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Burna Boy, Last Last: the real meaning of the lyrics

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Last Last is a song released in May 2022 by the Nigerian singer Burna Boy. The song immediately became a huge success worldwide, accumulating millions of streams in less than a month. And since the afro singer speaks slang that mixes English with Yoruba language, people wonder what the real meaning of the lyrics is. In this article, we will delve into it.

The song meaning

According to what people usually say in Nigeria, “last last” is means “ultimately.” The title of the song is mentioned in the first line of the intro:

E don cast, last last, na everybody go chop breakfast

Burna Boy recently explained in an interview that “chop breakfast” is slang for having a heartbreak. The song is about a painful disappointment the singer had in a sentimental relationship, and the message he wants to convey is that sooner or later, everybody has to feel that kind of pain. And move on, eventually, after sadness is gone. “E don cast” is another slang that means “everything is now revealed.”

Burna Boy - Last Last [Official Music Video]
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Reading the lines of the song, Burna Boy feels he did everything right. The girl was the one who manipulated his feelings. There is no reason to discuss it because he feels he’s right anyway. All this is sung in the same English/afro slang that could be hard to understand:

You go bow for the result o
Nothing to discuss o, cause I dey win by default o
And without any doubt o, omo me I be adult o

The chorus becomes, therefore, clear: the way Burna Boy is coping with the heartbreak pain is through alcohol and smoke. “Igbo” is Yoruba for “weed,” and “shayo” stands for “alcohol.”

I need Igbo and shayo (Shayo)
I need Igbo and shayo (Shayo)

Burna Boy’s pain is real: through his slang, he says that his mood has gone up and down like a rollercoaster, using the line “my feelings been dey swing like jangolova” (Jangolova is the Nigerian English word that refers to the playground). And towards the song’s end, the singer says explicitly that he has done everything she wanted, and still, it didn’t work. He wonders if things would go differently in another life and if the girl would become his wife.

Why you say I did nothing for you
When I for do anything you want me to do
Maybe another time, maybe another life you will be my wife and we’ll get it right

Fans believe the song refers to Burna Boy’s relationship with the UK rapper Stefflon Don, with whom he broke up recently.

You’ll find the full lyrics below. Not everything is easy and straightforward to understand, but you already got the song’s general message, and you can infer the rest from the context.

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Last Last: the full lyrics

E don cast, last last, na everybody go chop breakfast
Shayo
Shayo
Igbo

You go bow for the result o
Nothing to discuss o, cause I dey win by default o
And without any doubt o, omo me I be adult o
I no go fit take your, I no go fit take your insult o
Omo mind as you dey talk o
I put my life into my job o
And I know I’m in trouble
She manipulate my love o
I no holy and I no denge pose like baba fryo
My eye o don cry o

I need igbo and shayo (shayo)
I need igbo and shayo (shayo)

I dey Port Harcourt when dey kill Soboma
I dey try to buy motor one Toyota Corolla
My feelings been dey swing like jangolova
Feelings been dey swing like jangolova
Now you crash your Ferrari for lekki Burna
Na small thing remain, could have been all over
My feelings still dey swing like jangolova
Feelings still dey swing like jangolova
Ti n ba ni kе juru, e juru
Omo why to’o ki nfe ni suru?
Why you say I did nothing for you
When I for do anything you want mе to do
Ti n ba ni ke juru, e juru
Omo why to’o ki nfe ni suru?
Why you say I did nothing for you
When I for do anything you want me to do
Maybe another time, maybe another life you will be my wife and we’ll get it right
E don cast, last last, na everybody go chop breakfast
Have to say bye bye o, bye bye o to the love of my life
My eye o don cry o

I need igbo and shayo (shayo)
I need igbo and shayo (shayo)

Published by Carlo Affatigato

Carlo has been a web content creator for over 10 years. He founded Auralcrave in 2015, envisioning it as a new space capable of offering different perspectives on topics that passionate all of us. With a scientific background, Carlo developed an interest in music, cinema, literature, and art at a young age, transforming it into a complementary dimension to his professional growth. For years, he was a music journalist specializing in electronic and dance music, writing for the most important Italian magazines (both online and print). Movies and TV series have been a true obsession in many phases of his life: during university, it was not uncommon for him to set the alarm in the middle of the night to watch classic films airing on TV. With the advent of the Internet, Carlo became a keen observer of web and social phenomena, addressing light topics such as advertising, trends, fashion, and general themes. He is the main author of Auralcrave and personally manages its social media, editorial line, book publication, resource management, and business expansion. A former engineer, life coach, husband, and father, he believes that every area of knowledge has interesting stories that deserve to be told and is convinced that doing so makes the world a better place.