la, la-la, la-la-la
La-la-la-la, la-la, la-la
[Chorus]
Whoa, whoa, whoa
How could I not be happy all day?
I'm from the streets of Africa
How could I not be happy all day?
I'm from the streets of Africa
How could I not be happy all day?
I'm from the streets of Africa
How could I not be happy all day?
I'm from the streets of Africa
[Verse 10]
Back home they call me Oluwa Burna
'Cause I'm so awesome, you should know
Back home they call me Oluwa Burna
'Cause I'm so awesome, you should know
[Chorus]
How could I not be happy all day?
I'm from the streets of Africa
How could I not be happy all day?
I'm from the streets of Africa
Written by: Damini Ogulu, Eric Utere

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