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HeyCorleone:
obviously you don't understand the concept.

Even if you hear The audio of Childish Gambino's original, it makes absolutely little or no sense. What gives it life is the video. The video is the main thing.

What else was Falz to do? There is no other way he could have portrayed the song without copying the video.

It's not just an anyhow song. It's not like Future's "Turn on the lights" that had a million covers. This is a song with a message but the message doesn't lie in the audio but in the video.

Falz had to copy it.

Only unintelligent persons would have a problem with it.

Only a mentally lazy individual will applaud brazen copying of other peoples idea.

PrimadonnaO:
Those are the glaring messages in the video. Others aren't so simplistic. If y'all watch closely, those girls in hijabs might also represent the Chibok/Dapchi girls. Young buys coming out of school shuttles are simply drinking alcohol or drinks infused with codeine, sagging their trousers. All around, the young boys seem irresponsible.

A particular music culture seems to have been killed at the very beginning of the video. Also, you'll notice that all around, there are mostly kekes and bikes. This goes to illustrate that the vast majority of Nigerians are poor...

Weh done hanty

Go and sleep. Today is sleeping day

ibnchokomah:
Have childish Gambino cried foul? I am definitely sure he likes the reaction his music has caused. P diddy even acknowledged falz' work. It started a movement with people exposing the rot in their countries. People from other countries have also done same. The most important thing is the message he passed and the source acknowledged. See ehh I don't have your time really. I would however love to see your final year project. I'm sure there'll be no new concept in it. See your mouth shaped like lack of creativity. Falz is creative no doubt. This is evident from a bunch of other tracks he has released. Don't be a bitter soul.

who is this housefly vomiting unintelligible jargons?? bounce!

here is how they were touched

1) Government: Extremely poor, and the medica facilities are poor......

2) Police: Many crimical cases are settled in police station........
+ police station dey close by 6 for security reasns oo


3) Hushpuppi: just bcs i'm on tv now, person wey no get work is checking if my watch is original

4) Jamb registral : where is madam philomena? money varnish for ur office u say na animal


5) Politician: Where looters are killers and stealers are still contesting election. politician wey steal some billion in villa, they no dey go prison oo


6) Pastors: praise and worship we singing now. pastor put hand on d breast of his member, he's pulling d demon out.

+ it is only in Nigeria that you can take money contributed by poor congregation members to set up a university that the member cannot attend

7) Buhari: No electricity daily ooo, Your pple are still working multiple jobs and they talk say we lazy ooo


Fulani Herdsmen: fulani Herdsmen still dey slaughter, Carry pple dey Massacre

9) Yahoo Boiz: Yahoo yahoo don tear everywhere now, while we act like its so cool. Casting the bee and been castigated just for trying to be noble

10) Sars: Sars blocking the road, any explanation you go talk am for station oo.

11) IGP: the break in transmission of, transmission in transmission

the video also shows Drug abuse, chibok girls ......


my Favourite Nigeria music

pple will definitely have something to criticize you for but all in all i give u 90%...............other musician should follow

kolawoleibukun2:
That is what music should be all about. Social awareness not always about love and yarsh. Great musicians are remembered for their social activism. Fela, Bob Marley, Michael Jackson, Lucky Dube, John Lennon etc.

We are tired of this nonsense that we celebrate. Falz #bringnigerianmusicback.

Is it wrong for P’square to organize anambra festival like Tuface does in Benue? They rather tear themselves apart publicly. Disgraceful!
With all the celebrities that come from Anambra, there is no giving back to their hometown. Flavour go Enugu go build night club. As if that is what will make the youths grow. He learned how to play guitar and piano which led him to success. Instead of opening a bigger music school that will pave the way for many more like him. Where our sense go abeg? Is flavor not rich enough to build a music school and buy instruments for poor kids to learn music skills? P’square no fit do am?
They are all busy looking for already made to sign to make quick money but they cannot help anyone. Yemi Alade say work plenty but she has not posted any vacancy since she became a celebrity. Na when people beg her money she know say work plenty. Is she not rich enough to put people on payrolls?

