1. |
Organic (ft. Tena Tenpo)
03:04
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[Intro: Tim Lyre]
Run it 2x
[Verse 1: Tim Lyre]
Run it,
Woah
Yeah yeah run it back
Know I always keep advantage
Never ever will I manage
I can’t manage
Do not challenge me
You live in the wild I ravage
You cannot avoid the damage
If you ever see me manic,
Start to panic
Ah where you run to,
Dem man fi snipe like Django
Aim for your headtop Kangol
Fuck up your bludclart dun know
Yeah you don’t know yet that the game’s over, I’ve got the keys
The arcade’s closed up,
Don’t chat to me
I just want roll up,
Make all the bad memories go numb (so off)
If ever there’s a time I vanish
I’m off in a life outlandish,
It’s all I really ever wanted,
It’s why all of my drugs organic
[Bridge 1: Tim Lyre]
You know at the top we can celebrate
Praises to God, say Allahu Akbar,
Act like you day here when we first start,
Know that’s a lie, I don’t know you like that (like that)
[Verse 2: Tena Tenpo]
Me I be certified womaniser, (ashawo)
Original orgasm organiser, (okay)
The way I organise am,
She light one
I wipe am
She like am
I thank am
She call back
I japa, I japa,
It’s true I’m sweeter than lemonade
Breaking all the barricades
Na my turn I no dey traffic-ate
But look at them trafficking the hate
Now my style they wan dey duplicate
Money don dey appreciate (Raba)
Fans don dey replicate,
Olopa don dey free the case,
Girls don dey fun man space, (Ose)
Moving at my own pace,
No be my fault, it’s the way I was raised (it’s cool yeah)
[Bridge 2: Tena Tenpo]
Dem boys, dem boys
Dem up to something
Never been the one for long talking
Me no go come tell you no lies
Never make nothing dem no like (2x)
[Outro: Tim Lyre]
(And I’m never online)
(But I’m always online)
(Why you always on time)
Yeah I’m never online but I’m always online
She’ll pull up like Ashanti, know she’s always on time And she’s dripping in slime
She’s the dime of all dimes
And she say Mr. TJ I go love you long time, Like Broomhilda she’ll ride
Got a nigga for life
And she know by the time they roll the credits I’ll arrive with the horses in the back
Saddled up with money bags,
She got her own holster, ready to attack
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2. |
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[Verse 1]
You’re welcome, You’re welcome
This here land we don’t wait till help comes Don’t ask the elders, it’s what they left us On the grind and it’s what we learnt from We grew tired of hearing their lectures
So we rebelled we came with a vengeance All my warriors in attendance
Fully sentient, engines relentless
So I know we’re bound to be legends
[Hook 1]
Have no fear, I come to inspire
Though the situation sounds dire, It’s exactly what you require
Let the sights and sounds light your fire,
Let it burn, burn, burn, burn, burn
[Verse 2]
Tell me say they no dey expect am No fit see spirit when e enter
You suppose to feel am fi chakra
Just like the times we breathe in the ganja Big spliff a burnin just like a Rasta
Big wheels a turnin just like a monster truck
Make sure the ground looking thunderstruck
Up on your feet when the beat come clutch
Groove and rock,
Rock to the riddim and groove
Make you start to dey vibrate
I tell you it’s highly medicinal
Watch how a badderman dos it
You go dey gyrate like you was irate gan ni
No go dey sleep, ma lo sun
If you snooze then you lose
They go put you on cruise,
And we will not use our blues
as a way to excuse all the hate and abuse we’ve been used to
[Hook 2]
Jeje o
Jeje,
Awon olote
W’an pe n be
They been dey think say I send dem o
Ibo lon ti mo mi tele (tele) (2x)
[Outro]
Ibo lo ti mo mi
Where do you know me
Why you go come think say I send your daddy
Ibo lo ti mo mi
Where do you know me from?
How do you know me now?
(Ki lo mean)
What?
You say you said where?
You say you said what?
You say you said who?
E no fit be me
E no be for here
You say you said how?
