“Do the math: you never settle for less than the whole if you knew the half.” – Talib Kweli, “Violations,” Gravitas, 2013.
Quotes like these inspire AbOriginal Musicrapper and producer, Eclipse‘s continued evolution – what’s life, after all, if you can’t face, and change, your own reality? With the arrival of his new single, “Gentleman,” the artiste presents the latest entry in his increasingly impressive catalogue, and announces his arrival as a player in the fast-paced Nigerian music industry; a witty, braggadocios collection of Eclipse‘s observations on his rise to the mainstream, delivered over an irresistible and insistent baseline, and underpinned by a sample of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s classic, “I No Be Gentleman” refrain, “Gentleman” is a radio and club-friendly jam guaranteed to get any party started. | ENJOY!!!
Hook O ga de le le le, o ga di O ga de le le le, o ga di yo O ga de le le le, o ga di yo O ga de le le le, o ga di yo
Chorus Me I no be gentleman at all I’m a very bad sharp guy, rolling all around If you like to vex, you yarn, that’s all We always stay balling, regardless the amount So kilode, ehn so kilo’nwa Ogbeni kilode, heh, so kilo’nwa Me I no gentleman at all If you like to vex, you yarn, that’s all
Verse 1 I’m feeling cocky, oh damn cocky They won stop me, oh them won stop me Eclipse too good for that, they don’t trust me I don bring flows, and boy, they won copy Even when on stage its evident I still kill Groupies got Parkinson’s, it’s hard for them to keep still Making paper now, Thanksgiving up in church Na money full my hand, no space to hold a grudge I’m bringing the heat, you striking every match you’re holding Married to the money, dough, an unholy matrimony Real name Nkasiobi, tell ‘em that they got to know me I dey rap die, I see the studio as a cemetery Attitude is everything, appearance even more Swag stay on check for the camera & applause It’s more than just music, its a lifestyle we giving I’m a pilot now, I stay fly for a living
Chorus Me I no be gentleman at all I’m a very bad sharp guy, rolling all around If you like to vex, you yarn, that’s all We always stay balling regardless the amount So kilode, ehn so kilo’nwa Ogbeni kilode, heh, so kilo’nwa Me I no gentleman at all If you like to vex, you yarn, that’s all
Verse 2 Cold flow spitter, make you stiff when I’m busting Stone cold killer, no Steve, no Austin Making money, getting very high, on a lowkey Shorty be calling me “Daddy”, no Showkey You sleeping on my hustle, what you in a damn coma Or maybe you blind, you got glaucoma Na grind I dey grind, na hate you dey hate Na chop I dey chop, bros, na H you dey H I’m schooling rappers in Lagos, my crib be like LASU Speak when you spoken to, SHUT UP! if them no ask you Always on a chill, I no dey follow them dey drag But when I strike, I strike hard on my own, without ASUU Criminal with the lines, I’m existentially tertiary I’m still spitting bars, I swallowed a penitentiary Money making, paper chasing, did it with tenacity The shorties wey dey form, damn, got ‘em all eventually
Chorus Me I no be gentleman at all I’m a very bad sharp guy, rolling all around If you like to vex, you yarn, that’s all We always stay balling regardless the amount So kilode, ehn so kilo’nwa Ogbeni kilode, heh, so kilo’nwa Me I no gentleman at all If you like to vex, you yarn, that’s all
Bridge Verily, verily, omo, I say unto you We steady be balling, there’s nothing that you can do When I waka pass alla dem a fi turn to fools Say the swag wey me carry, me turn dem all to mumu Verily, verily, omo, I say I unto you We steady be balling there’s nothing that you can do
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