Omotola, Ini Edo and Rita Dominic dem gather wear pyjamas abi na bathing suit take pictures together. For what? We do not know. Girls are mutilated and kidnapped. Is that not a cause for celebrities to fight for? Look at the story of Ese Oruru. Everybody has forgotten not knowing that it goes in a circle. They all came out throwing support for bb9ja housemates. But an orphaned teenager was raped and has no job. Who will bail the girl out financially? One has had a baby after being being raped and she had the baby already? Tonto Dike pledged to give someone 1 Million naira just because of a twitter post. The other one pledged to give two million naira to counter Tonto’s pledge. But look at this teenage mother whow is an orphan. There is God oh. One aboki came out seeking contribution for a one-legged mallam working under the sun. Genevieve Nnaji are you blind to this teenage mother? Rita dominic would it be bad to support this teenage mother who were raped? Not that they had sex out of consent. They have to deal with the trauma all their lives. Where is E-money? Not to spray money during weddings oh. Yemi alade will you give her a job? Davidoo this girl is not asking for Porsche o. Tiwa Savage is one of the most tight-fisted person I have ever known. She just does not care about anyone else. Phyno, you are now of age to reach out to the poor. We are not asking for millions. But since we have bought your CD’s and paid to watch you perform, we are part of your success. We also have a right to beg because when you all begged, we came to support you.

Your post made too much sense

Akshow:
Only a mentally lazy individual will applaud brazen copying of other peoples idea.

This is art.

I won't expect you to understand. Nigerians are natural Philistines.

Gambino exposed the ills in America. Falz exposed the ills in Nigeria. What he copied I don't know.

The ones who understand have appreciated the video. P. Diddy has reposted it. It has over a million views on YouTube.

Let you the mentally hardworking individual do your own video let's see creativity.

Nigerians and baseless criticism are like 5&6.

[quote author= post=67981402]The chorus of this song is the problem. Everybody in Nigeria can't be a criminal.


Well Falz, for all the tables you shake, you deserve some accolades.[/quote]Everybody is a criminal in nigeria

kolawoleibukun2:
That is what music should be all about. Social awareness not always about love and yarsh. Great musicians are remembered for their social activism. Fela, Bob Marley, Michael Jackson, Lucky Dube, John Lennon etc.

We are tired of this nonsense that we celebrate. Falz #bringnigerianmusicback.

Is it wrong for P’square to organize anambra festival like Tuface does in Benue? They rather tear themselves apart publicly. Disgraceful!
With all the celebrities that come from Anambra, there is no giving back to their hometown. Flavour go Enugu go build night club. As if that is what will make the youths grow. He learned how to play guitar and piano which led him to success. Instead of opening a bigger music school that will pave the way for many more like him. Where our sense go abeg? Is flavor not rich enough to build a music school and buy instruments for poor kids to learn music skills? P’square no fit do am?
They are all busy looking for already made to sign to make quick money but they cannot help anyone. Yemi Alade say work plenty but she has not posted any vacancy since she became a celebrity. Na when people beg her money she know say work plenty. Is she not rich enough to put people on payrolls?

Omotola, Ini Edo and Rita Dominic dem gather wear pyjamas abi na bathing suit take pictures together. For what? We do not know. Girls are mutilated and kidnapped. Is that not a cause for celebrities to fight for? Look at the story of Ese Oruru. Everybody has forgotten not knowing that it goes in a circle. They all came out throwing support for bb9ja housemates. But an orphaned teenager was raped and has no job. Who will bail the girl out financially? One has had a baby after being being raped and she had the baby already? Tonto Dike pledged to give someone 1 Million naira just because of a twitter post. The other one pledged to give two million naira to counter Tonto’s pledge. But look at this teenage mother whow is an orphan. There is God oh. One aboki came out seeking contribution for a one-legged mallam working under the sun. Genevieve Nnaji are you blind to this teenage mother? Rita dominic would it be bad to support this teenage mother who were raped? Not that they had sex out of consent. They have to deal with the trauma all their lives. Where is E-money? Not to spray money during weddings oh. Yemi alade will you give her a job? Davidoo this girl is not asking for Porsche o. Tiwa Savage is one of the most tight-fisted person I have ever known. She just does not care about anyone else. Phyno, you are now of age to reach out to the poor. We are not asking for millions. But since we have bought your CD’s and paid to watch you perform, we are part of your success. We also have a right to beg because when you all begged, we came to support you.

