“Need For Speed” is the opening track on Olamide’s 2021 album “UY Scuti”. The song is a reflective social commentary that uses the metaphor of speeding through Lagos traffic to explore the relentless, often morally conflicting, pursuit of success and wealth. Olamide reflects on the hustle, ambition, and the urgency of life, questioning why people have to rush.
[Chorus]
Hustle gat me high steady grinding for the dough
Destination far, time is flying no be small
People worship money but we pray to God, no be so
Tryna chase my dreams, Lagos traffic make it slow
[Verse 1]
Oh okay, they say life is a game, so man gats play but all the rules I disobeyed
Mercedes Benz splash dirty water for my face Inna mi ghetto one day
I saw myself speeding and I did the same thing for Lagos island one day
Charlie what a wrong day
[Chorus]
Hustle gat me high steady grinding for the dough
Destination far, time is flying no be small
Pеople worship money but we pray to God, no bе so
Tryna chase my dreams, Lagos traffic make it slow
Hustle gat me high steady grinding for the dough
Destination far, time is flying no be small
People worship money but we pray to God, no be so
Tryna chase my dreams, Lagos traffic make it slow
[Verse 2]
Why do we have to go?
Why do we have to come?
Why do we have to rush?
Why do we have to run?
But I found myself speeding, doing 120 on Lekki-Epe one day
No traffic on a Sunday
[Chorus]
Hustle gat me high steady grinding for the dough
Destination far, time is flying no be small
People worship money but we pray to God, no be so
Tryna chase my dreams, Lagos traffic make it slow
Hustle gat me high steady grinding for the dough
Destination far, time is flying no be small
People worship money but we pray to God, no be so
Tryna chase my dreams, Lagos traffic make it slow
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