Ṣé O Wà
Mother stayed in Lagos
style
the numbers
- bpm
- 108
- key
- G# major
- energy
- 0.71
- dance
- 0.89
- valence
- 0.51
- vocal at
- 7.8s
- length
- 2:37
- language
- En
lyrics
(mmm-mm) Two words, that's the whole call sometimes, just two words Are you there. Not how are you, not what's happening Are you there, and I say yes, and that's the transaction (the transaction) Twelve years of the shortest sufficient conversation It costs nothing and it does everything (does everything) Somebody taught her that and she taught me Ṣé o wà (are you there) Two words that carry more than a paragraph Ṣé o wà And the answer is always yes, even when it isn't I use it on my friends here now, in English, badly "You alright?" doesn't land the same, it's asking for a report Are you there is asking whether you exist tonight (exist tonight) That's a different question and it's the one people need When she stops asking I will not know what to do with the silence I have never once been the one who calls first (let it breathe) Ṣé o wà (are you there) Two words that carry more than a paragraph Ṣé o wà And the answer is always yes, even when it isn't (mmm-mm, ah-ah)