Meji is the one

Born with an umbilical cord round my neck

Coulda taken my last breath before I took my first

She realized I was choking put her finger between the chord and my neck

I don’t know her name but God bless the nurse

4 years after, november 99

Lost my biological dad those we’re trying times

Mum was in her 20's tryna raise two kids all by herself

Make I no lie Mama Jay has really tried

The house we lived in the landlord chased us out

No 7 mission street Satellite town

This might sound like a script from a nollywood movie but

My daddy’s dad was the landlord that I talked about

Guess he tried to make amends put my big sister and I in his will Gave us a couple mill and we still got scammed

At least I used part of that money to graduate

Didn’t get half but that’s a story for another day

Yeah

I was born in 95

Wanna live long don't wanna make it to 95

My life has been a bumpy ride

Tryna switch lanes wanna make it to the sunny side

Yeah

I was born in 95

Wanna live long don't wanna make it to 95

My life has been a bumpy ride

I'm tryna switch lanes

Couple years after mum found love again

And he loved me like his and I grew up loving him

He’s my daddy my friend my superman

Kept me warm during harmattan

Didn’t always get what I wanted but I didn’t lack needs

Didn’t grow taller but I didn’t lack beans

Shoutout to my mum, dad and my grandma for setting me straight when I did some bad deeds

Thorns on my hands but it wasn’t always rosy

So I counted on God like catholics did with rosaries

It’s been a couple years since we last spoke

Haven’t been to church cause sometimes I feel like God wears a blindfold

Never taking a day off

Working night shifts till I can afford days off

No briberies I’m hoping this music pays off

Born in 95 don’t wanna die in my 9 to 5

Or get laid off

Yeah

I was born in 95

Wanna live long don't wanna make it to 95

My life has been a bumpy ride

Tryna switch lanes wanna make it to the sunny side

Yeah

I was born in 95

Wanna live long don't wanna make it to 95

My life has been a bumpy ride

I'm tryna switch lanes