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Burna Boy

Outside

Release date: 26th January 2018

From Outside
Afro-PopMusic
African
Hip-Hop/Rap
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About This Track

"Outside" is a track by Burna Boy, from the album Outside, released 26th January 2018. 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

Outside

[Intro: Burna Boy]

Many different rules outside, you’re new outside (so watch how ya move outside)

Better not get confused outside, dem go lose outside (so watch how ya move outside)

You no gon know if you no go

Don’t try reap what you don’t sow

Anytime you dey for road better don’t slow wo wo wo

[Pre-Chorus: Mabel]

I can't remember how it happened

Tell me now

And if I feel it any deeper, I might drown

Now I know you can never tell what is going down

From the outside (from the outside)

Outside (from the outside)

Outside, I'm on the outside

[Chorus]

Any deeper (and I may be)

Any deeper (and and I)

Any deeper (and I may be)

Any deeper (so watch how ya move outside)

Any deeper (and I may be)

Any deeper (and and I)

Any deeper (and I may be)

Any deeper (so watch how ya move)

[Verse 1: Burna Boy]

Outside of the jungle

Look around and no see nobody to run to

Wetin my eyes see for jungle

Look around and no see nowhere to run go

My brothers plenty for the jungle

But dey no know me again for the jungle

My people plenty for the jungle

But its everybody for themselves inna the jungle

Dem mama no go dey there

That's the reason why me tell you say

[Pre-Chorus: Mabel]

I can't remember how it happened

Tell me now

And if I feel it any deeper, I might drown

Now I know you can never tell what is going down

From the outside (from the outside)

Outside (from the outside)

Outside, I'm on the outside

[Chorus]

Any deeper (and I may be)

Any deeper (and and I)

Any deeper

Many different rules outside, you’re new outside (so watch how ya move outside)

Better not get confused outside, dem go lose outside (so watch how ya move outside)

You no gon know if you no go

Don’t try reap what you don’t sow

Anytime you dey for road better don’t slow wo wo wo (so watch how ya move)

[Verse 2: Burna Boy]

No say me have nuff history outside

Show you just how it feels to be outside

Shit that make it hard to sleep at night

I take you to these memories of mine

Come dey feel like say nobody fit to help me

Like say I dey shout but nobody hear me

Until finally nothing come dey fear me anymore (ye)

If only father God can talk to me

And tell me what he has in store for me

Could he let me know?

Cause only God knows the pain I feel

All day me never eat no meal

Oh all them say the good die young

Now the dead's getting younger

Age ain't nothing but numbers

This life's a jungle sometimes

I really wonder how I keep from going under

So before me mother cry and her eyes start swell

Cause her son end up like Vybz Kartel

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Track details

From Outside

2018
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Album
Outside
Outside
Burna Boy
26th January 2018
Release year
2018
  1. 1More Life
    1:32
  2. 2Ph City Vibration
    3:47
  3. 3Koni Baje
    3:24
  4. 4Sekkle Down (feat. J Hus)
    3:08
  5. 5Heaven's Gate (feat. Lily Allen)
    3:22
  6. 6Ye
    3:52
  7. 7Giddem
    3:32
  8. 8Streets of Africa
    3:30
  9. 9Rock Your Body
    3:41
  10. 10Devil in California
    3:15
  11. 11Calm Down
    4:26
  12. 12Outside (feat. Mabel)
    3:38
  13. —Where I’m From
  14. —Sekkle Down
  15. —Outside
  16. —Ye
    3:52
  17. —Sekkle Down (feat. J Hus)
    3:08
  18. —More Life
    1:32

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