I Love You, Bye

Mama told me that it's time to choose

Between self-love and the mental abuse.

I dey look the mirror, I dey check the fuse

I no fit play the game wey I born to lose.

You always dey there to criticize (Check am!)

You want to control how I live my life.

But see, the fear wey dey inside my eye?

Na fear say I go turn to you before I die.

I copy your walk, I copy your talk

But today, I erasing the chalk.

(I dey waka away, I dey waka away.)

This is where I draw the line (No more crossing, no more time)

Strange because you're by my side (But your spirit far from mine)

I did my best to make you proud

But you only love me when I'm loud.

Let the way you see the world

Shape the way I see myself? (Lai lai! Never!)

It ends tonight!

I love you, bye! (Oya, go!)

I love you, bye! (I dey go!)

In the end, I'm gonna be like you

And I don't know what to do! (So I Japa!)

I love you, bye! (No look back!)

I love you, bye! (Pack the bag!)

I love you, but it ends tonight!

(It ends tonight, it ends tonight!)

From the start, I couldn't take the lows

I check the statue, e no be heroes.

I call you giant, you turn to zero

Now where I'm going, only Heaven knows.

But I know it's far from home.

You say I stubborn, you say I blind

But na peace of mind I try to find.

You want to cage the bird inside the net

But this bird don fly, no regret.

The hero wey fall, na the lesson I learn

If I stay inside this fire, na me go burn.

I spent a lifetime seeking your validation

Trapped inside a cycle of suffocation.

Every critique was a subtle amputation

Cutting off my wings without hesitation.

You projected your failures onto my slate

Trying to turn my love into your hate.

I watched you scrutinize. Weaponize.

Every single dream, you try to Paralyze.

You speak. Thunder. I speak. Whisper.

I'm breaking the chain, the generational curse

Before the situation gets any worse.

I refuse to inherit the bitterness you hold

I'm breaking the mold before I get old.

No pidgin, no slang, just the cold hard truth

You stole my joy, and you wasted my youth.

I love you enough to forgive the past

But I love myself enough to make this last.

(Goodbye.)

I love you, bye! (Oya, go!)

I love you, bye! (I dey go!)

In the end, I'm gonna be like you

And I don't know what to do! (So I Japa!)

I love you, bye! (No look back!)

I love you, bye! (Pack the bag!)

I love you, but it ends tonight!

Did my best to make you proud (Every day!)

Always seem to let you down (No be play!)

Oh, oh down. But see, the ground is shaking now.

I no be your soldier, I no be your clone

I building a kingdom inside my own zone.

If I turn to you, then I lose my face

So I running my race at my own pace.

The love is there, e no go fade

But I cannot lie in the bed you made.

Oya, shift! Make I pass!

This relationship is broken glass.

I love you... (But I cannot be you.)

Bye. (Bye-bye o.)

It ends tonight.