Popular Music: Kizz Daniel & Davido - One Ticket

- By Adeyemi Adeoye
- June 27, 2019
Late last year (2018), Nigerian singer and songwriter, Kizz Daniel, released a hit single titled "One Ticket." This song is one of the most popular hits from his "No Bad Songz" album and features DMW boss, Davido.
The Afrobeats song paints a picture of a dysfunctional relationship as both artists enthrall with some of their best lines. See the song's lyrics, translation, and visuals below and enjoy!
Lyrics & Translations
[Intro]
Loving You Na Scam O
[Loving you is a scam o ('o' or 'oh' is used by Africans to express emphasis)]
(Oh I don try for your matter o)
[Oh I have done my best on you]
It's Major Bangz
[Verse 1: Davido]
Every time wire me money (Shepe)
[Every time, send me money]
Hello baby, have you sent it (Na wa)
You don't even know what you do to me
Shofe kolosho gba mula mi ni
[Do you want prostitutes to collect my money?]
Olomoge you be scammer
[Young lady, you are a scammer - 'Olomoge' is a word from the Yoruba tribe of Nigeria meaning 'young lady' or 'lady']
I dey follow you for back o
[I am following you at the back]
Baby you blow my mind, I no go lie
[Baby you blow my mind, I won't lie]
[Chorus]
See baby, if you want to leave, biko leave
['Biko' is a word from the Igbo tribe of Nigeria meaning 'please']
No do shakara, no dey carry your shoulder o
[Don't be pompous, don't raise your shoulders]
As you see me so baby, na because of you I don kolo
[As I am, it is because of you I am crazy]
See I don dey go, one ticket obodo oyibo
[See I am going, one ticket to the abroad]
[Interlude]
Do you... one ticket
[Verse 2: Kizz Daniel]
Hello O (Confam)
['Confam' is a slang said to ascertain a fact]
Me I no dey hear you again
[I can't hear you again]
E be like your network don dey fail
[It seems your network is failing]
Meanwhile Rosita dey hail o
[Meanwhile, Rosita is hailing]
If you break my heart today
Me I go sharperly replace
[I will quickly replace]
Carry another baby give her what she wanting
[Take another baby, give her what she wants]
Small thing you don dey vex
[Any little thing, you are already vexing]
You don dey order Uber
[You are already calling for Uber]
Veronica cool down (Cool Down )
[Chorus] x 2
[Interlude]
OBO Baddest
It’s called, one ticket
[Chorus] x 2
[Outro]
Swaps (swaps)
Boy Kizz
Already know
One ticket
One ticket, one ticket
Is a scam ticket
You can go, you can go
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