Popular BNXN’s Pray is just three weeks old yet it has gained over 3.5 million views since its release on YouTube.
What is the meaning in the song?
BNXN sings and raps about a friend who underrated him, called him a “bloody fellow” even though this friend was the one lazing around while he worked hard on his music.
As he is unable to rely on his friend, he carries his “cross” (his challenges) alone praying to God that he does not fail. The video expands on him praying to God as he is surrounded by “angels”.
Listen to the song on YouTube here.
See lyrics of BNXN fka Buju’s Pray. Full translations and English meaning
Oh oh oh oh oh
Hal hallelujah
Hal hallelu
You say I be bloody fellow – You said I am useless
As my skin come yellow – As I am a light-skinned person
You say I no sabi hustle – You said I am not capable
I no sabi hustle – I don’t know how to hustle
You were sleeping well o
I was out here writing songs
And I was working double
I was working double
As you no dey for me – As you were not there for me
I carry my cross go cavalry – I carried my cross to cavalry
It’s in the rhythm and melody for me
The reason mo fi Ijo si mo fako si – the reason I add dance and fronting to it
You no dey for me
I carry my cross go cavalry
It’s in the rhythm and melody for me
The reason mo fi Ijo si, mo fako si
Ay, ah emi mimo o – Holy spirit
E jor e jor o – please, please
Make I no go fall o – I don’t want to fall
I too pray o – I pray a lot
Emi mimo o
I’ve been working hard o
Make I no go fall o
I too pray o
Emi mimo o
I’ve been working hard o
Make I no go fall o
I too pray o
Emi mimo o
Iwo ni kin ma danwo – He said I should not try it
Make I no go fall o – So I do not fall
I too pray o
I just stepped into the shows, killed that on the same night
The same night I was thinking ʼbout date nights
With shawty and you know it’s her favorite
Her fine face and her body on skin tight
Skin tight so you know it all fit right
Man this year I was giving them fist fights
Fighting all my demon at midnight
While blowing bare gas through windpipes
I told ʼem not to sleep on my shit, right
Now I’m at the O2 at past midnight
I’m playing two nights and I’m outside
Feels right and you know it all feels right
I told them not the sleep on me
Tell them you go see something – Tell them you will see something
Who wan see me – Who wants to see me
Go pay money o – Would need to pay
I told them not the sleep on me
Tell them you go see something
Who wan see me
Go pay money o
Emi mimo o, emi mimo o
E jor e jor o
Make I no go fall o
I too pray o
Emi mimo o
I’ve been working hard o
Make I no go fall o
I too pray o
Emi mimo o
E jor e jor o
Make I no go fall o
I too pray o
Emi mimo o
Iwo ni kin ma danwo
Make I no go fall o
I too pray o
(Don’t sleep on me)
(You wan see me)
(You go pay money o)
I too pray o
Make I no go fall o
I too pray o