(Ehn I no dey hear you, speak up)
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3. |
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[Intro]
Yeah,
Woah
1,2
…
[Verse 1]
Well this is intense,
It’s quite unusual I find myself in this position
Right before is usually where it ends love
And so this really makes no sense but now
I guess we’re both intent
On seeing how this works and where it goes
And so we’re just gonna pretend like
We’ve never known the bitter end,
I know say when e reach-e morning
You’re still the only one I’m calling
I upset you, you ignore me
Wahala dey here, I’m finished
Eko n mo wa, Iwo n na pound sterling,
Iru Ife wo lo lo wa bayii
You have the power to deliver me
Here I am so willingly,
This is my proclivity
There and then she said to me
[Chorus]
Baby just breathe, (breathe)
Gotta let it go so deep (deep)
Then you’re gonna find release,
Then you’re gonna know what’s real
This is how it’s got to be (be)
Tell me what do you believe
Tell me it’s in what you feel,
That’s just how you know it’s real,
[Hook]
Real, real
Real, real,
Real, real, real,
Real, real
(you just let it ride, omo no be do or die)
(you just let it breathe, baby let it stabilise like)
(2x)
[Verse 2]
Yes I do get jealous,
Happens all the time
Often wish I lived in a world where I'd say with my chest that you’re mine,
There’s nobody else
Wouldn’t that be nice
That would be the height of my alternate life,
From the breaking of the day
Deep into the night
Wey you a fi dey by my side, hold me tighter Wey you dutty wine fi lead to dinnertime and
But
Know I had to come down from the clouds this time,
This is what is real this time,
Take pity on my mind, I been stuck in there a while I lost track of the time
And I got lost in the minefield
Now that I realise I just
Cannot predict our lives,
I’ll sit back and enjoy the ride
Till I die
So listen to me now
[Chorus]
Baby just breathe,
Gotta let it go so deep
Then you’re gonna find release,
Then you’re gonna know what’s real
This is how it’s got to be
Tell me what do you believe
Tell me it’s in what you feel,
That’s just how you know it’s real,
[Hook]
Real, real
Real, real,
Real, real, real,
Real, real
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4. |
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[Verse 1: Tim Lyre]
A commanding light
As the empress of the divine
To your will I will now resign
A syzygy sky where the sun and the moon align
Celestial moonchild
Make me worthy of this earthly body
Until my spirit hovers right above me
And control is beyond me
It’s never this real when I fantasize
I’m idealistic, you’re starry-eyed
And you just might think I was hypnotized I romanticize, Over-dramatise
But mostly I just over-analyse
Try to alchemise, Self antagonize
And the only time I get peace of mind Is the moment I look in your giant eyes
Then it’s alright, then it’s alright
[Pre-Chorus: Tim Lyre]
And as I stop to breathe, you
Bring me to my knees, I
Give thanks for what I see ‘cause,
Perfection was achieved,
And as it overwhelms, we
Transcend this natural realm, un-
‘Til there is nothing else, but
Your love that will not end.
[Chorus]
And beyond the end of time, (the end of time)
You’ll be on the other side (love)
Waiting there for me to find (for me to find you)
Even in another life.
[Verse 2: DAP The Contract]
(Yeah)
Baby I find it so funny how much you care,
Cause I don’t care, oh yeah
Cause I don’t know why but I love you
You don’t understand, so unprepared
If I could live twice, I’d never do right I swear
It’s like I'm not scared, oh no
When I’m with you only wild thoughts inside my head (yeah) Check
So I wrote it for you
Feel like I died and I went up to heaven the day that I saw you (you) Feel like I'm flying, like even Orion ain’t got nothing on you, Could you love me girl
I adore you,
Just like Miguel,
I adorn you,
You and me girl,
They can’t fuck with you (you)
Just give me a sign, (sign)
Like what do you need, (what do you need)
Is you down for the ride,
I'm on my knees
Like baby be mine,
Just don’t leave (yeah)
[Pre-Chorus: Tim Lyre]
And as I stop to breathe, you
Bring me to my knees, I
Give thanks for what I see ‘cause,
Perfection was achieved,
And as it overwhelms, we
Transcend this natural realm, un-
‘Til there is nothing else, but
Your love that will not end.
[Chorus]
And beyond the end of time, (the end of time) You’ll be on the other side (love)
Waiting there for me to find (for me to find you) Even in another life.
