Where Were You ?
Mid-tempo Nigerian Afrobeat groove, warm log drums and bouncing bass, shakers and rimshots in a tight pocket. Male vocals ride a call-and-response hook with airy female harmonies in the chorus. Guitars play bright highlife riffs, keys add soft chords in the background. Arrangement starts sparse, builds into a joyful, emotional sing-along by the last hook., afrobeat
Where Were You ?
Mid-tempo Nigerian Afrobeat groove, warm log drums and bouncing bass, shakers and rimshots in a tight pocket. Male vocals ride a call-and-response hook with airy female harmonies in the chorus. Guitars play bright highlife riffs, keys add soft chords in the background. Arrangement starts sparse, builds into a joyful, emotional sing-along by the last hook., afrobeat
Lyrics
Verse 1
In this life I need a man like you ooh
See my heart don tire from the runaround
I can't live like snake's babies
Cold for ground, nobody hold me down
Pre-Chorus
Baba ooh
Na you be my resting place
Baba ooh
I see your shadow in every face
Chorus
Baba ooh, Baba where were you all along ooh
Baba where were you all along
Baba why you leave me like that ooh
Baba, Baba ooh (Baba ooh)
Baba ooh, Baba where were you all along ooh
Baba where were you all along
Baba why you leave me like that ooh
Baba, Baba ooh
Verse 2
I dey find you for gutter, for gold estates
Ask my mama, she say “e go late”
Every night I dey talk to the ceiling
Make my pain turn song, make it bring healing
Pre-Chorus
Baba ooh
If I vex, na love I still dey chase
Baba ooh
Na your name still sweet for my face
Chorus
Baba ooh, Baba where were you all along ooh
Baba where were you all along
Baba why you leave me like that ooh
Baba, Baba ooh (eh-eh)
Baba ooh, Baba where were you all along ooh
Baba where were you all along
Baba why you leave me like that ooh
Baba, Baba ooh (Baba ooh)