Melody Verse

Asake has delivered yet again with this head bopping, soothing yet meaningful song.

Having dropped the video just nine days go, it has already racked up to 4.4 million views, alongside the audio version -released two months ago – with 4.2 million views.

What does ‘Lonely at the top” mean?

Lonely at the top is in reference to the richer and higher you go in life, the less friends and circle of people you have, hence despite having “everything” like Asake says in the video, it can be “crazy how you can have all the success in the world and still feel alone”.

What is the ‘Lonely at the top” song all about?

As the AI lady at the beginning of the video says “success is meant to be celebrated”.

Asake is singing despite being lonely at the top, he is not interested in what people have to say about him as what he like may not be what you like. His likes money, and that is his main interest even though he will have fun getting high and being with different (voluptuous) ladies while trying to get it.

Listen to the song on YouTube here.

See lyrics of Asake’s Lonely at the top full translations and English meaning

Intro
[Instrumental]

It’s lonely at the top (Lonely, lonely, lonely)
Money on my mind (Money, money, money)
Don’t care what they yarning about me in particular (Ko kan mi, kan mi, kan mi)
Out here on the road chasing my dream because I know (No one can chase it for me)

Ọ́lọ-lolade maa n gb’ọmọ lọ (Gb’ọmọ lọ)– Ololade (Asake’s real name) carries girls
Bọrọkọtọ idi ṣ’ọmọ lọ (Ṣ’ọmọ lọ) – Voluptuous ladies, I will keep flirting with them
Ẹ fi wọn s’ilẹ jẹ kan ma lọ – Leave them, let them go
No dey find anybody na money I want (Me I want) – I am not interested in anyone, I want money
No dey hear wetin people dey talk (People dey talk) – I don’t listen to what people are saying
Wọn te ge Aṣakẹ l’eti lọ (L’eti lọ) – They have cut off Asake’s ear
They say life na one no get another one – We only have one life, no other one
I go take am do wetin I love – I will use it to do what I love

Wetin you love o – What you love
No be wetin I love o – Isn’t what I love
Wetin I love I go do am with all my heart o – I will do what I love with all of my heart
Ogogoro no be vodka – Ogogoro is not vodka. Ogogoro is a popular Nigerian drink made from palm trees while vodka is a distilled alcoholic beverage
Mr. Money ginger
But una know I no dey waste time – But you all know I don’t waste time
Mr. Money ginger

Just carry girl baby no time
Bad boy ting, me I dey fine – I am a bad boy, I will be fine
And at the same time me I dey high – at the same time I am high
Mo duro tan, mo stand out calm down – I am fearless, I stand out, calm down
You go dey fine like fine wine, no decline – You are beautiful like a fine wine, no reduction
Sing about it, extraordinary things
Show me love, I go show you more
O pọ lọ pọ, pọ – There are many

Wo bo ṣe n ṣe, wo bo ṣe n ṣe – Look at the way they are behaving
Ọmọ e don tey, je a ṣ’ere d’ele – Girl it has been a while, lets go home and play
Mo n fọ f’aye, mo ti fọ f’aye – I am breaking the world, I’m breaking the world
Ye, ye

Ọ́lọ-lolade maa n gb’ọmọ lọ (Gb’ọmọ lọ)
Bọrọkọtọ idi ṣ’ọmọ lọ (Ṣ’ọmọ lọ)
Ẹ fi wọn s’ilẹ jẹ kan ma lọ
No dey find anybody na money me I want (Me I want)
No dey wetin people dey talk (People dey talk)
Wọn te ge Aṣakẹ l’eti lọ (L’eti lọ)
They say life na one no get another one
I go take am do wetin I love

Wetin you love o
No be wetin I love o
Wetin I love I go do am with all my heart o
Ogogoro no be vodka
Mr. Money ginger
But una know I no dey waste time
Mr. Money ginger

Outro
[Instrumental]

Image credit: Asake/YouTube