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T​.​A​.​P (Talk About Poe)

by Ladi_Poe

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Intro 00:28
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Chorus I hear voices whisper my name Can you hear them, all that they say I will be more than you thought I could be And these voices I hear voices and things of that nature That's not unlike a prophet receiving divine favor Expected like that prophet that's promised in Isaiah I struggle to wear the crown I'm in need of a size greater If I'm doing this at all it's nothing besides major We're in it for the profit, the plot is to buy acres So tell your CEO when he's ready to f**k with Poe He can call me up on the phone cos I'm ready to sign papers My path is on display look at that good view Think of my MBA maybe put it to good use See I have to ask myself when I think of an office life Could I give up being a rapper, there's only a good few, you see Yeah I'm pretty sure, you can check attendance I'm not in their class we don't even share a common entrance I don't say this to be rude when I'm sitting in my room I just listen and I swear I hear voices I hear voices whisper my name Can you hear them, all that they say I will be more than you thought I could be And these voices I been told about life you have to pay your own way So I'm hated at Julius Berger coz I paved my own way Look, I told my fam that I have to hold 'em down Till we all carry pounds, I mean the type you don't weigh Some things I don't say, even though I'm meant to be going for the top right? like a well taken penalty Voices! have me thinking that I'm quite dope I know this s**t I'm smoking is not the reason for these high hopes My girl is worried, she always says that I don't sleep enough My manager keeps calling telling me that I'm not deep enough Adding to the pressure as if the climb isn't steep enough But he's just hoping that I keep it up Truly Poe, for you not to blow we can't afford it this year Forget about an album it's not important this year They can't walk in your shoes coz they're imported this year Still I find you in your room saying, “Chin, really man, I hear voices” I hear voices whisper my name Can you hear them, all that they say I will be more than you thought I could be And these voices I hear!
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*DOUBLE HOMICIDE INTERLUDE Feat. Ghost Poe’s Verse Is this about to be another double homicide Everything you think is dope, n***a I personify Yeah, I personify, eating rappers all the time You know mo ti je un tan when I leave my fork inside Baby I don’t have the time we cannot afford to fight I’ll be going in till I throw it in at 45 Okay lemme show you, you should come around in 45 Meet me at the level where the others haven’t qualified I don’t have to quantify the rapper’s that I nullify It’s easy being dope when the rest of them are borderline Man I really love it when they talk about Poe But I know it’s all pride and I really have to swallow mine See this girl, you gon really have to swallow mine If you gonna do it, baby do it with an open mind Bad enough you putting in the work likes it’s overtime Sending pictures to his phone so why the hell you calling mine? Ghost’s Verse Man there you go again Poe always hogging all the shine This dude stays getting all the dimes Bet you these glorified hype men listening are mortified by how this beat was getting sodomized Yet while they loligag Barely scratching the surface like body rash Doing their latest musical versions of a Ponzi scam In comes Ghost the polymath, to put the beat in a body bag With bars known to arrest the cardiac Respect my n***a that's all we ask Not to be slept on like a vampire who's an insomniac Hate to brag but any kid who got our autograph Should feel honoured coz it's gonna become an artefact Word to Rélé this is the art of rap Attempting the Dbrown dunk is closest I'll get to trynna dab Since its TAP season Poe you can put this on the tab Though it's homegrown n****s think it's an imported draft Oh lawd I'm hot as a blow torch It’s like I'm chillin on Mars and I sent a postcard And the flows so vivid it could be in folklore But most wouldn't get the picture even if they posed for it See I got that work but really it's no chore Slippin these niggas the middle finger to choke on Double homicide hommie yeah this is the post mortem Login off narco Ghost man the dope boi (Iyama)
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RED LIGHT Feat. Seyi Shay Ooooo My my my My my my She go dey denge She go dey pose My boyfriend is here, she one of those Is it by force to let me know with that small waist somehow you carry a heavy load Like ooo That small boy club, I’m no member Single till your man comes home around December Say you wanna leave I know you gonna stay, coz money can buy trophies, tell it to Arsene Wenger What she told me You know I had a man but he couldn’t control me I was a good girl, but it’s getting lonely You say you got it all, baby put it on me, on me Ha I’m P.O.E Parked outside when you ready to leave Heard you got a guy but it don’t concern me We about to take off, can I take it off please Baby what you say Don’t wanna wait for the green light I’m gonna move on the red light Don’t wanna wait for the right time I want it all on the first night I want it all