Nigeria, Oct. 5 -- BNXN's "16" is a song about routine, but it is not necessarily a celebration of it. Released as the third track on his six-song EP, Still In Charge, the song finds BNXN looking back at the discipline that has shaped his journey while confronting what years of repetition, ambition and success can do to a person.

Over a restrained Afro-fusion production by Walahisteph, the singer presents himself as both the beneficiary and prisoner of his own routine.

"E don dey my routine, since I was 16 / Never to lose my focus / I dey work like machine / But since na my routine / I just dey move like robot," he sings on the chorus.

It is a simple refrain, but it carries much of the song's weight. BNXN isn't merely saying he's worke...