[Verse 1: Afrobeats male lead, smooth and strong over a heavy kick, talking drum and shaker] Saturday I put the tripod on my back and catch a bus Mirror in a shoebox, telescope I built from kit and dust Two rainy seasons grinding glass, my fingers raw and numb Now I set it in the motor park where the danfo engines hum Oya, line up, nobody pays, I only ask you wait Taxi men with tired eyes and a mama with a crate A boy who sells phone credit with his hand out on the road A conductor with his voice gone and his money in a fold And they bend down to the eyepiece like they're bending down to pray And every one comes up a child, I swear, in the same way [Verse 2: Afrobeats male lead, harder, talking drum answering every line] First the taxi man, he squints, he says I no see nothing, abeg I turn the knob a hair, I say hold on, don't move your leg Then his shoulders go, his hands go, and his mouth goes omo, see There's a planet with a hat on hangin' in the black for free He's been drivin' twenty years and never once looked off the road Now he's laughin' like a schoolboy with a secret he was owed Then the mama sets the crate down and she bends and starts to shout And the boy, and the conductor, one by one, they're in and out [Hook: Afrobeats male lead, full band, huge Afrobeats chorus] Look at the rings, bend down, look at the rings There's a little gold hat on a far-off king who sings Everybody says omo, everybody says the same thing When you see the rings, something in you rings [Bridge: Afrobeats male lead, focus pull, the whole mix starts blurred and snaps sharp on there it is] Turn it slow, slow, slow, it's a smudge, it's a smear Turn it slow, slow, slow, it's a coin, gettin' clear Hold your breath and turn a hair, and there it is, oya, see Hangin' in the black with its hat on, lookin' back at me [Verse 3: Afrobeats male lead, full weight, heavy kick and talking drum] People ask me why I do it every Saturday, no pay Seven years of motor parks, and Saturn's very far away And I tell 'em true, I stopped lookin' at the planet long ago I've seen Saturn, it's the same, it's always beautiful, I know What I look at is the faces when they lift up from the glass Taxi man turned nine years old, the mama laughin' like a lass That's the sky I came to see, that's the ring around the dark Every face that comes up shinin' from the eyepiece in the park [Hook: Afrobeats male lead, full band, huge Afrobeats chorus] Look at the rings, bend down, look at the rings There's a little gold hat on a far-off king who sings Everybody says omo, everybody says the same thing When you see the rings, something in you rings [End]
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