I want it all You make a good girl bad o You make a good girl bad You see the ting I put pon your snap o Baby I want it like that I want it all I want it all Remember Now she’s on her worst behavior Good girl gone bad, she could use a savior Always had a taste for your type before You know I like my women hot you're the perfect flavor woooo Got all that? Dinner's on me See them playing the part, but they really aren't me Ever pull us apart they could need an army So baby take it to church can I get an amin? Heart beat racing no time wasting You know I love skirts coz I'm so impatient Can't slow down cos she likes me chasing See this good girl making bad girl faces, but It's P.O.E Parked outside when you ready to leave Heard you gotta guy but it don't concern me So she pulled me to the side like what's it going be What you say? What you say? Don’t wanna wait for the green light I’m gonna move on the red light Don’t wanna wait for the right time I want it all on the first night I want it all I want it all You make a good girl bad o You make a good girl bad You see the ting I put pon your snap o Baby, I want it like that I want it all I want it all Don’t wanna wait for the green light Move on the red light Don’t wanna wait for the right time I want to f*** on the first night I want it all I want it all You make a good girl bad o Aww make a good girl bad The ting I put pon your snap o I want it like that Yeah, Yeah I, I want it like that The ting I put pon your snap o I want it like that FB on the beat like Ikon what it look like I wanna f*** on the first night I want it
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ONE STEP CLOSER I dey run from my ex The way she dey do me You would think she was Messi How she’s passing it to me Baby stop it the way you whining that o Should make me reconsider but wahala ti sun mi Still I can't hold back when she's closer Make me wanna slip inside her DM like some loafers I know it’s complicated why can’t we say it’s over You think you’re independent but it's second of October, aren’t we passed that ? I know that you feel me Timaya pulled me to the side and told me ukwu go kill me Yeah, I feel the pleasure in the pain jor On some shit I can’t explain jor So lovely, but dangerous I want it, I hate it Don't leave me, don't love me Just, pull me one step closer It's crazy, I'm falling Amazing, bad for me Don't leave me, don't love me Just, pull me one step closer next to you Right next Next to you Right next Pull me one step closer Baba e wa n le, Mama e wa n le I should come in and dobale, but I picked you at the gate I swear I got some manners, but I struggle to behave, especially when u put that thing in my face, well Baby none of that now She don't wanna back down Told her not to go there But it's in my lap now Why you so nosey, see you looking back now Watching me watching you watch us go off track now Isn't she! Girl u drive me crazy The way you turn a no into a yes, f**k a maybe Wait don't move a muscle o and please don't swallow Didn't we promise our parents we would use those for babies So lovely, but dangerous I want it, I hate it Don't leave me, don't love me Just, pull me one step closer It's crazy, I'm falling Amazing, bad for me Don't leave me, don't love me Just, pull me one step closer next to you I give my all to you for the whole world to see I know you’re finding this so hard to believe That all I want from you is that you also want me That’s all I want, that’s all I need That’s all I need, that’s all I want So lovely, but dangerous I want it, I hate it Don't leave me, don't love me Just, pull me one step closer It's crazy, I'm falling Amazing, bad for me Don't leave me, don't love me Just, pull me one step closer next to you
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FALLING Feat. Tems High on me baby cos you light up on it Eyes on me baby when you whine upon it die for you baby put my life upon it Ride for me baby you know I must admit When you do like that You make me wan move right back Why can’t we move time back Why can’t we do like that If I was Moses I’ll part seas and move mountains Your heart bleeds for a new accountant, coz it was stolen I should’ve taken more care when I stepped up to be the one that you had chosen I wish we could go back, but time doesn’t care about missed opportunities, or lies we both use Or the price of the queen that I lost in two moves I wanna kiss the scar even though I left the bruise on your heart My name is on your Lips And I see you everywhere I go! And baby if I slip Would you save me when I’m falling Save me when I’m falling Even when I’m all in They don’t make love like this no more Answer when I’m calling Come around my way Don’t leave just stay I don’t wanna make the same mistakes, yeah Save me when I’m falling High for my baby cos you light up on it Eyes on me baby when you whine upon it Die for you baby put my life upon it Ride for me baby you know I must admit I made mistakes, I can’t forget it I felt your love, it’s incandescence Nothing’s changed except addresses One song can’t hold all my confessions But it’s not enough though We should have stayed exclusive like country club though I held on to excuses, it’s time to let go Coz immature games are for old Nintendo’s I, I had to realize sometimes falling is the biggest step that we ever take All I need is a leap of faith Save me when I’m falling Even when I’m all in They don’t make love like this no more Answer when I’m calling Come around my way Don’t leave just stay I don’t wanna make the same mistakes, yeah Save me when I’m falling High on me baby cos you light up on it Eyes on me baby when you whine upon it die for you baby put my life upon it Ride for me baby you know I must admit When you do like that You make me wan move right back Why can’t we move time back Why can’t we do like that Come around my way Don’t leave just stay I don’t wanna make the same mistakes, yeah Come around my way Don’t leave just stay I don’t wanna make the same mistakes, yeah
