Iridium Dial

[Verse 1]
My antenna still smell of diesel from the Apapa dock
I remember his thumb scrolling names, racing the clock
Held Mama's prayer word-for-word through a Guinea squall
Her voice like small signal, "Bayo, you stand tall?"
Now I'm just watching the Lagos sun hit the wall.

[Chorus]
And now I just listen
To the ice in the glass go 'kpon'
Hear the log drum from the speaker hum
My boy don land, my boy don come.

[Verse 2]
Three-AM calls, the timezone a thief in the night
He'd plot her coordinates by my small charging light
I was the cold metal witness to every 'I miss you' brief
Now I just sit here on top this polished teak leaf.

[Chorus]
And now I just listen
To the ice in the glass go 'kpon'
Hear the log drum from the speaker hum
My boy don land, my boy don come.

[Bridge]
He crossed that horizon line I only heard him see
Now his own smooth verse the only signal he need.

[Outro]
The music get louder.
The glass go 'kpon' again.