Kizz Daniel once again nailing Tiktok and dance challenge trends with this song.
As the song is on, fans have taken to jumping and shaking their bum bums “formally” when the “odoyewu, odoyewu” comes up. For complete effect, full lyrics and pidgin to plain English translation is available below.
1. What the song Cough is about?
The song is interesting, sexual in many ways.
Its talking about a man (and his fantasies) wanting to have fun in the bedroom with the love of his life – who happens to have a complicated relationship with some “bro” that has just broken her heart.
The man is not interested if she is seeing someone, instead he wants her to “enter bathroom, fresh up” so they can get on with it.
2. What Odoyewu means and its inspiration
According to Ghanaweb, Kizz Daniel dedicated this song to Ghanaians as a return in favour of the love Ghanaians showed towards Buga. The song was heavily supported, staying in their charts for a long time.
Odeyewu is a Ghanaian word which translates to “my eternal love”. “Odo” is “love” and “yewu” for “eternal or forever”.
3. Cough’s popularity
The song amassed 10 millions views in 10 days, now standing at 22 million in 4 weeks.
4. Did Kizz Daniel really sing the song or Empire?
If you listen to the song (with eyes closed), the voice is not easily linked to Kizz Daniel as his other tunes are notable for.
However it seems some auto-tuning was added to the artist’s voice for the song to match the beats. Empire is a music entertainment label promoting the tune.
5. Kizz Daniel’s Cough (Odoyewu) full lyrics (plus translation)
Intro
Coughs…(clears throat)
Alright, go
(Ehee)
Ehee (Uber)
Ehee (Vado)
Ehee (Odo, Odoyewu eh)
Ehee
Ehee (to a place she loves)
Ehee
Pre-Chorus
I want to flex my love (ehee)
I won impress (ehee) – I want to impress
And I want to carry my love away (ehee)
To a place she loves (ehee)
And my woman, woman (ehee)
I won impress (ehee)
And I want to carry my love away (ehee)
To a place she loves (ehee)
Chorus
Doyewu, doyewu
Odoyewu yee, Odoyewu– My eternal love
Doyewu, doyewu
Odoyewu yee, Odoyewu
Doyewu, doyewu
Odoyewu yee, Odoyewu
Doyewu, doyewu
Odoyewu yee, Odoyewu
Verse 1
Odo Odo (ehee)
Odo e, Odoyewu yee (ehee)
You know that my body calling (ehee)
And your body picking (oh no) (ehee)
Loving you dey make me forget say I get problem
By the end of the night
Enter bathroom, fresh up (ehee)
Pre-Chorus
I want to flex my love (ehee)
I won impress (ehee)
And I want to carry my love away (ehee)
To a place she loves (ehee)
And my woman, woman (ehee)
I won impress (ehee)
And I want to carry my love away (ehee)
To a place she loves (ehee)
Chorus
Doyewu, doyewu
Odoyewu yee, Odoyewu
Doyewu, doyewu
Odoyewu yee, Odoyewu
Doyewu, doyewu
Odoyewu yee, Odoyewu
Doyewu, doyewu
Odoyewu yee, Odoyewu
Verse 2
Who the fu- is your bestie?
Tani bro, tani bro, tani bro eh? – Who is the bro?
You don’t want to find my trouble
Enter bathroom, fresh up
Shey na me you come to when your heartbreak? (Ehee)
Heartbreak ko shen shey heartbreak (ehee)
Na me dey buy dinner for your man dem (ehee)
Enter bathroom, fresh up
Pre-Chorus
I want to flex my love (I want, I want)
And I want to carry my love away (I want)
To a place she loves
And my woman, woman (I want, I want)
Kpele
And I want to carry my love away (common)
To a place she loves
Chorus
Doyewu, doyewu
Odoyewu yee, Odoyewu
Doyewu, doyewu
Odoyewu yee, Odoyewu
Doyewu, doyewu
Odoyewu yee, Odoyewu
Doyewu, doyewu
Odoyewu yee, Odoyewu
Outro
I won impress
Yes, by the end of the night
Enter bathroom, fresh up
