Tiwa Savage: Attention

Remarks:

What a sad, sad song! It made me want to post something more upbeat, but if it is that sad then all the more reason to post it!

This counts as part of my British media diet since I heard about its release on British Twitter (I doubt I would have heard about it on US Twitter). Savage herself is from Nigeria but grew up partly in Britain (from age 11 to university), so she is at least something of a Brit, enough to have a perfect British accent, even if she did return to Nigeria.

The song was produced by Blaq Jerzee, also of Nigeria.

See also:

• songs: the 2010s
• The most beautiful women according to Kenya – where she has appeared here before

Lyrics: (English/Yoruba)

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Oro re tin sun mi o
Oh na na na ah
Oro re tin sun mi o ah

Baby me tire for dis your matter
It don dey give me a headache o
It be like say we go take a break o, break o
Enough of your promises
You say you gon make it up to me
But you keep getting worse o, worse o
When was the last time you carry me go
Cinema to see a movie?
You don take this thing like play o, play o
And when last you tell me to bend over
Make you jam the ting enter?
I guess you’re giving it to someone else

If you don’t give me quality attention (attention)
(If you don’t give me quality attention)
I might get it from somebody else (‘body else)
(I might get it from somebody else)

If you don’t give me quality attention (attention)
If you don’t give me quality attention
I might get it from somebody else (‘body else)
I might get it from somebody else

O sun mi o
Oro re tin sun mi o
O sun mi o
Oro re tin sun mi o
O sun mi o
Oro re tin sun mi o
O sun mi o
Oro re tin sun mi o

Before na you dey do the caring, calling, texting, chatting
Now na me dey do the things that you used to do
We no longer do the hold on, pick two, last card, check up
Baby I dey discuss games we used to play
Something is missing, something is missing
And I can’t seem to find it, no, no, no, no, no
Something is missing, something is missing
And you better fix it before you make a sista change

If you don’t give me quality attention (attention)
(If you don’t give me quality attention)
I might get it from somebody else (‘body else)
(I might get it from somebody else)

If you don’t give me quality attention (attention)
If you don’t give me quality attention
I might get it from somebody else (‘body else)
I might get it from somebody else

Source: AZ Lyrics.