Listen with your eyes closed, and you’ll notice how the music evokes memories. The magic performed by Wizkid and Skepta on “Longtime” is one you can’t easily wrap your hands around.
The beat moves with confident restraint, giving space for the silences between lines to mean as much as the lines themselves. Wizkid’s delivery is intimate, a conversation rather than a performance, carrying warmth, a little weariness, and the kind of gratitude that isn’t loud but is deep.
Skepta’s presence is more of a compliment, and tone adds texture, a London-schooled vibe that deepens the track’s emotion.
I met her on the high street, she too sweet
I said, "What's good?", she told me, "You'll see"
Said she livin' life like a movie
I said, come and teach me, you know I got the school fees
Ready or not, mandem with a few G's
So where your friends at, I'm tryna get higher got the jetpack
Smile on my face when she text back
Said she don't wanna play games, I respect that
No lies, man I'm tellin' you the truth
Everyting mad when I pull up with the goons
Ciroc boys with ain't fuckin' with the Goose
Big racks, that's money out the roof
White tee, black hoodie
You see the source, big swag, bankuli'
Speak up, who's hatin'? What's goodie?
I've been the boss, Starboy chat to me
Yeah, she say badman, you make me feel so fine
Fine, fine
Every likkle wine, seen a perfect wine, wine, wine
Nobody fine' pass you tonight, night, night
Say na me and you go dey 'til we get no time o, time, time
Balance it up, woah, woah
Oh my oh baby balance it up (Woah, woah)
Oh my oh, baby whine it up (Woah, woah)
Oh my oh, baby whine it up (Woah, woah)
Oh my oh, baby balance it up (Woah, woah)
Oh my oh, baby balance it up (Woah, woah)
Oh my oh, baby whine it up (Woah, woah)
Oh my oh, baby whine it up (Woah, woah)
Woah, oh
See the love wey I get for you, pass any money
Pass any money
She tell me na me way dey make dey happy dey soji o
Woah-woah, woah, woah
Any amount for my babe, I'ma run it, I'ma run it
No love wey pass this kind of mine so
Omoge mi, gyal I'm tempted to touch
'Til the mornin' make I know
Say make me we let the neighbours know
Say make me we let the neighbours know
Omoge mi, jowo je ka ma lo
'Til the mornin' make I know
Say make me we let the neighbours know
Say make me we let the neighbours know
Know, oh, know , yeah
Yeah, she say badman, you make me feel so fine
Fine, fine
Every likkle wine, seen a perfect wine, wine, wine
Nobody fine' pass you tonight, night, night
Say na me and you go dey 'til we get no time o, time, time
Balance it up, woah, woah
Oh my oh baby balance it up (Woah, woah)
Oh my oh, baby whine it up (Woah, woah)
Oh my oh, baby whine it up (Woah, woah)
Oh my oh, baby balance it up (Woah, woah)
Oh my oh, baby balance it up (Woah, woah)
Oh my oh, baby whine it up (Woah, woah)
Oh my oh, baby whine it up (Woah, woah)
Woah, oh
Omo to wu mi, ni ma fe
Omo to wu mi, ni ma fe
Omo to wu mi, ni ma fe
Omo to wu mi, ni ma fe
Say my love, say na guarantee o (Yeah, yeah)
Make dem talk say na jealousy o (Yeah, yeah)
We go dey together, guarantee o (Yeah, yeah)
Say we go play the movie, Tarantino (Yeah, yeah)
Make dem talk say na jealousy o (Yeah, yeah)
Say my love, say na guarantee o (Yeah, yeah)
I never play you, say na guarantee o (Yeah, yeah)
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
I go love you, yeah, yeah
She say badman, you make me feel so fine
Fine, fine
Every likkle wine, seen a perfect wine, wine, wine
Nobody fine' pass you tonight, night, night
Say na me and you go dey 'til we get no time o, time, time
Balance it up, woah, woah
Oh my oh baby balance it up (Woah, woah)
Oh my oh, baby whine it up (Woah, woah)
Oh my oh, baby whine it up (Woah, woah)
Oh my oh, baby balance it up (Woah, woah)
Oh my oh, baby balance it up (Woah, woah)
Oh my oh, baby whine it up (Woah, woah)
Oh my oh, baby whine it up (Woah, woah)
Woah, oh
