Saturday, November 6, 2021

Yemi Alade (featuring Vtek) - "Double Double" 2021 song & official YouTube video (with lyrics & comments about the song's & video's cultural content & cultural messages)



Yemi Alade, Oct. 29, 2021

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Statistics from Nov. 6, 2021 at Nov. 6, 2021 at 1:54 PM ET
Total # of views - 1,345,003
Total # of likes - 25K
Toal # of dislikes - 334
Total # of comments -1,588

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases the 2021 hit song "Double Double" by Nigerian Afrobeats singer Yemi Alade featuring Vtek.

This post provides the lyrics for this song and selected comments from that video's discussion thread.  Some of these comments include explanations that are helpful to me (as a person who only understands English and isn't that familiar with Nigerian customs and attitudes).

The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Yemi Alade and Vtek for their music. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/11/two-versions-of-african-gospel-song.html for a 2015 pancocojams post entitled "Uche Agu- "My God Is Good" ("Double Double") Nigerian Gospel Song with lyrics & Ghanaian Cover By Atta Boafo"

Also, click the "African double double songs" tag below for more pancocojams posts about songs in that category.

In the context of these songs "double" means that blessings increase two fold. "Everything na double double" means "Everything is double double" (Blessings increase four fold.) 

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LYRICS: DOUBLE DOUBLE 
(as sung by Yemi Alade)

[Intro]

Everything a double double
Double double, oh

[Verse 1]

Gone are the days, eeh
When my money no dey complete, eeh
When my rice no get meat, ooh
When my life no get jolly
But now, but now, but now

[Pre-Chorus]

My mama, mama, say say:
“I go make am for this life”
My papa, say say:
“E no born me for this life make I die walahi”
Immamama, everything don better
But now, but now, everything na double double

[Chorus]

Yesterday, na double
Today na today, na double
Tomorrow, na double
Everyday, na double
Money go dey flow, na double
Body go dey glow, na double
But now, but now, everything na double double

[Verse 2]

My bank account, double
Everything I touch, double
Business is on point, double
Family dey chop, just take a look at me now
Everything don right
Pararan pararan, everything don right, yeah

[Chorus]

My mama say, say:
“I go make am for this life”
My papa say, say:
“E no born my I die walahi”
Immamama everything don better
But now, but now, everything na double double

[Post-Chorus]

Yesterday, na double
Today na today, na double
Tomorrow, na double
Everyday, na double
Money go dey flow, na double
Body go dey glow, na double
But now, but now, everything na double double

[Bridge]

Eh keke di kee…
All my friends and family double
Soko sibo

[Chorus]

Yesterday, na double
Today na today, na double
Tomorrow, na double
Everyday, na double
Money go dey flow, na double
Body go dey glow, na double
But now, but now, everything na double double

[Outro]

Land wey I get, double
Investing wey I get, double
Business is on fire, double
Everything I do, double
Immamama, everything I like, gbema gbema
With my friend and family, double

 
Online source: https://9jabreed.com/double-double-lyrics-by-yemi-alade-official-lyrics/

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5EdJM8Zs0w&ab_channel=YemiAladeVEVO

All these comments are from 2021.  As is characteristic of YouTube discussion threads, these comments aren't given in different categories based on their topic/s.

Numbers are aded for referencing purposes only. 

1. lobid emma
"This a beautiful song.....everything na double double 😍 ❤"

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2. Kwabena Boateng
"I was thinking, what remix of double double is this, no be bootleg type, na pure fire with blessings, big up my Naija people, keep shining, well done YEMI & VTEK!"

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3. ADERA ABDOULAYE DOLO
"🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮That's the COUPÉ DECALÉ of Côte d'Ivoire🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🤧. For those who have already listened to the IVORIAN artist DJ ARAFAT will know that VTEK made DJ ARAFAT on his verse with the same flow, the same gestures and the  same ROUKASKASS. Thank you for paying tribute to our legend DJ ARAFAT, the Ivorian people salute you since ABIDJAN, it is Africa that wins"

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4. Mary pascouly
" totally agree with you 🇨🇮"

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5. Vtek
"you are right 100%. my verse was inspired. teh dress code just so happens to be inspired too"

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6. ADERA ABDOULAYE DOLO
"@Vtek  we , Ivorians are proud of you, your performance if this sound is so magnificent that it seems like you've been doing this musical style for a long time. you can now count me among your fans from ABIDJAN, we hope that you will collaborate with Ivorian artists in the future.

