Seyi Shay came to win on “The Mic,” the second track from her 2015 debut album “Seyi or Shay”. Produced by Harmony Samuels, the Afropop and dancehall track tells her journey of chasing fame around the world with nobody backing her, not even her parents.
She remembers when record labels wouldn’t touch her music, but now she’s traveling from Lagos to Canada, New York to Libya, killing everyone with her microphone instead of weapons. It’s her powerful declaration that she’s finally found her voice and space in the industry.
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[Intro]
Hear me now
Hoo ooh ooh ah
[Verse 1: Seyi Shay]
I've been so many places, been around the world
I'm trying na get me famous
Everybody tryna occupy the spaces
Everybody now and I know what my name is
Not even me mummy or me daddy
I didn't have nobody
Just to likkle money gotta make
I remember when I couldn't get my jarma jarma put out
Oooooh, now it's murder
[Chorus: Seyi Shay]
And now you say ohhhhhh, ohhh
'Cause I got the mic, now you're singin' places
Now they say ohhhhhh, ooh ooh ooh
Yes I'm the one you wanna rock with right now, right now
And ohhhhhh oh, I got the mic, now I got so famous
And now I guess it's my time, my time right now
I won't use a gun, I kill them with my mic now
Mic now
Now we getting padi pеre now now
See them with their padi pеre right now oh
[Verse 2: Seyi Shay]
Was living in the right prace, I'm in the right prace
Was a paper chase, a paper chase (aha)
Now I'm in the right place, I'm in the right place
Make you give me space, space
Not my mummy or my daddy
I didn't have nobody
Just to [?]
I remember when my record label never, never want me product
Ooh ooh
Now it's murder
[Chorus: Seyi Shay]
And now you say ohhhhhh, ohhh
'Cause I got the mic, now you're singin' places
Now they say ohhhhhh, ooh ooh ooh
Yes I'm the one you wanna rock with right now, right now
And ohhhhhh oh, I got the mic, now I got so famous
And now I guess it's my time, my time right now
I won't use a gun, na na na na na right now
Right now
Now we getting padi pere now now
See them with their padi pere right now oh
See them with their padi pere right now oh
With their padi pere right now oh
[Bridge: Seyi Shay]
Now I go from Lagos to Canada, ah
Now I go from New York to Libya, ah
I go from J.A to South Africa, ah ah
I go from L.A to Australia
Now I go from Kenya to Maldives, ah
Now I go from London to Paris, ah
Now I go from Houston to Dubai, ah
Now I go from Ghana to Mumbai
[Chorus: Seyi Shay]
And I'ma say ohhhhhh, ohhh
'Cause I got the mic, now you're singin' places
Now they say ohhhhhh, ooh ooh ooh
Yes I'm the one you wanna rock with right now, right now
And ohhhhhh oh, I got the mic, now I got so famous
And now I guess it's my time, my time right now
I won't use a gun, I kill them with my mic now
Mic now
Now they getting padi pere now now
See them with their padi pere right now oh
Uploaded by: Sifon • Upload date: 12/18/2025