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5. |
Hubris (ft. Lex Amor)
03:26
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[Intro: Tim Lyre]
Ooh,
Nuffa dem a want my lovin
Yeah yeah
[Verse 1: Tim Lyre]
Charmed life,
We have a good time, make it last a long time Red all around my iris,
And we’re never gonna die,
The stories have life and the riddims are timeless
Every memory is priceless
You are now tuned in to the highest of frequencies, Best believe
And we do this
Frequently, Easily
This the coolest
It’s just facts nigga
This ain’t hubris
It’s that G.O.A.T level just like Kubrick (woah) You come dey hate because you can’t do this Na why you open up your mouth to talk foolish But at this level we transcend the bullshit,
The haters are clueless (woo)
[Chorus: Tim Lyre]
Buzzin,
Now wey I don cause problem
Nuffa dem a want my lovin
Dutty gyal a wind up all around me
Surround me
And we buzzin,
No time for no discussion,
Know me I fit give you concussion,
Fire is a-light all around me
You can’t touch me
(And we)
[Verse 2: Lex Amor]
I bet I laugh on the last day
Please baba no story
I know it’s best I wait, but me I can’t pattern no joketing
This testy life try hold me down,
Not today I say.
There ain’t a thing I woulda changed here; not today
(So baby)
Pour it out, drop me out here
I been thinking bout, thinking bout things.
Why not?
If I get lit I no go carry my self, so keep a brej (Bredrin) by the edge of me.
It’s night time me I’m tryna pattern my L’s
Myself.
[Chorus: Tim Lyre]
Buzzin,
Now wey I don cause problem Nuffa dem a want my lovin Dutty gyal a wind up all around me Surround me
And we buzzin,
No time for no discussion,
Know me I fit give you concussion,
Fire is alight all around me
You can’t touch me
(And we)
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6. |
General (ft. MOJO AF)
02:59
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[Intro: Tim Lyre]
Know you a fi call me General, Yah
Know you a fi call me,
Yah
Yah
[Hook: Tim Lyre]
Know you a fi call me General,
Address me proper now,
Normally dressed in black
So don’t let it be your funeral,
Ganjaman original,
Super metaphysical,
So so spiritual,
Better than your typical,
Usual
All me marijuana straight medicinal,
Critical
Olopa dey streets na dem be criminal,
Still I am invincible
You cannot be cynical
Welcome to the synagogue
I’m the truth it’s biblical
[Verse 1: Tim Lyre]
Yah,
Me gyal real bad,
Yeah her whole body thicker,
She a fi wine slow,
Me tell her cool down simmer,
She call me daddy yankee when she need that gasolina
She get real dutty like a young domitilla
Moonwalking in the night time,
Know this is a thriller
Just like in manilla
Real heavy-hitter
Me combo too killer
Oba nu igbo
Ade n mo fi se fila
[Hook: Tim Lyre]
Know you a fi call me General,
Address me proper now,
Normally dressed in black
So don’t let it be your funeral,
Ganjaman original,
Super metaphysical,
So so spiritual,
Better than your typical,
Usual
All me marijuana straight medicinal,
Critical
Olopa dey streets na dem be criminal,
Still I am invincible
You cannot be cynical
Welcome to the synagogue
[Verse 2: Mojo]
Mo f’agbara si ‘lekun
Ekun de, mo gbe 5 star s’ejika
Eku ile, mo gbe sisters meji wa
It’s a general warning,
Try me your funeral coming
After i die, i’ll still make money move like General Sanni
Where i’m from whether na legal or illegal na money
Owo lo n soro, ti volume owo ba low, won le gbo yin
Life’s changing all of a sudden
Now dem dey toast i’ll be forming
I dey feed them bread, they feed me raw leather, ponmo ni
Got a medical condition, my marijuana prescribed,
the thotiana described
Be like bread wey fall inside water, thick
Look both sides ko to so da, streets
If no be six zeros, double comma, free it
I dey kill dem with mouth
Go there solo, one man army, leave the weapon for house,
All of them run, they remember say they get person for house,
Big joint, be like say I put short person for mouth
[Hook: Tim Lyre]
