More songs by JAY10!
Description
Producer: T.O
Composer Lyricist: Jay Babatunde Adebisi
Lyrics and translation
Original
Yeah.
Ten.
Uh.
It's good.
Tears in my eyes for the ones that we lost to the sky, they left us to fly.
Don't feel the same when I chill with the guys 'cause my heart got broke on the day that you died. Many days that I cried.
Many days I was fried, I was hiding from all of the trauma.
My life weren't normal, I tried to escape, couldn't find that portal. They say this is life in the Babylon.
Every day I wonder where the magic gone. I don't know if it's a sprint or a marathon.
It doesn't matter what it is, you just gotta run.
So I'm back on the track, tryna take back pain through the raps. Tryna get racks, cover up what I lack.
Tryna put my name on the map, make changes and that. J10 on your playlist, that's slap. This is life in the Babylon.
Every day I wonder where the magic gone.
I don't know if it's a sprint or a marathon. Doesn't matter what it is, you just gotta run. Swear this is life in the
Babylon. Every day I wonder where the magic gone.
I don't know if it's a sprint or a marathon. Doesn't matter what it is, you just gotta run, you just gotta run.
Running since they took me out the womb.
Felt like I was doomed, ghosts up in my room. Always felt like the reaper coming soon.
Felt like I was doomed, talking to the moon. Violence made the streets to turn maroon. How'd I make it through?
Felt like I was doomed. Mother told me that we were on the move.
Left home and I hope to find some truth. I was 12 when I left Nigeria.
Just a young kid tryna fit criteria. Dark clouds, I saw sky clearing up.
Stuck in the books just like librarian. Dad said I had to study to go make money.
White kids would make jokes and they weren't funny. They would laugh at the skin tone, imposter syndrome.
Oh man, this just the intro. This is life in the Babylon.
Every day I wonder where the magic gone. I don't know if it's a sprint or a marathon.
Doesn't matter what it is, you just gotta run. Swear this is life in the Babylon.
Every day I wonder where the magic gone. I don't know if it's a sprint or a marathon.
Doesn't matter what it is, you just gotta run, you just gotta run.
You know, these people, they're coming over. They're taking all our jobs.
Let's say I wanted to be a doctor. I couldn't be, could I?
Why, haven't you got a medical degree?
No.
English translation
Yeah.
Ten.
Uh.
It's good.
Tears in my eyes for the ones that we lost to the sky, they left us to fly.
Don't feel the same when I chill with the guys 'cause my heart got broke on the day that you died. Many days that I cried.
Many days I was fried, I was hiding from all of the trauma.
My life weren't normal, I tried to escape, couldn't find that portal. They say this is life in the Babylon.
Every day I wonder where the magic gone. I don't know if it's a sprint or a marathon.
It doesn't matter what it is, you just gotta run.
So I'm back on the track, tryna take back pain through the raps. Tryna get racks, cover up what I lack.
Tryna put my name on the map, make changes and that. J10 on your playlist, that's slap. This is life in the Babylon.
Every day I wonder where the magic gone.
I don't know if it's a sprint or a marathon. Doesn't matter what it is, you just gotta run. Swear this is life in the
Babylon. Every day I wonder where the magic gone.
I don't know if it's a sprint or a marathon. Doesn't matter what it is, you just gotta run, you just gotta run.
Running since they took me out the womb.
Felt like I was doomed, ghosts up in my room. Always felt like the reaper coming soon.
Felt like I was doomed, talking to the moon. Violence made the streets to turn maroon. How'd I make it through?
Felt like I was doomed. Mother told me that we were on the move.
Left home and I hope to find some truth. I was 12 when I left Nigeria.
Just a young kid tryna fit criteria. Dark clouds, I saw sky clearing up.
Stuck in the books just like librarian. Dad said I had to study to go make money.
White kids would make jokes and they weren't funny. They would laugh at the skin tone, imposter syndrome.
Oh man, this just the intro. This is life in the Babylon.
Every day I wonder where the magic gone. I don't know if it's a sprint or a marathon.
Doesn't matter what it is, you just gotta run. Swear this is life in the Babylon.
Every day I wonder where the magic gone. I don't know if it's a sprint or a marathon.
Doesn't matter what it is, you just gotta run, you just gotta run.
You know, these people, they're coming over. They're taking all our jobs.
Let's say I wanted to be a doctor. I couldn't be, could I?
Why, haven't you got a medical degree?
No.