“Anini (Thief)“ by Lil Kesh is a romantic Afrobeats track about a woman who captures the singer’s heart and leaves him emotionally unsettled.
Drawing inspiration from the infamous Nigerian robber Lawrence Anini, the song uses the “thief” metaphor to describe how deeply she has stolen his heart.
The lyrics portray intense attraction, emotional confusion, and the struggle to make sense of a complicated love interest.
Lil Kesh – Anini (Thief) Lyrics
Oh-ooh, oh-oh-oh
Wetin you do me?
Wetin you do me?
Wetin you do me?
Ọmọgè (ọmọgè), wetin you do me, I no fit ṣáláyè (yeah-yeah-yeah)
Ṣè iwọ ṣáni òsánlè? (Òsánlè)
You gimme love, and then you con run away (yeah-yeah-yeah)
As long as you down (as long as you down), I’ll be around (uh, uh-uhn)
You took me up high and then you brought me back down
Say you be fire, and I no be gas-gas
You like me all the time (uh, uh-uhn)
Only for you to bring me back to drown
My baby, you be Anini, Anini (Anini, Anini)
You thief my heart, con run from me (con run-nn)
My baby, you be Anini, Anini (Anini, Anini)
You thief my heart, con run from me (con run-nn, yeah-yeah-yeah)
Girl, you too bad, you too bad
I just think that I should let you know
(Say you blow my mind, you blow my mind, yeah)
These are things that I just can’t control, oh-oh (oh, ooh-oh-oh)
What are we? (What are we?)
Are we friends? (Are we friends?)
Is it sex? Cannot your body text?
Every day, every night (every day, every night)
You on my mind (you on my mind)
Girl, you shack me pass palmwine when you do that dutty whine
Yeah, what is this? Uh
Feeling this ecstasy, uh-uh
Staging my energy, so tell me what’s life to mean? (Tell me what’s life to mean?), Uh-uh
No other person that can never take your space in my heart (space in my heart)
It’s you and only you, and that’s a fact
My baby, you be Anini, Anini (Anini, Anini)
You thief my heart, con run from me (con run-nn), baby-baby-baby)
My baby, you be Anini, Anini (Anni, Anini)
You thief my heart, con run from me (con run-nn, yeah-yeah-yeah)
Uh, kòkòrò ifẹ (‘fẹ)
Tell me, are you there? (There)
I’ve been out here searching on you, don’t you will show care?
Baby, no dey fear (fear), baby, no dey fear (fear)
Say, I gat your back until the end, I no pretend
Said “she want me on the low”
Said “she don’t want me for the dough”
Said “she’s not in it for the show-ooh” (show, ooh)
As long as you just need me, baby, let me know (let me know)
Love me, baby, let it show
Please me baby, ride me slow-ooh-ooh
My baby, you be Anini, Anini (Anini, Anini)
You thief my heart, con run from me (con run-nn)
My baby, you be Anini, Anini (Anini, Anini)
You thief my heart, con run from me (con run-nn, yeah-yeah-yeah)
Girl, you too bad, you too bad (you bad)
I just think that I should let you know
Say you blow my mind, you blow my mind (say you blow my mind, you blow my mind, yeah)
These are things that I just can’t control, oh-oh (oh, ooh-oh-oh)
(You blow my-)
(Oh, ooh-oh-oh)
(Bob Berry, Berry, Berry)