Ibadan To Island

Verse 1

Stethoscope cold on a Sunday

Five AM

Ward rounds calling

Tired eyes

I check the chart

The rhythm of a heart

It beat for them

It beat for us

White coat

Heavy shoulders

I carry the lineage

Verse 2

I walked the halls of Ibadan

Grey stone

Open books

Coffee breath

Rhodes piano in the dorm room

Singing till the sun went down

Young

Wild

Looking for the cure

Searching for the soul

Chorus

Give me the medicine

Give me the heat

Give me the medicine

Give me the heat

I heal the body

I mend the mind

Ancestors watching

One at a time

One at a time

One at a time

Drop

Ancestors watching

One at a time

Verse 3

Lagos Island night shift

Neon blurred

Taxis hum

No rest

My voice is a blade

My voice is a bandage

Washing off the chemicals

Putting on the gold

Walking to the center stage

Hand on the drum

Bridge

They want us quiet

They want us small

We are the giants

We are the wall

Stronger

Higher

Brighter

They want us quiet

They want us small

Chorus

Give me the medicine

Give me the heat

Give me the medicine

Give me the heat

I heal the body

I mend the mind

Ancestors watching

One at a time

One at a time

One at a time

Drop

One at a time

Ancestors watching

Outro

Clinical precision

Ancestral heat

I am the healer

I am the song

Keep moving

Don't stop

Don't stop

Just breathe