My Bro, I alwys say something, what we hv in our contemporary world of today, is a certain set of useless Ppl, that r of no values to the race of Mankind. We hv 2 types of Celebrities, 1. Are those with great impact in the world e.g Bob Marley, whom at the peak of his Career bought houses for Ppl to live n help the needy. 2. Are the likes of their P'square n co, without an atom of impact in the world, as well as other yeyebrities U Just mentioned. I dnt evn follow any of them, b'cos I learn ntng, in the lifestyles and useless empty musics. Just 4get them, "time will tell." Bob Marley

Kobicove:
I agree most people in Nigeria are dishonest but certainly NOT every single one of us

My point actually

Akshow:
The rate at which Nigerians celebrate and promote mediocrity is alarming. I still fail to see the creativeness in stealing other people's concept.

And before y'all lazy azzz promoter of this mediocre song and video start shouting "it's a cover " yen yen yen yen

Many artist have covered songs of others. From Mariah Carey to Celine Dion to Beyonce etc. They cover just the songs not the video concepts and all.

Like[b] there's no single input of falz on the song. From the song to d video concept was all stolen.[/b] U cover song doesn't mean u should steal the video concept as well. Well what do i know..... we are okay with mediocrity and hype it unnecessarily.

I guess the lyrics were stolen as well.

It was you he was referring to when he said, "pesin wey no get work is checking to see if my watch is original".

Stop hating. Falz is not the cause of your maladies.

Akshow:
who is this housefly vomiting unintelligible jargons?? bounce!

You see how much of an idiot you are? What I love about folks like you is that you are keyboard warriors when in the actual sense of everything, you are just a nobody with nothing noteworthy to your name. Well, idiots like yourself will always need something to give them a sense of self worth.

ednut1:
Do u realise data is actually expensive This is a country where person go do monthly sub 4 times

bro, i have been surfing the net to know the best network to use since last week oo, any clue? I have subscribed six times since 16th April. Can anyone help?

ibnchokomah:
You see how much of an idiot you are? What I love about folks like you is that you are keyboard warriors when in the actual sense of everything, you are just a nobody with nothing noteworthy to your name. Well, idiots like yourself will always need something to give them a sense of self worth.

oh thou senseless mooooorooon. I marvel at the reason why goats are animals and fools like u are human. i posted my opinion on a video, u pounce on it like the uncultured animal that u are throwing insults. Has common sense completely eluded u fish brain? cant u disagree without throwing insult? iimbeciilee!

Geofavor:
I guess the lyrics were stolen as well.

It was you he was referring to when he said, "pesin wey no get work is checking to see if my work is original".

Stop hating. Falz is not the cause of your maladies.

keep glorifying mediocrity. tuuueeh!

HeyCorleone:
This is art.

I won't expect you to understand. Nigerians are natural Philistines.

Gambino exposed the ills in America. Falz exposed the ills in Nigeria. What he copied I don't know.

The ones who understand have appreciated the video. P. Diddy has reposted it. It has over a million views on YouTube.

Let you the mentally hardworking individual do your own video let's see creativity.

Nigerians and baseless criticism are like 5&6.

Lmao at the bolded.

Akshow:
oh thou senseless mooooorooon. I marvel at the reason why goats are animals and fools like u are human. i posted my opinion on a video, u pounce on it like the uncultured animal that u are throwing insults. Has common sense completely eluded u fish brain? cant u disagree without throwing insult? iimbeciilee!

