It is not every day that the Nigerian rap scene gets a track dominated by clean rap, with well-written lines as its selling point, as seen in “Calculate.” In this track, the best of Nigeria’s old-school rap, “Ice Prince,” teams up with the best of Nigeria’s new school rap, “Blaqbonez.” Ghanaian hip-hop mogul “IllYThaGreat” blends well with this special duo.
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[Intro]
(ILLY)
[Verse 1: Ice Prince]
Rubadub God
Thanks for the grub
I cannot complain, everyday I'm up above
All my niggas lit like a thousand light bulb
Got the biggest table at the fucking night club
I mean, I'm on a different latitude
Even when I had no money, I was known with the attitude
So fuck a hater if he mad at you
All I care about is paper and a trip down to Malibu
I'm a prominent Nigerian
Man I move like a boss, not civilian
Everyday, I pray for ma millions
The struggle in my eye got me looking like a villain
The city hot and it's cold at the same time
No be everybody dem lock for the same crime
Gats to pray for luck from the judge when you face time
Men, it's crazy out here, stay shining
[Chorus: Blaqbonez]
(Say)
I made it out, you can make it too
I spent a house on a brand new coupe
We driving houses around Lagos
My music on top billboard
Fresh like a birthday boy
Me and ice colder than the antartica
No miss, all hits like a carpenter
We been holding it down like saliba, animal
'Cause they don't know
How we getting this dough
They be up in my business
Pressing calcula-calculator
Them dey calculate
'Cause they don't know
How we getting this dough
They be up in my business
Pressing calcula-calculator
Them dey calculate
[Verse 2: Ice Prince]
It's evil to live backwards
Let me spell it for you, evil is live backwards
Ma niggas in the trenches, smoking that good backwood
Tell Dino make him order for some fast food
Ma brothers gotta feast
Even if it's in the belly of the beast
One hundred thousand degrees
Ma money always complete
Everytime I touch the mic, pure knowledge like I'm Lumumba Patrice
I mean, look at all the stacks we made
The plaques and racks and cats we made
I mean, God did, but you know I'm Cassius Clay
Punch niggas face, then I ash the tray
Tell dem make dem run, make their pastor pray
I still kill em with the fly, make dem vaccinate
Back then, na we dem dey castigate
But now we pull up, it's looking like a mass parade
[Chorus: Blaqbonez]
I made it out, you can make it too
I spent a house on a brand new coupe
We driving houses around Lagos
My music on top billboard
Fresh like a birthday boy
Me and ice colder than the antartica
No miss, all hits like a carpenter
We been holding it down like saliba, animal
'Cause they don't know
How we getting this dough
They be up in my business
Pressing calcula-calculator
Them dey calculate
'Cause they don't know
How we getting this dough
They be up in my business
Pressing calcula-calculator
Them dey calculate
Uploaded by: Itoro • Upload date: 1/21/2026
