In the Afropop standout “Potomanto,” Kuami Eugene navigates the bittersweet intersection of heartbreak and self-actualization. The lyrics capture the raw frustration of pouring affection into a void, eventually pivoting from the pain of rejection to the strength of independence. It is a musical chronicle of the moment one stops pleading for validation and chooses the difficult, yet necessary, path of walking away.
Read Potomanto Lyrics by Kuami Eugene below!
[Intro]
Alelele lo
Alelele lo le lo lo
Le lo
Alelele lo
Alelele lo le lo lo
Ladies and Gentlemen!
Ohhhh ohhhh
[Chorus]
I no go complain again
I no go beg you again
Wompe me a ka e
I go carry my potomato go my way
[Verse 1]
Yeah, Money goes, money comes
Everybody wanna be the number one
So if no dey love me tell me make i go (tell me make i go)
Oh yea
I call your phone but you no dey come around
Don’t you call me when I pull up in a bullion van
You go say you love me but e no dey show (but e no dey show)
They say if you love someone
You have to let them go
A lie this thing pain me edey my inn
Ano fit think oo
[Chorus]
But i no go complain again
I no go beg you again
Wompe me a ka e
I go carry my potomato go my way
I no go complain again
I no go beg you again
Wompe me a ka e
I go carry my potomato go my way
[Verse 2]
Just make your mind o
Odo wetin dey sup o
My pretty little thing
You act like you don’t want me no more
See the way monkey love banana (banana)
I dey your back like I’m isakaba (isakaba)
And If you want make I sing for your love (for your love)
Then give mic make I sing for your love (for your love)
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See the way monkey love banana (banana)
I dey your back like I’m isakaba (isakaba)
And if you want make I sing for love
I go sing for your love baby oo
[Chorus]
But i no go complain again
I no go beg you again
Wompe me a ka e
Ago carry my potomato go my way
I no go complain again
I no go beg you again
Wompe me a ka e
I go carry my potomato go my way
[Bridge]
Alelele lo
Alelele lo le lo lo
Le lo (Ago carry my potomato go my way)
Dem say If you love someone you have to let them go (Alelele lo)
A lie this thing pain me e dey my inn (Alelele lo le lo lo)
I no fit think o (Le lo )
[Chorus]
But i no go complain again
I no go beg you again
Wompe me a ka e
I go carry my potomato go my way
I no go complain again
I no go beg you again
Wompe me a ka e
Ago carry my potomato go my way
[Outro]
ROCKSTAR MADE IT!
I no carry my potomato go my way
