1. |
Why Evils (ft. Tay Iwar)
04:02
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(Hook - Tim Lyre)
I just need a moment to collect my thoughts peace be still when the waters are rough
I been through a lot but who hasn’t
I’m steady till kingdom come I won’t panic Yeah
I stay solid
So why evils wanna come my way
Owo ni koko ko to salaye
So go ahead and put some more commas on it We no dey talk nonsense
we talk money for real
bank account be like House of Parliament Big bills
Eleniyan
Big deal
baby I’m way too skilled
for these niggas to test me
ain’t no way
for these niggas to press me
(Verse 1 - Tim Lyre)
Phelps with the entry
you’re barely halfway there
You can’t get me
I don’t run out of tricks
The kids did it for clicks
I just did it for kicks like I’m Jet Li
and if e really sure for you Oya bet me
Imma have the place jumping like it’s Envy Abi na Hotbox
shawty wan slide
Just to get high
Turn the whip to a hotbox
And the crux of the matter is
even if I pull up in my Crocs
All her mannerisms gonna change up
now I got her lipstick and her make up
Everywhere
Evidence
All up in my residence
Now we’re arguing just for the sake of argument and all the stress is building up because we rarely vent Sometimes I wonder if she playing my intelligence She say what’s the relevance
(Hook - Tim Lyre)
I just need a moment to collect my thoughts peace be still when the waters are rough I been through a lot but who hasn’t
I’m steady till kingdom come I won’t panic Yeah
I stay solid
So why evils wanna come my way
Owo ni koko ko to salaye
So go ahead and put some more commas on it We no dey talk nonsense
we talk money for real
bank account be like House of Parliament Big bills
Eleniyan
Big deal
baby I’m way too skilled
for these niggas to test me
ain’t no way
for these niggas to press me
(Verse 2 - Tay Iwar)
For the betterment of my emotions
I’m keeping at least 4 miles and over I partied with the evils I know
Try to run a race
With your feet down
Stuck to the floor now
Honestly I need a vacation
Just some peace of mind celebration Save myself from this type relation
Externally i’m seeking vibrations whoa Everything i do
To keep my mind cool
Is because some people love to see war Everything I do
Everything I do
For the betterment of my emotions
(Verse 3 - Tim Lyre)
I need a moment of peace
A likkle sound of silence
Make it feel like a cool cool breeze
don’t want open my eyelids
Let it carry me away
None of the pain inside
And by the time I open up my eyes
A better plane in sight
Never lost in a daydream
now that I arrived I know it’s all for the taking niggas going crazy in the streets where they made me they all wan race me
they still gatts chase me
tell me how you wanna go catching lightning I just know wanna know who sold you dreams don’t know who sent you
but they’ve got awful timing
there’s nothing you could do
When the stars are aligning
(Outro - Tim Lyre)
See I just want to have fun
And enjoy my life
E je kin saiye mi
E je kin jaiye mi
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2. |
Running Over
02:48
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(Hook)
Before I left my home
Mama told me so
Baby protect your soul
Cause the streets is cold
Anywhere I go
Jah put me pon Him shoulders
Oh what a Godly flow
Oil must be running over
Over
(Verse 1)
Mama don’t you worry I got this
I’m too slick
They can’t top my confidence
And it’s wheels like Usain how I run this
It’s too quick
They can’t test my competence
I been lit
they said I’m too different with it
Won’t quit
And just like a flower pon the concrete
I never been bothered by this one bit
It is what it is
The gyal dem a fi bruk up their waist pon dis
They wonder what a badman don lace pon dis
riddim upon riddim, different algorithm
E no get how you nack am, I just can’t miss
Still stepping on your jugular
Style nuh ever regular
Let me put you on a next flow,
I got several a dem,
I make her do the Macarena
When the riddim put her in another realm
It’s too much fi dem
(Hook)
Before I left my home
Mama told me so
Baby protect your soul
Cause the streets is cold
Anywhere I go
Jah put me pon Him shoulders
Oh what a Godly flow
Oil must be running over
Over
(Verse 2)
Ororo dey in abundance
She wan dance
She dey watch me like I dey screen for Sundance As a sure boy I go pop off I got bands
