“Calm Down” by Rema is one of the most popular songs by the Nigerian singer, and it became a global hit because we’ve all been there, trying to talk to someone while overthinking everything. You spot them across the room, they’re not doing too much, just existing, and suddenly your heart is racing. You’re rehearsing what to say, worried about how you’ll come off, and dealing with her friends hovering around like bodyguards. Then you finally shoot your shot and hope they don’t leave you hanging. The anxiety, the excitement, the fear of rejection; it’s all in “Calm Down.”
[Intro]
(Vibez)
Another banger
[Chorus]
Baby, calm down, calm down
Girl, this your body e put my heart for lockdown, for lockdown, oh, lockdown
Girl, you sweet like Fanta, ooh, Fanta, ooh
If I tell you say, "I love you," no dey form yanga, oh, oh, yanga, oh
No tell me no, no, no, no, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Baby, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
You got me like, "Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa"
Shawty, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa, mm-hm
[Verse 1]
I see this fine girl for my party, she wear yellow
Every other girl, they dey do too much but this girl mellow
Na'im I dey find situation I go use take tell am, "Hello"
Finally, I find way to talk to the girl, but she no wan follow
Who you come dey form for-whoa? (Mm-hm)
Why you no wan conform-whoa? (Mm-hm)
Then I start to feel her bum-bum, warm (Mm-hm)
But she dey gimme small, small-whoa
I know say she sabi pass that one-one (Mm-hm)
But she feeling insecure-whoa
'Cause her friends go dey gum her like chewing gum-whoa (Mm-hm)
Go dey gum her like chewing gum-whoa, whoa-whoa, oh
[Chorus]
Baby, calm down, calm down
Girl, this your body e put my heart for lockdown, for lockdown, oh, lockdown
Girl, you sweet like Fanta, ooh, Fanta, ooh
If I tell you say, "I love you," no dey form yanga, oh, oh, yanga, oh
No tell me no, no, no, no, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Baby, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
You got me like, "Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa"
Shawty, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa, mm-hm
[Verse 2]
As I reach my house, I say make I rest small-whoa (Make a rest small-whoa)
As me I wake up, na she dey my mind, oh-whoa (Na she dey my mind, oh-whoa)
Day one, day two-wo, I no fit focus (I no fit focus)
Na so me I call am, say, "Make we link up" (I say make we link up)
As I start to dey tell her how I feel, now my heart dey race
Baby girl, if you leave me, I no go love again
Because e get many girls wey put my heart for pain
Shebi, you feel my pain? Yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
Baby, calm down, calm down
Girl, this your body e put my heart for lockdown, for lockdown, oh, lockdown
Girl, you sweet like Fanta, ooh, Fanta, ooh
If I tell you say, "I love you," no dey form yanga, oh, oh, yanga, oh
No tell me no, no, no, no, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Baby, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
You got me like, "Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa"
Shawty, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa, mm-hm
