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AYO KWEKU

The Chair Is Free

Barber turned artist

style

  • afrobeats
  • afropop
  • bouncy log drum
  • bright guitar riffs
  • male tenor
  • smooth and playful
  • layered harmonies
  • sunny production
  • west african accent
  • standard radio arrangement

the numbers

bpm
99
key
D# major
energy
0.72
dance
0.96
valence
0.47
vocal at
8.0s
length
2:00
language
En

lyrics

(no wahala)

Man came in Tuesday with no money and a whole face of shame
I say "sit down" before he can start the speech he practised
Because the speech is worse than the money, always
(always o)
I cut am, I no collect, we talk about football

My father did the same for men (for men)
And now those men send their sons to me

The chair is free
(chair is free)
Sometimes the haircut is not the transaction
The chair is free
And the shop still dey open, so the maths dey work

Three weeks later he come back and pay double
I say the price is the price, he say "take am"
We argue for ten minutes about money like two women
(two women!)
He win. I take am. That was the point of the whole thing.

(harmonies, no drums)
Slow money still na money.
And a man wey no beg still fit come back.
(DROP)

The chair is free
(chair is free)
Sometimes the haircut is not the transaction
The chair is free
And the shop still dey open, so the maths dey work

(no wahala...)
The Chair Is Free — AYO KWEKU · FERAL