Surulere Undertow

[Verse 1]
The August rain on the tin roof of that one-room in Ijesha.
I swear that sound, e be the same since the year after I left ya.
Was tryna build a new harbour with no water from my father's well.
Changed the locks on every door, but the tide still rings the bell.

[Chorus]
They say blood e no be water, but this one get current oh.
This Surulere undertow, e dey pull me where I no wan go.
E dey pull me where I no wan go.

[Verse 2]
I remember Mama Ade, shelling egusi by the gutter side.
She see my face, she just dey laugh, say 'You get your papa ocean eyes.'
She told me, "Femi, you no fit run from the river wey give you name."
I spent my youth tryna prove her wrong, building castles in the rain.

[Chorus]
They say blood e no be water, but this one get current oh.
This Surulere undertow, e dey pull me where I no wan go.
E dey pull me where I no wan go.

[Bridge]
Done fighting the wave, no more swimming for the shore.
If this current is my blueprint, what am I fighting for?
Let it pull me under, maybe peace is on the ocean floor.

[Chorus]
(Key Change)
'Cause blood e no be water, and this one get current oh.
This Surulere undertow, e dey show me where I need to go.
E dey show me where I need to go.

[Outro]
The rain don stop now.
Omo, the current know the way.