Greetings!
On a Sunday morning, I woke up around 4:00am to the piercing sharp light from the bulb on the ceiling.
"Wow! It's going to be a good day," I said as I got up to plug in my phone. This is something we don't see often here; we don't usually wake up to electricity, especially on a Sunday morning.
The first thing that came to my mind was to disturb the neighbors a little bit with music from my sound system and write while enjoying the flow. I needed a new song that wasn't in my collection, so I went to YouTube because it gives me suggestions based on my music preferences, which are mostly old songs because I search for them a lot. The first song I found was "Reggae Blues" by Harrysong, Kcee, Olamide, Orezi, and Iyanya.
As the song played, memories of when it first came out came flooding back, and all I could ask was, "Why did this song die off so quickly?"
Honestly, the song was a big hit back then. I remember hearing it played everywhere—in every house, every shop, every club—and if it were possible, even in churches.
I remember vividly that I was in school when the song was released. The landlady of my compound died and during her wake keeping night which was basically an all-night party, and the DJ played this song from beginning to end. It was on repeat so much that I assumed the DJ had set it on loop and fallen asleep. Even though it was playing on repeat, people were not tired of singing along because the chorus is funny and simple, especially the part "even your boo get a boo," which means that your fiancé has a fiancé that you don't know about.
On a good note, the song should have been a huge hit considering the range of talented songwriters involved. Harrysong, the original creator of the song, planned it well by gathering five highly-rated artists into one track. All of them are well-known. Just Google Olamide, Kcee, Iyanya, and Orezi, and you'll see what I mean. Some may say Orezi isn't highly rated, but that's a lie. Orezi has hit songs—check out his track "Rihanna."
Should I talk about the beat and the lyrics?
That's the killer part of the song. The beat is party-like and extremely unique compared to what we usually hear. I must give kudos to the producer because I love uniqueness in music. The lyrics were well woven into the beat, making the song magical.
The chorus is the fun part. The last part of every line in the chorus ends with a rhyme, making it even more singable for everyone. Even if you don't know the exact words, you can just go along with "boos boos boos." 😂
I think Orezi won the best line in the verses when he said, "Enugu girls like to do,"
Source
If you're a Nigerian reading this, I don't want to spoil it for you, please go ahead and make a Google search of that particular line.
Thanks for reading.
Video was taken from YouTube and the thumbnail is originally mine
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