Turning down a chance to be in Dubai?! No big deal with Burna Boy apparently

The Afrobeats artist shared a freestyle video of him yesterday, where he sings out that he turned down a $5M offer to play in Dubai

And the reason is definitely interesting.

“Just now I turn down Dubai money, $5m na small thing, Cos me I no dey like to dey go. Where dey no gree me smoke Igbo” 

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Burna Boy said he rejected the offer because the drug laws in the UAE don’t let him smoke

The drug he wants to smoke is marijuana. And although one may not respect his choices, we can respect his choice to respect the country’s rules by staying away.

The UAE has a strict drug policy and laws in place which enforce ‘zero tolerance’ for drugs. The Federal Law no. 14 of 1995 on the countermeasures against narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (‘Narcotics Law’) criminalizes the procurement, import, export, manufacture, extraction, separation, production, possession, acquisition and abuse of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, as well as all the other types of activities and acts in connection therewith (Article 7).

The narcotics law categorizes drugs into two categories of:

1. “Narcotic drugs” mean any of the substances, natural or synthetic, in Schedules 1, 2, 3 and 4, annexed to this Law. These include substances such as cannabis, cocaine, heroin, methadone, nicomorphine, opium etc; and
2. “Psychotropic substances” mean any of the substances, natural or synthetic, in Schedules 5, 6, 7 and 8 such as butalbital, barbital, aminorex, ethinamate etc.

 

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Although one may not respect his choices, we can respect his choice to respect the country’s rules by staying away

The rest of his freestyle verse goes as follows

Gbefun One Time,
Anybody wey dey look me one kind,
Alhamdulillah I shine like diamond,
Hustle make you no go fall of like Brymo,
Just now I turn down Dubai money,
$5m na small thing,
Cos me I no dey like to dey go
Where dey no gree me smoke Igbo
Shey na until they tell you eh!!
Wey you know say you go clear my way,
I be champion heavy weight,
One day you go understand man,
Opportunity before too late,
I been nor know no go dey,
I see a lot of disrespect as I dey my own,
Cos I quiet them think na joke,
Shoulders, head, knees and toes,
All dey pepper me reach my throat,
Forget my Grammy forget my shows,
Forget my money forget my clothes,
Sun go breeze body go cold,
If e not good e for you no dey smoke

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