[Verse 1: Lagos afrobeats male lead, bright guitar licks, bouncing afrobeats flow over hard drums] Friday, five o'clock, and the whole expressway jam Every danfo, every keke, every horn a different band I was meant to reach the party by the time the sun go down Now the sun dey set on me and I never leave the town Then the yellow bus in front of me turn him speaker loud And the driver climb the roof and start to wine above the crowd Hawker with a cooler sellin' zobo, sellin' puff-puff Woman in the next lane shout "abeg, e never reach, turn am up" Omo, all the engines quiet but the drums dey talk Nobody gettin' anywhere, so everybody walk [Pre-Hook: Lagos afrobeats male lead, rolling hand percussion building] No wahala, nobody dey vex Engine off, now we dancin' on the next [Hook: Lagos afrobeats male lead, full afrobeats drums, big chanted afrobeats hook] Four hours standin' and the road start to shake Nobody movin' but the waist, for goodness sake If you late, you late, abeg enjoy the wait Omo, this go-slow na the party we make [Verse 2: Lagos afrobeats male lead, heavy bass, faster afrobeats flow] Hour two, somebody bring the suya from the stall Hour three, the bankers dancin' with the tie and all Traffic warden come to clear it, take a look and join the line Blowin' on him whistle like the whistle keepin' time My people callin' "where you dey? we waitin' by the gate" I say "bring the cake down to the highway, here the party wait" Okada boys revvin' like a drum roll on the side Mama in the taxi got her window open wide Lagos stuck together and for once nobody hide Every horn a trumpet and the tar a dancin' floor tonight [Pre-Hook: Lagos afrobeats male lead, rolling hand percussion building] No wahala, nobody dey vex Engine off, now we dancin' on the next [Hook: Lagos afrobeats male lead, full afrobeats drums, big chanted afrobeats hook] Four hours standin' and the road start to shake Nobody movin' but the waist, for goodness sake If you late, you late, abeg enjoy the wait Omo, this go-slow na the party we make [Bridge: Lagos afrobeats male lead, horn chorus, a hundred car horns honk the hook rhythm together, then the afrobeats drums slam back] Beep beep, beep, beep beep Every horn on the expressway honkin' with the beat Then the cars in front start movin', first time since five And the lanes open wide like the lanes come alive But nobody enter, nobody start Nobody leave the dance to go and drive a car My people come from the party with the cake in the air Park am on the shoulder, now the party right here [Final Hook: Lagos afrobeats male lead, full afrobeats drums, biggest chanted afrobeats hook] Four hours standin' and the road start to shake Nobody movin' but the waist, for goodness sake If you late, you late, abeg enjoy the wait Omo, this go-slow na the party we make [End]
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