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Why by Rema

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Rema

Why

Release date: 22nd March 2019

From Rema - EPTrack 22:47
Afrobeats

About This Track

'Why' finds Rema caught between longing and rejection. He lays out his case with the directness of someone who has nothing left to lose: heart, soul, miles travelled, texts sent into silence. She, meanwhile, has her reasons. No cash, no cool, no fit. The song pivots between his plea and her dismissal, each verse a small humiliation that somehow deepens his resolve. What makes it work is the plainness of the feeling. There is no metaphor here, no reaching. Just a man asking a question he already knows the answer to, repeating the chorus like a prayer that might wear down indifference through sheer repetition. The production stays minimal enough that his voice and the weight of the rejection stay in focus, and the melodic hook catches just enough to make the whole thing stick.

"Why" is a track by Rema , from the album Rema - EP, released 22nd March 2019. The track is 2:47 long. It's filed under Afrobeats. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Rema

Rema

Lyrics

Why

Hey yeah ay
Skrrrr (I love you) Skrrrr
Hey yeah ay

With my heart and my soul, I look in your eyes
And the way that I feel girl, I can't deny
With my gang and my dawgs, we live in the wild
Girl I send a lotta texts but you don't reply
Why? (Yahy)
I just wonder why, I just wonder why
And I travelled miles

Damn girl you know I travelled miles
I want you in my life, girl I want you in my life
Even if it's for a little while
I wanna see you smile, girl, I wanna see you smile
See you smile (yah)
For a while (yah)
Can you try? (Yah)
Hold you tight (yaahy)

Ay, I said, "Hi" (ay)
She said, "Who you is?" (ay)
I said, "Remmy boy" (ooh)
She said, "We don't fit" (ay)
Girl, gimme a chance (ay)
'Cause of that, I'd burst up the ground (ay)
I know I wasn't in school (ooh)
She be like, "What do you do?" (yeah)
"You ain't got no cash" (ay)
"You look so so razz" (ay)
"I am not your type" (ay)
Damn, I almost cried (ay)

I know you're hard to get and I'm not the one
I know you would find me when I'm moving on
Maybe 'cause I had no cash and I wasn't cool
And you treated me so bad, I felt like a fool
Why? (Yahy)
I wish you was mine
I wish you was mine
I wish you was mine

With my heart and my soul, I look in your eyes
And the way that I feel man I can't deny
All my gang, all my dawgs we live in the wild
Girl I send a lotta texts but you don't reply
Why? (Yahy)
I just wonder why, I just wonder why
And I travelled miles

Damn girl you know I travelled miles
I want you in my life, girl I want you in my life
Even if it's for a little while
I wanna see you smile, girl, I wanna see you smile
See you smile (yah)
For a while (yah)
Can you try? (Yah)
Hold you tight (yaahy)

Damn girl you know I travelled miles
I want you in my life, girl I want you in my life
Even if it's for a little while
I wanna see you smile, girl, I wanna see you smile
See you smile (yah)
For a while (yah)
Can you try (yah)
Hold you tight (yaahy)

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From Rema - EP

2:472019
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