Badagry

Those the songs that I heard first

In the city, head first, filled with men with that blood thirst

Still on this sandy road

Lookin' forward to what life unfolds

What do I control?

So I packed up all my load

Waved to my past, then I headed for the door

Many had passed but I hadn't before

The knowledge I was slavin' for was more

Yo, I'm heading to Badagry

Jumped in a place and I landed the same

In a land bound in shackles and chain

Life was never the same

Spoke my name, it never sounded the same

Made these **** all adjust to my frame

Then acquired some fame

This world was new, filled with progress and pain

All this knowledge, it affected my brain

Wait for me to explain

My old world, now, I never could claim

But I have to proclaim

Matter fact, yo, I'm headed to Badagry

Yo, I'm headin' to Badagry

Yo, I'm headin' to Badagry

Yo, I'm headin' to Badagry

Hey

So I landed, no jet lag

What's the next act?

Hit my brother up, like, homie, can I rest now?

Try to make moves, this is chess now

New to the city, but I gotta get my rep now

But you know how

These guys play you when they think that you local

Had to show style

Always strange when you're new to an old crowd

So easy to get lost like an old file

I get vocal

Then gon' know now

And to the guys who showed respect, I am loyal

'Cause I'm royal

Just a cub but they know I can roar now

Lion king, money buys you finer things

What's the cost of hirin' people with a higher brain?

All these targets I had aimed

Feel so different, yo, it's changed

Saw my land had stayed the same

And refused to ever change

And Badagry

Yo, I'm headin' to Badagry

Yo, I'm headin' to Badagry

Yo, I'm headin' to Badagry

Now I'm lovin' the life and can't let go

Keepin' it fresh, yo

But the end of the month is like a death blow

When the cash low

Problems grow long like the beard of Castro

When they got cold

Had homies that'll wrap me in their own clothes

They my Earth, yo

Wanna tell you that I love y'all to the death bro

Now that y'all know

Let's get this money that's deservin' of us, yo

We will blow trees

We were OGs

Sing this song loud if you've ever known me

Know my story is one of glory

Whole team played the final, pick the trophy

Payed the whole fee

Prayed to God like when I get home, please

Let me know to use this knowledge to expose these

Quote, unquote, thieves

Glad I'm free after we made that journey to Badagry

Yo, I'm headin' to Badagry

Yo, I'm headin' to Badagry

Yo, I'm headin' to Badagry

Yo, something strange about travelin'

Overseas for the uni life, **** hustlin'

Sure it's kinda worth it 'cause the things you get exposed to

Teaches you to stand on your own two

Let nobody hold you

Back from what your dream is

Grew up with extreme kids

That I wish had seen this

But I drove for all of us

Sufferers, descendants of Romulus

Had to bring it home 'cause this zone has the bulk of us

You would hear my tone and be like, he ain't one of us

Judgin' my esophagus

Language that we speak, that's the surface but

We relate to all of us

On a deeper level than this song can absolve of us

Let me reach were you at

Let me be the new cat

That paves the way so creative guys can react

Let me speak 'bout Bantu

Tell you where we at

Let me speak on neo-Africa, and the new map

Uh, yo, see my guy it's not further math

I'm just tryna take it further than

Mr. Soyinka, Achebe, even my brother man

Shoutout to MI, he said I should murder then

Huh, and my homies in the Heavens, hope you smilin' down

Know you proud that your boy's close to the crown

We will hold it down

Yo, I swear we would hold it down

Even Idara know, my brother Terna is the reason that I started prose

Even Abe knows when this shit started, yo

And Isgidi pushed me, wish I had Obi Wan with me

Came back from uni and my bro take triple

My **** Martin told me find a suit that'll fit me

Now it's time for history

Back like you missed me

Spell my name right, when you gist me

****, I am listenin'

****, I am

'Cause I'm back from Badagry

Just came back from Badagry

Still on this sandy road

But I'm back from the, huh, yeah

Bantu, ain't no telling where we gon' expand to