Asake Sings “Mogbe” On The 5th Track Off ‘Work Of Art’

Asake releases the new piece of music, “Mogbe” produced by Magicsticks. The song comes off the Work Of Art project. Listen, stream, read the lyrics, buy the track.

By the time December 2022 swung around, there was very little doubt that YBNL newcomer Asake had been the most propulsive voice in Afropop in a year that had seen the genre turn decisively on its head. Asake’s run from earlier in the year, after the breakout of his Olamide-assisted “Omo Ope” led to the release of his enchanting debut album Mr. Money With the Vibe, established crowded vocals, futuristic percussive elements and iridescent amapiano-Fuji fusions as the new framework of Afropop while minting hits like “Sungba”, Terminator”, “Peace Be Unto You” and “Organise”.

Keen to keep his momentum going and further the narrative of his blistering come-up, Asake’s sophomore album, Work of Art, coming less than a year after his debut, presents an artist operating at a nearly peerless level. With production still majorly helmed by Magicsticks, the template remains largely the same, but the scale of ambition is stratospheric as Asake aims to present his music as high art. Switching between effervescent live arrangements, jaunty hip-hop-adjacent beats and classic African samples, the air on Work of Art is celebratory and zestful, with the singer’s compelling blend of Yoruba panegyrics and urban slang adding colour to songs like “Sunshine” and “Basquiat”. In a throwback to his Ololade Asake EP, label boss Olamide makes the only guest appearance here, contributing a standout verse on “Amapiano”. Still, mostly alone,

Asake continues to take inspiration from his journey, spreading himself far and wide to channel bleary-eyed optimism on “Lonely at the Top” and hope on “l Believe”. Across these 14 songs, Asake invites us into his new reality and tells his story in vivid Technicolor.

Asake – Mogbe (prod. Magicsticks)

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16 June 2023
1 Song, 2 minutes
℗ 2023 YBNL Nation / EMPIRE

Lyrics

[Intro]
Ololade mi Asake
Tune into the king of sound and blues

[Chorus]
Loud kan (Mogbe, mogbe o)
Shayo kan (Mogbe, mogbe o)
Colorado kan (Mogbe o, mogbe o, mogbe o)
Cannister kan (Mogbe o, mogbe o, mogbe o)
Moku mo daran (Mogbe)
Ọmọ yi fẹ kpami o (Mogbe o)
Too much emotions (Mogbe)
Insecurity wahala (Mogbe o)
I don’t want no yawa, ọrọ ife ni mo ba wa (Mogbe o, mogbe o, mogbe o)
Oreke lẹwa mi you my wonderful woman (Mogbe o, mogbe o, mogbe o)

[Verse 1]
I know I be sharp guy
Chilling by the pool side
Bitches on my right side
You on my left side
Incase you see am online all all na lifestyle
Make we go on a long ride
Me and you together
Let’s stay all night looking at the star shines
Make love till the sun rise till the sun rise
You are my only woman (Ogbologbo)
My perfect human (Human)
You make my world feel so right even sometimes when I’m wrong
Baby jẹ ka lo ra wa and forget all the trauma
Iyawo mi ni iyawo mi olofunmi jọwọ

[Chorus]
Loud kan (Mogbe, mogbe o)
Shayo kan (Mogbe, mogbe o)
Colorado kan (Mogbe o, mogbe o, mogbe o)
Cannister kan (Mogbe o, mogbe o, mogbe o)
Moku mo daran (Mogbe)
Ọmọ yi fẹ kpami o (Mogbe o)
Too much emotions (Mogbe)
Insecurity wahala (Mogbe o)
I don’t want no yawa oro ife ni mo ba wa (Mogbe o, mogbe o, mogbe o)
Oreke lẹwa mi you my wonderful woman (Mogbe o, mogbe o, mogbe o)

[Verse 2]
Make I be your Gold like Simi
Oh my baby come and see me
Na you be my bloody Martini
Komi jẹ rush rush Tetrazzini
Ko yẹ ko ma shakọ simi
Mr Mlney sure person ni
Everyday lon gbọ pẹ fun mi
I’m dope like Coke oro pe Pepsi ni

[Chorus]
Loud kan (Mogbe, mogbe o)
Shayo kan (Mogbe, mogbe o)
Colorado kan (Mogbe o, mogbe o, mogbe o)
Cannister kan (Mogbe o, mogbe o, mogbe o)
Moku mo daran (Mogbe)
Ọmọ yi fẹ kpami o (Mogbe o)
Too much emotions (Mogbe)
Insecurity wahala (Mogbe o)
I don’t want no yawa ọrọ ife ni mo ba wa (Mogbe o, mogbe o, mogbe o)
Oreke lẹwa mi you my wonderful woman (Mogbe o, mogbe o, mogbe o)

[Outro]
Ca va ve le ca va ve le o
Ca va ve le o
Ca va ve le o
Ca va ve le
Ca va ve le ca va ve le o
Ca va ve le o
Ca va ve le o
Ca va ve leo