You know that feeling when someone has you so enchanted that you start wondering if jazz is involved? That’s the entire vibe of “Mami Wota (Iyemoja),” where Vector teams up with Seun Kuti on his 2022 album “Teslim: The Energy Still Lives in Me.”
The track uses West African mythology, specifically the Mami Wota goddess, to describe when a woman’s charm has you completely under her spell. Vector admits he’s trapped (“she got a hold of me”), and honestly, the obsession feels almost spiritual. This love song uses strong afrobeat sounds with traditional influences.
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[Intro: Vector]
M m Mr. Kleb on the beat
Hello I want to tell you a story
I hope you listen, hear me well
Me and Seun Kuti get a little story (mami water, water, mami water)
I hope you listen, well
[Chorus: Seun Kuti]
Somebody pray for me, cha (somebody pray for me)
She got a hold on me (she got a hold on me)
Somebody daughter (somebody daughter)
Uh, na mami water hay (na mami water hay)
Mami water, cha (mami water)
Mami water hay, cha (mami water hay)
Mami water, cha (mami water)
Na mami water hay (na mami water hay)
[Verse 1: Vector]
Omo'lomo l'o fę p'omo'lomo, well
Well, omo'lomo l'o ma p'omo'lomo
Omo t'oda'a na le d'omo komo
Omo t'e ro'pe 'o mo nkan kan l'o tewon [?]
Can I put the ring ring on your SIM thing?
I'm in the wet surrounding when I dream things
The black Adam for your bush melanin skin
I dey nack the back of head - what is pim pim?
Jokes aside, kosi nkan ti mio ni try tan
I dey handle all your waves I'm King Triton
Iwo l'oya, emi gangan ni Poseidon
I breathe heavy for your ears that's Cyprus
The only viper with the kini bi ti python
Demon beast when I get you, hay
Demon beast when I get you, emi amotekun
[Refrain: Seun Kuti]
Wahh wahh
Somebody pray for me, cha (somebody pray for me)
She got a hold on me (she got a hold on me)
Hay
Somebody daughter (somebody daughter)
Mami water hay (mami water hay)
Mami water (mami water)
Mami water
[Verse 2: Vector]
Uhnn
Mami water dey with NCDC oh huhn
If na my heart, forget e don see me free oh
She lock am down from the girls, easily oh
If na by age, then I've turned Eazy-E oh, uhh
Long ago, like me and Dre record tracks
Forget Dre I'm fit enough to check the beat, switch it here
Bring it to your lower chest, no cap, it's all facts
No worry yourself babe, na corn dey turn pap
O.G no be ogi, I've come to run laps
Me and you, no winner, na type e come lap
BANGKOK, big letters, the only way the words cap
That’s the, capital D for the capital B, Lafiaji papi, egbami
Abami eda when I give you the heat
And you know we steady popping in the streets
You don't understand? This is the new disease
Don't take the face mask joke off, pretty please
I just wanna let you know you killing it like a disease
Imagine the way you breathe, pretty deep
Deep to the darkest part so your deep can deep
Yeah
[Chorus: Seun Kuti & Vector]
Somebody pray for me, cha (somebody pray for me)
She got a hold on me (she got a hold on me)
Somebody daughter (somebody daughter)
Uh, na mami water hay (na mami water hay)
Mami water (mami water)
Mami water hay (mami water hay)
Mami water (nomo nomo nama)
Iyemoja
Somebody pray for me, cha (iyemoja ja ja ja)
She got a hold on me (nomo nomo nama)
Somebody daughter (iyemoja)
Na mami water hay (iyemoja eja)
Mami water (iyemoja ni)
Mami water (water)
Inu e dun!
Inu e dun!
[Outro: Vector]
Mami water, water, water, water
Mami water, yea water, mami water
Uploaded by: Sifon • Upload date: 12/1/2025
