Skeptical significa 'escéptico' o 'dudoso'. Es una palabra que describe la actitud de alguien que no cree fácilmente en algo y prefiere cuestionar o dudar.
En la canción, Swae Lee canta: "Settle down, was skeptical at first but now I'm not". Aquí, usa "skeptical" para expresar que al principio tenía dudas o desconfianza sobre una situación o persona, pero que esa actitud ha cambiado. Es una palabra interesante porque muestra una evolución en el pensamiento o los sentimientos del narrador.
"Won't Be Late" is about clearing the room so one person can have his full attention.
It opens with him waving everyone else off. "Tell 'em again, tell 'em off" is not aimed at the girl, it is aimed at the crowd around them, and at the friends who would rather he kept playing the field. He admits the timing is strange, that what feels right also feels wrong, and that he showed up without a wingman because he came to be serious about this.
From there the song becomes a promise about time. He is saving his time for her, he has closed off his line, and he keeps repeating the title as a vow: he won't be late, he won't delay. It is a small, ordinary kind of romance. Not grand gestures, just showing up when he said he would.
The push and pull is what makes it honest. He says he is better on his own, then admits he is standing in line for her and that the wait feels slow. He points at the messages they wrote each other as proof that the feeling goes both ways.
The Nigerian slang in the last verse, "Ikebe" and "Bakassi", nods to the Afrobeats sound the track is built on, and keeps the mood playful rather than heavy.