DEM NO KNOW

Things wey I no dey talk, things wey I no dey confess
Sometimes I smile, but my mind dey somewhere else
Everybody see the outside, nobody know myself

Dem go say, “See am, this one dey enjoy”
“See am, nothing dey worry am, na pampered boy”
But if you know the things wey I face when nobody dey
You go understand why I be the way I be today

Pre-Chorus

Some words no be ordinary words
E fit touch wound wey never heal
You fit laugh and call am ordinary joke
But you no know wetin person dey feel

Chorus

Dem no know, dem no know
Wetín I don see for this life
Dem no know, dem no know
How many times I nearly lose my mind

Dem see me smile, dem say I dey okay
Dem see me stand, dem no know say I nearly break
So before you talk, before you judge my life
Remember say you no know wetín person dey fight

Verse 2

I don learn say sometimes silence na survival
Sometimes you keep quiet just to avoid another battle
I don hear words wey still dey ring for my head
Even though many years don pass, e never really dead

Dem say, “Forget am, na old story”
But how you go forget wetin still dey hunt you?
I dey try bury yesterday inside tomorrow
But some memories still dey follow me everywhere I go

I no dey ask anybody make dem pity me
I just dey try find peace and become who I wan be
If I no trust you quick, no mean say I hate you
Na because people wey I trust before don teach me caution

Pre-Chorus

So if you see me keeping distance
No assume say I think say I pass you
Maybe I dey fight something inside
And I never find the words to tell you

Chorus

Dem no know, dem no know
Wetín I don see for this life
Dem no know, dem no know
How many times I nearly lose my mind

Dem see me smile, dem say I dey okay
Dem see me stand, dem no know say I nearly break
So before you talk, before you judge my life
Remember say you no know wetín person dey fight

Bridge

I get pain wey I never post
Tears wey nobody ever see
I get nights wey I ask myself
“Why this life dey happen to me?”

But I still wake up
I still move on
Even when my heart heavy
I still carry myself go on

Maybe I no strong like you think
Maybe I just no get choice
Maybe the smile wey you dey see
Na the only way I find to survive

Final Chorus

Dem no know, dem no know
How many times I don fall
Dem no know, dem no know
How many times I stand up again

Dem see today, dem no see yesterday
Dem see the smile, dem no see the tears
So when you see me, abeg choose your words
'Cause you no know the battle wey person dey fight

Outro

So when you see me...

No just say, “Na she again.”
No just say, “Na him dey overreact.”

You no know the story.
You only see the person.

Dem no know. 🖤