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Tena Tenpo, Afro-fusion recording artist and songwriter from popular Nigerian collective, Chop Life Crew, is set to release his latest single, titled ‘Benefit Boyz’, his first on London and Johannesburg based label Outer South. Syncing with the fast-paced ascendancy of drill music in Nigeria, he delivers a gritty flow on this drill cut. The single features London based rapper Jawzs, who supplies a hard-hitting intro to the song.
Like most drillers, the track touches on socio-economic issues like drug use; echoing lyrics like “Feeling blue like 542 x 10.” Despite the song’s menacing surface, the duo take snarky shots at the cheap thrills of ‘Benefit Boys’, police harassment & corruption with bars like "They say I do yahoo but man like Jawzs ain’t not benefit boy!" following up with "Officer free all my friends, man I can’t pay 20 but ama pay 10.”
Tena Tenpo moves in for the kill by dissing "Benefit boys" flexing for the public without handling family business; "Doing shit for show like a centerpiece...Benefit boy wey him family no fit benefit from ... bum!" Pairing with even more scathing lines like, "Screaming fuck the world now the world dey fuck you with zero condom, raw!"
Full of beasty wordplay, ‘Benefit Boyz’ is Tena Tenpo’s newest release after his recent EP, ‘Pre-game’. An experimental artist, delving into Afrobeats, rap, and even RnB; in his words, “music is way bigger than a genre. It’s more like sounds of different emotions and times. I just make good music.”
The Lagos-based artist has dropped several projects including ‘Slave II Society’, a joint EP with the talented KD, FLOTFR (For The Ladies On The Runway), and a catalog of versatile tracks.
Currently working on his next EP, ‘Vibes Alive’, the single ‘Benefit Boyz’ is set to be an unforgettable anthem for the Lagos summer.
lyrics
Officer free all my friends
man I can’t pay 20 but ama pay 10
Came through pull up with Toys!
They say I do yahoo
but man like Jawzs ain’t not benefit boy!
But I still ping girls Oi!
Feeling blue like 542 x 10
Man ah freestyle don’t need a pen
Officer free all my friends, man I can’t pay 20 but ama pay 10
Left that talk no back chat
You Better just use my cashapp
Fore you hear say Peter don japa
All the guys come table your matter
Men I couldn’t give a fuck bout a opp
Bang that Skeng on a opp make him drop
OJ, man I’m really on my job
Ask Tino I’m a runner in my socks
Wahala like skateboard
men you better look front keep that thing straight rolling
All my guys do fraud so bring your account
men you know bad boy stay loading
And we run from Sarz
when we just cash out
or the men in black patrolling
When we do 419
and we do it all the time
and you bring your account it’s frozen
Came through pull up with Toys!
They say I do yahoo
but man like Jawzs ain’t not benefit boy!
But I still ping girls Oi!
Feeling blue like 542 x 10
Man ah freestyle don’t need a pen
Officer free all my friends
man I can’t pay 20
but ama pay 10
Came through pull up with Toys!
They say I do yahoo
but man like Jawzs ain’t no benefit boy!
But I still ping girls Oi!
Feeling blue like 542 x 10
Man ah freestyle don’t need a pen
Officer free all my friends
man I can’t pay 20 but ama pay 10
Made a mill of serving meals now Nigga’s mad I did it legit
Guess the shits really sending me fuck boys in they asses like centipedes Doing shit for show like a centerpiece
Making bread
flipping birds
breaking necks
In return for a pocket full of cheese in ozs
Every time I open mouth on top track
I drop lines you wanna stick your nose in
You no catch am abi?
Your brain like your account when efcc nab you
Frozen
Wahala be like bicycle
same Keke dey caught you and your friends snoozing
you dozing, oloshi
Now you come dey find help from niggas you shenked
pele o you’re jonzing!
Benefit boy wey him family no fit benefit from
bum!
Benevolent benefactor of the olobe kingdom
dumb
You no too wise but for street you dey claim you be Solomon (wrong) Screaming fuck the world now the world dey fuck you with zero condom, raw!
Tena Tenpo is a Nigerian recording artist and songwriter based in Lagos, Nigeria.
His sound is a
fusion of rap, dancehall and R&B, while always keeping things experimental.
Working alongside the likes of Tim Lyre, Mojo AF and Timix and as part of Chop Life Crew, he’s now readying new project #VibesAlive, the namesake of his periodic live show in Lagos....more
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