Reason With Me – English Lyrics

• By: Rudeboy

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the heartfelt narrative of Rudeboy's "Reason With Me" to explore themes of perseverance and loyalty. This Afrobeats/Afro-Soul track offers a relatable story about navigating love through life's financial ups and downs, providing a rich context to understand Nigerian Pidgin English and contemporary African storytelling through music.

[English]

Lord sky on the beat

Abi you wan make I die

She turn my love down low

She talk say I dey po po

She wan know the ko ko

Yeh

But I want to give you some love

She talk say I dey po po

She still wan know the ko ko

Yeh

If money no dey na wetin she gain o

She tell me say she go runaway

She go run very faraway

As the raba don dey

The baby come dey mellow

See the baby don come again

You don forget back inna days

I bin dey beg you to try

Reason with me

If I no get today

I go get am tomorrow

Abi you want make I die

E no easy for me

If I no get today

I go get am tomorrow

Say one for the money

Two for the doe

Three for the shawty

Now I don blow

One for the money

Two for the doe

Three for the shawty

Now I don blow

One for the money

Two for the doe

Three for the shawty

Now I don blow

One for the money

Two for the doe

Three for the shawty

Now I don blow

You see this life

No be So

I remember, remember the month of December

No loving, no caring, no tender

You rejected my love cause I was broke

I bin dey enter okada

From Idumota straight to Alaba

Ewo

How I wish say

You believe me

Back then in gwagwalada

Those days in UniAbuja

You insist-ed

You don't need me

Girl I try everything to spend my life with you

I bin dey beg you to try

Reason with me

If I no get today

I go get am tomorrow

Abi you want make I die

E no easy for me

If I no get today

I go get am tomorrow

Say one for the money

Two for the doe

Three for the shawty

Now I don blow

One for the money

Two for the doe

Three for the shawty

Now I don blow

One for the money

Two for the doe

Three for the shawty

Now I don blow

One for the money

Two for the doe

Three for the shawty

Now I don blow

If money no dey (If money no dey)

Na so she say she go runaway

As the raba don dey

The baby come dey mellow

See the baby don come again

You don forget back inna days

I bin dey beg you to try

Reason with me

If I no get today

I go get am tomorrow

Abi you want make I die

E no easy for me

If I no get today

I go get am tomorrow

Say one for the money

Two for the doe

Three for the shawty

Now I don blow

One for the money

Two for the doe

Three for the shawty

Now I don blow

One for the money

Two for the doe

Three for the shawty

Now I don blow

One for the money

Two for the doe

Three for the shawty

Now I don blow

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
money /ˈmʌni/ A2	noun - coins or notes used to buy things
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone or something
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot
baby /ˈbeɪbi/ A1	noun - a very young child
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the existence of a person or living thing
easy /ˈiːzi/ A2	adjective - not difficult
forget /fəˈɡet/ A2	verb - to be unable to remember
try /traɪ/ A1	verb - to make an effort to do something
reason /ˈriːzən/ B1	noun - a cause or explanation for something verb - to think logically to form a conclusion
back /bæk/ A2	noun - the rear part of the body from neck to tail
blow /bloʊ/ B2	verb - to move air or be moved by air verb - to spend or waste money quickly
mellow /ˈmɛloʊ/ C1	adjective - soft, pleasant, and not harsh
reject /rɪˈdʒɛkt/ B2	verb - to refuse to accept
believe /bɪˈliːv/ A2	verb - to accept as true or real

Key Grammar Structures

• Reason with me

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ In this line, the word "Reason" is in the imperative mood, giving a direct instruction or request with an implied subject (you).

• Abi you wan make I die

  ➔ Question particle 'Abi' + 'wan' for future intention

  ➔ The line uses the question particle "Abi" to pose a yes/no question; "wan" marks future intention or desire, and the structure centers on the desire to cause action (I die).

• If I no get today I go get am tomorrow

  ➔ First conditional with future 'go' as future tense marker

  ➔ This line expresses a real conditional: if the speaker does not have today, they will obtain it tomorrow. The word "go" acts as a future marker in pidgin English.

• If money no dey na wetin she gain o

  ➔ Present simple with negation 'no dey' + topical 'na' + question about result

  ➔ The line uses the present simple with the negation "no dey" to mean 'doesn't have/there is no'; "na" is a topic/emphasis marker, and the clause asks what she gains from money.

• You don forget back inna days

  ➔ Present perfect aspect 'don' for completed action with relevance now

  ➔ The line uses the perfect aspect marker "don" to indicate a completed past action with present relevance (you forgot in the past days).

• I bin dey beg you to try

  ➔ Past progressive/habitual 'bin dey'

  ➔ The line uses the past progressive/habitual marker "bin dey" to express ongoing or repeated past action (I was begging you to try).

• I bin dey enter okada

  ➔ Past habitual with 'bin dey' + verb of action

  ➔ The line shows past habitual action with the marker "bin dey" describing a repeated past behavior (I used to enter an okada).

• You insist-ed

  ➔ Simple past tense with regular '-ed' ending

  ➔ The line uses the regular past tense ending "-ed" on 'insist' to indicate a completed past action (You insisted).

• The baby come dey mellow

  ➔ Present progressive aspect with 'dey' marking ongoing action

  ➔ The line uses the continuous aspect with the particle "dey" to express an ongoing state (the baby is mellowing).

• Now I don blow

  ➔ Present perfect with 'don' indicating recent relevance or present result

  ➔ The line uses the perfect marker "don" to indicate that success has happened recently or that there is a present result (Now I’ve blown).