COMING BACK TO RETALIATE
Mo ń bọ̀ padà,
Everybody hear me.
Wọ́n fẹ́ challenge,
Now dem dey fear me.
Para for everybody,
But I choose my battle.
Ọ̀rọ̀ mi l'ágbára,
Every bar dey rattle.
badaman
Wọ́n sọ̀rọ̀,
Mo dáhùn pẹ̀lú action.
Wọ́n fẹ́ competition,
Mo give dem demonstration.
badaman
Mo ti jìyà,
Mo ti kọ́ ẹ̀kọ́.
Now I’m back,
Mo mọ ibi tí mo ń lọ.
No violence,
Na lyrical retaliation.
No hatred,
Na elevation.
Omo Ibadan,
Mo ń wọ̀lé pẹ̀lú lamba.
Yankee Badaman,
Mo padà—mo mú wabi agbara!
INTRO
Yeah yeah...
Badaman don return.
No fear.
No retreat.
VERSE 1
Mo ń bọ̀ padà,
Everybody hear me.
Wọ́n fẹ́ challenge,
Now dem dey fear me.
Para for everybody,
But I choose my battle.
Ọ̀rọ̀ mi l'ágbára,
Every bar dey rattle.
badaman
Wọ́n sọ̀rọ̀,
Mo dáhùn pẹ̀lú action.
Wọ́n fẹ́ competition,
Mo give dem demonstration.
badaman
Mo ti jìyà,
Mo ti kọ́ ẹ̀kọ́.
Now I’m back,
Mo mọ ibi tí mo ń lọ.
I dey come back,
I dey come correct.
Wọ́n fẹ́ kí n fall,
Now I dey collect.
Mo ti fara da,
Mo ti kọ́ ẹkọ́.
Wọ́n rò pé mo parí,
Ṣùgbọ́n mo tún yọ̀.
Suffer made me wiser,
Pain made me stronger.
They gave me pressure,
I turned it to thunder.
Mo ní sùúrù,
Mo ní ìgbàgbọ́.
Ọlọ́run ló mọ̀
Ohun tí mo ń wá.
HOOK
I’m coming back to retaliate,
Not with violence—
I elevate.
Wọ́n sọ̀rọ̀,
I let success reply.
Wọ́n fẹ́ kí n kú,
But I’m still alive.
I’m coming back,
Mo tún padà dé.
Whatever they expected,
I’m doing more than that.
VERSE 2
No be revenge,
Na achievement.
No be talking,
Na development.
Mo ti wà low,
Now I'm rising higher.
Small boy yesterday,
Today I carry fire.
Omo Ibadan,
Mo ń represent.
Yoruba blood,
With a different intent.
Wọ́n lè hate,
Let them waste their breath.
I turn every obstacle
To another step.
VERSE 3
Mo ní lamba,
Mo ní melody.
Street understand me,
'Cause they know my history.
From nobody,
To somebody.
No shortcut,
Ọlọ́run ló ń tọ́ mi.
Mo ń lọ forward,
No looking back.
If life gives pressure,
I give life attack.
My comeback loud,
My vision clear.
Badama
