Plantain Boy Lyrics

Man I don't owe anybody anything mehn

I want to live my life the way I can man

I no come Lagos to come preach

See my life now (Uhu-n)

See them know me wella

Everybody know me as Mr. Timaya

Look I'm a common plantain seller

God don change my name to Timaya (ohh aii)

I dey for choir (eyy)

Back in the days for mountain of fire

Na so I just dey halla (halla)

God don answer my mama prayer (ohh aii)

Ohh- e ge gbu mmadu eyyy

This boy a bia kwanna eyyyy (a bia kwana eyy)

Everybody don dey feel me eyy

True story twist my name eyy (CHAI)

I ride okada, e no mean say

You no go drive hummer aii (ahan)

Even if you sell pure water

Eee no mean say your life dey for gutter (everybody everybody)

But im still that plantain boy

Na me be the pikin wey dey give him mama joy

Many people see me as a useless boy

But thank God today I'm a very big boy (aii-aii-aii)

Not just a big boy but a very big boi eyy ai

Im a very rich boi

Eyy my God e don lift me high eyy (ohh-ohh)

From nobody come you make me a somebody (somebody eyy)

Ohh my God I'm so happy eyy

For everything wey you do for me (aii)

I dey on my own ee-yay

Jehova just bless mee ee yay

Everybody wey dey rich and famous

I no know why people too dey jealous (Chinekeme)

Mo dupe l'owo iro ti to se fun mi

Mo dupe l'owo iro ti to se fun mi

You can not stop us

I'm coming in the name of Jesus

Na so I dey sell plantain ee-yay

Every Saturday,(everybody fry plantain ohh)

Me and my mama we dey sell plantain (ohhh)

Na my mama plantain ohh (everybody-everybody)

Im still that plantain boy

Na me be the pikin wey dey give him mama joy

Many people see me as a useless boy

But thank God today I'm a very big boy (aii-aii-aii)

Not just a big boy but a very rich boi eyy aii

Im a very rich boi

Eyy my God you don life me high (ohh-ohh)

I tell them say, alanta-lanta people dey plan make i fall (fall)

Every night and day, they wan see me fall (fall)

But Jehovah nissi just make me tall

My guy all fingers are not equal

People dey plan how to see me fall over

Every time dey wan me make I go under

Chai, Jehovah don make me prosper

I go just dey make am three one knees

I wanna know why eyyy

Dem no like somebody wey dey grow (wey dey grow)

If dem see say you dey make am

Dem go want you make you slow (slooow)

Ohhh you cannot stop me (eyyy)

Jehovah dey by my side eyyyy

You can not stop me eyy

Jehovah dey by my side eyyy

Plantain seller eyyy I swear una know me wella

Eyyy everybody I'm a plantain seller

Even everybody dem know me wella chaii

Dem mama dem know me wella

Ehhh our papa you go know me wella

Mama and Papa dem know me wella (wella, wella)

See I'm still that plantain seller

Im still that plantain boy

Na me be the pikin wey dey give him mama joy

Many people see me as a useless boy

But thank God today I'm a very big boy (aii-aii-aii)

Not just a big boy but a very rich boi eyy aii

Im a very rich boi

Eyy my God you don life me high (ohh-ohh)

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