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Artist: Wizkid
Track: Essence

Lyrics
Ohh naa naa
Omo je ka shi ge ge whoa
Ohh naa naa
Omo ge wa j'ogede, whoa
Ohh naa naa
Girl I no go let you go
Ohh naa naa
Omo je ka shi ge ge whoa

Say I wanna leave you in the mornin'
But I need you now, yeah, yeah
I find you, I give you all you needin'
I know you what you like
I feel it comin'
Time is of the essence
I tried to teach you
But I might need some lessons
I need to give it all
I tried to leave but I can't
I don't know why, you're the one
Turn me out of my mind

You don't need no other body
You don't need no other body
Only you fi hold my body
Only you fi hold my body
You don't need no other body

Say na me dey mess up your mind
And na me dey make you free up your mind
Say your body talk to me nice
Say na my love, you dey need for your life
Yeah our love no be lie
See yeah we dey together yeah day and night
Yeah if I leave you go kpai
Yeah if you leave I go kpai (oh, oh whoa)
I'm strokin' your body, baby
Lovin' your body, baby
As you're whinin' your body, baby, so crazy
Lovin' your body, baby
Gyal iwo ni temi
I just wanna let you know, ohh
Hope every day that I dey by you

You don't need no other body
You don't need no other body
Only you fi hold my body
Only you fi hold my body
You don't need no other body

Baby, baby
Everybody used to say
No one loves you like this
No one wants you the same way
Love 'til the mornin'
My head wan' to turn from your lovin'
I just wanna get you beside me (whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa)
Gave you all you need, gave you all you need
Gave you all, you give me all you need
Give you all you need, gave you all
Make ah give you all you need
Every touch you need, give you all
Make ah give you all you need, baby
Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah

You don't need no other body
You don't need no other body (whoa, whoa, whoa)
Only you fi hold my body
Only you fi hold my body (yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah)
You don't need no other body

