Burna Boy — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 153 songs across 10 albums by Burna Boy. They use 4,666 unique words out of 31,846 (lexical richness MATTR 0.66), with an average of 208 content words per song. Emotional tone: 37% of songs positive, 43% neutral, 20% negative.
Most used words by Burna Boy
- dey (973)
- say (465)
- know (443)
- make (351)
- mi (334)
- see (282)
- dem (275)
- come (273)
- body (266)
- baby (241)
- tell (198)
- want (196)
- ni (176)
- ma (174)
- eh (172)
- love (172)
- time (157)
- man (152)
- mo (143)
- girl (143)
Signature phrases
- “dem dey” (73)
- “know say” (58)
- “mi ni gba” (54)
- “burna boy” (51)
- “kung fu loving” (48)
- “wey dey” (45)
- “come gimme come” (40)
- “gimme come gimme” (40)
- “dey find” (38)
- “dey see” (38)
Colors in the lyrics
- tan (22)
- black (22)
- red (7)
- white (6)
- gold (5)
- grey (2)
- blue (2)
- peach (1)
Albums analyzed
- Best of Burn Series, Vol. 1 (2011)
- L.I.F.E: Leaving an Impact for Eternity (2013)
- On a Spaceship (2015)
- Redemption (2016)
- Outside (2018)
- African Giant (2019)
- Twice as Tall (2020)
- Love, Damini (2022)
- I Told Them… (2023)
- No Sign of Weakness (2025)