Music Review: Bandana by Fireboy ft Asake
Bandana is a song by Nigerian singer and songwriter, Adedamola Adefolahan aka Fireboy. Fireboy is currently signed to Olamide’s record label, YBNL (Yahoo Boy No Laptop). The song features record label mate, Ahmed Olalade Asake aka Asake.
I am wondering why the artists titled this song “Bandana,” self, the keyword in this song is “lowkey.”
Anyway, moving on…
The song “Lowkey,” sorry, I meant “Bandana,” is by Nigerian singer and songwriter, Adedamola Adefolahan aka Fireboy DML. Fireboy is currently signed to Olamide’s record label, YBNL (Yahoo Boy No Laptop). The song features record label mate, Ahmed Olalade Asake aka Asake.
What is the song Bandana by Fireboy DML ft Asake all about?
A bandana is a large colored or patterned handkerchief usually worn or tied on the head.
But Bandana in this song by Fireboy DML ft Asake is a reference to popular late American rapper, songwriter, and actor, Tupac Shakur, 2Pac. 2Pac died September 13th, 1996 at the age of 25. He was known for his thug lifestyle and always wore bandanas which became his brand.
In the song “Bandana,” by Fireboy DML ft Asake, the artists sang about different things.
Fireboy DML’s verses and pre-chorus talk about his love for music, how he has been into music for a long time, how he will keep being passionate about music forever, and how he is concentrating on his music and nothing else. He also talks about his personality; he says he doesn’t smoke Indian hemp “I no dey blow trees.” He also talks about being on the lowkey side lately. But Fireboy DML assures his fans that being on low-key doesn’t mean he is lonely, inactive, or not having fun. He is having fun, especially with the ladies, and still churning out good music.
Asake’s chorus and post-chorus talk about his lifestyle. He says he is a gangster with iniquities, that loves to wear a bandana just like the late American rapper, 2Pac. He says his hard work has gotten him international recognition. He is thankful to God for his progress so far. Lastly, he appreciates his fans for their love and says it motivates him to keep moving.
What do you all think?
Here is Bandana Lyrics Translation by Fireboy ft Asake
Intro
P
Pre-chorus (Fireboy DML)
Lowkey
All of them don dey notice (They have all started noticing.)
I’m not joking
All my guys dem-dem know me (All my guys know me.)
Since ’06
I’ve been writing this story
I no be OG (I am not an Original Gangster.)
But if you ask dem, dem know me (But, if you ask them, they know me.)
Verse 1 (Fireboy DML)
I no dey blow trees (I don’t blow trees (Indian hemp))
Orin lo n yi mi lori (It is song that drives me crazy.)
Music chose me
Just know this and know peace
I dey lowkey (I am on lowkey.)
But I’m never lonely
Sexy ladies
Come whine fi me slowly (Come whine for me slowly.)
Chorus (Asake)
Na the love wey I see (It is the love that I saw)
Na im wey give me liver (That gave me liver.)
I be ghetto boy I be sinner (I am a ghetto boy, I am a sinner.)
Fear nobody only Jehovah (I fear nobody except God.)
And I thank the lord I dey go far (And I am thankful to God that I am going far.)
Usain Bolt, mo d’aleba
Shoutout si awon temi ninu Shitta (Shoutout to my people at Shitta.)
Bandana lori bi ti 2Pac (Bandana on my head like that of 2Pac)
Midnight workers, karashika
Post chorus (Asake)
Dem never see me coming (Jo jo jo jo jo) (They have not seen me coming.)
Oh coming (L’Eko)
Mo gbe wan ni ‘is coming’ (E yeah, e yeah yeah o) (I left them anticipating…)
Naija boy wey dey go foreign (Dey go foreign) (Nigerian boy that has gone foreign)
Wey go foreign (Dey go foreign) (That has gone foreign)
Ose Mr. Money (Thank you, Mr. Money.)
Verse 2 (Fireboy DML)
I’m never weak
I never cease
Till eternity
I’m on fire
My legacy will not die
My family is for life
Where dem dey? (Where are they?)
Who dem be? (Awonda?) (Who are they?)
Dem go craze (They would go crazy.)
Dem go tire (They would get tired.)
Dem go say (They would say.)
Dem go say (They would say.)
Dem no know wetin dey sup (They don’t know what’s up.)
Pre-chorus (Fireboy DML)
Lowkey
All of them don dey notice (They have all started noticing.)
I’m not joking
All my guys dem-dem know me (All my guys know me.)
Since ’06
I’ve been writing this story
I no be OG (I am not an Original Gangster.)
But if you ask dem, dem know me (But, if you ask them, they know me.)
Chorus (Asake)
Na the love wey I see (It is the love that I saw)
Na im wey give me liver (That gave me liver.)