Africa wins. thank you for reviving the COUPÉ-DECALÉ and making it known in Nigeria" 

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7. Lavida Wilson
"So true...RIP to the Legend DJ Arafat....so painful"

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8. Lavida Wilson
"@Vtek  thanks so much for this... You Make me Remember DJ Arafat💯 💯 💯

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9. hector cleaverson
"Yesterday am listened to this song I said this tune sounds like coupé decale the same roukaskasse of Dj Arafat and the tam tam also are dominant,Africa get the win ❤️❤️❤️

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10. Bekong samsonia
"This might not be so relevant. But the fact that she used Ada Ameh for this video shoot is so beautiful!! Considering Mumsy lost her daughter. Yemi Alade is one Queen i will Stan forever!! MAMA AFRICA 🌍❤️🥰"

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11. lisa
"Yes indeed"

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12. Rukky DINMA
"She really got us❤"️

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13. 69avenue
"The storyline could be about Yemi's upbringing as her mother is  Igbo and Father is Yoruba. the video is of an Igbo Woman who had a daughter and is married to a Yoruba man (the woman in the red hair tie called him Ofe Manu meaning Oily soup as yoruba people tend to, in the eyes of SOME igbo people, like  oily food). The beginning of the video is the Woman being sent out of the women's meeting and treated like an outcast as the community shames her for her life set up. But in the end it was the same daughter of an "Ofe Manu" that upstaged the so called Sons of the village with Grand gifts and the gifts in the Question were DOUBLE DOUBLE whatever the sons of the soil could put together. Moral of the story, God's grace will rest on anybody's shoulders be it a male or female child.

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14. oluwatishe
" @Sarah Banks   lol oily soup? Ridiculous!!"

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15. 69avenue
"@oluwatishe  hi, its a something SOME igbo people use to describe. Particularly those in the village who are ignorant. The broader igbo community that are not ignorant dont use such remarks at all."

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16. Cheks Obih
"@69avenue.

Exactly my thoughts.
Thanks for penning this down"

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17. Sue Lyons
"oily soup  🤣"

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18. waterlafee Clarke
"Thanks for the explanation.  I tried, but cd not quite understand the moral of the story.  Very well done.  So happy to see Afrakan themes; instead of always western imitations."

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19. Jodie Bruni
"Thanks for explanation"

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20. Joshua Reuben Atilley
"👏👏🙏🏾🙏🏾 Great job! We needed this explanation. There is always a minority in every community who think they are holier than thou. I am glad she went back with DOUBLE DOUBLE!"

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21. Lizzy Stars
"What means ofemanu? I’m nigerian but only know English my parents are from esp but I live abroad."

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22. Highly Favored
"It means oily soup"

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24. Udeh Darlington
"As a young Igbo man, I know Yemi is just trying to narrate a story how some Igbo parents antagonize a suitor just because he's a Yoruba. The phrase "Ofé Mmànu" is mostly used by such parents. Yemi I can tell you that the younger generation no longer do it. We're wiser and we really apologize for the mistakes of our parents."

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25. Ujunwa Channel
"Beautiful! Yemi Alade style to keeping the African dressing code in her work, is awesome! I cherish her more, now she's picked Igbo culture and tradition in video 🤗❤

Igbo people continue to practice and believe in traditional practices and beliefs that date back centuries.

Igbo traditional cultural wear has changed after being colonized by West and modern Europeans. But, the culture and  traditional dress style is always eye-catching and very elegant look! The Igbo cultural heritage and dress style is one of the greatest... 👍👏😊❤"

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26. Flora GoodVibes
"I believe Yemi identifies with her igbo ethnic side more and I love it. They're one of my fave African tribes, I'm fascinated by the Fulanis as well."

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27. Eastern blood
"Yes, she does"

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28. Dipo Tepede
"What's the relevance of this statement?

How do you infer where she identifies with?

Her business name is YEMI which completely antithesis to your statement..."

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29. tozz chuq
"@Dipo Tepede   she made a point no need attacking her .. Yoruba's see yemi more as an Igbo girl that's why they don't give her full support as tiwa savage, reason she identify more as Igbo who accepted her."

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30. cane sugar
"@tozz chuq  well if she identifies more with her igbo side, why should they give her the same amount of support as tiwa"

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31. tozz chuq
" @cane sugar   read my post again.. I just gave u the reason she identifies more with Igbo..

Yorubas are fund of doing that I have a friend who is experiencing same treated who has mixed of Yoruba and Igbo blood..they still call her omo Igbo."

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32. Veronica Okomi
"@Dipo Tepede  her mother is Igbo. So yes, she celebrates her Igbo side like she should"

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33. Veronica Okomi
"@tozz chuq  to the average Yoruba person, especially the older generation, they're only 3 types of Nigerians, Hausa, Yoruba and the rest of us are ómô Igbo. You could be  Ibibio,Efik,Bini,Itsekiri, it doesn't matter. You are ómô Igbo. Craziness"

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34. tozz chuq
"@Veronica Okomi  exactly not just the old generation even some of the younger ones , they see some of us as omo Igbo they have call me that on several occasions despite I'm not Igbo.. and I don't even know what Igbo did to them to deserver such resenment..

So since they call me omo Igbo i have chose align with them ... Majority of my fiends are Igbo even my fiance is Igbo..he owns this accnt I'm using ."

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35. Olayinka Ajayi
" @tozz chuq  where and when did you carry out this research??? You people will just open mouth waaah and pluck statistics from the air."

