Kashcoming and Zaylevelten open CTRL with a signature detail: California za rolled in a Backwood leaf, smoke curling at the start of a long night. That intro sets the mood for everything that follows, a track built around money chasing, bottle popping, and the kind of carefree energy that sounds best at high volume.
Kashcoming leads the first verse in a bilingual blend of Yoruba and Nigerian street slang, describing a lifestyle where drinking with the girls is almost medicinal and financial ambition runs underneath everything. The pre-chorus is where the song finds its emotional core: a woman's movements are so distracting that staying composed becomes genuinely impossible, hence the title. Control is the one thing neither artist can hold onto.
Zaylevelten takes over in the second verse and the flex gets louder. Bottles, designer Prada, OBO-level money falling, and a confident "take-am-if-I-like-am" attitude that makes clear he is never the one stressing. ASHER gets a name-drop, described as no small something, which will mean something to listeners already in that world.
The bridge circles back to where the song started, Califo' za, Backwood, a girl named Shima who wants to stay the night, and an all-night turn-up that refuses to let anyone sleep. CTRL does not try to be complicated. It commits fully to its night, and that commitment is exactly the point.
Originally published by NotJustOk.