Know you a fi call me General,
Address me proper now,
Normally dressed in black
So don’t let it be your funeral,
Ganjaman original,
Super metaphysical,
So so spiritual,
Better than your typical,
Usual
All me marijuana straight medicinal,
Critical
Olopa dey streets na dem be criminal,
Still I am invincible
You cannot be cynical
Welcome to the synagogue
I’m the truth it’s biblical
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7. |
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[Intro Vocalisations: PrettyboyDO] Ye ya ye ye ye
Ye ya ye ya ye ya ye
Uh ye ye ya
Yeah
[Hook: PrettyboyDO]
Streets never gave me opportunity
As a man I had to take me opportunity (ye)
Been chase the money like a fugitive
Boss this hustle fit try turn me to a lunatic (ya)
On the line, on the line, on the lline, on the line,
Everyday the money e dey call call call, Err’day, Err’day, Err’day, Err’day,
Err’day the money e dey knock knock knock
[Verse 1: Tim Lyre]
Where you been dey when I been dey find money, I been dey hustle to eat,
You no bin send me,
Now you come trying to be friendly,
Eh,
Say who you be think say you fit step to me Cause you seen me soaking Garri
Well it’s a new me,
Got so much bread like Panini
Woah
[Pre-Chorus: Tim Lyre]
Ko s’aye nu sokoto
Owo gun de sokoto
Won gbo ‘lu mi kokoko
From Lagos to Sokoto,
Oversabi the work
Ise ti mora
Na so we turn olowo
Won gbo ‘rin mi de ilu oba,
From London to Kosovo
[Chorus: Tim Lyre]
Awon temi wa’n jijo,
Jijo, jijo, jijo,
Jijo, jijo, jijo,
Awon temi jijo,
Jijo, jijo, jijo,
Jijo, jijo, jijo
[Hook: PrettyboyDO]
Streets never gave me opportunity
As a man I had to take me opportunity ye
Been chase the money like a fugitive
Boss this hustle fit try turn me to a lunatic ya
On the line, on the line, on the lline, on the line, Everyday the money e dey call call call,
Err’day, Err’day, Err’day, Err’day,
Err’day the money e dey knock knock knock
[Verse 2: Lady Donli]
My people, dem say na money dey make the world go round,
Oya my people, dem say na money dey make the world go round,
So you got to get down mami,
So you got to work hard mami,
And i’m with you in the zone mami,
You can’t do it all alone mami,
Whether you like am, whether you no like am,
I fit to do my own for the kpa kpa
You no get any say here for the matter
I’m gonna do what I came for the bag
Play my favourite tune then pick up the car keys
Step on the road like let’s get the money
I’m gonna make it, make it, make it for the family
I’m gonna make it rain, make it rain for me.
[Bridge: Tim Lyre]
Won ni ta lo le ju, (ehn),
Pa won, (ki- kill dem)
Won ni ti ta lo ta ju, (ehn)
Ta won lenu,
See as e dey hot o,
Take am, jeje, soft o, (ayy)
See as the boy bad oh,
You wan dull am (Hmm)
Mad oh,
Won ni ta lo le ju, (ehn)
Oya pa won now,
Won ni ti ta lo ta ju, (oya n-, oya now)
Oya ta won lenu, (pepper dem)
See as e dey hot lori papa,
Take am, take am,
Jeje soft o,
See as the boy bad o,
Hmm,
Mad oh,
[Outro: Tim Lyre]
Ko s’aye nu sokoto
Owo gun de sokoto
Won gbo ‘lu mi ko ko ko
From Lagos to Sokoto (2x)
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[Pre-Chorus: Tim Lyre]
I tell you it’s about to be a riot girl,
You’re welcome to the party of a lifetime
And when you figure out just what your vice is girl,
Then you just come and find me at the right time, The sweetest selection,
The gyal say she wan get familiar,
Fi astral projection
A one way flight,
[Chorus: Tim Lyre]
The vibes is right,
A when me buss a riddim make you feel alright
Se ni ko ma jijo, no go dey uptight,
A wey the groove steady, make ya come alive
Say one more time, and that’s all night,
A ops when they see me, dem man flee on sight,
Dem nuh fi ever reach, that na unfair fight,
Na me be heavyweight, pound for pound,
round for round, undisputed,
The king of the primetime
[Verse 1: July Drama]
The night of your life,
Put on your prettiest dress for me,
You dry-clean it when it get wet,
I want the right, the right lovin’
