JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Essence" merupakan sebuah lagu Afropop R&B yang dilantunkan oleh seorang penyanyi asal Nigeria, Wizkid bersama dengan penyanyi wanita bernama Tems.
Ia merilis lagu ini pada 2020 lalu dalam album bertajuk Made in Lagos.
Singel ini menjadi lagu pertama dari penyanyi asal Nigeria yang masuk dalam tangga lagu Billboard Hot 100.
Musik video lagu ini pun sudah tayang sebanyak 17 juta kali hingga Kamis (29/7/2021).
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu One Dance - Khalid feat. Wizkid & Kyla
Berikut ini lirik lagu "Essence" dari Wizkid dan Tems:
[Intro: Wizkid]
Ohh naa naa
Omo je ka shi ge ge woah
Ohh naa naa
Omo ge wa j'ogede
Ohh naa naa
Girl I no go let you go
Ohh naa naa
Omo je ka shi ge ge woah
[Verse 1: Tems]
Say I wanna leave you in the mornin'
But I need you now, yeah, yeah
I find you, I give you all you needin'
I know you what you like
I feel it comin'
Time is of the essence
I tried to teach you
But I'm gon' need some lessons
I need to give it all
I tried to leave but I can't
I don't know why, you're the one
Turn me out of my mind
[Chorus: Tems]
You don't need no other body
You don't need no other body
Only you fi hold my body
Only you fi hold my body
You don't need no other body
[Verse 2: Wizkid]
Say na me dey mess up your mind
And na me dey make you free up your mind
Say your body talk to me nice
Say na my love, you dey need for your life
Yeah our love no be lie
See yeah we dey together yeah day and night
Yeah if I leave you go kpai
Yeah if you leave I go kpai (Oh, oh woah)
I'm strokin' your body, baby
Lovin' your body, baby
As you're whinin' your body, baby
So crazy
Lovin' your body, baby
Gyal iwo ni temi
I just wanna let you know, oh woah
Hope every day that I dey by you
[Chorus: Tems]
You don't need no other body
You don't need no other body
Only you fi hold my body
Only you fi hold my body
You don't need no other body
[Bridge: Tems & Wizkid]
Baby, baby
Every body used to say
No one loves you like this
No one wants you the same way
Love 'til the mornin'
My head wan' to turn from your lovin'
I just wanna get you beside me (Woah, woah, woah, woah)
Gave you all you need, gave you all you need
Gave you all, you give me all you need, give you all you need, gave you all
Make ah give you all you need
Every touch you need, give you all
Make ah give you all you need, baby
Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
[Chorus: Tems]
You don't need no other body
You don't need no other body (Woah, woah, woah)
Only you fi hold my body
Only you fi hold my body (Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah)
You don't need no other body
[Outro: Wizkid]
Baby girl I want you there
Girl I want you there
Promise to treat your love fair
Woah-woah, woah-woah
When we touch, how we connect
Woah-woah, woah-woah
Said this love, have no regret
Woah-woah, yeah-yeah