Much of The Evil Genius was created in Kokrobite, a beachside village near Accra, where Mr Eazi set up shop with Kel-P and other trusted friends and collaborators in 2021. It was there that Eazi and Kel-P aligned on “Òròkórò,” which boasts one of the album’s most lush arrangements and its most high-profile guest feature, Angelique Kidjo. In an early form, the track featured a sample of the afropop queen’s ‘90s-era hit “Wombo Lombo” on its hook. “Wombo Lombo” became “Òròkórò,” after they recruited Kidjo to sing on the track, and put a fresh spin on the melody. “It so happened that both Kel-P and I were working with Angelique Kidjo at the time,” Mr Eazi says. Both appeared on the iconic singer’s Grammy-winning 2021 album, Mother Nature.
Lyrics are largely in Yoruba, expressing a mix of spirituality and gratitude. “I am saying: What God has done for me in secret can't be quiet, you can see the love God has shown me,” Mr Eazi says. What began as a beat on Kel-P’s computer in Lagos would travel across West Africa, from Nigeria to Ghana and, finally, Benin. “We literally finished it in a house on a lagoon in Ouidah,” Mr Eazi recalls, citing the city in Benin, which also happens to be the birthplace of Angelique Kidjo. “That’s a very spiritual place.”
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Lyrics
Òròkórò
Zagadat
Oh oh oh
Òròkórò
Oun toba wun elenu lo fin soro (Òròkórò)
Kosi ohun telefi eledamishey (Òròkórò)
You know sey normally me o kin kpariwo (Òròkórò)
Oun toluwa shey ko to ni koro
Oya follow me kalor o
Make you see the kind of love I dey see
Oya follow me kalor o (ye)
Tele mi Ja lor o
Make you see the kind of love Oluwa show me
me o le Kparo o
Kparo o
‘cause all the money wey you get o
You no fit carry am go below
And all the padi wey you get o
Oju lari we no know the koko
Upon the nose wey we geti o
We no fit smell all the bad people
Na baba god wey me get o
Na baba god wey me get o
Oh oh Ye
Oun toba wun elenu lo fin soro (Òròkórò)
Kosi ohun telefi eledamishey (Òròkórò)
You know sey normally me o kin kpariwo (Òròkórò)
Oun toluwa shey ko to ni koro
Mmm Who badda
Kosi ohun badda
Throw me arrow
mo dapada
I dey pray to Jesu Jah Jehovah
Givey thanks ‘cause everything In order
Thank you Lord for giving mana
Only peace wey I desire
As an old Soulja
I no retire
Thousand years I go still dey fire
‘Cause all the money wey you get o
You no fit carry am go below
And all the padi wey you get o
Oju lari we no know the koko
Upon the nose wey we geti o
We no fit smell all the bad people
Na baba God wey me get o
Na baba God wey me get o
Oh oh ye
Oun toba wun elenu lo fin soro (Òròkórò)
Kosi ohun telefi eledamishey
Oh oh oh
You know sey normally me o kin kpariwo (Òròkórò)
Oun toluwa shey KO to ni koro
È dami lohoun
È djè n’korin
È djè n’djayé
N’tori ayé odoun o
Ewa didé, ewa ka lo djo
È dami lohoun
È djè n’korin
È djè n’djayé
N’tori ayé odoun o
Ewa didé, ewa ka lo djo
Onikaloukou ti o wa ayé
Òròkórò
Oni Iya oni baba o
Ho ho
Oluwa loni ashè agbara
Òròkórò
Èrora ti aba fè soro o
Ewa didé, ewa ka lo djo
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