I be ghetto boy I be sinner (I am a ghetto boy, I am a sinner.)
Fear nobody only Jehovah (I fear nobody except God.)
And I thank the lord I dey go far (And I am thankful to God that I am going far.)
Usain Bolt, mo d’aleba
Shoutout si awon temi ninu Shitta (Shoutout to my people at Shitta.)
Bandana lori bi ti 2Pac (Bandana on my head like that of 2Pac)
Midnight workers, karashika
Post chorus (Asake)
Dem never see me coming (Jo jo jo jo jo) (They have not seen me coming.)
Oh coming (L’Eko)
Mo gbe wan ni ‘is coming’ (E yeah, e yeah yeah o) (I left them anticipating…)
Naija boy wey dey go foreign (Dey go foreign) (Nigerian boy that has gone foreign)
Wey go foreign (Dey go foreign) (That has gone foreign)
Ose Mr. Money (Thank you, Mr. Money.)
Outro
Dem never see me coming (Jo jo jo jo jo) (They have not seen me coming.)
Oh coming (L’Eko)
Mo gbe wan ni ‘is coming’ (E yeah, e yeah yeah o) (I left them anticipating…)
Naija boy wey dey go foreign (Dey go foreign) (Nigerian boy that has gone foreign)
Wey go foreign (Dey go foreign) (That has gone foreign)
Ose Mr. Money (Thank you, Mr. Money.)
Watch the video for the song “Bandana,” by Fireboy DML ft Asake
Duration: 3 minutes 02 seconds
You can check out the lyrics to Peace Be Unto You by Asake below
Asake Peace Be Unto you Lyrics Translation
Intro
Tune in to the king of sounds and blues
Ololademi Asake
Eh help me
Help me, help me
Help me
Help me, help me, help me, help me
E dey carry me dey go where I no know (He is carrying me away to where I don’t know.)
Verse 1
Padi mi hustle lo (My pal, hustle.)
Kodigba ti nba ni ko buckle up (It is not until I ask you to buckle up.)
Alaye mi sare te button lo (My pal quickly pressed the button.)
Gbogbo nkan ko la ma fin jogor jor jor (It is not everything you play with.)
Ka lo se chopping jor (Let’s go and eat/enjoy life.)
I no dey send I dey chop my life (I don’t give a damn, I am eating/enjoying life.)
100 percent we dey gbadun gan (We are enjoying so much 100 percent.)
Awon ti o fe wa, kan ma struggle lo (Those that do not want us, let them keep struggling.)
Pre-chorus
Thе money long cause I don pa se (The money is long because I have commanded.)
Na evеrybody want to tear my shirt (Everybody wants to tear my shirt.)
I just blow but omo I know myself (I just blew but I know myself.)
Before dem use me I go use my sense, my sense (Before they use me, I will use my sense.)
Omo oba to pa se (The child of a king that has command.)
Anitanitanitanita go down se (Anita go down.)
Omo dudu, omo pupa, emi lo ma fe (Dark-skinned babe, light-skinned babe, I am the one you will marry.)
Range rover meji, elo lo ma je, je, je? (Two range rovers, how much will it be?)
Chorus
Assalamu Alaikum (Peace unto you.)
I get many many disciples (I have many disciples.)
Mo taka oshi danu (I forbid rubbish.)
Oluwa shower me your blessings times two (Lord shower me your blessings times two)
O de jowo, daku (Please.)
In every situation make I no lose (In every situation, I should not lose.)
Emi o shako mo Olorun (Me, I’m not fronting again, honestly/ To God.)
Jeki awon padi mi lo bisa like you (Let my pals go…)
Verse 2
Emiliano rora (Take it easy.)
Kosa ma rora (Just take it easy.)
Iwo niko ni kona (You alone are at the corner.)
Mo de mo—– (I can identify you.)
Because you dey para pass your mother (Because you are getting too angry.)
Barka da Sallah—
Ye fo, Chameleon (Don’t be too jumpy, chameleon.)
Mo ti gbe wan debe (I have taken them there.)
Pre-chorus
Thе money long cause I don pa se (The money is long because I have commanded.)
Na evеrybody want to tear my shirt (Everybody wants to tear my shirt.)
I just blow but omo I know myself (I just blew but I know myself.)
Before dem use me I go use my sense, my sense (Before they use me, I will use my sense.)
Omo oba to pa se (The child of a king that has command.)
Anitanitanitanita, go down se (Anita go down.)
Omo dudu, omo pupa, emi lo ma fe (Dark-skinned babe, light-skinned babe, I am the one you will mary.)
Range rover meji, elo lo ma je, je, je? (Two range rovers, how much will it be?)
