"Open Arms" lyrics

"Open Arms"
(feat. DEELA)

You don't ask, you don't get
Ẹ má worry, no stress
Don't cry, don't beg
I might forgive, but I no forget
Kò sí problem, no threat
If you walk in the shadow of sense
You can't falter
So if you fall down, ah

Ó yá, dìde, dìde, dìde
Ó yá, dìde, dìde, dìde
Ó yá, dìde, dìde, dìde
Ó yá, dìde, dìde, dìde
Ó yá, dìde, dìde, dìde

I gotta see it through, I gotta see it through
Can you see me in you? Can you see me in you?
Don't be an enemy of open arms
Stay up and carry on, just carry on
Please just remember that I'm just a baby girl
Stay sharper than a thorn, don't play with anyone
Me self, I'm coming, so just dey your dey
Just know your place, just know your place

For your aunty, for me, ẹ jọ̀ọ́ (Ó yá, dìde, dìde, dìde)
Orí ẹ ti lọ, orí ẹ ti lọ (Ó yá, dìde, dìde, dìde)
When you see that I walk through, àbí you dey craze? (Ó yá, dìde, dìde, dìde)
Can't you see I'm here? Pay me my respect (Ó yá, dìde, dìde, dìde)
Ó yá, ó yá now, ó yá now (Ó yá, dìde, dìde, dìde)
No go lose guard, no go lose guard (Ó yá, dìde, dìde, dìde)
Orí ẹ ti lọ, orí ẹ ti lọ (Ó yá, dìde, dìde, dìde)
For your aunty, for me, ẹ jọ̀ọ́ (Ó yá, dìde, dìde, dìde)

You don't ask, you don't get
Ẹ má worry, no stress
Don't cry, don't beg
I might forgive, but I no forget
Kò sí problem, no threat
If you walk in the shadow of sense
You can't falter
So if you fall down, ah
Ó yá, dìde, dìde, dìde

I gotta see it through, I gotta see it through
Can you see me in you? Can you see me in you?
Don't be an enemy of open arms
Stay up and carry on, just carry on

For your aunty, for me, ẹ jọ̀ọ́ (Ó yá, dìde, dìde, dìde)
Orí ẹ ti lọ, orí ẹ ti lọ (Ó yá, dìde, dìde, dìde)
When you see that I walk through, àbí you dey craze? (Ó yá, dìde, dìde, dìde)
Can't you see I'm here? Pay me my respect (Ó yá, dìde, dìde, dìde)
Ó yá, ó yá now, ó yá now (Ó yá, dìde, dìde, dìde)
No go lose guard, no go lose guard (Ó yá, dìde, dìde, dìde)
Orí ẹ ti lọ, orí ẹ ti lọ (Ó yá, dìde, dìde, dìde)
For your aunty, for me, ẹ jọ̀ọ́ (Ó yá, dìde, dìde, dìde)


EP: "Sugar Girl" (2026)
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