What does Oromo, Tigray, Amhara and Habesha mean? Drake's 'Blue Green Red' lyrics go viral 

Drake released three tracks on an Instagram account named @plottttwistttttt. On Tuesday, August 6, 2024, the musician promoted the profile on his own Instagram story. One of the three songs he released was Blue Green Red. Many were surprised to hear Drake talk about Ethiopian women in the song.

In Blue Green Red, Drake shows off his soft vocals, and at one point, he takes on another persona that has a drastically unique singing style. The lyrics of the song dive into a range of topics, including women, and violence. The song blends different genres of music as well.

The lyrics read,

“Oroma girls, Tigray girls, all of my Amhara girls, Habesha girls, you’re my kind, my kind”

Oroma, Tigray, Amhara, and Habesha are ethnic groups of people based in the Ethiopian Highlands.

Several netizens took to the internet to express excitement over Drake mentioning the ethnic groups in the aforementioned songs. Some tweets read,

“Drake trying to unite Ethiopia,” one netizen said.

“Prime Minister Drake being the one who might unite Ethiopia was not on my 2024 bingo card,” another platform user commented.

"Who taught Drake the regions of Ethiopia", another X user said.

The song was quick to go viral and is yet to make it to music streaming platforms. Meanwhile, another netizen said,

"Did this n**ga really say “Oromo girls , Tigray girls , Amhara girls “ man is a federalist lol ! Some one about to be mad he didn’t say Ethiopia," another internet user commented.

---

Things to know about the Ethiopian ethnic groups as Drake croons about them in Blue Green Red track

The Oromo people belong to the Oromia Region of Ethiopia, with certain groups of people also living in northern Kenya. They mostly speak the Oroma language.

The Tigray people belong to the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia and speak their own Tigrinya language.

The Amhara group typically lives in the northwest Highlands of Ethiopia. They comprise 26.9% of the Ethiopian population, while the Habesha group makes up 35.5% of the Ethiopian population. They are a diaspora of various ethnic groups, including Amhara, Tigray, and Gurage.

Meanwhile, other lyrics in Blue Green Red included,

“36 in the chest okay/ 28 in the waist okay/ 46 and the hips come swing my way/ Swing my way, draw for me, send for me/ Broke your back and bend up your knee/ Badmind gyal can’t friend up with me, no”

---

More about the content released by Drake

Apart from the track, Drake also released It’s Up, which featured Young Thug, 21 Savage, and Housekeeping Knows, which featured Latto.

Drake also released a series of files through the Instagram account that included the behind-the-scenes footage of the Hotline Bling track's creation, his working in the studio alongside Boi-1da and Noah “40” Shebib, studio footage from the sessions for Honestly Nevermind, and much more.

To fans’ surprise, he also shared rehearsal footage of him practicing his Take Care track alongside Rihanna.

Footage on the Instagram account also included him working on Kanye West’s Yikes song from his 2018 Ye album.