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Guilty by Burna Boy

TRACK

Burna Boy

Guilty

Release date: 11th August 2013

From L.I.F.E - Leaving an Impact for Eternity (Deluxe Edition)
Track 15
3:36
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About This Track

'Guilty' by Burna Boy is an Afro-Pop track from 'L.I.F.E - Leaving an Impact for Eternity (Deluxe Edition)', released in 2013. The lyrics frame love as a confession, with the singer repeatedly calling himself guilty of loving “you, girl” and adopting the language of testimony, as if promising to tell the truth. There is a heightened, almost courtroom sense of consequence, turning romantic attachment into a charge that leads to jail and a life sentence. Alongside that insistence is a trace of disavowal, the narrator struggling to swear that he never knew.

"Guilty" is a track by Burna Boy, from the album L.I.F.E - Leaving an Impact for Eternity (Deluxe Edition), released 11th August 2013. The track is 3:36 long. It's filed under Afro-Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 7 articles about Burna Boy.

About the Artist

Burna Boy

Burna Boy

Lyrics

Guilty

Aah

Said I am guilty of loving you, girl
Said I am guilty of loving you, girl
Said I am guilty, send me to jail
Give me a life sentence, send me to jail
'Cause I am guilty of loving you, girl

Said "I swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth"
I couldn't swear that I never knew (aah)
This is how it all started
I met this girl on my way to school
Then we went to her place, but I say to you
She dropped her books and I just played the fool
So we rise and fall for you (oh no)
And now we all grown up now
We separate ways for school and such now
(Aah) but anytime that you touch down
You go remember me (oh yeah, say I need you too)

'Cause of loving you, girl (of loving you girl)
Oh Lord, oh Lord (oh Lord)
Ooh, aah

Listen, you should've been my wifey
I don't care if anyone else like me (hey)
If they don't like it they can die, me nuh care
When you're gone I cry, I swear

Said "I miss you very much right now"
My girl, my girl ooh I'd (oh my God)
Do anything for you, anything for you
'Cause I am guilty of loving you (I'm loving you baby)
Said I am guilty of loving you (you are, only you baby)

When I heard the verdict, I jumped up when I heard it
You will never please that verdict
Getting a life sentence like I murdered
(Aah) all because of your love my girl

Do anything for you girl
Don't ever take me for a fool (take me for a fool)
My kindness for weakness, this is me and you
In this world, all I have in this world is you ooh

You better have my children in the same building
We will live together in harmony
Ooh, 'cause I am guilty of loving you girl

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Track details

From L.I.F.E - Leaving an Impact for Eternity (Deluxe Edition)

3:362013
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L.I.F.E - Leaving an Impact for Eternity (Deluxe Edition)
L.I.F.E - Leaving an Impact for Eternity (Deluxe Edition)
Burna Boy
12th August 2013
Track number
15
Release year
2013
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    3:14
  2. 2No No No
    2:38
  3. 3Say So
    4:36
  4. 4Abeg Abeg (feat. 2Baba & Timaya)
    3:32

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