I guess I'll forever attach your moniker with the idiot who can't take a dose of his own pill. You come out trying to make yourself all intelligent by playing down someone's work and I call you out on your stupidity and you now want to take the high road!! Hey idiot!!! I would love to see any original work you've done. Anything!! Idiotic keyboard warrior

Akshow:
The rate at which Nigerians celebrate and promote mediocrity is alarming. I still fail to see the creativeness in stealing other people's concept.

And before y'all lazy azzz promoter of this mediocre song and video start shouting "it's a cover " yen yen yen yen

Many artist have covered songs of others. From Mariah Carey to Celine Dion to Beyonce etc. They cover just the songs not the video concepts and all.

Like there's no single input of falz on the song. From the song to d video concept was all stolen. U cover song doesn't mean u should steal the video concept as well. Well what do i know..... we are okay with mediocrity and hype it unnecessarily.

If P.Diddy can sayon his Instagram page that the video and his concept is dope! Who a are you in the schemes scheme of things to say it’s mediocre�‍♂️

Akshow:
The rate at which Nigerians celebrate and promote mediocrity is alarming. I still fail to see the creativeness in stealing other people's concept.

And before y'all lazy azzz promoter of this mediocre song and video start shouting "it's a cover " yen yen yen yen

Many artist have covered songs of others. From Mariah Carey to Celine Dion to Beyonce etc. They cover just the songs not the video concepts and all.

Like there's no single input of falz on the song. From the song to d video concept was all stolen. U cover song doesn't mean u should steal the video concept as well. Well what do i know..... we are okay with mediocrity and hype it unnecessarily.

no single input?

I suppose things like Yahoo Boys and SARS and Pastors are also in This is America?

You are not more sensible than Falz that did it, nor CNN or Aljazeera that profiled it, or Diddy that promoted it. You are just another one of those Nigerians who are ignorant of a concept and drop their ignorance filled opinions that will never mean a thing to reasonable members of society.

Akshow:
keep glorifying mediocrity. tuuueeh!

Falz is the only Nigerian mainstream rapper I can vouch for. I'm an aficionado of rap, so take my words for it.

Alhajiemeritus:
It's a parody as well as a cover.
In parodies concepts are copied.

100% on point. Some don't get it.

kolawoleibukun2:
That is what music should be all about. Social awareness not always about love and yarsh. Great musicians are remembered for their social activism. Fela, Bob Marley, Michael Jackson, Lucky Dube, John Lennon etc.

We are tired of this nonsense that we celebrate. Falz #bringnigerianmusicback.

Is it wrong for P’square to organize anambra festival like Tuface does in Benue? They rather tear themselves apart publicly. Disgraceful!
With all the celebrities that come from Anambra, there is no giving back to their hometown. Flavour go Enugu go build night club. As if that is what will make the youths grow. He learned how to play guitar and piano which led him to success. Instead of opening a bigger music school that will pave the way for many more like him. Where our sense go abeg? Is flavor not rich enough to build a music school and buy instruments for poor kids to learn music skills? P’square no fit do am?
They are all busy looking for already made to sign to make quick money but they cannot help anyone. Yemi Alade say work plenty but she has not posted any vacancy since she became a celebrity. Na when people beg her money she know say work plenty. Is she not rich enough to put people on payrolls?

