Twenty-Two Steps

Twenty-two steps, come meet me
Come meet me
Behind the water tank, past the wire
Past the wire
One candle and your slippers off
Slippers off
Twenty-two steps to hide our name

Shhh, no dey talk am
Shhh
Shhh, no dey talk am
Shhh

Take the staircase past the generator house
Count the steps, na twenty-two
The roof don warm from the whole day sun
I spread the mat before you come
Your earring catch the candle light
The city dey make noise below
But up here even the wind dey whisper
Like e sabi wetin we dey hide

Off your phone, off your phone
Make the night belong to us
Off your phone, off your phone
Make the night belong to us

Twenty-two steps, come meet me
Come meet me
Behind the water tank, past the wire
Past the wire
One candle and your slippers off
Slippers off
Twenty-two steps to hide our name

You bring the groundnut wey I like
Inside your handbag, still warm small
We share am quiet like communion
Shell dey scatter for the mat
Two aeroplane light cross the sky
You point am, I look your finger instead
The candle wax don bend one side
Nobody upstairs but us and God

Candle low, wax don pool
Your slippers rest by the wire
Your head dey heavy for my chest
The tank dey drip one slow drip
I no wan reach tomorrow

Twenty-two steps, come meet me
Come meet me
Behind the water tank, past the wire
Past the wire
One candle and your slippers off
Slippers off
Twenty-two steps to hide our name
Nobody, nobody

Twenty-two steps
Come meet me