NEO-LAGOS | Talia | Afrobeat 2026

13 Aug 2025 · 3 min

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The excerpt is a lyrical passage from the Afrobeat love song "NEO-LAGOS | Talia | Afrobeat 2026" performed by a single vocalist. The narrator repeatedly addresses a beloved named Talia (also referred to as Dalia), expressing unwavering devotion, a promise to protect and "steal" her away from hardship, and a desire to rise together through the challenges of city life. The lyrics weave vivid urban imagery—rain, fire, night, skyline—and use musical metaphors (e.g., “your symphonies play,” “my heart is yours for life”) to convey a passionate, hopeful commitment. The tone is poetic and rhythmic, emphasizing perseverance, love as a guiding force, and the dream of rewriting the future together.

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Talia, Talia, Talia. A voice still lives in my head, it'll still loom. Talia, without you I'm lost instead. Talia, I'll steal you away from the night, through the rain, through the pain and the fire. Yeah, yeah, every step, every breath, take me higher, love. Talia, my My heart is yours for life. Girl, your name is the sweetest refrain. I'll be calling it again and again. From the block to the skyline, girl, you the headline. Love so deep, we gonna rewrite the timeline. Past and the future, you're all that I see. Every song I make is a prayer for we. When you smile, your symphonies play. That's your Hannah Note in a modern day way. Got my heart in a permanent sway. Yeah. It'll still move when the city sleeps. I'm still awake chasing the dream. Will never break. I'll steal you away from the night, through the rain, through the pain, through the fire. Yeah, yeah, every step, every breath, take me higher, love. My heart is yours for life. When the city sleeps, I'm still awake, chasing the dream we'll never break. Dalia, I'll steal you away from the night, through the rain, through the pain, through the fire. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Every step, every breath, take me higher, lover. Dalia, my heart is yours for life.