Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah

I cannot be nobody for life

Oh-whoa, yeah-yeahI cannot be nobody for life

Do you believe it? (Ohh)

Even if you didn′t

I cannot be nobody for life

I dey beat my chest (ohh)

As I dey look myself, yes

Sayin', "I cannot be nobody for life" (ayy-oh)

Because waka-waka, waka no fit me

Mmm-mm, mm

Suffer, suffer, suffer no fit me

Lemme-lemme tell you

I, I-I-I, I-I, I (ayy, yeah)

I, I-I-I, I

I cannot be nobody for life

I, I-I-I, I-I, I (yo-yo oh)

I, I-I-I, I

I cannot be nobody for life

Me, I no fit kill myself

Me, I no fit kill myself (ohh)

So, I go dey be myself (uhn)

So, I go dey carry myself (uhn)

Smoke up and free myself, be myself

′Cause wahala wey full my head

Wahala wey full my head

No dey gree make boy rest

No dey gree make man rest

No dey gree make, whoa-oh

Me and my baby will dance

Me and my baby will dance

We dance 'til we tire

We will dance from night 'til the mornin′

Me and my baby, we ′mile

Me and my baby, we smile

We smile 'til we die, ah-yea′

We will smile from night 'til the mornin′

Lemme-lemme tell you

I, I-I-I, I-I, I (my baby, my baby)

I, I-I-I, I

I cannot be nobody for life

I, I-I-I, I-I, I (yo-yo oh)

I, I-I-I, I (ohh)

I cannot be nobody for life

Because waka, waka, waka no fit me

Mmm-mm, mm (ohh)

Suffer, suffer, suffer no fit me

Lemme-lemme tell you

I, I-I-I, I-I, I

I, I-I-I, I

I cannot be nobody for life

I, I-I-I, I-I, I (oh-oh, yo-yo)

I, I-I-I, I

I cannot be nobody for life