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Go-Slow Carnival

“Go-Slow Carnival” is track 22 on Rob Matare's Afrobeats album Pepper No Dey Lie, released October 6, 2026. Naija Afrobeats from the kitchen to the carnival: wedding jollof, auntie's recipe, groundnut and garri.

Rob MatareAfrobeats3:00Movement & Celebration

“Go-Slow Carnival” lyrics

Turn the go-slow to carnival
(Carnival)
Handbrake up, volume up
(Volume up)
Cold bottle passing window
(La Casera!)
Go-slow carnival, we dey inside

The bridge don hold us like gum
Google map don turn red wine
The driver for the next lane
Dey drum the steering like Tony Allen
One hawker sell me gala
Another one sell me smile
Somebody open him four doors
Him speaker say make we manage am

If we no fit move
We go move our body
If we no fit move
We go move our body

Turn the go-slow to carnival
(Carnival)
Handbrake up, volume up
(Volume up)
Cold bottle passing window
(La Casera!)
Go-slow carnival, we dey inside

Danfo conductor start the chant
Keke driver take the chorus
The suit man for the Benz dey form
Then him window slide down slow
Him head dey nod like agama
Hawkers dey dance with the trays
Even okada wey fit pass
Park join the traffic jamboree

Horn dem!
(Pah pah!)
Horn dem!
(Pah pah!)

The road open small by nine
Nobody rush to move
The Benz man buy the last gala
Share am to the hawker crew
We almost miss the traffic

Turn the go-slow to carnival
(Carnival)
Handbrake up, volume up
(Volume up)
Cold bottle passing window
(La Casera!)
Go-slow carnival, we dey inside
(We dey inside)

Go-slow carnival
Almost miss the traffic

Lyrics written by Rob Matare. Written by me • made with AI. Artist visuals are digitally created.

More from Pepper No Dey Lie

  1. 1Pepper No Dey Lie2:37
  2. 2Wedding Jollof2:52
  3. 3Chin Chin2:39
  4. 4Taste Test2:38
  5. 5Auntie's Recipe3:30
  6. 6Sugar in My Tea2:47
  7. 7Plantain Sweet2:42
  8. 8Cold Mineral2:41
  9. 9Half Orange2:45
  10. 10One Earpiece3:02
  11. 11Groundnut and Garri2:55
  12. 12Laminate2:35
  13. 13Where Is Tony2:46
  14. 14Unknown Number3:02
  15. 15Last Seen3:09
  16. 16Empty Parlor3:10
  17. 17Repaint3:16
  18. 18One Loose Braid3:20
  19. 19Pass the Phone3:18
  20. 20Passport Moon2:52
  21. 21Second Rice2:47
  22. 23Conductor, No Call My Stop3:02
  23. 24The Anchor3:42

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