Limoblaze + Ada Ehi - Gold Lyrics

Album: Sunday In Lagos
Released: 28 Oct 2022
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Lyrics

I look all around

I no see anything

Wey go hinder me

Cause the love wey my daddy

Dey give on daily

Dey ginger me


Dem wan give me the dollar

(I say no)

Dem wan give me the pounds oh

(I say no)

Dem say make I sign am

(I say no)

Papa God, nar you I want oh


E be like dem no know say

You’re my heart desire

Anything wey concern you

I no go retire


Cause I got something

More than gold

Oh, my God is more than gold

You’re the lover of my soul

For this thing is

More than gold


Even if nar dollar

Wey dem give me

E no matter

Even if them pull up with a benz

I no go enter

I no go leave your side

We go dey till paradise

Shey you dey feel my vibe

Me I get eternal life o


Even if nar dollar

Wey dem give me

E no matter

Even if them pull up with a benz

I no go enter

I no go leave your side

We go dey till paradise

Shey you dey feel my vibe

Me I get eternal life o


Put am for inside your pata

I no care

For that your dollar

Put am for inside your pata

I no care

For that your dollar

Put am for inside your pata

I no care

For that your dollar

Space, space, space, space, space


This my head, my head

E correct, e correct

This my name, e go loud

E go loud

Oya take a picture

You and me together

In the nearest future

Make you for remember say


E be everything

When I begin no far

I go carry my Jesus

I no go need your car


Cause I got something

More than gold

Oh, my God is more than gold

You’re the lover of my soul

Oh this thing is

More than gold


Even if bar dollar

Wey dem give me

E no matter

Even if them pull up with a benz

I no go enter

I no go leave your side

We go dey till paradise

Shey you dey feel my vibe

Me I get eternal life o


Put am for inside your pata

I no care

For that your dollar

Put am for inside your pata

I no care

For that your dollar

Put am for inside your pata

I no care

For that your dollar

Space, space, space, space, space

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Limoblaze - Gold (Official Music Video) ft. Ada Ehi

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Meaning & Inspiration

Cut the last minute of the track. Seriously. The repetition of "put am for inside your pata" isn’t building tension; it’s just padding the runtime. When you have a message this sharp, you don’t need to drag the beat into the mud just to keep the club moving.

Limoblaze and Ada Ehi have a knack for the infectious, but here, the production risks burying the conviction. The Power Line of this song is simple: "I no go leave your side / We go dey till paradise."

It works because it’s a terrifying promise. In a world where every industry contract, paycheck, and social rung demands a piece of your soul, committing to a trajectory that leads only to eternity—and nothing else—is counter-cultural. It feels like Matthew 16:26 without the Sunday School tone. If you actually gain the world but lose your internal alignment, you’re just a well-dressed hollow shell.

I’m drawn to the line, "Even if them pull up with a benz / I no go enter." It’s not just a rejection of wealth; it’s a rejection of the comfort that wealth buys when that comfort comes at the cost of proximity to God. Most people would hop in the passenger seat without blinking. Limoblaze is articulating a boundary that most Christians are too scared to actually set.

It reminds me of the Israelites wandering in the desert—they constantly looked back at the "onions and garlic" of Egypt because it was familiar, even if it was slavery. The song captures that same tension: the glitter of the dollar vs. the weight of "something more than gold."

But let’s be honest. Does it ring true on a Tuesday morning when the bills are actually due? That’s where the song leaves me hanging. It feels like a bravado-filled manifesto, but the Christian life isn't usually lived in a Benz-rejecting high. It’s lived in the quiet, annoying decisions to stay faithful when nobody is watching and there’s no dance floor to validate your choice.

There’s an unfinished quality here that I actually appreciate. The track insists on its own resolve, but the repetition of the chorus feels like someone trying to convince themselves of the truth. Maybe that’s the point. Faith isn’t a one-time signing of a contract; it’s the daily, stubborn refusal to get in the car with the world. You have to keep saying no until it’s reflexive.

Keep the hook, trim the filler, and maybe we’d have a classic. As it stands, it’s a loud, necessary reminder that your soul is not for sale—even if you have to scream it over the speakers to make sure you hear it yourself.

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