Omotola, Ini Edo and Rita Dominic dem gather wear pyjamas abi na bathing suit take pictures together. For what? We do not know. Girls are mutilated and kidnapped. Is that not a cause for celebrities to fight for? Look at the story of Ese Oruru. Everybody has forgotten not knowing that it goes in a circle. They all came out throwing support for bb9ja housemates. But an orphaned teenager was raped and has no job. Who will bail the girl out financially? One has had a baby after being being raped and she had the baby already? Tonto Dike pledged to give someone 1 Million naira just because of a twitter post. The other one pledged to give two million naira to counter Tonto’s pledge. But look at this teenage mother whow is an orphan. There is God oh. One aboki came out seeking contribution for a one-legged mallam working under the sun. Genevieve Nnaji are you blind to this teenage mother? Rita dominic would it be bad to support this teenage mother who were raped? Not that they had sex out of consent. They have to deal with the trauma all their lives. Where is E-money? Not to spray money during weddings oh. Yemi alade will you give her a job? Davidoo this girl is not asking for Porsche o. Tiwa Savage is one of the most tight-fisted person I have ever known. She just does not care about anyone else. Phyno, you are now of age to reach out to the poor. We are not asking for millions. But since we have bought your CD’s and paid to watch you perform, we are part of your success. We also have a right to beg because when you all begged, we came to support you.

Flavour has turned around the life of Semah G Weifur, the blind kid from Liberia. He isn't healing the world, but you cannot say he hasn't done a thing.

Peter had that Dance With Peter show, he gave four contestants cars, money and jobs. It's not like he had zero impact in anyone's life.

E-Money has been dashing people money left and right, it is not his fault that Nigerian youths are only innovative when it comes to means of begging. Very intellectually lazy lot, even if you dash them 1 million, they will still come and beg for more in a week's time. You need to visit his IG page to see them swarming his page like ants.

How many people want to work these days? They just want to beg for everything, the P Square and Tonto and Flavour, all decided to work for their money. If more Nigerian youths could do that, maybe we wouldn't need the so-called 'celebs' help as much. After all, they are also working for the small change they get. And most of that change is not from us buying their CDs, how many people even buy the CDs of these musicians? Less than 2% of the population go for their concerts. The only hand we may have had, is social media hype.

We all need to be sincere with ourselves sometimes. Everybody has a role to play and many are not playing it

safarigirl:
no single input?

I suppose things like Yahoo Boys and SARS and Pastors are also in This is America?

You are not more sensible than Falz that did it, nor CNN or Aljazeera that profiled it, or Diddy that promoted it. You are just another one of those Nigerians who are ignorant of a concept and drop their ignorance filled opinions that will never mean a thing to reasonable members of society.

hush it there. We aint talking about big brother and ur over sabiness here. If taking "this is america's" concept and giving it naija background is creativity to u.....clap for ur sensible self. Who doesn't know about SARs or yahoo boys or thieving pastors?

Forget it mehn, Falz is on another level. He's multitalented like Childish Gambino.
It's not easy to make such a cover when all our artistes are hailing yansh and money. Falz is one of our few artistes that can pull this off. He understands what's going happening in Nigeria.
I'm surprised he dropped this within a short period of time and even added IGP Idris' transmission shit

He murdered it and I'm impressed. Truth is always unpleasing to the ears.

trapQ:
Download data eye and thank me later

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Please what's data eye all about

zicoraads:
Weh done hanty

Go and sleep. Today is sleeping day

Lol. My dear, I'm tired of sleeping already. Still in bed, though.

Are you sure that you are the one who typed this?
make I just centre my comment for the one way I boldened. how do you think artists make cash? Where do they make the cash from? and why do artists home and abroad go broke when they become irrelevant?

safarigirl:
Flavour has turned around the life of Semah G Weifur, the blind kid from Liberia. He isn't healing the world, but you cannot say he hasn't done a thing.

Peter had that Dance With Peter show, he gave four contestants cars, money and jobs. It's not like he had zero impact in anyone's life.

E-Money has been dashing people money left and right, it is not his fault that Nigerian youths are only innovative when it comes to means of begging. Very intellectually lazy lot, even if you dash them 1 million, they will still come and beg for more in a week's time. You need to visit his IG page to see them swarming his page like ants.

