SKALES’ RESILIENCE SHINES IN ‘I STILL DEY’ REMIX WITH SPYRO

March 22, 2024

There are very few Nigerian artists who have done it as long and well as Skales has – Turntable Charts

Skales, for close to a decade, has been one of the champions of cross-country collaborations – OkayAfrica

Skales has redefined–and expanded– the scope of what longevity means in an age powered by social media theatrics and standards – Guardian Nigeria

Since Skales released 2020’s introspective Healing Process, the singer and rapper has settled into a new phase of his career marked by self-appreciation, healing, and love after using the pandemic era project to critically examine the trade-offs and choices that had helped him become a fixture of Nigerian popular music over a two-decade span where he went from boy wonder to icon in his own right. Most of what Skales has worked on in the intervening years has been a deft mixture of his signature vivid pop anthems, cross-continental collaborations, and contemplative soul-inflected offerings.

In a remarkable showing of his resilience, last year’s Proof of Life EP was reintroduced as a star still capable of engaging with the heart of Afropop as he smoothly glided over suave instrumentals while providing timely life updates across seven uplifting tracks.

To kick off his 2024, Skales has teamed up with one of 2023’s breakout stars, Spyro, for a remix of a Proof of Life standout track, “I Still Dey.” Carrying over from the theme of the original song, the remix of “I Still Dey” showcases Skales’ staying power and all that he has had to overcome to secure his place in the Afropop canon.

In keeping with Skales’s evolution since the Healing Process, the singer does not sound callow or dismissive of the betrayal he’s faced across his career. He sounds euphoric and excited about what comes next as he rides the wave of the log drums and twinkling key to pass his message over the amapiano-inspired Jaysynth instrumental. Skales is also quick to ascribe all his successes to God in no uncertain terms.

Staying true to the theme of “I Still Dey,” Spyro reflects on his journey to breakthrough in 2023, recounting the days of hoping to make a mark with music on his groovy verse that compliments Skales’ sung-rap flow as the duo starts the new year on a positive note with a message of renewed upliftment.

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 I STILL DEY REMIX

 

I still Dey here o (I still Dey)

I still Dey (I still Dey)

Breeze don blow fowl nyash open

I still Dey here o (I still Dey)

I still Dey here o (I still Dey)

I still Dey (I still Dey)

Many come many don go

I still Dey here o (I still Dey)

 

Thank God for the things I know (I know)

My eye see many things oh no (oh no)

I’m still standing on my ten toes (ten toes)

I still Dey here o (I still Dey)

 

Thank God for the things I know (I know)

My eye see many things oh no (oh no)

I’m still standing on my ten toes (ten toes)

I still Dey here o (I still Dey)

 

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Now my life sweet like juice

Shey you notice say I see

Many many things

My gee

No go tink say I be new comer for this game

Cos Otito ojometa wey my life just dey

on and dey off like Nepa

Bami ke halleluya meta (Hallelujah)

 

Enemies back to sender

Oya rapampapa remember days

wey I no get the Kpa

Wey everybody dey use me dey Kpa

Now all the ladies say I fine Kpa

Oya rapampapa

 

Thank God for the things I know (I know)

My eye see many things oh no (oh no)

I’m still standing on my ten toes (ten toes)

I still Dey here o (I still Dey)

 

Thank God for the things I know (I know)

My eye see many things oh no (oh no)

I’m still standing on my ten toes (ten toes)

I still Dey here o (I still Dey)

 

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The life I’m living wonderful

I Dey shine my 32

Like I no get one issue

E won’t take long ni shuru

Through the storm and the rain yea

When there’s surge in my brain yea

Through the hurt and the pain yea

Turn my pain to champagne yea

 

I still Dey here o (I still Dey)

I still Dey (I still Dey)

Breeze don blow fowl nyash open

I still Dey here o (I still Dey)

I still Dey here o (I still Dey)

I still Dey (I still Dey)

 

Many come many don go

I still Dey here o (I still Dey)

Thank God for the things I know (I know)

My eye see many things oh no (oh no)

I’m still standing on my ten toes (ten toes)

I still Dey here o (I still Dey)

 

Thank God for the things I know (I know)

My eye see many things oh no (oh no)

I’m still standing on my ten toes (ten toes)

I still Dey (I still Dey)

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