Bando Diaries

Bando Reflections: Life's Choices and Hidden Struggles Unveiled
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Lyrics

Yo said the bandos hot but the AC cold

Expressing contrasting conditions in the bando (abandoned house): hot due to illegal activities, but the AC (air conditioning) is cold.

Could’ve lost your bro

Reflecting on the potential loss of a friend or "bro."

Thank God you ain’t take that road

Grateful for avoiding a dangerous path or decision.

More time on the block it’s snow (This shit be crazy road on a daily)

Spending a significant amount of time on the block (street) while dealing with the challenges of life, metaphorically described as "snow."

Yeah mums always said I got a heart of gold

Acknowledging a positive trait attributed to the speaker by their mother.

Told her I got me a clothing brand

Informing the mother about owning a clothing brand but keeping the illegal activities hidden.

She don’t even know how many grams I sold

Contrasting the mother's perception with the undisclosed involvement in drug dealing ("grams I sold").

She don’t even know how many packs get flown

Highlighting the secrecy around the quantity of drugs being trafficked.

She could never know about the numerous cheffins

Emphasizing the mother's ignorance of criminal activities, specifically violent confrontations ("numerous cheffins").

She could never know about the lies I told

Admitting to lying to the mother about various aspects of the speaker's life.

She can never know that we live this life

Suggesting that the mother should remain unaware of the dangerous lifestyle.

She should never know that her boy touched road

Revealing that the speaker has ventured into the risky world of the streets without the mother's knowledge.

She can never know bout 18 I was outside with (All of the hoes)

Recalling events at the age of 18, possibly involving multiple relationships ("All of the hoes").


So I do this chick like WWE

Drawing a metaphor comparing interactions with a person to WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment).

And I’m tagging in all of the bros

Involving friends ("bros") in the speaker's personal affairs.

And I’m too blunt said I ain’t running you running you steeze

Asserting a straightforward and blunt attitude, not allowing others to take advantage.

If you’ve never really been to a show (Yo)

Reflecting on experiences at a live performance or show.

The last time I had to drive down Stratford

Recalling a past experience in Stratford involving a backwood (cigar) and a romantic encounter.

I was with a backwood with a bad bitch getting dome

Describing a recent studio session with a friend ("bro").

Last night I was in the stu with bro

Reiteration of the bandos being hot with a cold AC.

The bandos hot but the AC cold

Repeating the theme of contrasting conditions in the bando.


Said the bandos hot but the AC cold

Repetition of the theme highlighting the duality of the bando's environment and the speaker's concealed activities from the mother.

Could’ve lost your bro

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Thank God you ain’t take that road

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More time on the block it’s snow (This shit be crazy, road on a daily)

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Yeah mums always said I got a heart of gold

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Told her I got me a clothing brand

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But she don’t even know how many grams I sold

-

Said the bandos hot but the AC cold

-

Could’ve lost your bro

-

Thank God you ain’t take that road

-

More time on the block it’s snow (This shit be crazy road on a daily)

-

Yeah mums always said I got a heart of gold

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Told her I got me a clothing brand

-

But she don’t even know how many grams I sold

-

My mama no know say back in 010

Sharing a flashback to 2010, flaunting and trapping in Arizo, suggesting involvement in illegal activities.

I dey flaunt and trap Arizo

Mentioning the consumption of coco (possibly cocaine) in the bando with drug users.

I dey blow coco for the Bando

Describing a scene involving crack heads in the bando.

With the crack heads and co

Referencing a location called Shitta Tafri to Ikpodo, possibly indicating a rough neighborhood.

No be shitta tafri to ikpodo

Engaging in drug-related activities, burning cocaine, and smoking kpo (possibly a type of cannabis).

We dey burn cocaine and kpo

Equating formalin (a preservative) with weed, suggesting a nonchalant attitude towards harmful substances.

Formalin and weed na the same thing

Asserting that drug dealing has been happening discreetly, unnoticed by the authorities.

Dealer been dey sell on code

Describing the secretive nature of drug dealing ("sell on code").

Nobody been know

Highlighting the clandestine nature of drug activities ("Nobody been know").

YP wey your scale

Asking about the whereabouts of YP's weighing scale, suggesting concern about losing profits.

Be like say my food don begin reduce again

Expressing worry about a potential decrease in drug quantity or quality.

I wan know my faith make I know whether I go

Expressing a desire to understand fate before making decisions about drug trafficking.

Begin dey flip my weight

Contemplating a shift in lifestyle, possibly referencing the drug trade.

I go begin confront the man wey dey suffocate

Expressing a readiness to confront challenges, particularly those suffocating the speaker.

All my men for gate

Referring to associates at the gate, possibly guarding the speaker's territory.

With a physical touch I go track the bastard

Repetition of the theme highlighting the duality of the bando's environment and the speaker's concealed activities from the mother.

Before I detonate

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Before I contemplate him life o

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Before I deliberate

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Odumodublvck don secure the drugs

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Big boys oya tap my line

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Oya send my gwap

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How many No be ten bag

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Better wire half o

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If you want flex my smoke

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Na the kind men I dey trap with

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Small boys better leave my phone

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Said the bandos hot but the AC cold

-

Could’ve lost your bro

-

Thank God you ain’t take that road

-

More time on the block it’s snow (This shit be crazy road on a daily)

-

Yeah mums always said I got a heart of gold

-

Told her I got me a clothing brand

-

But she don’t even know how many grams I sold

-

Said the bandos hot but the AC cold

-

Could’ve lost your bro

-

Thank God you ain’t take that road

-

More time on the block it’s snow (This shit be crazy road on a daily)

-

Yeah mums always said I got a heart of gold

-

Told her I got me a clothing brand

-

But she don’t even know how many grams I sold

-
The lyrics of this song contain explicit content.
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