Shallipopi opens "UP (Transovania)" with a simple declaration of his world: every day is a bank holiday, LV is just part of the yard setup, and advice is only welcome if it comes with a PalmPay transfer. The Benin City artist leans hard into his Pluto-inspired persona, calling it Plutomania highway, and the whole song feels like a dispatch from somewhere above the clouds.
The lyrics move between Nigerian Pidgin, street slang, and sharp humour with real ease. He calls himself a fly boy, flags a woman as an ọgbánje spirit but brushes it off with a laugh, and keeps the energy light even when the boasts are heavy. The chorus circles around sensuality and confidence, with lines about watching a woman move and reminding her not to perform when the real thing is right there.
The phrase "up, up, and away" does a lot of work across the track. It shows up in the post-chorus like a mantra, repeated until it feels less like a lyric and more like a state of mind. Zooming in a rocket ship, smoke up, sky-high, feet off the ground. Shallipopi is not describing a destination so much as a feeling he clearly has no intention of coming down from.
Originally published by NotJustOk.