Read the lyrics – Victony releases “Tanko,” a single that pairs his melodic Afropop instincts with Terry G’s street-pop energy.
Producers Blaisebeatz, Bantu and The Elements built a house-tinged rhythm that frames Victony’s lead lines and hands the verse to Terry G where his signature unpredictability reshapes the track’s momentum. The title borrows from Nigerian street football slang and functions as a lyrical device about balance — ambition against distraction — which Victony unpacks across the song’s opening bars and hook.
Produced by Blaise Beatz, Bantu & The Elements
1 August 2025
1 Song, 3 minutes
℗ 2025 Victony, under exclusive global license to Encore Recordings
Lyrics
[Intro: Victony]
Stu’, ayyyy
[Verse 1: Victony]
You no go vex? I no dey care, heh
I no dey send, even Kala dey learn
Fuck what they talkin’ about (Talkin’ about)
Fuck what they talkin’ about (Talkin’ about, yeah-yeah)
Somebody say “Stubborn”, I activate, oh yeah
If you go shake bum bum, no delay
What you talkin’ about? (Talkin’ about)
Ayy, fuck what they talkin’ about (Talkin’ about)
[Pre-Chorus: Victony]
Hmm, cause it’s too many, too many
Too many nights I’m hustling
Too many, too many, way too many girls I’m shuffling
Olohun, I’m too ready to get the paper o (Paper o, ayy ah)
[Chorus: Victony]
Egbe, spiritual, huh
When I been wear my Dunlop, oh-oh oh
Now dem start to craze o, oh-oh
Now dem we start to ginger, ginger
Stubborn, Olohun
Egbe, spiritual, heh
Double leather no be Tanko, oh-oh
Now dem start to craze o, oh-oh
Now dem we start to ginger
[Post-Chorus: Victony]
Me I dey mental since when I dey wear my Dunlop
Since when I dey wear my Dunlop (Olohun, oh)
[Verse 2: Terry G]
Po-po-po-po
Oya ebelebe, whine for me (Rah)
Pop on the waist up, oya craze for me
Shake all your booty, oya laba laba laba
Whine pon the beat, oya craze for the matter
Oya baby, koloma koloma koloma
Baby, koloma koloma
Shake your booty, make e walango, walango, walango
Make e walango, walango, oh-weh
Make we throw ‘way (‘Way), dance your sorrows away (Away)
E ma lo fi mi we
Orobo yato si lepa, lepa, lepa
Orobo yato si lepaaaa
Oya, make you ginger the swagger
[Pre-Chorus: Victony & Terry G]
Too many, too many
Too many nights I’m hustling
Too many, too many, way too many girls I’m shuffling (Olohun)
Olohun, I’m too ready to get the paper o ( Olohun, paper o, ayy ah)
[Chorus: Victony]
Egbe, spiritual, huh
When I been wear my Dunlop, oh-oh oh
Now dem start to craze o, oh-oh
Now dem we start to ginger, ginger
Stubborn, Olohun
Egbe, spiritual, heh
Double leather no be Tanko, oh-oh
Now dem start to craze o, oh-oh
Now dem we start to ginger
[Post-Chorus: Victony]
Me I dey mental since when I dey wear my Dunlop
Since when I dey wear my Dunlop (Olohun)
[Outro: Victony]
Egbe, spiritual, huh
When I been wear my Dunlop, oh-oh oh
Now dem start to craze o, oh-oh
Now dem we start to ginger, ginger
Stubborn