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Mood 04:31
MOOD Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeh What would grime sound like if you couldn't say man? Hip Hop sound like if you couldn't say n***a? Afrobeats sound like if you couldn’t say whine? I think of dumb ass shit half the gad damn time? It's just the mood I'm in (mood) It's just the mood It's just the mood (mood) It feels so good o It's just the mood I'm in (mood) It's just the mood It's just the mood (mood) It feels so good o It's just the mood I'm in (mood) It's just the mood I’m in (mood) It's just the mood I’m in (mood) Yeah yeah It's just the mood Wish I could pull a frank ocean and just disappear Return like a sequel and dye out my hair I'm labeled alternative cos the alternatives want to be mainstream and not pioneers Yeah, I’ll drop a project this year yeah, I'll chop your budget this year Yeah, Like Bungee jumping off of Eko bridge just to prove I can still conquer my fears That's just the mood I'm in You can assume I've been To hell and back Well in fact I never leave lagos since I got back I pray that my sanity stays intact I feel like profanity is all I have I feel like i'm literally turning into a genre cos lately I'm feeling trapped I give in to all of my appetites And take a big bite of that savage life And as I go deeper and deeper It’s sweeter when I mix my demons with bad advice Okay maybe that’s bad advice We can spark up and light a vibe What would grime sound like if you couldn't say man? Hip Hop sound like if you couldn't say n***a? Afrobeats sound like if you couldn’t say whine? I think of dumb ass shit half the gad damn time? It's just the mood I'm in (mood) It's just the mood It's just the mood (mood) It feels so good o It's just the mood I'm in (mood) It's just the mood It's just the mood (mood) It feels so good o It's just the mood I'm in (mood) (You know the mood I’m in) (mood) It's just the mood I’m in (mood, mood) (You know the mood I’m in) Yeah Tonight I’m in the mood to catch it all on camera Yesterday I felt like dissing other rappers I got your text but forgot to reply Actually that’s such a lie I read it and thought not tonight Instead of just sex and a fight I would rather have a deep conversation right in the inner living room of my mind Like Are half of these people really intelligent Celebrating that fake shit like it’s genuine That’s the pot calling the kettle blacker than melanin Cos I too dumb my shit down for relevance Then again that's just the way it goes That’s just the weight it holds That’s just the sacrifice when dreams are worth twice your soul Na so the ting go Lost in my zone It’s time to come home Where do we go What would grime sound like if you couldn't say man? Hip Hop sound like if you couldn't say n***a? Afrobeats sound like if you couldn’t say whine? I think of dumb ass shit half the gad damn time? It's just the mood I'm in (mood) It's just the mood It's just the mood (mood) It feels so good o It's just the mood I'm in (mood) It's just the mood It's just the mood (mood) It feels so good o
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Win Win 02:54
WIN WIN (OF COZ) Yeah But you knew that LADIPOE Yea Otee Otee Otee I got some blood in my eye I see the love and the lies I see the people that you’re looking up to looking for a different disguise I gotta a piece of the pie I want a piece of your pie I see some people spending Arab money though they’ve never been to Dubai Middle finger to the sky That’s a political sign Kanye went crazy I might just maybe I know it's a side effect Of fake love, all the fake love I can’t stand the taste of I’m doing this for the sake of Day one’s (of course) T.A.P (of course) Yeah man (of course) Mainland (of course) No light (of course) On gen (of course) Amen (of course) Win win (by force) I’ve gotten better since the genesis It’s funny when people say deh-veh-lope Showing love to all my relatives With money inside of an envelope Do I want to be another dot beside another dot inside a telescope? Or do I want to be the biggest independent star to gets to sign Davido? LOL (of course) Big dreams (of course) Drip drip (of course) Chop life (of course) No light (of course) On gen (of course) Amen (of course) Win win (by force) Getting caught up in the wave now God and money are the same now I learnt to drive in Lagos city so you know I’m never sticking to my lane now We never bother to explain how Only spark up spark up Gotta mark up mark up Money by any means now You hustle like me that’s a fallacy Hungry as me when my daily bread based on much more than just waiting for salary Now that I’m ready to eat (yah) you better start watching your calories (yah) Save your blessings for your allergies (oou) What I won’t do for my sanity What I would do for my family Life ain’t easy but still we all want shout zaga dat Life is too short and we still want more life after that I’d rather greet police before I need an ambulance So when this shit comes on I show dem, show dem how to dance Shut down (of course) Show time (of course) Sold out (of course) Gang gang (of course) Long live (of course) All night (of course) Your girlfriend (of course) On time (of course) LOL (of course) Big dreams (of course) Drip drip (of course) Chop life (of course) No light (of course) We on gen (of course) Amen (of course) Win win (by force) Life ain’t easy but still we all want shout zaga dat Life is too short and we still want more life after that
