“Calm Down” is a typical love song with a mid-tempo beat, released as the second single off Rave & Roses. Rema is attempting to communicate how much he loves a girl and how her love is driving him insane, which is typical. In this case, the singer’s persona—looking for a lady’s love interest. Th...
[Intro]
(Vibez)
Another banger
[Chorus]
Baby, calm down, calm down
Girl, this your body e put in my heart for lockdown, for lockdown, oh lockdown
Girl, you sweet like Fanta ooh, Fanta ooh
If I tell you, say, "I love you," no dey form yanga oh, oh yanga oh
No tell me no, no, no, no, woah, woah, woah, woah
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Baby, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah
You got me like, "woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah"
Shawty come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah, mhmm
[Verse 1]
I see this fine girl for my party, she wear yellow
Every other girl they dey do too much but this girl mellow
Naim I dey find situation I go use take tell am hello
Finally I find way to talk to the girl but she no wan follow
Who you come dey form for? (Mhmm)
Why you no wan' conform? (Mhmm)
Then I start to feel her bum-bum, warm (Mhmm)
But she dey gimme small, small woah
I know say she sabi pass that one, one (Mhmm)
But she feeling insecure woah
'Cause her friends go dey gum her like chewing gum (Mhmm)
Go dey gum her like chewing gum, woah, woah, ooh
[Chorus]
Baby, calm down, calm down
Girl, this your body e put in my heart for lockdown, for lockdown, oh lockdown
Girl, you sweet like Fanta ooh, Fanta ooh
If I tell you, say, "I love you," no dey form yanga oh, oh yanga oh
No tell me no, no, no, no, woah, woah, woah, woah
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Baby, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah
You got me like, "woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah"
Shawty come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah, mhmm
[Verse 2]
As I reach my house I say make I rest small (Make a rest small)
As me I wake up na she dey my mind, oh-woah (Na she dey my mind, oh-woah)
Day one, day two-wo, I no fit focus (I no fit focus)
Na so me I call am, say make we link up (I say make we link up)
As I start to dey tell her how I feel, now my heart dey race
Baby girl if you leave me I no go love again
Because e get many girls wey put my heart for pain
Shebi you feel my pain? Yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
Baby, calm down, calm down
Girl, this your body e put in my heart for lockdown, for lockdown, oh lockdown
Girl, you sweet like Fanta ooh, Fanta ooh
If I tell you, say, "I love you," no dey form yanga oh, oh yanga oh
No tell me no, no, no, no, woah, woah, woah, woah
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Baby, come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah
You got me like, "woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah"
Shawty come gimme your lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-woah-woah-woah-woah-woah, mhmm
Calm Down was written by Rema.
Calm Down was produced by Andre Vibez & London.
With “Calm Down”, I was with some people from the Mavin Academy, and we were just vibing and chilling. We went into one of the studios where we saw [Andre] Vibez. Vibez saw that our energy was up, and we just wanted to freestyle on beats. The next day, I recorded and brought up my experience where I...
Yes, “Calm Down” was certified 2x multi-platinum by the RIAA on May 5, 2023.