One of the best Afrobeat fusion of the year happened when Nigerian singer Rema and American Pop singer Selena Gomez collaborated on a remix for his original single named “Calm down”.
As if the song could not get any melodious, Selena angelic vocals stepped things up a notch.
In this song, the lyrics details the budding attraction that exist between a boy and a girl. The guy is going a bit crazy for the girl in question and just wants her to accept him and stop “forming”.
Selena in her lyrics also takes the role of the girl and explains that while she’s hesitant to give out her heart, she’s willing to take the risk.
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Another banger
Baby, calm down, calm down
Girl, this your body e put in my heart for lockdown, for lockdown, oh, lockdown
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Girl, you sweet like Fanta, ooh, Fanta, ooh
If I tell you say, “I love you”, you no dey form yanga, oh, oh, yanga, oh
No, tell me no, no, no, no, woah, woah, woah, woah
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Baby, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah
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You got me like woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah
Shawty, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah, hmm
I see this fine girl, for my party she wear yellow
Every other girl they dey do too much but this girl mellow
Naim, I dey find situation, I go use take tell am hello
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Finally, I find way to talk to the girl but she no wan follow
Who you come dey form for? Woah (Mhmm)
Why you no wan’ conform? Woah (Mhmm)
Then I start to feel her bum-bum (Mhmm)
But she dey gimme small, small, woah
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I know say she sabi pass that one, one (Mhmm)
But she feeling insecure, woah
‘Cause her friends go dey gum her like chewing gum, woah (Mhmm)
Go dey gum her like chewing gum, oh-woah
Yeah, I know I look shy but for you I get down, oh, woah
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And my hips make you cry when I’m moving around you (Yeah)
Do it once, do it twice (Do it twice)
I push back, you hold me tight
Get a taste for a night
Baby show me you can calm down, calm down
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Dance with me and take the lead now, lead now
Got you so high that you can’t come down, come down
Don’t you ask, you know you’re allowed, allowed
When it’s you I can’t say no-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Baby, give me lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah
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You got me like woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah
Shawty, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah, mm-hmm
As I reach my house, I say make a rest small, oh-woah (Make a rest small, oh-woah)
As me I wake up na she dey my mind, oh-woah (Na she dey my mind, oh-woah)
Day one, day two-wo, I no fit foc-o-us (I no fit focus)
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Na so me I call am, say make we link up, woah (I say make we link up woah)
Got my hand on your heart now, I can feel it race
If I leave then you say you can never love again
Wanna give you it all but can’t promise that I’ll stay
And that’s the risk you take (You take)
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Baby, calm down, calm down
Girl, this your body e put in my heart for lockdown, for lockdown, oh, lockdown
Girl, you sweet like Fanta, ooh, Fanta, ooh
If I tell you say, “I love you”, you no dey form yanga, oh, oh, yanga, oh
No tell me no, no, no, no, woah, woah, woah, woah
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Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (Your love, your love)
Baby, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah
You got me like woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah
Shawty, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah (Oh, woah), hmm