Davido — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 84 songs across 5 albums by Davido. They use 2,785 unique words out of 17,193 (lexical richness MATTR 0.60), with an average of 205 content words per song. Emotional tone: 46% of songs positive, 40% neutral, 13% negative.
Most used words by Davido
- dey (557)
- baby (283)
- girl (278)
- want (257)
- say (229)
- know (226)
- make (215)
- see (165)
- come (159)
- one (151)
- love (145)
- dem (138)
- money (129)
- body (125)
- give (122)
- take (120)
- wan (113)
- feel (98)
- don (95)
- eh (94)
Signature phrases
- “dey make” (42)
- “feel real feel” (30)
- “real feel real” (30)
- “know say” (30)
- “girl know” (26)
- “baby girl” (26)
- “dem dey see” (24)
- “mo ko ma” (24)
- “ko ma shope” (24)
- “one thing wanting” (24)
Colors in the lyrics
- tan (10)
- green (8)
- red (6)
- black (4)
- yellow (3)
- grey (2)
- rose (2)
- blue (1)
Albums analyzed
- Omo Baba Lowo (2012)
- A Good Time (2019)
- A Better Time (2020)
- Timeless (2023)
- 5ive (2025)