[19:50, 19/10/2020] Folami Ayedun: Pretty things, pretty things
Fi di gyal, fi di gyal
Pretty things, pretty things
Na na na na (Pretty things, pretty things)
Oh Oh (Fi di gyal, fi di gyal)
Eey, Yeah (Pretty things, pretty things)
Mi nuh go lie me want that Balenciaga
Mi nuh go lie me want that Christian Dior, Dior
Want the Gucci with the Prada and the Hermès,
Want the 36 inch with the front lace
Mi like it when i’m chilling with a yardie,
and he just wanna gimme all him money
I can’t deny,
Shiny things always on my mind
Want my wrist on glitter,
Want some bread with a winner,
I need the cheese for baguettes
Take a PJ to Serengeti
Oh na na pretty things, pretty things
Oh na na fi di gyal, fi di gyal
Oh na na pretty things, pretty things
Oh na na fi di gyal, fi di gyalie o
Na na pretty things, pretty things
Oh na na fi di gyal, fi di gyal
Oh na na pretty things, pretty things
Oh na na fi di gyal, fi di gyalie o
Come, come pick up the bum bum, pull up
Whining like you see tarantula
Make man to want to turn dracula
(mandem dem dey craze for the gyal dem)
Come, come pick up the bum bum, pull up
Whining like you see tarantula
Make man to want to turn dracula
(mandem dem dey craze for the gyal dem)
Problem issa problem a problem
I fell in love with the money bags,
I want it all yeah
Pretty things, pretty things
Fi di gyal, fi di gyal
Pretty things, pretty things
(fi di gyalie o)
Na na na na (Pretty things, pretty things)
Oh Oh (Fi di gyal, fi di gyal)
Eey, Yeah (Pretty things, pretty things)
Fi di gyalie o
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