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“Love and Life” Lyrics: Johnny Drille, Simi, Basketmouth
Below are the lyrics to “Love and Life” by Basketmouth featuring Simi and Johnny Drille.
“Love and Life” is a single off Basketmouth’s sophomore album- “Horoscopes”
“Love and Life” lyrics
Verse 1: Johnny Drille
Girl you no longer talk to me
If I hurt you I’m so sorry
I’m not calling you a liar
But there’s something you’re not saying
I know I know your desire
Your heart is not here with me
I’ve been feeling insecure
Been trying to earn your love
I’m out of luck cos
You’re in love with a stone-cold killer
Chorus: Johnny Drille
Why don’t you love me like you love yeah yeah
You don’t know I’ve been crying since you left me
You never ring me back
Never ring me back
You never do
Oh Girl are you coming back ?
Are you coming back ?
Or should I leave ?
I won’t lie I’m cold and shiver
Been smoking hurting my liver
I’m seeking and getting that fever
Cos you’re in love with a stone-cold killer
Verse 2: Simi
So why you scared that I let you go go
It’s complicated but I love you so so
You see the heart wants what it wants
I loved him but you got to know that I love you more yeah
Chorus: Simi, Johnny Drille
Why don’t you trust me like I trust you
When everything I do is for you
You never ring me back
Never ring me back
You never do
But boy I be running back
I be running back
Before you move
I won’t lie I’m cold and shiver
Been smoking hurting my liver
I’m seeking and getting that fever
Cos you’re in love with a stone-cold killer
Verse 3: M.I Abaga
Yeah
She no want stone-cold
Keep her with love, on code
You get man?
Don’t worry
Don’t wanna know
I get bottle and get smoke for when you show
No long talk, Please undress just by the door
When our bodies touch, It’s like the moon cries
Let me bless your skin, ah ah
This whole time
Love to listen to you when I’m on top
Like boom mics
So just talk to me, tell me tales by moonlight
Baby
I’ve done many things I’m not proud of, proud of
Enter shit I’m trying get out of, out of
One thing keeps me sane and that’s our love, our love
Your love reminds me of Jah love, Jah love
Chorus: Johnny Drille
Why don’t you love me like you love yeah yeah
You don’t know I’ve been crying since you left me
You never ring me back
Never ring me back
You never do
Oh, Girl are you coming back?
Are you coming back?
Or should I move?
I won’t lie I’m cold and shiver
Been smoking hurting my liver
I’m seeking and getting that fever
Cos you’re in love with a stone-cold killer
1) Love and Life- Basketmouth, Johnny Drille, MI Abaga, Basketmouth
“Love and life” opens with Johnny Drille’s verse and he sets a good pace for the song.
“Love and Life ” is about insecurity; about a guy’s fears of losing his lady and the relationship. He is majorly scared because of his bad habits too.
Of course,Simi complements Johnny Drille well as this is not the first time they will be appearing on song together.
“Love and life” is a good romantic RNB song, the lyrics are on point,but the mixing and production leaves a little to be desired. MI delivers effortlessly on the song. He completes the song wondrously.
“Love and life” is a good album opener for “Horoscopes”
2) “Your body” Buju, Basketmouth
“Your body” opens with a little less passionate delivery. The song has a great potential, but it is not throughly explored.
Buju tries his best on his verse, and even though the lyrics are okay, there is no clear cut chorus to make the song memorable so we can take something with us
3) “Listen” Basketmouth, Wande Coal
“Listen” is an attention- grabbing song on “Horoscopes” album, and not only because of
the theme, but because Wande Coal begins the song like pro, admonishing you to listen to his “wise counsel“. It has a catchy lyrics of:
“Teti, mo ni ko teti si oun ti mo fe so, a wulo niwaju”
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“Listen” begins well, but it sounds a tad incomplete. Like wande Coal began a story of hustle and fame but didn’t put a final note to it. This would have made “Listen” a more satisfying listen.
4) “Celowi” Basketmouth, Peruzzi
“Celowi” starts on a sizzling, mystic tune that gets you interested in “Celowi“. You cannot even get it’s a romantic song.
“Celowi” is easily one of the best songs on this album. It’s so raw afrobeats and uses the “Celowi” term with thrilling glibs.
Kudos to Peruzzi on the heat he brought on this song!
5) “Money” Basketmouth, Oxlade, Efya
“Money” is not the best song on Basketmouth’s “Horoscopes” album. Probably because of the introduction and the way the lyrics are laid on the beats.
Oxlade begins a little slow on the song,. Meanwhile, he picks up so amazingly. He does justice to his verse and exalts the song later on.
Efya further makes the song a pleasant listen, and although her verse is not entirely Intriguing, it saves “Money“.
6) “Trouble” Basketmouth, Blaqbonez, 2Baba
2Baba opens “Trouble” well and begins an interesting story of a lady he saw and admired while people criticised him for the admiration.
We have to give it to Blaqbonez, he complements 2Baba so well! He handled his verse like a Pro. The best part was where he said:
“I don’t want to get in trouble, I no wan dey for Instablog!”
7) “The Traveller” Basketmouth, The Cavemen, Kwabena Kwabena
“The Traveller” is a very amusing song that will most likely be picked on by movies that have to do with adventures or travelling.
It’s a perfect suit. It has such a rustic reminiscent tune that makes you remember old songs. It’s a recreation of the work of great men who sang decades ago! The Cavemen did something legendary!
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8) “Leave me” Basketmouth, Reekado Banks, Falz
“Leave me” is a romantic song, but the delivery with which Reekado Banks begins the song is not noteworthy.
Although he tries to pick up, he never really delivers as he would normally. Falz starts with an almost enthusiastic delivery, although not the full-on Falz delivery you would get, but it would have been better if he opened “Leave me“.
It’s also hard to try to connect “Leave me” to the song because it is not exactly the theme of the song. The song is more about the sexual prowess of a lady and should have been named after whoever the lady being sang about is.
9) “Assembly of Gods” Basketmouth, Falz, The Cavemen, Magnito, Illbliss, Flavour, Dremo
There are seven artists on a four minute song.
First, the Cavemen should not have opened this song because their tune is different to the other artists on this song.
I mean, you have Dremo and Falz on this song. The idea behind the song might be that the Cavemen are the gods who have invited the boys into the cave.
Falz and the rest of the artists deliver but there shouldn’t have been seven artists on this song.
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Surprisingly, “Assembly of Gods” ends amazingly. But the argument is that it is not the best way to close Basketmouth’s “Horoscopes” album.
Basketmouth’ Horoscopes is impressionistic, but it is not solid enough as Basketmouth’s previous album.
It’s as though the songs were recorded by selecting collaborations and without a certain theme or goal in mind. Which is why it doesn’t sound like a body of work-but more like a number of collaborations.
On “Horoscopes”, only about three songs stand out, which is not all too impressive considering that it’sa collaboration embedded album
Rating
Songwriting: 1.3/2
Delivery: ½
Mixing/ Producing: 1/2
Relatability: 1.4/2
Replay value: 1.½
☆Total: 5.8/10
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