Call Me Every Day – English Lyrics

• By: Chris Brown, WizKid
• Album: BREEZY

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the smooth rhythms of 'Call Me Every Day' by Chris Brown and Wizkid. This Afro-fusion track, with its blend of English and Pidgin English lyrics, offers a unique opportunity to experience linguistic diversity through music while enjoying its heartfelt message of enduring love and longing. Its infectious beat and relatable themes make it a great song for language learners to pick up new vocabulary and phrases.

[English]

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♪ Call me baby, play back some more ♪

♪ Come rewind oh (rewind oh) ♪

♪ Girl, I got the money wey fit make you mine o ♪

♪ Give you lovin' every night, fit make you mad oh (mad oh) ♪

♪ Na only you gimme love wey make me nice oh, nice oh, nice oh ♪

♪ Haffi make you mine oh (mine oh) ♪

♪ Girl, I love you, plus I'll never make you minus ♪

♪ If I let you smoke, is you gon' lose my lighter? ♪

♪ If you paranoid, then I'ma spend the night ♪

♪ You talkin' that lovin' every day (every day) ♪

♪ Tell me nicely, if na money, I go pay (pay) ♪

♪ For your love, I go pay on ♪

♪ E dey make e man dey chase on, uh ♪

♪ I fit no dey call you every day ♪

♪ When you call, run it back on replay ♪

♪ For your love, I go pay on ♪

♪ For your lov , I go play on, oh-wey ♪

♪ Make her psycho, make I drive you psycho ♪

♪ Baby, every night, say, I go drive you psycho ♪

♪ Heavy, heavy-duty don dey make me mad oh (mad oh) ♪

♪ Make you, make you sing, sing to the mic oh ♪

♪ You're my queen, girl, you are that, lookin' in your eyes oh ♪

♪ Show you many things you can utilize oh ♪

♪ If I say "I love you", then I tell you like so (I love you) ♪

♪ Show you everythin' when I get to my zone ♪

♪ True that, make you utilize oh ♪

♪ Girl, when we talk, things dey way go revive oh ♪

♪ Give you many things wey go dey make you dance oh ♪

♪ Girl, make your back up to the stand, I might go ♪

♪ Let his phone ring and he never call you back, you should leave him (woo) ♪

♪ Let me put some money in your bag, you don't need him ♪

♪ What I mean is, if he do you bad, give me a reason It ain't where you been ♪

♪ Girl, it's where you at (where you at?) ♪

♪ You talkin' that lovin' every day (oh) ♪

♪ Tell me nicely, if na money, I go pay (play) ♪

♪ For your love, I go pay on (play it for you) ♪

♪ E dey make e man dey chase on (ooh, yeah) ♪

♪ Oh, I fit no dey call you every day (call me, yeah) ♪

♪ When you call, run it back on replay (replay it back) ♪

♪ For your love, I go pay on (oh) ♪

♪ For your love, I go play on, oh-wey ♪

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Hey, I got the food

Where you at?

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
call /kɔːl/ A1	verb - to speak loudly or summon
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for
play /pleɪ/ A1	verb - to engage in activity for enjoyment verb - to perform or execute (music)
money /ˈmʌni/ A1	noun - a medium of exchange
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period of darkness between one day and the next
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot verb - to manage or operate
back /bæk/ A1	noun - the rear surface of the body adverb - in or towards the rear
tell /tel/ A1	verb - to communicate information
mad /mæd/ A2	adjective - angry
nice /naɪs/ A2	adjective - pleasant or attractive
leave /liːv/ A2	verb - go away from
pay /peɪ/ A2	verb - to give money in exchange for goods or services
dance /dæns/ A2	verb - to move rhythmically to music
sing /sɪŋ/ A2	verb - to make musical sounds with the voice
queen /kwiːn/ B1	noun - female ruler of a kingdom
utilize /ˈjuːtəlaɪz/ B2	verb - to make practical and effective use of
revive /rɪˈvaɪv/ B2	verb - restore to life or consciousness
paranoid /ˈpærənɔɪd/ C1	adjective - characterized by excessive distrust or suspicion
heavy-duty /ˌhɛvi ˈdjuːti/ C1	adjective - made to withstand hard wear or intensive use
psycho /ˈsaɪkoʊ/ C2	adjective - Informal. crazy or mentally unstable

Key Grammar Structures

• Girl, I got the money wey fit make you mine o

  ➔ Use of "wey" as a relative pronoun

  ➔ "Wey" is used here as a non-standard relative pronoun, similar to "that" or "which." It connects the clause "fit make you mine o" to "the money."

• Give you lovin' every night, fit make you mad oh (mad oh)

  ➔ Ellipsis (omission) of "that" or "which" in the relative clause; Use of 'fit' for 'can/able to'

  ➔ The implied sentence is "lovin' every night *that* fit make you mad." "Fit" is a colloquialism that means "able to" or "can".

• Na only you gimme love wey make me nice oh, nice oh, nice oh

  ➔ Use of "Na" as emphatic marker; Repetition for emphasis

  ➔ "Na" is used for emphasis, similar to "It's only you" or "Only you." The repetition of "nice oh" reinforces the feeling of being good or kind due to the love received.

• I fit no dey call you every day

  ➔ Use of "fit" to mean "might"; Double negative "fit no dey"

  ➔ "Fit" in this context means "might." "Fit no dey" is a double negative, but in this dialect, it emphasizes the possibility that he might not call every day.

• When you call, run it back on replay

  ➔ Imperative verb "run" (meaning 'play')

  ➔ "Run it back" is an imperative, a command to play something again. "Run" is used here colloquially instead of the more standard word "play."

• Let his phone ring and he never call you back, you should leave him

  ➔ Use of "Let" in the sense of "If" (conditional); Suggestion with 'should'

  ➔ "Let his phone ring and he never call you back" means "If his phone rings and he never calls you back". "You should leave him" gives a suggestion what to do in that situation.

• It ain't where you been Girl, it's where you at (where you at?)

  ➔ Contraction "ain't"; Focus on present location (where you "at")

  ➔ "Ain't" is a contraction of "is not" or "are not". The focus is shifted from the past ("where you been") to the present location ("where you at"), emphasizing the importance of the current situation.