THE POEM BOOK

LAHO by SHALLIPOPI

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video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qARrn7G067w

Laho

by Shallipopi 

Shoutout everywhere, who be lover boy for Benin wey dey scatter area?

Ay, dọmwan nọ make é noise wẹẹ evbana, gunuvbẹ

Eri ma ghya wvbe wẹ Édo

Shalli-fucking-popi (wahala) the president (seh) of Pluto

Fayaman (seh)

Desperado, many, many

My amigo, Balotelli

Ladies taking me photo (confirm) paparazzi, ah

Don Julio, don dey high me, ah, ah

Ghẹ gunmwẹn dẹ ọ, lahọ

Ni paste aza, lahọ

Aza mwẹ dry o, lahọ

Ye, ye-oh, lahọ

Ghẹ gunmwẹn dẹ ọ, lahọ

Ni paste aza, lahọ

Aza mwẹ dry o, lahọ

Ye, ye-oh, lahọ

Ye, lahọ

Ye, ye-oh, lahọ

Ye, lahọ

Ye, ye-oh, lahọ

Ye

[INTERLUDE]

It's not the way you're seeing me here

Because of the way you're talking to me here

You think if you see me in the street of Upper

You see me in the street of Sapele Road, 

Or you see me in Ugbighoko

Or you see me in Third Junction, 

You can talk to me like this?

Iye ava, owuye wawu, iyewano, mo so pé

Minister of enjoyment, intercontinental (no go dey)

Monumental (ehn?) Ah, we go live forever (ever, ever), ah

Drop another banger o (wahala)

Are they mad? They must be mental (problem), ah

Smoking zaza o (yeah), na im make I forget your matter, ah (asap)

Ghẹ gunmwẹn dẹ ọ, lahọ

Ni paste aza, lahọ

Aza mwẹ dry o, lahọ

Ye, ye-oh, lahọ

Ghẹ gunmwẹn dẹ ọ, lahọ

Ni paste aza, lahọ

Aza mwẹ dry o, lahọ

Ye, ye-oh, lahọ

Ye, lahọ

Ye, ye-oh, lahọ

Ye, lahọ

Ye, ye-oh, lahọ

Desperado (do) many, many (confirm)

My amigo, Balotelli

Ladies taking me photo, paparazzi, ah

Don Julio, don dey high me (no go dey)

Seh, seh, seh

Seh, seh, seh, seh

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TPB's notes: SHALLIPOPI (born Crown Uzama) is a Nigerian musician and rapper, record producer, and music video director. This masterpiece of a song Laho was released March 2025. The insertion of the INTERLUDE section, voice and words and all, is pure poetry.