When a song spends for weeks on number one
spot in Billboard Hot 100 chart, it tells us
something. By the looks of it, almost all the
tracks from Drake’s last album ‘Views’ is on
the Billboard Hot 100 list. Among them “One
Dance” had bee quite dominant of the charts
around the world. “One Dance” is the 12th
track on the ‘Views’ album and features
Wizkid and Kyla on different parts of the
song.


Song Review and Meaning of “One Dance” by
Drake


Kyla gives the introduction to the song.
Baby I like your style

Surprisngly enough, this line has been taken
from Kyla’s “Do You Mind ” track released in
2008.

Drake comes in for the first verse of “One
Dance”.

Grips on your waist
Front way, back way


Drake is grinding on his girl to the music, with
his hands on his waist. ‘Front way, back way’
is when you switch your position during a
dance–from facing front to the man to facing
back to the man–allowing Drake to grind on
her.


You know that I don’t play
Streets not safe
But I never run away
Even when I’m away


The singer is in it for the long haul. As much
as he gets dirty with her on the dance floor,
he expects to continue the dance of life with
her ’till death do us part’.

Drake doesn’t want to leave her alone. The
world is a cruel place. Drake has to travel a
lot, but even so he is always with her.


Oti, oti, there’s never much love when we go OT
I pray to make it back in one piece
I pray, I pray


What does “oti” mean? Genius.com has an
interesting view on the word “oti” used in “One
Dance” by Drake. They say;

In Yoruba (one of the Nigerian languages that
Wizkid speaks), there’s some great wordplay
going on that English listeners will miss. See,
“oti” means “no,” but “ọtí” (that’s oti with a short
o and a rising i) means “liquor.”


Well, in a more simpler sense, ‘OT’ stands for
overtime-which means a person is usually
working beyond normal hours. Drake says it’s
a tough life balancing work (extended hours)
and a relationship. The love ceases. Usually
when he travels, he often prays to get back in
one piece-because there’s literally a million
ways you could die just right now, reading this
review (I pray that don’t happen though!).
Hook of the song lives up to it’s expectations.
I can’t get the hook out of my head.


That’s why I need a one dance
Got a Hennessy in my hand
One more time ‘fore I go
Higher powers taking a hold on me
I need a one dance
Got a Hennessy in my hand
One more time ‘fore I go
Higher powers taking a hold on me


Drake is requesting her lady friend another
dance before he leaves for his OT work. He
admits that he’s got a liquor bottle in his
hand and the buzz is talking to him. ‘Higher
powers’ mean that little voice that speaks to
us when we are drunk. And that little voice is
telling the singer to do things and he is
obeying the voice (“taking a hold on me”).
That can’t be a good thing.

Verse 2 follows after the bridge by Kyla.


Strength and guidance
All that I’m wishing for my friends


Drake wishes strength and best wishes for his
friends.


Nobody makes it from my ends
I had to bust up the silence


‘Ends’ here mean an area or hometown. In that
context, Drake says there’s very little people
who have succeeded from where he is-Toronto,
maybe? He could just be meaning the music
industry or the general world of success for
that matter. When he made it to the
international music arena, he broke the silence
of the music game in his ends, and possibly
woke up other talents with his noise.


You know you gotta stick by me
Soon as you see the text, reply me
I don’t wanna spend time fighting
We’ve got no time


Again, back to his love life, Drake says he
wishes his better half would stick by him
through all the rough patches. He doesn’t
want to bother his conscience by having to
wait for a reply for a text. Life is short, enjoy
the little time you have, and enjoy the even
less time you have with your loved ones.
The hook of “One Dance” repeats again.
Wizkid gets his own verse here;


Got a pretty girl and she love me long time
Wine it, wine it, very long time
Oh yeah, very long time
Back up, back up, back up and wine it
Back up, back up and wine it, girl
Back up, back up, back up and wine it
Oh yeah, very long time
Back, up, back up and wine it, girl


The singer and his lover has been loving good
for a long time now. They enjoy their dancing-
especially the Afro-Caribbean moves and
beats-quite similar to music of “One Dance”.
‘Wine it’ is a sexy dance move popular in the
Afro-Caribbean regions. It’s a sensual hip/
butt movement in a circular motion.

‘Back up’ is yet another term used in dancing,
where the woman faces her back to the man
and draws in closer and closer to the man,
touching his body.
Kyla and Wizkid combine their voices on the
bridge of “One Dance” occurring next.


Tell me
I need to know, where do you wanna go?
Cause if you’re down, I’ll take it slow
Make you lose control
Where, where, where
Where, where, where, where
Oh yeah, very long time
Where, where, where
Back, up, back up and wine it, girl
Where, where, where, where
Cause if you’re down
Back up, back up and
Cause if you’re down
Back up, back up and
Cause if you’re down
Back up, back up and


First 6 lines are done by Kyla. She asks where
is this relationship taking them? And if the
guy feels not comfortable with her yet, she will
back down and take things slow. And in the
end when they do get together it will be
fireworks. This annotation is done ignoring
obvious sexual innuendo in these two lines.
The hook hits up one more time and “One
Dance” comes to an end.

“One Dance” is a smooth track-much like most
of Drake’s work. The lyrics are simple and up
to the beat and the music is just fascinating.
We do find the obvious Afro-beats mixed in to
the track and it just works.

Before we leave you, we would like to present
to you some amazing covers done by fans to
“One Dance”. Some are acoustic covers and
some are dance covers. Enjoy!
Conor Maynard does some amazing covers to
almost all the hit singles.




source
www.justrandomthings.com/2016/06/08/drake-one-dance-lyrics-review-song-meaning/

'In Yoruba (one of the Nigerian languages that Wizkid speaks)' how many Nigerian languages does wizkid speak?

lalasticlals

the song has Nigeria written allover it Nigeria flavor, Nigerian lyrics and Nigeria sounding and influence. even north Americans admitted they haven't seen or heard something like this before. drake goes out of the box. I was reading american blog when one america said this song will push many american artist to move all the way to Nigeria. to start singing Nigeria influence songs.

note that drake is a Rapper and many Americans are surprised to the learnt Drake goes to bring something new that never happen in this 21. century.

Middlefinger1:
'In Yoruba (one of the Nigerian languages that
Wizkid speaks)'
how many Nigerian languages does wizkid speak?

lolzzzzz.. have you forgotten he speaks English language too?