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HELLO, GOODBYE Feat. Sir Dauda Hello Hello, goodbye You must have called my name a thousand times by now You try, you try, you try, and even though your heart pretends it’s over I know it’s hard to mend, but you can’t forget this love I admit I was confused in my days growing up My grades like my jeans, in time I had to pull em up That's the thing about life we soon forget to live it up. There's a part of us that dreams, I just hope we keep in touch, and so Baby please don't vex, did you read those texts? You want me home but I'm pretty sure we need those checks Let me be whoever I'm gonna be Hiding behind personas it simply won't work for me. I am Poe! And women you know that you are my lady Your dad and I share a name and one day we'll share a baby, you and I You tell me, "boy, I know your talents are used to tipping the scale, but lately u need balance”, and it’s true My brother hmm, he thinks he's clever, says that he's 6’ 3 He looks up to me whenever he needs a little advice He says he’ll always feels better, I know you'll travel the world but home is still in Ikeja Hello Hello, goodbye You must have called my name a thousand times by now You try, you try, you try, and even though your heart pretends it’s over I know it’s hard to mend, but you can’t forget this love There’s no one left to lie to, I admit I cry too Did you know the use for pillows was to dry your tears at night? I’ve lost the biggest voices I rely on for advice How I wish the pain was just a file that I could overwrite Sometimes you have to let things go, I hate goodbyes! Money never fills that hole with what it could buy They came down and took your soul and I just stood by But living with regrets plus rent that’s huge price It’s like gravity has shifted Like a weight on me has lifted So much life in every minute We just go ahead and live it oo There’s no bandage that can heal the pain I know there’s baggage, but not all of it is yours to claim Yeah, we just have let it go Goodbye is how we greet before we get a chance to say hello
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Revival 02:27
REVIVAL I don’t care about your top fives Your metaphors or the cup size of the babe you swear you’re not blaming Who loves all my punchlines When I’m right by the front line attacking my goals like a false 9 What is my consine with rappers half as dope as Simi all looking so one kain They’re like stars in the sunshine - invisible People used to say that streets ti takeover But the waits over This shitor sure to make you shift your plate over Food for thought enough to contemplate over sh*t, man we need to changeover What is that odour? Smelling like ether Every bar I’m raising gasoline meters Singers losing keys to auto tune dealers And rappers dying off from Afrobeats fever I swear You want some ignorance and laughter Your babe pulled in on Friday quite late, 2AM the morning after I’m bad at pulling out but with really good aim she might need the morning after You wanna try me that is unlikely Your family be mourning after I kill you all dead Leave the message unread Then a n***a close the chapter read it it all Thisday Style A black boy with an off white smile A black in all off white there’s none like me and I might just follow back cos I’m online now Or act like my ego and come right down To the revival Yo And to my I just got backs Make sure you buy sense o You need more than just white friends o You’ll be chilling in your own lane Trying to do your own thing Over here dem no get license o They just dey swerve anyhow Everybody on a wave Use that word anyhow Any girl with small curves just dey curve anyhow I chill with quiet types men you know dem guys that don’t preserve any loud I hope I’ve curbed any doubt The last of a dying breed man and the rest don’t deserve any crowns (oooouu shots) But this is the REVIVAL I’m gonna make so many proud

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A long time coming, but well worth the wait - LADIPOE rounds off 2018 with the monumental release of “TAP (Talk About Poe)”.

The prolific rapper debuts a solid full-length project; a collection of ruminations from the mind of Nigeria’s very own.

Poe is in top form throughout the 10-track offering, showing off the full range of his talent as a versatile but established artist. On “TAP” he traverses several genres with finesse, including Trap, Dancehall, new Highlife (Palm-wine) and of course, hip-hop.

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released October 5, 2018

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