Baby girl I want you there
Girl I want you there
Promise to treat your love fair
Whoa-whoa, whoa-whoa
When we touch, how we connect
Whoa-whoa, whoa-whoa
Said this love, have no regret
Whoa-whoa, yeah-yeah
Full Lyrics and Meaning
SongTell Meaning
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Genius Meanings
Wizkid (Ft. Tems) – Essence
[Intro: Wizkid] / Oh-na-na, omo je ka shi ge ge, woah / Oh-na-na, omo ge wa j'ogede / Oh-na-na, girl, I no go let you go / Oh-na-na, omo je ka shi ge ge, woah / [Verse 1: Tems
Wizkid (Ft. Justin Bieber & Tems) – Essence (Remix)
On the remix to his October 2020 hit single, “Essence,” Wizkid recruits Justin Bieber and Tems, the latter of who was featured on the original version. Justin provides a new verse
Wizkid (Ft. Ghostface Killah, Raekwon & Tems) – Purple Essence
[Verse 1: Ghostface Killah] / Your flesh soak the baguettes of golden set / Your sweats like a sweet mist under your neck / Body movement Sundress Hills / It's out in the air like
Wizkid (Ft. Ayra Starr) – 2 Sugar
[Verse 1: Ayra Starr] / Got a bag full of feelings / And a house full of regrets / This baggages can't fit in no plane, don't mean to digress, hmm / I wanna know what's the reason
Wizkid (Ft. BNXN) – Mood
[Intro: Buju] / Mmm-mmm / Wey come cooli my body, eh eh / [Chorus: Buju] / I’m in the big mood / Girl I dey feel you / Something wey come cooli my body tell me and we'll do / I’m
Tems – Free Mind
[Intro] / Yeah, yeah, yeah / Yeah, yeah, my mind / Yeah, yeah, my mind / [Verse 1] / I said five in the morning / I wake up to fight for my earnings / Fear in my mind is a warning
William Singe (Ft. Kennyon Brown) – Essence
Know he, he playing witchya / Know your heart's so tired of the bullshit / I'll face what he don't ruin / I'll find what he keeps losing / You know I been waiting for the time
Wizkid (Ft. Burna Boy) – Ginger
[Chorus: Burna Boy & Wizkid] / If you want make I ginger give me the kokoro / Ma ko je bi jollof / Anywhere I go / Je kan mo pe mo ma gbomo lo / No dey do like bolo / If you want
Wizkid (Ft. Projexx & Tay Iwar) – True Love
[Intro: Wizkid] / Faaji lawa, omoge jowo ma lo gbon / Faaji lawa, omoge jowo ma lo gbon / Faaji lawa, omoge jowo ma lo gbon / Faaji lawa, omoge jowo ma lo gbon / (Juls baby) / [
DaBaby – Essence Freestyle
[Intro] / Yeah, these niggas got me fucked up, too, nigga / You know what I'm sayin'? / Let's go / [Verse 1] / These niggas sleepin' on the wave, they ain't feelin' me (Okay) / His
Wizkid (Ft. Skepta) – Longtime
[Intro: Skepta] / Yeah / [Verse 1: Skepta] / I met her on the high street, she too sweet / I said, "What's good?", she told me, "You'll see" / Said she livin' life like a movie / I
Wizkid – Sweet One
[Verse 1] / Make nobody talk about our love tonight, yeah / And I pray say make nobody quench this fire, yeah / Say, so many things that I wish tonight, yeah / And I wan know if
Wizkid (Ft. Damian Marley) – Blessed
[Intro] / Cold mineral, cold pure water / [Wizkid] / Woah Woah / [Bridge: Damian Marley] / I might be rough around the edges, maybe yes / I keep it nappy and I do what make me
Bluxxi – Essence (Cover)
Big shout out to Wizkid, Tems, Justin Bieber, and the whole team behind the original track, huge inspiration! Wizkid – MADE IN LAGOS alternate cover
Wizkid – No Stress
[Chorus] / I got the pretty pretty lady wey no like no stress / She got her own but she need some love / She got her own but she need some love / Then she tell me say na only me
Wizkid – Steady
This song is written by Tay Iwar & Wizkid Produced by P2J.
Wizkid – Gyrate
London / [Verse 1] / Yeah another day you let the fire burn / Me and my people let the thing dey burn / Say we dey together through the fire or storm / If they wan test yeah / Yeah
Spotify – Today's Top Hits 8/20/21 (feat. Doja Cat)
1. The Kid LAROI - Stay (feat. Justin Bieber) / 2. Doja Cat - Need To Know / 3. Lil Nas X - INDUSTRY BABY (feat. Jack Harlow) / 4. Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits / 5. Måneskin - Beggin
Spotify – Today's Top Hits 10/1/21 (feat. Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow)
1. Lil Nas X - INDUSTRY BABY (feat. Jack Harlow) (+1) / 2. The Kid LAROI - Stay (with Justin Bieber) (+1) / 3. Ed Sheeran - Shivers (-2) / 4. Doja Cat - Woman (=) / 5. Glass
Tiffany Calver (Ft. The ADZ, ARZ, Cristale, Jords, Knucks, Miss Lafamilia & ShaSimone) – Abbey Road Cypher: Pain is the Essence
[Verse 1: Knucks] / Yo, big up Tiffany Calver, 1Xtra, you know, Knucks / Uh, they should've never let me grab the mic / Think of a rapper that man is like talent wise / I'll wait
Wizkid (Ft. Ella Mai) – Piece of Me
[Intro] / Yeah man / [Verse 1: Wizkid] / Sweet, sweet energy / I need, to feel pon your body one more time, yeah, yeah / The sweetest I've ever seen, woah, woah / I mean it, woah
Wizkid – Reckless
[Refrain] / Dem inna, inna, inna, inna, inna (No lie) / I know sey dem go pray on my downfall / I'm still a winner, winner, winner, winner, winner (Spiritual) / Me never let them
Tems – Crazy Tings
Following a multitude of recent successes, namely her collaboration with Wizkid and subsequently Justin Bieber on “Essence” and a Drake feature on Certified Lover Boy with “
Roy Woods – Essence (RoyMix)
[Intro] / (Ooh, ooh) / (Ooh, ooh yeah, oooh) / (Ooh, ooh) / [Verse 1] / Put your heart on leeway / Cause I can't let you go baby / Let me know if you stayin' late / Cause I got
Wizkid (Ft. H.E.R.) – Smile
[Intro: Wizkid] / It's gonna be so nice, so nice / Ah-ah-ah, so nice / Hol' on / [Verse 1: Wizkid] / I can be your substance / It's easy when the love don't hide / No hide, no hide
Skepta (Ft. Wizkid) – Energy (Stay Far Away)
North London grime artist Skepta and Nigerian afrobeats star Wizkid come through with a timely message. The track sees Skepta working with Wizkid for the first time officially
All Articles
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Caro Caxi – Cuff It (Beyoncé Spanglish Version)
[Intro] / I'm in the mood to roll somethin' up / [Verse] / Voy de party toa' mis ladies / Noche de arrebato, 'tamos todas bien crazy / Pa' mi gato es una tortura / Me ha estado
Wizkid – Mighty Wine
[Chorus] / Dance / E get the way e dey do me / Omoge make you dance / Say I dey find you truly ( yeah) / Gimme mighty wind o / E get the way e dey do me (Yeah yeah) / Dance / Say I
Wizkid – Anoti
[Intro] / Yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah / (How e dey go now) / Yeah, oh, yeah, yeah / Yeah / Mm, mm-hmm, mm / Mm, hmm, mm / (Pppp!) / [Chorus] / Turn up your body, make you feel alright
Caro Caxi – Essence (WizKid, Tems & Justin Bieber Spanglish Version)
[Intro] / Sólo tú / Sólo tú / Yeah-yeah / [Verse 1] / ¿De que vale escuchar a la gente? / Si nuestra conexión no la entienden / ¿Para qué negar los placeres? / No puedo aunque a
Shaydee (Ft. Wizkid) – Make Sense
[Intro] / Classic / (506 Music) / Hey! / Ohh na-na-na-na-na-na (na-na-na) / (Starboy) / [Chorus: Shay Dee] / Omo you dey make sense, haa oh yeah / Make sense, haa oh yeah / Make
Wizkid (Ft. Terri) – Roma
[Intro: Wizkid] / Eh / You know / Sometimes say the magic you dey feel inside is like gold / Blaq Jerzee on the Beat / [Verse 1: Wizkid] / See na magic feeling do do / See that
Wizkid – Grace
[Verse 1] / Say you no believe what my eyes done face / If I got a bad bitch, tell me all is okay / Ah dey, burn my zoot, and I run my race / And I stand, real tall, no matter what
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Genius Artists
Wizkid
Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun (born July 16, 1990) is a Nigerian recording artist and composer from Lagos, Nigeria, better known by his stage name Wizkid. Wizkid’s life centered around
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Temilade Openiyi (born June 11, 1995) popularly known as Tems is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and an upcoming producer from Lagos, Nigeria. She later moved to the United Kingdom
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The song starts with a repetition of "ohh naa naa" and "omo je ka shi ge ge whoa" which can be translated to "don't shift me" or "don't dodge me." These words ...
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