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Half Orange

“Half Orange” is track 9 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 MatareAfrobeats2:45Movement & Celebration

“Half Orange” lyrics

Half orange for you

Half orange for you
(Half for me)
Juice dey run reach my elbow
(Half for me)
Juice dey run reach my elbow
(Reach my elbow)
For the same market corner
(Market corner)
Half orange, whole matter

Night market, orange pyramid
You dey price am like lawyer
The seller call you wahala
Her small radio dey sing for stall
You win, you buy only one
You turn and see me looking
You split am with your two thumbs
Hand me half like old friend

Who dey share fruit with stranger
Na you, na you
Who dey share fruit with stranger
Na you, na you

Half orange for you

Half orange for you
(Half for me)
Juice dey run reach my elbow
(Reach my elbow)
For the same market corner
(Reach my elbow)
For the same market corner
(Market corner)
Half orange, whole matter

Every market day I dey come
The seller don know my face
She dey wink like conspirator
Keep the finest one for our plate
You still price am like courtroom
You still win, she still smile
We split am for the same spot
The peel dey drop like confetti

Ah ah ah
(Half orange)
Ah ah ah
(Half orange)

Today you reach before me
Two oranges dey your basket
You buy your own and my own
You say sharing don graduate
You drop my own for my plate
But you still split your half join

Half orange for you

Half orange for you
(Half for me)
Juice dey run reach my elbow
(Half for me)
Juice dey run reach my elbow
(Reach my elbow)
For the same market corner
(Market corner)
Half orange, whole matter
(Whole matter o)

Peel like confetti
Half orange

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. 10One Earpiece3:02
  10. 11Groundnut and Garri2:55
  11. 12Laminate2:35
  12. 13Where Is Tony2:46
  13. 14Unknown Number3:02
  14. 15Last Seen3:09
  15. 16Empty Parlor3:10
  16. 17Repaint3:16
  17. 18One Loose Braid3:20
  18. 19Pass the Phone3:18
  19. 20Passport Moon2:52
  20. 21Second Rice2:47
  21. 22Go-Slow Carnival3:00
  22. 23Conductor, No Call My Stop3:02
  23. 24The Anchor3:42

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