Intro
(Mo fẹ trabaye)
(Ye, mo fẹ trabaye)
(Tune in to the king of sounds and blues)
(Gbémi-gbémi trabaye, ayy)
(Ahh, mo fẹ traba’, mo fẹ traba’)
(Ọlọlade mí Àṣàkẹ)
Chorus
Mo fẹ trabaye
Ye, mo fẹ trabaye
Gbémi-gbémi trabaye, ayy
Ahh, mo fẹ traba’, mo fẹ traba’
Verse
Kalakuta no be place for school boy
I get niggas wey don go there before
T’ọ bà wá, wọn má jẹ ńbẹ, gbàgbọ’
Ọmọlọpẹ no dey form bossy, you be boss, I be boss
Who go con be conduc’?
Wọn sọ pé wọn ní mó l’akọ òṣì gàn (kpa oh)
Based on say I no dey like to dey talk
Verse
Wise men no dey like to dey talk
Ṣ’ogbọ o, ṣ’ogbọ?
Secure, secure, secure (secure)
I dey ready to ball
Bend down, go low, bend down
Abena you don cause trou’
Secure, secure, secure
Alujo si a pọ gan
Ọmọ ọpẹ time, o jẹ lọ
Alujo si a pọ gan
Chorus
Mo fẹ trabaye
Ye, mo fẹ trabaye
Gbémi-gbémi trabaye (yeah, ye-ye, yo)
Ahh, mo fẹ traba’ (oh lo, lo-lo), mo fẹ traba’ (eh, le-le)
Chorus
(Koko) mo fẹ trabaye
(Yee-) ye, mo fẹ trabaye
(No-no-no) gbémi-gbémi trabaye, ayy
Ahh, mo fẹ traba’, mo fẹ traba’
Verse
Àní, wọn fẹ rí, wọn fẹ rí (eh, wọn fẹ rí)
Anywhere wey I enter, wọn fẹ rí
Say for Germany, New York City
Say wọn fẹ rí Àṣàkẹ’, wọn fẹ rí (oh)
Verse
Promoters dem don dey call
Secure, secure, secure
London girls, I dey come
Mà gbé yín débẹ, Ọlọhun
Secure, secure, secure
Alujo si a pọ gan
Ọmọ ọpẹ time, o jẹ lọ
Alujo si a pọ gan
Outro
(Mo fẹ trabaye) Ọlọlade, Mr. Money
(ye, mo fẹ trabaye) Ọmọ Ọpẹ
You know you only got one life to live (gbémi-gbémi trabaye, ayy)
You gat to live it to the fullest, my G (ah, mo fẹ traba’, mo fẹ traba’)
It’s time for you to go show the world what you’re really all about
Go get them, bro (mo fẹ trabaye)
Outro
YBNL got you for life, my brother (ye, mo fẹ trabaye)
Baddo Sneh got you for life, my brother (gbémi-gbémi trabaye, ayy)
The street got you for life, my brother
(ahh, mo fẹ traba’, mo fẹ traba’)
And you know the ladies got you too
‘Cause you’re the ladies man
