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5 Songs Rema Flexes His Lyrical Skills

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5 Songs Rema Flexes His Lyrical Skills

Rema is a Nigerian singer who rose to prominence in 2019 with ‘Dumebi’, having been scouted by Jonzing World’s honcho, D’Prince.

In his 3-year-old career, Rema has released 3 EPs, a compilation album of his hits, and a debut album, ‘Rave & Roses’, released on March 25, 2022.

Rema has become so successful and is being decorated left and right with gold, platinum, and diamond plaques in France, Belgium, Netherlands, and so forth.

Rema and D’Prince 2018

However, despite the musical success, his lyrics are often criticized for being lame or childish. Some netizens often tag his lyrical skills poor, in oppose to that of his colleague Fireboy DML, who is seen as a lyrical genius.

But, as some people say, is Rema lyrically poor?

Here are 5 songs on which Rema flexes his lyrical skills.

5. Addicted

‘Addicted’ is the 10th track off Rema’s debut album, ‘Rave & Roses’. On Addicted, Rema talks about a strange girl who is addicted to a really risky lifestyle so much that she wants to sleep with him and his whole crew.

Quotable lyrics: ‘you got me real stuck, got me pinned down, love is not a source of income, I think it’s time I put my pen down’.

4. Dimension

Produced by Grammy award-winning British-Ghanian producer Jae5, ‘Dimension’ is a Jae5 song featuring Rema and British rapper Skepta. It’s a very relatable and inspiring song for every hustler. Rema went hard on this. His writing was so excellent!

Quotable lyrics: ‘Bad man don’t threaten me, you no fit kill who done die before oh, Father forgive me my sins, I reminisce all the things I’ve done oh, please put me under your wings, I sit and pray make my mandem live long, cause many wan quench the fire, Jah love gon’ take us higher’.

5 Songs Rema Flexes His Lyrical Skills
Skepta, Jae5, and Rema (Dimension MV).

3. Are You There

‘Are You There’ is a wake-up call. On it, Rema addresses the filthiness of Nigerian politicians who couldn’t care less about the people dying. He also notes that although many are dying every day, clubs are still filled up with people as if nothing happened. He then says he would stop talking about it and just enjoy his life, since talking about it is not changing anything.

Quotable lyrics: ‘Cruise for Nigeria no fit ever stop, all the men for power no fit get enough, why I wan dey let am try to weigh me down, make I focus, make I just dey hustle up’.

2. Calm Down

Unarguably Rema’s most successful song yet, ‘Calm Down’ is a love song with a mid-tempo beat. Rema approached the Vibez-produced beat with simplicity. Although the lyrics of ‘Calm Down’ look ordinary and very simple, it’s in fact the ordinariness and simplicity that make it relatable, singable, and danceable simultaneously. On ‘Calm Down’, Rema is trying to woo a yellow-wearing girl at a party.

Quotable lyrics: ‘I see this fine girl for my party she wear yellow, every other girl dey do too much but this girl mellow, naim I dey find situation I go use take tell am hello, finally I find way to talk to the girl but she no wan follow’.

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5 Songs Rema Flexes His Lyrical Skills
Rema 2022 (Calm Down MV).

1. Divine

‘Divine’ is the intro to ‘Rave & Roses’. On the track, Rema narrates his birth process: the trials and hurdles his mother underwent before his birth. He also talks about how he felt about his father and brother’s sudden deaths as well as fighting battles even before birth. This is Rema’s most honest song yet. It’s from his personal experience and was delivered perfectly on the Sarz-produced beat.

Quotable lyrics: ‘Nothing fit come against my destiny, I fight battles wey nobody ever see, as I dey this industry with God company, me I go kaku so make everybody see’.

Conclusion

Having read the 5 songs Rema flexes his lyrical skills, do you agree that Rema is a talented lyricist?

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  1. Queen

    August 2, 2022 at 18:56

    Rema is a King ❤️😌

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Omah Lay Reacts After Davido Played His Music To Kai Cenat

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Omah Lay has recently shared a post on X, expressing his deep wrong thoughts about Davido. This comes after Davido was seen on a car ride showing Youtuber Kai Cenat, who recently visited, Nigeria around Lagos

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The above act has put a different perspective on how the Soso singer thinks about Davido

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Full List of Winners At The Oscars 2024

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Oscar is the most outstanding and prestigious event in the film industry. For the 2024 Oscars, the winners list has been published for the event held on Sunday 10th March 2024.

The event saw many stars and new stars winning their first awards in their carer. Check out the full list of winners below

Best picture
American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
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Best actor in a leading role
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Colman Domingo – Rustin
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer – WINNER
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Best actor in a supporting role
Sterling K Brown – American Fiction
Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer – WINNER
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

Best actress in a leading role
Annette Bening – Nyad
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
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Best actress in a supporting role
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
America Ferrera – Barbie
Jodie Foster – Nyad
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Best Directing
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Killers of the Flower Moon – Martin Scorsese
Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan – WINNER
Poor Things – Yorgos Lanthimos
The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer

Best animated feature film
The Boy and the Heron – WINNER
Elemental
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best adapted screenplay
American Fiction – WINNER
Barbie
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest

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Best original screenplay
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Maestro
May December
Past Lives

Best Cinematography
El Conde
Killers of the Flower Moon
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Oppenheimer- WINNER
Poor Things

Best costume design

Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things – WINNER

Best documentary feature film
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Four Daughters
To Kill a Tiger
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Best documentary short film
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The Barber of Little Rock
Island in Between
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Best film editing
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
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Poor Things

Best international feature film
Io Capitano
Perfect Days
Society of the Snow
The Teachers’ Lounge
The Zone of Interest – WINNER

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Best makeup and hairstyling
Golda
Maestro
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Best original score
American Fiction
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
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Best original song

The Fire Inside – Flamin’ Hot
I’m Just Ken – Barbie
It Never Went Away – American Symphony
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Best production design
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things – WINNER

Best animated short film
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Our Uniform
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Best live-action short film
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Knight of Fortune
Red, White, and Blue
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Best sound
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Best visual effects
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