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Holy Ground by Davido

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Davido

Holy Ground

Release date: 13th November 2020

From A Better Time
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About This Track

Davido and Nicki Minaj trade verses over a production that marries Afrobeats swagger with hip-hop directness. The track moves between Davido's opening proposition and Minaj's confident response, both artists settling into a shared refrain that treats intimacy as sanctuary. The hook anchors itself in simple, repeated imagery: tattoos, distant cities, the idea of someone as a refuge you return to. Lyrically, the song operates in the register of seduction and devotion at once. Davido frames desire as something mutual and known, whilst Minaj's verse pivots to explicit assertion of control and presence. The production, credited to SperoacHBeatz and Obi Prospe, sits somewhere between trap and Afrobeats, giving both voices room to land their lines without clutter. What emerges is less a love song than a negotiation between two people who know what they want and aren't shy about saying it.

"Holy Ground" is a track by Davido, from the album A Better Time, released 13th November 2020. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Davido.

About the Artist

Davido

Davido

Lyrics

Holy Ground

‪[Intro: Davido & Nicki Minaj]

My holy ground wey me I run to

Naija to the world, uh‬

(‪SperoacHBeatz‬)

Classic‬

‪The Queen to the Motherland‬

‪On the other hand‬

[Verse 1: Davido]

‪She said, "Come if you wanna" (Oh)

‪I said, "I know myself, I'm gonna wanna"

‪Activate undercover, so let me know ‬

‪She say, "Nwannem biko"

‪Activate if you wanna

Let her know it's not the normal size

‪This kind thing go make your ship capsize

‪So let me know if you wanna ride

[Chorus: Davido]

‪She call me brother, ‪I call her sister, too

‪Mama so fine, she got like six tattoos ‬

‪If she was a city, she be Timbuktu ‬

‪My holy ground wey me I run to

‪Brother, ‪I call her sister, too

‪Mama so fine, she got like six tattoos ‬

‪If she was a city, she be Timbuktu ‬

‪My holy ground wey me I run to‬

‪My holy ground wey me I run to

[Verse 2: Nicki Minaj & Davido]

‪I said, "Come if you wanna" (Oh)

‪Got the drink, the marijuana

‪Let me know whenever you decide

‪Let me know, you put them bitches to the side, yeah

‪It's you on my mind, it's you all the time

‪You came just in time, you gave me my—

‪Spit on the mic, something you could bump to

‪Get nasty for you every time you come through

‪Finish line, who you run to?

‪Keep you grounded, I holy ground you

Ayo, ‪I'm giving medals, I gotta give you the G

‪I'm bouncing all on the D‬

‪I just had to give you the V‬

‪Hair blowing all in the wind ‬while we cruising, Penelope

‪Nigeria to the world, and “Fuck you” to my enemies

[Chorus: Davido]

‪She call me brother, ‪I call her sister, too

‪Mama so fine, she got like six tattoos ‬

‪If she was a city, she be Timbuktu ‬

‪My holy ground wey me I run to

‪Brother, ‪I call her sister, too

‪Mama so fine, she got like six tattoos ‬

‪If she was a city, she be Timbuktu ‬

‪My holy ground wey my I run to

‪My holy ground wey me I run to

[Outro: Nicki Minaj & Davido]

‪Spit on the mic, something we could bump to

‪Get nasty for you every time you come through

‪Finish line, who you run to?

Keep you grounded

‪My holy ground wey me I run to

(‪SperoacHBeatz‬)

My holy ground, eh, eh, oweh

Shekpe baddest

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Track details

From A Better Time

2020
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A Better Time
A Better Time
Davido
Release year
2020
  1. —Holy Ground
  2. —Something Fishy
  3. —Sunlight
  4. —Birthday Cake
  5. —On My Way
  6. —Shopping Spree
  7. —Mebe
  8. —La La
  9. —Tanana
  10. —I Got a Friend
  11. —Fade
  12. —Heaven
  13. —Very Special
  14. —The Best
  15. —Jowo
  16. —So Crazy

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