Since '99, I don dey grind

Since '99, I have been grinding

Since '99

Since '99

Since '99, my eyes don shine

Since '99, my eyes have been shining

Since '99

Since '99

I no dey loose guard

I don't lose guard

I don dey grind since '99

I have been grinding since '99

Money I dey find

Money I am looking for

Look at mi eye, see Apollo

Look at my eye, see Apollo

Any small money, I put for kolo

Any small money, I put in kolo

If you no go

If you don't go

You no go know

You won't know

I no get kobo to give olosho

I don't have a kobo to give to an escort

When no motor

When there's no car

Enter danfo

Enter danfo

Enter trailer

Enter trailer

Enter marcopolo

Enter marcopolo

I for say na ojoro

I would say it's a scam

If I no blow

If I don't succeed

If no be God

If not for God

I for no show

I would not show up

Somebody call Ini Edo, Dike Tonto

Somebody call Ini Edo, Dike Tonto

The money don long

The money has been long

The money choke

The money is choking

Anadomido, anywhere mi go

Anadomido, anywhere I go

If no be God, I for no blow

If not for God, I would not have succeeded

Oya check and balance am

Okay, check and balance it

Shey you see my Balenciaga

Do you see my Balenciaga

I no be old school

I'm not old school

I no be alanta

I'm not alanta

I dey reminiscing alaga

I'm reminiscing about my boss

I don tire for the matter

I'm tired of the matter

Dem say one day E go better

They say one day it will get better

State and capital, koda

State and capital, even

Abia down to Umuahia

Abia down to Umuahia

I getti stamina, na na

I have stamina, na na

I enter the place dem dey japa (japa)

I enter the place where they are running away (running away)

Why you dey run from me baba (baba)

Why are you running from me, baba (baba)

Shey you see ojuju Calabar

Do you see ojuju Calabar

Yeah, since '97, me I've been shining my eye, my eye

Yeah, since '97, I’ve been shining my eye, my eye

My eye, my eye

My eye, my eye

I no get time to dey sit down look

I don't have time to sit and look

I dey grind, I dey grind

I am grinding, I am grinding

Oya check and balance am

Okay, check and balance it

Shey you see my Balenciaga

Do you see my Balenciaga

I no be old school

I'm not old school

I no be alanta

I'm not alanta

I dey reminiscing alaga

I'm reminiscing about my boss

I don tire for the matter

I'm tired of the matter

Dem say one day E go better

They say one day it will get better

State and capital, koda

State and capital, even

Abia down to Umuahia

Abia down to Umuahia

And I swear, since '99 (since'99)

And I swear, since '99 (since '99)

Money I dey fine

Money I have been searching for

And I swear since '99 (Since '99)

And I swear since '99 (Since '99)

I'm steady on grind

I'm steady on the grind

And I swear since '99 (Since '99)

And I swear since '99 (Since '99)

I dey wait for my time

I am waiting for my time

And I swear since '99 (Since '99)

And I swear since '99 (Since '99)

My eye don dey shine

My eyes have been shining

Soldier come, soldier no come back

Soldier comes, soldier does not come back

But, I still dey

But, I am still here

Yeaahhh

Yeahhh

Many many wan dey reason me but I mute them

Many want to reason with me but I mute them

Ah! ojuri no be small thing

Ah! it's no small thing

Thanks to my friends and my mommy

Thanks to my friends and my mommy

Koma se ni to ma bo mi

Koma se ni to ma bo mi

If I no make am, na my fault

If I don't make it, it's my fault

Yeah!

Yeah!

Stamina na na

Stamina na na

I enter the place dem dey japa (japa)

I enter the place where they are running away (running away)

Why you dey run from me baba (baba)

Why are you running from me, baba (baba)

Shey you see ojuju Calabar

Do you see ojuju Calabar

I dey grind

I am grinding

I dey grin

I am grinning