A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF Te Amo by Di’ ja
When a song is nice, we play it twice!
Hadiza Blell, better known by her stage name Di’ Ja, is a
Nigerian singer and songwriter.
Di’ Ja who is currently signed to Marvin Records has a
new single titled ‘Te Amo’
Read for the pretext/message she has got for this living-
soul!
CONTENT ANALYSIS
A regret encapsulated in terse phrases. She (the persona)
flashes back to those fond moments with her lover to discover how she has
treated him to be bad in the past. ‘Te Amo’ is a contraction of (‘take am o’)
She expected her lover should have seen her mind even
though she has never expressed it in words; ‘’Cause I never said it out in
words/I thought you knew it’’.
Because she had expected him to scan her inners to know
how much she loved him, she considered not necessary to make show of the
affection but then she is seriously in love with him yet he does not seem to
see this. The persona admits blame; she should have indeed revealed her love in
thick and thin. She recalls she was foolish to have done this and even until
now, seems the trait of foolery is still inherent in her. This is to depict
that she is skeptical whether or not it was indeed mistake she committed in the
past. This undulating statement bewilders her lover. Could he say whether she
is now ready for him or not? This is evident thus:
“Yes I was a young, I was a young fool/I’m still a young
fool”.
This bewilderment waxes stronger in the mind as she poses
more of what could be regarded as antithesis. She says to love now yet she is
still learning to love. Evident thus:
“But I keep loving now/learning to love”.
She seems now to
have some pent-up affections she would love to show but to who? As the lover
seems no longer very much within.
“I learn how to show you/Even though you are not here”
She furthers by posing rhetorical questions that arouse
pathos in the mind. She cares about the wellbeing of her lover, he must be
happy and those around him must not trouble him. She reminds, those with him
may not have love for him-so she warns not to give them credence. He is a Diamond
not for fools. He may still be nursing the pressure by the previous hurt, she
appeals it should no longer be a snag.
“Cause of the pressure/Don’t let them pressure no more
so”
She reiterates her love for him, she had indeed loved in
the past, those things she ought to have told him; the caresses and winks that
she ought to have given to him; the recognition-the romantic life they ought to
have lived all of these memories now bug her mind. She yet pleads he takes it
as it has come. (‘Te Amo baby’)
She reminisces the time past; all of the adventures acquired
and even the plans they made to achieve together are rather relics of regret to
her, she does this reminiscence to engage her lover a bit in their love life.
But she admits further; it was all her faults-“a young fool” who did not see
bad of the bad she did.
She reminds, he must not forget she loved him. Now she
realizes where she breached but that is too late now, she is still a ‘young
fool’.
The song can be said troubled the lover in his unknown
destination as we hear thus: (‘I think I drink too much’) in a strangled voice.
A coincidence with the jingle of the producer. There is a match the song and
the jingle have in meaning.
THEMES
v Theme
of Love: The song portrays intimate affections. It is seen virtually in all of
the lines each word creating a mental picture of love. Thus, the lyrics as a
whole are yet rich in this trait. Such lines as ‘Cause I never said it
out in words/I thought you knew it/But I keep loving now’ ….all depict love.
v Theme
of Regret/apology: The persona is mild in tone which shows she is being
remorseful. She feels the dead of the love is/was caused by her assumption
which turns out off beam. She forgets that love must be backed up with proof
which includes blowing off the head of one’s lover with romantic appraisals. A
man will love to hear a lady say ‘I love you, honey etc’ with a mild tone. He
equally enjoys the caresses, winking and pinches of love especially under a
convivial ambience. Such lines that depict remorse are ‘But I keep loving
now/learn how to love you/this was my worst mistake…….’
Te Amo - Lyric
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