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36. Nurudeen Shola
" @tozz chuq   Omo means Child of Igbo  just like Omo Yoruba it means nothing is just for people to Identify ur tribe"

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37. tozz chuq
"@Nurudeen Shola   I know but sometimes the way they use it wrong... Especially wen dey want to talk bad about u"

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38. Joshua Reuben Atilley
"This rhythm transcends the whole of Africa 🌍. In Ghana 🇬🇭 it is the Agbadza rhythm of the Ewe people in the Volta region. In Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 it is the Coupé-décalé rhythm (RIP DJ ARAFAT). In Nigeria 🇳🇬 it is a typical Igbo rhythm. This just goes to show that we are all one people. God bless Africa and God bless Yemi Alade + Vtek. 🙌 🙌❤❤🌍🌍."

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39. Sharon Agwala
"Yemi... Issa mood... 💖💖💖"

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40. Fiona Y
"Blessings in abundance. Xxx"

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41. The Alkebulan Trust
"The way Yemi Alade continues to provide us with content showcasing her love and appreciation for our motherland. Her success will continue to double, double and so will yours...facts or big facts?"

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42. Adollia Dolo
"I just heard this song for the very first time today! October 31, 2021, 8:15 pm, from Paynesville city in Monrovia, Liberia 🇱🇷 and I LOVE ITTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!! ❤️😊🙏🏽 Thanks Yemi for that powerful quote at the end. Us West African girls are very proud of you. 👏🏾 thank God for you my sister.❤️❤️😊"

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43. D W
"Significance of that end quote is great in Africa. Many neglect the mother of the daughter child!!"

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44. SALIM ESTHER
"YEMI IS A QUEEN 👑 🔥🔥🔥 PERIODTTTT‼️💥💥💥💥"

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45. Uyi Omoregbe
"Big tune from big name, Yemi Alade ,aka mama Africa 🙌"

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46. Amos Hashaka
"Good message at end and true as well, and men who treat women less than that are insecure men!"

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47. adedayo daniel
"Preach Mama preach💃💃"

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48. Chidinma Marvellous
"Father lord I want all good things in my life to be double, double land, double good health, double wealth double happiness 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏"

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49. Destinydanze💃🏾💃🏾🎶🎶
"love da video & da message🔥🔥🔥and yes greatness  has no gender PREACH but some ppls mindset about male child will not change"

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50. Catherine Apio Atim
"It is a sad story tho with a good ending but goes to show how mother faced a hard time with all that mockery".,

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51. EMMANUEL DORCAS
"Music so lit 🔥

Concept 🥰"

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52. Vinus739
"Could this be Yemi Alade's real life story? Her mother is igbo and she went "Ofe mmanu" (married a Yoruba man), not sure of she has a brother, and today Yemi is famous and rich and is bringing all the goodies in double double portion."

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53. Km Our
"Great Coupé-Décalé song. God bless you  sista"

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54. Saira Bonel TATI
"Ce moi où j'ai l'impression que c'est un mélange du Ndombolo 🇨🇩🇨🇬 et du Coupé-Décalé 🇨🇮 ? En tout cas ce lourd 🔥 et ce l'Afrique qui gagne."
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Google translates from French to English:
"This me where I have the impression that it is a mixture of Ndombolo 🇨🇩🇨🇬 and Coupé-Décalé 🇨🇮? In any case, this heavy 🔥 and this Africa which wins."

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55. masungh
"C'est exactement cela. On les distingue à l'écoute:  elle a mélangé les deux dans la musique et la danse même s'il y aussi des pas de danse de son ethnie ou pays ( en somme, des pas de chez elle).👌🏾👌🏾

En tout cas, cela change des sons ou clips à l'Américaine."
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Google translate from French to English
"This is exactly it. We can distinguish them when listening: she has mixed the two in music and dance even if there are also dance steps from her ethnicity or country (in short, steps from her home).

In any case, it changes sounds or clips to the American."

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56. masungh
"Congo (les deux), la Côte d'Ivoire et le Nigeria. Que vive le continent !👌🏾🙏🏾"
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Google translate from French to English
"Congo (both), Ivory Coast and Nigeria. Long live the continent! 👌🏾🙏🏾"

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57. Ugochukwu Nnaji
"I feel the DRC Congo/Ivory Coast musical rhythm."

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58. Sibirina Yéo
"Expecially Ivory Coast one, Coupé Décalé"

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59. Vtek
"you are the smartest. the song is inspired by both countries, i made the beat after inspiration from these cultures"

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60. Ugochukwu Nnaji
" @Vtek  thanks for the creative ingenuity. Our unity is indestructible"

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61. Tanguy Mobio
"Vtek 💪good, Arafat's style 👏👏👏"

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62. Vtek
"he inspires me"

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63. Michael Bright
"May God bless you Yemi Alade for this message. Indeed greatness has no Gender. Beautiful song"

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64. Chimezie Daniel
"I love everything about this video especially when it explained it all abt having Male or female child in olding days for IGBOLAND, my people learn to appreciate God for the child he gave you whether boy or girl it doesn't matter truly greatness doesn't count gender, gather here if you love yemi alade ❤🙌"

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65. Prince Ogbonna
"Now, I really loved the choreography... The last part reminded me of Nollywood 😂"

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66. bikobe Emmanuel
"Yemi no dey carry last"

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