They know I’m bad, they’re all in accordance
Let me run it right back you know
It’s not funny kind of money I stack you know
They can’t hold me when I run upon the riddim like a Tommy gun Now wey I don master the art
You can call me Van Gogh
Bad belle pack up your shit and go
awon mo mi winana ko ma ro
Je ko ma ro
Je ko ma ro
no go disturb am
Je ko ma jo
Timmy turn up don come again with another one
Different species, there won’t be another one
by the time I’m finished there won’t be a better run no (Hook)
Before I left my home
Mama told me so
Baby protect your soul
Cause the streets is cold
Anywhere I go
Jah put me pon Him shoulders
Oh what a Godly flow
Oil must be running over
Over
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3. |
MASTA (ft. Jords)
03:13
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(Verse 1 - Tim Lyre)
Nuffa dem a call me Senpai
Cause they gotta respect me
test me
Na that kind of tin wey go vex me
from a likkle yout, know say Jah Jah don bless me some man just hate cause of envy
Woah
They can’t do it like me, mo n gapa
mo ti so tele, me I no send dia papa
All of dia pikni dem or dia mama
So what you want from a nigga now
(Hook - Tim Lyre)
Hold on
Senpai na Masta
Tell dem
So they wanna play with the Masta
Well then
Why you over there
You should come around here
you go learn why they call me the Masta Right now I fi tell dem
Senpai na Masta
Tell dem
So they wanna play with a monster
Well then
Why you over there
You should come around here
you go learn why they call me the Masta
(Verse 2 - Tim Lyre)
where you still dey learn work
Me I be your Masta
if you wanna catch
You gon need to run faster
Wonder why you call on money
No answer
Better make you hustle
sapa na bastard
Kele wan hide
but the gbedu don cast am
E dey shake, e dey move
She dey bounce am
Came in with another man
But she told me I’m the man
If her bobo no go gree
Dey go bounce am
Oloun
People wicked but me wicked-er
Wickedest
them no go ever fit to come around here to test me Make dey gather combine,
no go fit to best me
make I tell you for free
I’m the illest since Majek Fashek beg the rain come down Dripping a fi flood up your whole compound Beg the paramedic dem all come round
It’s fire on the mountain, fire on the ground
It’s burning
(Bridge - Tim Lyre)
And now that the fire
Is burning
don’t know what you gonna do
no clue
cause now that the fire
Is burning
Don’t know where to run to
(Verse 3 - Jords)
Big papa real don dada
Big man I end passa but I ain’t on passa
Island boy like callalloo red snapper
Push it in slow mek her st st stamma
Call me the master bun an infarmah
Grew up on vybz kartel mavada
Them bwoy deh warn stripe like prada
She warn come when she come round like karma
Woi yoi smaddy bring the jollof and moi moi Talk nice when you talk the boy boy's Pull up if you’re gonna pull up
We nuh inna woulda coulda shoulda woulda
Bad like suku
For us by us like fubu
Everyday blessed like buju
The door go bu-doof the ting goes badoom
(Outro - Tim Lyre)
And now that the fire
Is burning
don’t know what you gonna do
no clue
cause now that the fire
Is burning
Don’t know where to run to
Where you still dey learn work
Me I be your Masta
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4. |
Skyline
02:15
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(Hook)
Yeah
Foot on the gas
Who’s gonna catch me
You ?
Nope
feet on the dashboard
She got her passport
she ready to go
I’m taking her home
I’ll take her to my side
She told me it’s high time
they say I’m the best indeed
And baby it’s my time
haters dey vex I’m pleased
they came at the right time
now they can see me
Up like the skyline
They know about me
(Verse 1)
Smoking on my ex pack no rolling paper
baby this good kush come from Jamaica
game is the game, and the aim na to break am I hol am for choke slam like Undertaker
I’m the baker, I make bread
She made a home on my king size bed
And the sheets are Egyptian cotton
so she wanna live here instead
And if your girlfriends come na the biggest domot on the block They can pull up with friends
I’m doing greater than Gatsby
Many try gas me up
I’m a king in my ends
I spent a long time away from home
Pulled up in the back of a blacked out Benz
My gyal a fi bruk up her back and bend it
Off when the Hennessy mix with Blem
(Hook)
Yeah
Foot on the gas
Who’s gonna catch me
You ?