Chorus
Assalamu Alaikum (Peace unto you.)
I get many many disciples (I have many disciples.)
Mo taka oshi danu (I forbid rubbish.)
Oluwa shower me your blessings times two (Lord shower me your blessings times two)
O de jowo, daku (Please.)
In every situation make I no lose (In every situation, I should not lose.)
Emi o shako mo Olorun (Me, I’m not fronting again, honestly/To God.)
Jeki awon padi mi lo bisa like you (Let my pal go…)
Watch the video for the song Peace Be Unto You (PBUY) by Asake below
Duration: 2 minutes 35 seconds
Video directed by TG Omori
Check out the meaning of PBUY by Asake below
Fireboy Playboy Lyrics Translation
Intro
It’s Bizzouch
Chorus
Girl don’t flex with the boy, your body is a mad ting
She wanna roll with the man dem (She wants to roll with the men)
When I drop you know it’s an anthem (Whoof!)
Girl you wanna play with a big playboy like me (Whoof!)
Girl you wanna play with a big playboy like me (Whoof!)
Girl don’t flex with the boy, your body is a mad ting
She wanna roll with the man dem (She wants to roll with the men)
When I drop you know it’s an anthem (Ah ah)
Girl you wanna play with a big playboy like me (Ah!)
Girl you wanna play with a big playboy like me
Verse 1
Pull up in the club with all my G’s
When we outside is an all-night thing
Yeah, dem start to shake when they call my name (They start shaking whenever my name is called.)
Don’t play with a boy like me
Who you else know live a life like this? (Who else do you know lives a life like this?)
L.A to Houston to NYC (Los Angeles to Houston to New York City.)
I’m always on the road, emi omo road (I am always on the road. Me, a road child)
Don’t play with a guy like this
Bridge
I likе shayo, I no like gbana (I live liquor, but I don’t like weed.)
One Hennеssy for my corner (One Henessy at the corner.)
Gimme some more, gimme some jara (Give me more, give me extra.)
So many hoes demma think Imma a farmer (I have so many hoes, they would think that I am a farmer.)
I likе shayo, I no like gbana (I live liquor, but I don’t like weed.)
One Hennеssy for my corner (One Henessy at the corner.)
Gimme some more, gimme some jara (Give me more, give me extra.)
So many hoes demma think Imma a farmer (I have so many hoes, they would think that I am a farmer.)
Yah ah ah
Chorus
Girl don’t flex with the boy, your body is a mad ting (Mad ting!)
She wanna roll with the man dem (She wants to roll with the men.)
When I drop you know it’s an anthem (Whoof!)
Girl you wanna play with a big playboy like me (Whoof!)
Girl you wanna play with a big playboy like me (Whoof!)
Girl don’t flex with the boy, your body is a mad ting (Mad ting!)
She wanna roll with the man dem (She wants to roll with the men.)
When I drop you know it’s an anthem (Ah ah)
Girl you wanna play with a big playboy like me (Ah ah ah) (Wanna play with a boy like me)
Girl you wanna play with a big playboy like me
Verse 2
Do you wanna play that? (What?)
Two bad girls in a Maybach (Yeah!)
And I’ve got more on my radar
So all my man dem pull up in a black Bentayga
Guantanamera
Been a bad boy since way back
Girl imma see you later
And I know you’re in love with me but please don’t say that
Don dada, godfather, none badder (No one is as bad as me.)
Nonchalant, unbordered, all of that
Make nobody dull my parol
Make nobody follow my shadow oh
Bring more cups let Hennessy flow
Sweet white wine and anything goes
Even all my friends, all my enemies know
There’s never been a time when my energy low
Yeah ah ah ah
Chorus
Girl don’t flex with the boy, your body is a mad ting (Mad ting!)
She wanna roll with the man dem (She wants to roll with the men.)
When I drop you know it’s an anthem (Whoof!)
Girl you wanna play with a big playboy like me (Whoof!)
(Playboy like me)
Girl you wanna play with a big playboy like me (Whoof!)
(Playboy like me)
Girl don’t flex with the boy, your body is a mad ting (Mad ting!)
She wanna roll with the man dem (She wants to roll with the men.)
When I drop you know it’s an anthem (Ah ah)
Girl you wanna play with a big playboy like me (Ah!)
(Playboy like me)
Girl you wanna play with a big playboy like me
(Playboy like me)
Outro
Ah-Ah Ah
Ah-Ah Ah Ah
Ah-Ah-Ah
Ayyyyiiii
Ah
Big Playboy like me
Playboy like me eeee
Ah-ah
Playboy like me eee (Playboy like me)
Watch the video for the song “Playboy,” by Fireboy
Duration 3 minutes 27 seconds
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