Blaqbonez always wanted me to make a song that will go super viral. He’s like; “oh, you need to make
a record that will cement your legacy, a song that many Nigerians will know, will listen to”. So
when I was making God's Engineering 2 (previous album), we made ‘Family’. It didn't go as viral as
he wanted it to go. So when I was making God's Engineering 3, he was paying special interest in the
recording process. When I made the song called ‘Read the Signs’ with Terry Apala, Blaq was super
excited. He even helped me contact Terry to be on the record. He was like; “yo, this is the record.
You finally did it your way. You just have to put a budget behind this record, and it's going to go
super viral”. I was like, cool. It's supposed to be the single anyway. But then I told him that I'm
not going to make the album without him doing a verse. I wanted a rap verse. So before I wrapped up
the album, I called him and I was like, yo, I'm wrapping up the album and I need that verse. And he
was like, say less. I think two days later, I just got an email and he had recorded on a YouTube
beat. I listened to the verse and the hook and I was like, Oh, is this how you're feeling? He was
like, yeah, a lot had happened before he recorded the verse. He put down how he felt about what was
happening. I was like, okay, I jumped into the booth and dropped my own verse in like, maybe like
15, 20 minutes. But I held it back because I was still not certain because it was on a YouTube beat.
We sent it to a producer called Jxses. He was able to make a beat that matched what we were already
feeling - which is one of the hardest things to do. We didn't think of it as a single, right? We
just wanted it to be on the project. After I finished the album, I played it for my team and they
were like, yo, it's hard - and this should be the single. They were like, the hook, the chemistry,
everything is just a safer bet. And I spoke to the guys on the distribution side, and they were
like, yeah, they actually think that the song with Blaqbonez is the single. So we picked a date. And
we dropped it. The situation between Blaq and Modu (ODUMODUBLVCK), everything just escalated it. And
yeah, that's how the song came about. We were not in the same studio when we made the record. Blaq
recorded his part, sent it to me. I recorded my part, sent it to him. And people have been saying
that that's one of my best verses yet. That thing that Blaqbonez wanted me to always have, “I want
you to have this to cement your legacy”. I always wanted him to be the person that would give that
to me. I guess he finally did it on this record.