Nope
feet on the dashboard
She got her passport
she ready to go
I’m taking her home
I’ll take her to my side
She told me it’s high time
they say I’m the best indeed
And baby it’s my time
haters dey vex I’m pleased
they came at the right time
now they can see me
Up like the skyline
They know about me
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5. |
Chasing Wind
03:38
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And after all you did
It feels like chasing wind
you still don’t have the bills
To pay for your sins
And back when it started
you thought that it would be
a dream reality
but nothing’s ever what it seems
Sometimes life come around
And it hit you from both sides
One minute you’re up
then you’re down in no time
takes a lot for me to get back to my right mind
someone tell the devil he can never control mine
Melodies a come from Jah
And I stay connected no matter how far
No man fi ever interrupt the divine
Pour the oil upon me and make me forehead shine like Woah I hope my mama knows that I’ll be alright
Cause every day I see the worry in her eyes
But when I make it to the highest height
I hope the moment will be frozen in time
So they can all see your boy done did it
and there can never be another like he
Been manifesting what she praying for me
Enemies a try fashion different weapons
Dem no fi ever prosper
Nuffa dem a know say Timmy Turnup
afi mashup d place in seconds
Dem no fit ever stop am
This a healing music
I’m a musical doctor
medicate your soul
While the riddim is proper
Highly recommended fi your sons and daughters
Ain’t nobody make ‘em feel this way since Chaka
Deep inna the chakra
yuh
many things wey man dey see, we no fit talk am finish
but we still gonna keep it movin with enough confidence Did it the most
Did it the best
Did it with too much finesse
So you can see I’m not the type that you could try to finesse Oh no
And if you got a problem
I’ll be with my dargs dem
you might not last a day inna the place we come from
you better keep running and maybe you’ll get to where you wanna go too It’s what they told you
And after all you did
It feels like chasing wind
you still don’t have the bills
To pay for your sins
And back when it started
you thought that it would be
a dream reality
but nothing’s ever what it seems
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6. |
Confess
02:40
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(Hook)
so many things that I wanna confess I just need a way to get it off my chest Tell me are you really gonna put me first Or will you come first
Even if na love wey I wanna confess i can feel a trouble inna me conscience tell me are you really gonna put me first
(Verse 1)
baby na me be the first
and the last
of my kind
I know my children will be next in line I never born them but I know say they go ball The ororo go dey shine, e go leak, e go pour don’t want you thinking that it’s just by luck me know say anything you do dem go talk and when they see you going up to the top Many people get to praying on your downfall
(Hook)
so many things that I wanna confess I just need a way to get it off my chest Tell me are you really gonna put me first Or will you come first
Even if na love wey I wanna confess i can feel a trouble inna me conscience tell me are you really gonna put me first
(Verse 2)
when you’re all alone in your bed at night
wanna know the things that you’re dreaming of Will they come true at the break of dawn Tell me who’s there when you wake up Iyen early momo when I spark my j
you go dey with me when I smoke it in bed when my eye red
will you give me life
never take it instead
(Verse 3)
baby na me be the first
and the last
of my kind
I know my children will be next in line I never born them but I know say they go ball The ororo go dey shine, e go leak, e go pour don’t want you thinking that it’s just by luck me know say anything you do dem go talk and when they see you going up to the top Many people get to praying on your downfall
(Hook)
so many things that I wanna confess I just need a way to get it off my chest Tell me are you really gonna put me first Or will you come first
Even if na love wey I wanna confess i can feel a trouble inna me conscience tell me are you really gonna put me first
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7. |
Tighter (ft. Minz)
03:30
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(Hook - Tim Lyre)
