Calm Down” by Rema featuring Selena Gomez is a global Afrobeats hit that beautifully blends Nigerian rhythm with international pop sensibility. This track was released in 2022, and the remix turned out to be one of Rema’s biggest songs to date, taking his sound to new audiences and highlighting the universal power of music and emotion.
Lyrically, “Calm Down” is a song about affection, patience, and emotional vulnerability. Rema tells a story of meeting a woman who instantly captures his attention.
[Intro: Rema & Selena Gomez]
Vibez
Oh, no
Another banger
[Chorus: Rema]
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," you no dey form yanga, oh, oh, yanga, oh
No tell me no, no, no, no, woah, woah, woah, woah
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Baby, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah
You got me like, "Woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah"
Shawty, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah, mm-hm
[Verse 1: Rema, Rema & Selena Gomez]
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-woah? (Mm-hm)
Why you no wan conform-woah? (Mm-hm)
Then I start to feel her bum-bum, warm (Mm-hm)
But she dey gimme small, small-woah
I know say she sabi pass that one-onе (Mm-hm)
But she feeling insecure-woah
'Causе her friends go dey gum her like chewing gum-woah (Mm-hm)
Go dey gum her like chewing gum-woah, woah-woah
[Verse 2: Selena Gomez]
Yeah, I know I look shy but for you I get down, oh-woah
And my hips make you cry when I'm movin' around you (Yeah)
Do it once, do it twice (Do it twice)
I push back, you hold me tight
Get a taste for a night
[Chorus: Selena Gomez, Selena Gomez & Rema]
Baby, show me you can calm down, calm down
Dance with me and take the lead now, lead now (Lead now)
Got you so high that you can't come down, come down
Don't you ask, you know you're allowed, allowed (Oh, no)
When it's you, I can't say no-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Baby, give me your lo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o, o-o-o-o-ove
You got me like, "Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-woah"
Shawty, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah, mm-hmm
[Verse 3: Rema & Selena Gomez]
As I reach my house, I say make I rest small-woah (Make I rest small-woah)
As me I wake up, na she dey my mind, oh-woah (Na she dey my mind, oh-woah)
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)
Got my hand on your heart, now, I can feel it race
If I leave, then you say you can never love again
Wanna give you it all but can't promise that I'll stay
And that's the risk you take (You take)
[Chorus: Rema, Selena Gomez, Rema & Selena Gomez]
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," you no dey form yanga, oh, oh, yanga, oh
No tell me no, no, no, no, woah, woah, woah, woah
Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (Your love, your love, oh)
Baby, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah
You got me like, "Woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah"
Shawty, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah, mm-hm (Oh-woah, woah-woah)
[Outro: Selena Gomez]
Your love
