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Burna Boy

Alone

Release date: 4th November 2022

From Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Music From and Inspired By
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Burna Boy builds 'Alone' around exhaustion and isolation, the track moving through states of physical and emotional collapse. My body don't dey tire, the chorus repeats, a mantra that doubles as confession: fatigue that breeds anger, a mind scattered by the weight of survival. The song moves between English and Pidgin, between vulnerability and defiance, as Burna Boy sketches a portrait of someone screaming without being heard, betrayed by those closest to him, unable to trust anyone. What holds the track together is its restraint. The production stays minimal, letting his voice carry the emotional labour. He doesn't oversell the despair; instead he names it plainly, asking what you do when the world catches fire and there's nothing to hold onto. The bridge pivots toward something like prayer, memories as the only escape from a reality he's been quietly dying inside. It's a song about needing someone to remind you why you're still fighting, even when fighting feels impossible.

"Alone" is a track by Burna Boy, from the album Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Music From and Inspired By, released 4th November 2022. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 8 articles about Burna Boy.

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Lyrics

Alone

[Intro]

Ooh-ooh, ooh

Ooh-ooh, ooh

Mm-mm, mm

Mm-mhm, mm

[Verse 1]

It's just another night

Just another fight for my life

It’s alright, because everything dies

Nobody know why

Wetin I go do?

Wetin you go do

When you feelin' like you fallin'

And you can’t find nothing to hold on to?

[Pre-Chorus]

Memories, uh-oh, carry me, go

Carry me, go, oh-na, yeah

Sick and tired of it all, take me far away

Mr DJ, gbemi trabaye

Now man no fit trust anybody

Na hin make I no fit shout

[Chorus]

My body don dey tire, eh

E make me madder, eh

My head don scatter, eh

My holy father, eh

My body don dey tire, eh

E make me madder, eh

Whеn my whole world is set on fire

Don't lеave me alone

[Verse 2]

Wetin you go do?

Wetin you go do

When you're feelin' like you're screamin' really loud

But nobody hears you?

I see it in your eyes

I see in your eyes the betrayal and the lies

You've been pullin' out knives from your behind

[Pre-Chorus]

Count every blessin’

Count every lesson

You fit no dey tomorrow

So I count every second

Don’t let them take my head

And dance over my dead—

Body, yeah

Body, yeah

I'm weak, I’m blind

Give me the strength

I need for my padi, yeah

Padi, yeah

[Chorus]

My body don dey tire, eh

E make me madder, eh

When my whole world is set on fire

Don't leave me alone

[Bridge]

Don't leave me, don't leave me

Don’t leave me, don't leave me

Don't leave me, don't leave me, oh God

Don't let me go down, don't let me go down

As far as I can see, na the memories

Dem dey carry me from reality

No require visa; I have been

Very quietly dyin'

And I need you to remind me why

Give me the strength to keep fightin'

'Cause I no fit trust anybody

Na hin make I no fit shout

[Chorus]

My body don dey tire, eh

E make me madder, eh

My head don scatter, eh

My holy father, eh

My body don dey tire, eh

E make me madder, eh

When my whole world is set on fire

Don't leave me alone

[Outro]

Ooh-ooh, ooh

Ooh-ooh, ooh

Mm-mm, mm

Mm-mhm, mm

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From Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Music From and Inspired By

2022
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Music From and Inspired By
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Music From and Inspired By
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2022
  1. —Pantera
  2. —Wake Up
  3. —Anya Mmiri
  4. —Limoncello
  5. —Alone
  6. —Interlude
  7. —Coming Back for You
  8. —Lift Me Up
  9. —Born Again

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