Music Review: “Wild Dreams,” by Burnaboy ft Khalid
“Wild Dreams” is a song by a Nigerian Grammy Award winner, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu aka Burnaboy. The song features American singer and songwriter, Khalid Donnel Robinson aka Khalid.
The song “Wild Dreams” premiered on July 8, 2022. It is one of the songs in Burnaboy’s just-released 19-track album titled “Love, Damini.”
What is the song “Wild Dreams” by Burnaboy ft Khalid all about?
I don’t know if the wild dream the artists are referring to is the “figurative one,” or the “frightening nightmare.”
Khalid’s “wild dream,” seems to be like a frightening nightmare, while, Burnaboy’s “wild dream,” seems to be like the “figurative one.”
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Chorus (Khalid)
Woke up covered in sweat from havin’ these wild dreams (Wild dreams)
Bridge (Burna)
Don’t let them tell you, you too proud or your dreams are too big
Come from a place where you can’t even sleep
Talk less of even dream in it
But, we would find a way around it sha.
In the song “Wild dream,” by Burnaboy ft Khalid, the artists spur people to imagine a better life or anything they desire to be in the future regardless of how daunting or difficult the country they are living in makes it hard for people to achieve success or be what they desire to be in life.
They have experienced such life, and are praying for strength to keep moving.
Some of Khalid’s lines mean “Rather than dream about what you want to be, you only have frightening nightmares due to the unfavorable condition of the country you are living in. He desires to wipe off unpleasant memories gotten from those nightmares.
Some of Burnaboy’s lines mean “He kept on believing in himself, and looked beyond the present. He looked forward to something bigger in the future. He achieved this by mostly denying himself a lot of things.
Wild Dreams by Burnaboy ft Khalid Lyrics Translation
Intro/Chorus (Khalid)
Woke up covered in sweat from havin’ these wild dreams
Where I’m from, bright lights, they tend to be hard to see
Oh, I pray for strength, please let it wash off of me
I can’t help myself from havin’ these wild dreams
Verse 1 (Burnaboy)
Yeah, kept to myself, did nobody no harm
Unless dem was really deservin’ it
Come from a place where you can’t even sleep
Talk less of even dream in it
Dem no believe in themselves then now (They didn’t believe in themselves then.)
How can they now believe in me?
All of my blessings from God
Still don’t know what He sees in me
Pre-chorus (Khalid)
Ooh ooh ooh
I see so much further than what’s in front of me
Whenever I fall asleep
Chorus (Khalid)
Woke up covered in sweat from havin’ these wild dreams
Where I’m from, bright lights, they tend to be hard to see
Oh, I pray for strength, please let it wash off of me (Wash off of me)
I can’t help myself from havin’ these wild dreams
Post- chorus (Khalid)
Wild, wild, wild, wild, wild dreams
Wild, wild, wild, wild, wild dreams
Verse 2 (Burna)
I dey feel like steel water wey dey run deep
Because the life I dey live today never come cheap (The life that I am living never came cheap.)
I feel like it’s taken something from me
Have to sacrifice if you want become me
Life is a ride, I take the front seat
Let the most-high drive, He can’t go wrongly
Highs and lows, na lows dey won’t see
But those same lows na make the song sweet
Pre-chorus (Khalid)
Ooh ooh ooh
I see so much further than what’s in front of me
Whenever I fall asleep
Chorus (Khalid)
Woke up covered in sweat from havin’ these wild dreams (Wild dreams)
Where I’m from, bright lights, they tend to be hard to see (Hard)
Ooh, I pray for strength, please let it wash off of me (Wash off of me)
I can’t help myself, I’m havin’ these wild dreams
Post-chorus (Khalid)
Wild, wild, wild, wild, wild dreams (Wild)
Wild, wild, wild, wild, wild dreams (Wild, wild)
Wild, wild, wild, wild, wild dreams
Wild, wild, wild, wild, wild dreams (Wild, wild)
Bridge (Burna)
Don’t let them tell you you too proud or your dreams are too big
You should humble yourself, humble your dreams
Remember everything you see today at some point in time started from a wild dream
Wild, wild, wild, wild, wild dreams
At the same time, wild dreams are dangerous to people
Wild, wild, wild, wild, wild dreams
Who can’t see further than what’s in front of them
Wild, wild, wild, wild, wild dreams
Remember, Martin Luther King had a dream and then he got shot
Wild, wild, wild, wild, wild dreams
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Watch the video for the song “Wild Dreams,” by Burnaboy ft Khalid below
Duration: 3 minutes 06 seconds