In 2019, music producer Sarz and Alte musician Wurld collaborated to create the masterpiece ‘Ego’. It was one of the most popular songs to emerge in the final years of the 2010s, courtesy of the modest popularity of Alte music and the gradual embrace of individualistic ideologies among Nigerian youths at the time.
The song’s lyrics and theme define how Nigerian youths perceive relationships and how they often treat them. Neither the man nor the woman wants to be a loser; hence, they give up on what could’ve been beautiful and worthwhile.
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Sarz and Wurld collaborated in 2019 to gift modern Nigerian youths a song that would soothe their pride and justify their inflated self-perception.
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Background Story: How Was ‘Ego’ Created?
The song, ‘Ego’ is off Sarz and Wurld’s 2019 collaboration project, I Love Girls With Trobul. The music project was created for young people with lonely hearts and individuals who genuinely don’t understand the objective and essence of the relationship or affair that they have found themselves in. The lovers are happy to have an affair with their love interest; however, after fulfilling their lust, they are back to the renowned feeling of loneliness.
The music project, I Love Girls With Trobul in itself is a panegyric created for mean girls or women that Wurld admires from a distance. The other notable song on the collaboration album is ‘Trobul’, the title is self-explanatory.
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Nobody Wins…I Won’t Call You Anyways
In modern relationships, nobody wants to be perceived as the lesser person; everyone wants to appear as the alpha, so they would prefer to hold on to grudges and refuse to express the inconveniences they are experiencing in a relationship.
The opening lyrics to the song read, “Really
So many times I dey miss you
I know I don’t call when I want to
Now you’ve got way bigger issues
You’re running around like you’re single.”
Aside from infidelity and, probably, the law of diminishing returns affecting modern relationships, like everything related to humans, most people lose genuine connections, love, and friendships due to pride, ego, and the decision never to communicate with those they’ve chosen to become intimate with. People withdraw love at the minutest inconveniences, claiming to choose ‘peace’ instead of confronting their significant other and working things out as adults should.
In the end, no one genuinely wins when no party chooses to reach out to the other.
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Conclusion
Sarz and Wurld created a masterpiece in ‘Ego’; the song would be picked up by the next generation whenever they are going through heartbreak, rejection, or when their crush hasn’t returned their calls within 5-10 minutes.
Nowadays, relationships are predominantly about who wants the other person less, no one wants to love from the intricate part of their hearts anymore. In the end, the game is brutal, but it is still fair.
The track is noted for its blend of Nigerian Pidgin and English, set against a smooth, synth-heavy production characteristic of Sarz’s style.
In conclusion, the song centres on the classic battle of wills that young couples face. Both lovers are missing each other and want to be together, but their egos prevent them from reaching out or being vulnerable. The phrase “nobody wins” implies that by trying to prove who is more important or who cares less, both partners end up heartbroken and alone.