On the night you let go,
Love and adore you,
She put her hands on knees,
I want a reason,
She said it’s tip I like,
Put my heart in the freezer,
Like a demon,
You’re a teaser, Wallahi,
Bad gyal wait,
I can’t wait,
Dis kind waist,
After the date,
All night long in your bed-suit,
Take a picture say cheese
[Pre-Chorus: Tim Lyre]
I tell you it’s about to be a riot girl,
You’re welcome to the party of a lifetime
And when you figure out just what your vice is girl,
Then you just come and find me at the right time, The sweetest selection,
The gyal say she wan get familiar,
Fi astral projection
A one way flight,
[Chorus: Tim Lyre]
The vibes is right,
A when me buss a riddim make you feel alright
Se ni ko ma jijo, no go dey uptight,
A wey the groove steady, make ya come alive Say one more time, and that’s all night,
A ops when they see me, dem man flee on sight,
Dem nuh fi ever reach, that na unfair fight,
Na me be heavyweight, pound for pound,
Round for round, Undisputed,
The king of the primetime
[Verse 2: Kobla Jnr.]
(Kobla Juuuu)
Badman fit give you conscious vibing all day
Party at my place taking shots of Bombay
Mi a pree fi the gyal dem & pree the money
On the block with my Anti Crew no cross we
M3b3d3
Atu dala
I go shoot my shot
she got my man up
no time afi play play
Sika sem
I for get my money up
That make me think alot
I’m also rolling up
A 100gs a pop
She wan that
Affection
But I got my trees
don’t want distraction
The gyal dem
wan get familiar
A one way flight and dem alright
A wan mi bust a rhythm make you feel alright
M3 kolo mor g3 make she feel that vibe
and
when mi bost a rhythm to the dance
She go fit to understand say man get some other plans
Juju
[Pre-Chorus: Tim Lyre]
I tell you it’s about to be a riot girl,
You’re welcome to the party of a lifetime
And when you figure out just what your vice is girl, Then you just come and find me at the right time, The sweetest selection,
The gyal say she wan get familiar,
Fi astral projection
A one way flight,
[Chorus: Tim Lyre]
The vibes is right,
A when me buss a riddim make you feel alright A Se ni ko ma jijo, no go dey uptight,
A wey the groove steady, make ya come alive Say one more time, and that’s all night, A ops when they see me, dem man flee on sight, Dem nuh fi ever reach, that na unfair fight, Na me be heavyweight, pound for pound, Round for round,
Undisputed,
The king of the primetime
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9. |
Spanish Lime
03:38
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[Hook]
Yeah woah,
Yeah yeah woah,
You wondering why you miss me all the time, You should hit my other line,
Yeah woah,
Yeah yeah woah,
Cause if you really need me all the time,
Then I never will decline,
Yeah woah,
Yeah yeah woah,
If that’s just how you’re feeling all the time,
I’ll be with you every night,
through the night,
All the time,
All the time
You’re sweeter than a spanish lime
[Verse]
She said I don’t mean to bother you,
Been calling you since half past noon,
Now we’re deep in the night and it’s overdue,
And babe I miss the rendezvous,
I said I'm far away but I’m all alone
Still I'll try to hurry to you,
But baby in the meantime,
It’s your direct line,
Just called me anytime
Woah
[Hook]
Yeah woah,
Yeah yeah woah,
You wondering why you miss me all the time, You should hit my other line,
Yeah woah,
Yeah yeah woah,
Cause if you really need me all the time,
Then I never will decline,
Yeah woah,
Yeah yeah woah,
If that’s just how you’re feeling all the time,
I’ll be with you every night,
through the night,
All the time,
All the time
You’re sweeter than a spanish lime
[Interlude]
[Outro]
Ooh babe
worry less,
I’ll be here to remedy your loneliness,
If you need a ride I'll come around your address,
If we don’t make it back to mine it’s all for the best
worry less
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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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