Nigerian Afrobeats star Shallipopi has returned with a new three-track EP titled WayWard, featuring his signature street-inspired sound and catchy lyrics.
The project’s second track, UP (Transovania), is an energetic record that revolves around wealth, partying, sensuality, and living without restrictions. Shallipopi brings his trademark Pluto-inspired swagger to the song, blending Nigerian Pidgin, street slang, playful humour, and confident boasts as he reflects on success, attraction, and enjoying life to the fullest.
With the recurring phrase “up, up, and away” serving as a central hook, the track creates a mood of freedom, euphoria, and rising above everyday limitations.
Read the lyrics below.
Shallipopi – UP (Transovania) Lyrics
Intro
Shalli-fucking-popi
Hurr, say what? (What?)
Seh (Catch up, drill up, let’s go)
Mm, woah
Mm, seh
Chorus
Way, Tran-so’, Transovania
Fly boy, Millie, Millie (Confirm)
Smoke up, blow my ganja, baby, oh
Baby, am I real gangster, baby, oh
Loving how you shake that shit, shake it up (Shake it up)
Babe, buss it down, break dance, break it up (Baow)
Baby, no dey form acting, lick it up (Ehn)
Real life, you can’t even make it up
Loving how you shake that shit, shake it up (Shake it up)
Babe, buss it down, break dance, break it up (Up)
Baby, no dey form acting, lick it up (Like)
Real life, you can’t even make it up (Up, up)
Post-Chorus
Up, up, and away (Up)
Up, up, and away, up, up, and a (Up, up)
Up, up, and away (Up)
Up, up, and away, up, up, and a (Wahala)
Let me take you up, up, and away
Take you up, up, and away, up, up, and a
Up, up, and away
Let me take you up, up, and away (See am)
Up, up, and away
Let me take you up, up, and away (Let’s go)
Take you up, up, and away, up, up, and a
Up, up, and away
Let me take you up, up, and away (See am)
Seh, seh, seh, seh, seh, seh (You dey see am?)
Verse
Every day na bank holiday (Banky)
Ex boys dey wait tell’ on pay (Tey, tey)
Laptop, LV yard straight (Smoke up)
No be to do me just go astray (Brrah)
Keep your advice, ‘less na for my PalmPay (PalmPay)
Bad bitch, she be ọgbánje, but I be ọgbá-ski
Plutomania highway, what’s up? (Highway)
We no dey talk too much for this settings, blaze up
Sky-high, no be Miami
Zoom in a rocket ship, smoke up
I can’t feel my feet, up, up, and away
Chorus
Way, Tran-so’, Transovania
Fly boy, Millie, Millie (Confirm)
Smoke up, blow my ganja, baby, oh
Baby, am I real gangster, baby, oh
Loving how you shake that shit, shake it up (Shake it up)
Babe, buss it down, break dance, break it up (Baow)
Baby, no dey form acting, lick it up (Ehn)
Real life, you can’t even make it up
Loving how you shake that shit, shake it up (Shake it up)
Babe, buss it down, break dance, break it up (Up)
Baby, no dey form acting, lick it up (Like)
Real life, you can’t even make it up (Up, up)
Post-Chorus
Up, up, and away (Up)
Up, up, and away, up, up, and a (Up, up)
Up, up, and away (Up)
Up, up, and away, up, up, and a (Wahala)
Let me take you up, up, and away
Take you up, up, and away, up, up, and a
Up, up, and away
Let me take you up, up, and away (See am)
Up, up, and away
Let me take you up, up, and away (Let’s go)
Take you up, up, and away, up, up, and a
Up, up, and away
Let me take you up, up, and away (See am)
Seh, seh, seh, seh, seh, seh (You dey see am?)
Outro
Transovania, baby, oh (Seh, seh, seh, seh, seh, seh)
Plutomania, baby, oh (Seh, seh, seh, seh, seh, seh)
Transovania, baby, oh (Seh, seh, seh, seh, seh, seh)
Plutomania, baby