Tighter
Tighter
Baby can you hold on tighter
I wanna know if you a rider
Beg you make you do as I like am
Tighter
Tighter
Beg you make you hold on tighter
I wanna know if you a rider
Beg you make you do as I like am
Beg you make you do as I like am
(Verse 1 - Tim Lyre)
Her grip real firm when she squeeze it This shit gonna have you wheezing She keep on throwing it back
I know
She always there when I need it
I never even gave you a reason
Big brain Issa no brainer
Baby don’t you wanna breathe in
Save some energy for later
She say no no no
Boy don’t stop
Baby keep on going
Cause I need some more
I need your all
Baby boy don’t stop
wo bo se n gbon
Bebe ti nlo
Baby girl izz going
Why you wanna come
Izz going
(Hook - Tim Lyre)
Tighter
Tighter
Baby can you hold on tighter
I wanna know if you a rider
Beg you make you do as I like am
Tighter
Tighter
Beg you make you hold on tighter
I wanna know if you a rider
Beg you make you do as I like am
Beg you make you do as I like am
(Verse 2 - Minz)
I no go tolerate any slander
Even if its just banter
Even if its just lamba
Oh my baby Joanna
chee
Omo to san
Wey dey on standby
Wey she dey come studio to rock my mic This one na private show no be concert E
Come be like say you dey high me pass gbana
When I no see you mo ma n kanra
Come be like say you dey high me pass gbana o The way she ride
She ride like okada
Bend down select for where na Prada The way she balance o
Balenciaga
The way she balance o
Balenciaga
Not the type of girl you go wan lose
Not the type of girl you go wan choose If you never see am e go pain you
If you never see am e go pain you
(Hook - Tim Lyre)
Tighter
Tighter
Baby can you hold on tighter
I wanna know if you a rider
Beg you make you do as I like am
Tighter
Tighter
Beg you make you hold on tighter
I wanna know if you a rider
Beg you make you do as I like am
Beg you make you do as I like am
(Outro - Minz)
Tighter
Tighter
Baby make you do as I like am
Sare wa
Gbori wa
Baby make you do as you like o
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8. |
Mood (ft. Khanyisa)
04:58
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(Hook - Tim Lyre)
Don’t know why
Anytime I try to feel a groove
You know how to put me in the mood You do what you do
How you do
What you do
When you do
What you’re doing babe
Don’t know why
Anytime I try to feel a groove
You know how to put me in the mood You do what you do
How you do
What you do
When you do
What you’re doing babe
(Verse 1 - Tim Lyre)
Its bad so bad
Sometimes
I can’t even breathe
Its what you do to me
T’ori n ba fo mi
Tinu ba n lo mi
Come be my remedy baby
Do it up for me
You’re the antidote
I need a heavy dose
Come be my remedy babe
Go on and soothe my soul
(Hook - Tim Lyre)
Don’t know why
Anytime I try to feel a groove
You know how to put me in the mood You do what you do
How you do
What you do
When you do
What you’re doing babe
Don’t know why
Anytime I try to feel a groove You know how to put me in the mood You do what you do
How you do
What you do
When you do
What you’re doing babe
(Verse 2 - Khanyisa)
You make my mind go loco
Wherever you go I go
This love keep it on the low
For you i’ll give you my all
Be there for me
Do you care for me
Don’t lie to me
I hope you’re loving me carefully Be there for me
Do you care for me
Don’t lie to me
I hope you’re loving me carefully
(Bridge - Tim Lyre)
Don’t know why
You know how to put me in the mood Don’t know
How you do
What you do
When you do
What you doing babe
Verse 3 ?
(Hook - Tim Lyre)
Don’t know why
Anytime I try to feel a groove You know how to put me in the mood You do what you do
How you do
What you do
When you do
What you’re doing babe
Don’t know why
Anytime I try to feel a groove You know how to put me in the mood You do what you do
How you do
What you do
When you do
What you’re doing babe
(Outro - Tim Lyre)
Anytime I try to feel a groove You know how to put me in the mood
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Tim Lyre Lagos, Nigeria
Tim Lyre is an Afro-fusion artist from Lagos, Nigeria.
A singer-songwriter, multi-
instrumentalist and producer, Tim's music is a genre-bending exploration of the human experience from an afro-futurist perspective.
An integral part of Nigeria's alté renaissance, Tim weaves outernational poetry through word and sound, set to a buzzing, psychedelic Lagos backdrop.
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