How many people want to work these days? They just want to beg for everything, the P Square and Tonto and Flavour, all decided to work for their money. If more Nigerian youths could do that, maybe we wouldn't need the so-called 'celebs' help as much. After all, they are also working for the small change they get. And most of that change is not from us buying their CDs, how many people even buy the CDs of these musicians? Less than 2% of the population go for their concerts. The only hand we may have had, is social media hype.

We all need to be sincere with ourselves sometimes. Everybody has a role to play and many are not playing it

God bless Falz for dt beautiful song.

Akshow:
The rate at which Nigerians celebrate and promote mediocrity is alarming. I still fail to see the creativeness in stealing other people's concept.

And before y'all lazy azzz promoter of this mediocre song and video start shouting "it's a cover " yen yen yen yen

Many artist have covered songs of others. From Mariah Carey to Celine Dion to Beyonce etc. They cover just the songs not the video concepts and all.

Like there's no single input of falz on the song. From the song to d video concept was all stolen. U cover song doesn't mean u should steal the video concept as well. Well what do i know..... we are okay with mediocrity and hype it unnecessarily.

As long as credit was given he's on point.

Akshow:
Only a mentally lazy individual will applaud brazen copying of other peoples idea.

You have no point mister.. it is a cover and copying is allowed.. You can upgrade your mental thinking faculty by understanding what a "cover" is in music..

Akshow:
The rate at which Nigerians celebrate and promote mediocrity is alarming. I still fail to see the creativeness in stealing other people's concept.

And before y'all lazy azzz promoter of this mediocre song and video start shouting "it's a cover " yen yen yen yen

Many artist have covered songs of others. From Mariah Carey to Celine Dion to Beyonce etc. They cover just the songs not the video concepts and all.

Like there's no single input of falz on the song. From the song to d video concept was all stolen. U cover song doesn't mean u should steal the video concept as well. Well what do i know..... we are okay with mediocrity and hype it unnecessarily.

The funny thing is that the same falz will be seeing how others are not doing things right, he is a hypocrite.

Akshow:
The rate at which Nigerians celebrate and promote mediocrity is alarming. I still fail to see the creativeness in stealing other people's concept.

And before y'all lazy azzz promoter of this mediocre song and video start shouting "it's a cover " yen yen yen yen

Many artist have covered songs of others. From Mariah Carey to Celine Dion to Beyonce etc. They cover just the songs not the video concepts and all.

Like there's no single input of falz on the song. From the song to d video concept was all stolen. U cover song doesn't mean u should steal the video concept as well. Well what do i know..... we are okay with mediocrity and hype it unnecessarily.

What is the meaning of innovation?

kolawoleibukun2:
Are you sure that you are the one who typed this?
make I just centre my comment for the one way I boldened. how do you think artists make cash? Where do they make the cash from? and why do artists home and abroad go broke when they become irrelevant?

the artistes ABROAD make cash from CD sales, downloads ETC.

Let me ask you personally, do you buy ORIGINAL CDs, I'm talking those that cost at least #400, cuz that is the least you get an original. When downloading, do you download from iTunes? Or you just download from free sites? Bearing in mind that entertainment law in Nigeria is moribund, can you guess how much these musicians get from Royalties and such if any?

Have you considered their cut in all this? Some months ago, people were shocked to find that Kiss Daniel was only making 30k/month, is that who is supposed to help the nation? Do you know how many of them are in such situations?


I already mentioned those I can, who have done something. Tonto Dike owns a foundation, they do charity work in Abuja and environs. Recently, she donated seeing machines and food stuff to widows. Lilian Esoro has a foundation, she has also helped in empowering women and kids. Linda Ikeji has employed about a hundred people for her TV station, she also has a yearly seminar she does for young female entrepreneurs, where she also provides them with start-up capital if they have good business plans. Don Jazzy does give-aways at least twice a year. He gives money, there was a time he even helped people pay for things they needed like laptops and cameras for professional use.


I am telling you all this, because the narrative that celebs are not helping is a bit exaggerated in Nigeria. It is not their fault that more youths would rather beg for a means of survival than create one