Tangerine
Yemi Alade Lyrics

Baby you go love me your love is sweet like tangerine
The singer is telling her lover that his love for her is as sweet and refreshing as a tangerine fruit.

Baby you go hug me your love is sweet like
The singer is suggesting that her lover's embrace is warm and soothing, just like the sweetness of a tangerine.

Baby baby I go love you your love is sweet like tangerine
The singer is assuring her lover of her own love for him, which is as sweet and pure as a tangerine.

Baby I go hug you your love is sweet like bay un
The singer is reminding her lover how much she loves to be held by him, and how the feeling of his love is as comforting as the sweetness of a tangerine.

Baby baby this thing dey sweet e shack you like pami yeah yeah
The singer is expressing how the sweetness of the love between her and her lover is so intense that it overwhelms and excites her.

Daddy daddy e dey make you want to spend all your money yeah yeah
The singer is implying that her love is so irresistible that it makes her lover want to do everything he can to keep her happy, even if it means spending every dime he has.

See as my waist dey go na only you fit to make me throwaway
The singer is indicating how deeply in love she is with her partner that only he can make her forget everything else and surrender herself to the moment.

Kerewawa Kerewawa kerewawa kerewawa
This is a repetitive chant that has no particular meaning and serves as a playful interlude in the song.

Hale hale hale sample the tangerine suka suka
This is a playful lyric that encourages the listener to taste the sweetness of the love being described by the singer as if they were sampling a tangerine.

Aya aya aya sample the tangerine uka suka
This is a continuation of the previous line, urging the listener to savor the sweetness of the love being sung about in the song.

The way you dey breketete killi ma
The singer is commending her lover for the way he moves and how lively he is, which she finds appealing.

Your shokoto dey killi ma
The singer is commenting on her lover's outfit and how it enhances his physical features. 'Shokoto' is a slang term that refers to pants or trousers.

Mama brukututu killi ma
The singer is singing about how her lover's appearance attracts attention from everyone around him, just like the popular alcoholic beverage 'brukutu' which is often consumed in groups.

Me I go carry you go cinema
The singer is offering to take her lover on a date to the cinema, a place where they can spend quality time together.

Baby ma cinema
Here, the singer is using a slang term to encourage her lover to agree to go out with her to the cinema.

I go hold u like oroma
The singer is telling her lover she will hold him close like a precious gift. 'Oroma' is an Igbo word that means 'gift or inheritance'.

Baby ma shakey ma
This line is a playful way of saying the singer wants her lover's body to move in a certain way while they dance together.

Cause I go chop u like hungry man
This line is a slang term used to express how intensely one desires something or someone. Here, the singer is saying she wants to be with her lover so badly, she would devour him like someone who is extremely hungry.

My oroma baby
The singer is using the word 'oroma' again to refer to her lover as a precious gift.

Sweet like tangerine
This line is a repetition of an earlier lyric that describes the love between the singer and her lover as being sweet and refreshing like a tangerine fruit.

Ife ina eme baby
This line is in Igbo and translates to 'what you have is good, baby' which the singer is saying to her lover.

Cham cham cham
This is another playful interlude in the song that has no particular meaning.

Pam pam pam
This is another repetition of an earlier interlude in the song that has no particular meaning.

E gbolam eh e gbolam e gbolam
This line is also in Igbo and translates to 'I've caught you, I've caught you', which means that the singer has found her perfect match in her lover.

Ima na egbolam ehhh
This is a continuation of the previous line and means 'I have caught you', reaffirming the singer's love for her partner.

You don kill me baby m oo yeah
The singer is expressing how deeply in love she is with her partner that his love for her has overwhelmed and 'killed' her with happiness.

Ho ha
This is another playful interlude that has no particular meaning.