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After watching the video for “49-99” by Tiwa Savage, the first question I asked myself was if the video actually complements the track. To me, the video says one thing and the lyrics say another.
But before I dwell on that, I will like to commend the effort of the director of this masterpiece; he really did a terrific work. I couldn’t help but notice all the girls Tiwa Savage featured in the music video; this is what you call “Gbogbo Brown Skin girls”; Beyonce ma ti se nkan (Beyonce has done something) Her “Brown skin girl” song has really changed the face of nowadays music videos.
What do I mean, after the release of Brown Skin Girl by Beyonce ft Wizkid, Saint Jhn and Blue Ivy ( View the review here- https://ogefash.reviews/2019/07/24/lyricstranslationmeaning-music-reviewbrown-skin-girl-by-beyonce-ft-wizkid-blue-ivy-and-saint-jhn-wizkid-just-dragged-his-verse-he-was-singing-like/) most musicians have now taken interest in using vixens that are brown skinned.
Anyway back to the music, so what is this song really about? The song basically talks about the desire of the songstress to keep working hard in order to have so much money that will help her live a comfortable life rather than the life of a hustler; the kind of life that she has always envisaged. So, she is doing every work possible to get plenty of this money. She doesn’t want to be poor. She wants to live a good life, remain beautiful, buy all the good and expensive things of life like Versace, Bugatti and so on.
However, the video seems to be encouraging people to do whatever they have got to do just to get that money. What ya think?
But wait o, why does the HOOK sound so much like Dbanj
“M a fi owo yen se wan l’eshe (4x) (I will use that money to deal with them)
And why does the Intro sound so much like Burna Boy
“Ti ge ti gi te ge che; Ti ge ti gi te ge che”
Back to the question “Does the vide complement the track?” I seriously doubt that. I can’t even relate the title “49-99” with track and with the video.
In an interview, Tiwa Savage said the title of the song was gotten from late Afrobeat legend “Fela Kuti”; okay so what exactly about it?
She went further to say the song is about the people that are poor and that are suffering. So if truly that’s what the song means, then you can see that the video doesn’t complement the track.
Meanwhile, the latter part of this her video is similar to Iggy Izilea’s video for “Started. (View the review here- https://ogefash.reviews/2019/08/14/lyricstranslationmeaning-music-review-started-by-iggy-izilea-what-exactly-is-the-moral-in-this-iggys-video/) where she killed a rich man. I think Tiwa Savage may have gotten some ideas from the video because she also killed some rich men. Then the outro seems like the concept Cardi B used in the song- Press (View the review here- https://ogefash.reviews/2019/08/14/lyrics-translation-meaning-music-review-clout-by-offset-ft-cardi-b-what-does-clout-really-mean/)
Moving on, this song has two verses while the chorus and pre chorus were taken thrice each. It has a melodious afro beat.
I love the video concept, although I can’t really relate it to the title of the song “49-99” and to the entire lyrics. I love the fact that she took us back to the oldies with the style of hair and costume the ladies had on them. I must really commend their costume, especially that of Tiwa Savage; I so love it!
QUOTE
I get money before no be property o (May mean she worked hard to get her own money. That is, her money is not from property inheritance)
LYRICS TO 49-99 BY TIWA SAVAGE
INTRO
Ti ge ti gi te ge che; Ti ge ti gi te ge che (4x)
49 sitting 99 standing oh my God o
I get money before no be property o
Waiting for danfo, waiting for Uber and Okada (Waiting for commercial bus, Uber and motorcycle)
Omo no be so, me I want to live o ( Friend, this is not how I want to live my life)
PRE CHORUS
I gat to get the dollar; ko kunle (I need plenty dollars; plenty to fill the house)
Plenty plenty mula; aje kunle (I need plenty money; plenty wealth that will fill the home)
Monkey no get skills (E no get skills)
Igi sunmo igi, l’obo fin yo (There are many trees around, that is what makes a monkey rejoice)
I thank you Lord
CHORUS
Mo fe ra versa; mo fe ra Versace (I want to buy Versace)
Mo fe ra buga; mo fe ra bugatti (I want to buy bugatti)
Lepa to dun lepa shandy (Sweet slim lady, so slim)
Ele mummy, ele daddy (Mummy and daddy’s pretty lady)
Dem want to yawa o; dem want to yawa me (They want to put me in trouble)
Dem want to buga; dem want to buga me (They want to control)
Lepa to dun lepa shandy (Sweet slim lady, so slim)
Ele mummy, ele daddy (Mummy and daddy’s pretty lady)
HOOK
M a fi owo yen se wan l’eshe (4x) (I will use that money to deal with them or pepper them)
VERSE 2
E wa ri, e wa ri ise oluwa mi (Come and see the work of my God)
People still doubting who I be.
Ma lo braga o’n shoga mi (Don’t be feeling so pompous cause you are not my boss)
What’s a nation with no army?
PRE CHORUS
I gat to get the dollar; ko kunle (I need plenty dollars; plenty to fill the house)
Plenty plenty mula; aje kunle (I need plenty money; plenty wealth that will fill the home)
Monkey no get skills (E no get skills)
Igi sunmo igi, l’obo fin yo (There are many trees around, that is what makes a monkey rejoice)
I thank you Lord
CHORUS
CHORUS
Mo fe ra versa; mo fe ra Versace (I want to buy Versace)
Mo fe ra buga; mo fe ra bugatti (I want to buy bugatti)
Lepa to dun lepa shandy (Sweet slim lady, so slim)
Ele mummy, ele daddy (Mummy and daddy’s pretty lady)
Dem want to yawa o; dem want to yawa me (They want to put me in trouble)
Dem want to buga; dem want to buga me (They want to control)
Lepa to dun lepa shandy (Sweet slim lady, so slim)
Ele mummy, ele daddy (Mummy and daddy’s pretty lady)
HOOK
M a fi owo yen se wan l’eshe (4x) (I will use that money to deal with them)
OUTRO
Where the money dey go?
where the money dey?
Hustling for money
Just to pay the pay
CHORUS
CHORUS
Mo fe ra versa; mo fe ra Versace (I want to buy Versace)
Mo fe ra buga; mo fe ra bugatti (I want to buy bugatti)
Lepa to dun lepa shandy (Sweet slim lady, so slim)
Ele mummy, ele daddy (Mummy and daddy’s pretty lady)
Dem want to yawa o; dem want to yawa me (They want to put me in trouble)
Dem want to buga; dem want to buga me (They want to control)
Lepa to dun lepa shandy (Sweet slim lady, so slim)
Ele mummy, ele daddy (Mummy and daddy’s pretty lady)
HOOK
M a fi owo yen se wan l’eshe (4x) (I will use that money to deal with them or pepper them)
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR 49-99 BY TIWA SAVAGE BELOW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOoNEi8BlgM
DURATION: 3 MINUTES 26 SECONDS
DIRECTED BY MEJI ALABI
A JM FILMS PRODUCTION
VIEW IMAGES FOR THE SONG 49-99 BY TIWA SAVAGE BELOW
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