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Intro
| Original | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Love love, ai mh mh mh; well well, yori yori | Love love, ai mh mh mh; well well, sweetness/happiness | 'Yori yori' is an Igbo expression meaning sweetness, happiness, or a joyful flutter - here describing the feeling of being in love |
| Ai, chineke meh; am with you ma, love love | Ai, my God; I'm with you my, love love | 'Chineke' is Igbo for 'God' or 'Creator' |
| Mh mh, well well; ape planet, yori yori | Mh mh, well well; ape planet, sweetness | 'Ape Planet' was Bracket's record label at the time |
| Bracket le; am with you ma love love | Bracket here; I'm with you my love love | Artist signature/identification |
Chorus
| Original | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ma love love, with you everything is well well | My love love, with you everything is well well | Pidgin/casual English - 'ma' = 'my', repetition of 'well' for emphasis |
| Your love dey make my heart do yori yori | Your love makes my heart flutter with sweetness/happiness | Nigerian Pidgin: 'dey make' = 'makes'. 'Yori yori' describes the heart fluttering or racing with joy |
| Nobody can love you the way I do | Nobody can love you the way I do | Standard English - declaration of unique devotion |
| Am with you ma love love | I'm with you my love love | Pidgin - 'Am' = 'I am', reaffirming commitment |
Verse 1
| Original | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Same thing, same thing way dey make me feel like say you go be my wife | The same thing, same thing that makes me feel like you will be my wife | Nigerian Pidgin: 'way' = 'that', 'dey make' = 'makes', 'say' = 'that', 'go be' = 'will be' |
| Na the same thing wey been dey make my friends dey say I dey waste my time | Is the same thing that has been making my friends say I'm wasting my time | Pidgin: 'Na' = 'is', 'wey' = 'that/which', 'been dey make' = 'has been making', 'dey waste' = 'am wasting' |
| Na because I dey respect you girl, spending for you every night and day | It's because I respect you girl, spending money on you every night and day | Pidgin: 'Na because' = 'It's because', 'dey respect' = 'respect'. 'Spending for you' means spending money on her |
| I dey pray for you, because of you I dey fly like butterfly, my love love | I pray for you, because of you I'm flying like a butterfly, my love love | 'Dey fly like butterfly' = feeling light, happy, free - expression of euphoria from being in love |
Refrain
| Original | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Na this thing make people dey say, I don lose my sense my brain | This thing makes people say that I've lost my mind/my senses | Pidgin: 'Na this thing make' = 'This is what makes', 'don lose' = 'have lost'. People think he's gone crazy with love |
| But nobody can stop me from loving you, am with you ma love love | But nobody can stop me from loving you, I'm with you my love love | Declaration of unwavering commitment despite what others say |
Verse 2
| Original | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| You see the way all the things dey flow, some surprise to see how I dey love you so | You see the way everything is flowing, some are surprised to see how I love you so much | Pidgin: 'dey flow' = 'are flowing/going', 'dey love' = 'love'. 'Flow' suggests things are going smoothly/naturally |
| Girl I dey suspect say them no know say na you be the person we dey make me flow | Girl I suspect that they don't know that you're the person who makes me flow/succeed | Pidgin: 'dey suspect' = 'suspect', 'say' = 'that', 'them no know' = 'they don't know', 'na you be' = 'you are', 'we dey make' = 'who makes'. She is his inspiration/source of success |
| Uuh I tell them say you are a blessing and that's why you are so interesting | Ooh I tell them that you are a blessing and that's why you are so interesting | Switches to more standard English to emphasize the declaration |
| Nobody is understanding the way you are, oh my beautiful girl | Nobody is understanding the way you are, oh my beautiful girl | Others don't appreciate or understand her uniqueness the way he does |
Bridge
| Original | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Your love dey affect my brain and two e dey make me go insane | Your love is affecting my brain and also it's making me go insane | Pidgin: 'dey affect' = 'is affecting', 'and two' = 'and also/as well', 'e dey make' = 'it is making' |
| E go make sense if you come my place if you no hear am I go talk am again | It would make sense if you come to my place, if you don't hear it I will say it again | Pidgin: 'E go make sense' = 'It would be good/right', 'you no hear am' = 'you don't hear it', 'I go talk am' = 'I will say it' |
| Your love dey affect my brain, oh my love I dey go insane | Your love is affecting my brain, oh my love I'm going insane | Repetition emphasizing how deeply love has consumed him |
| Just leave am the way e be, the way it is oh my love | Just leave it the way it is, the way it is oh my love | Pidgin: 'leave am' = 'leave it', 'e be' = 'it is'. Accepting and embracing the crazy feeling of love |
Outro
| Original | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Love love, iya iya, yori yori iya iya, yori | Love love, mother/iya iya, sweetness sweetness mother/iya iya, sweetness | 'Iya' can mean 'mother' in Yoruba but here seems used as an affectionate exclamation/vocalization |
| Decumzy lee e e eehe | Decumzy lee e e eehe | Decumzy was the producer - this is a producer tag/signature with ad-libs |
| Ai chai my love love my love love uh my love love | Ai chai my love love my love love uh my love love | 'Ai chai' is an exclamation expressing emotion/emphasis |
| Nobody can stop me from loving you, am with you my love | Nobody can stop me from loving you, I'm with you my love | Final declaration of unwavering commitment |