The second single from her self titled 2007 album Asa, “Jailer” is a song addressing different forms of societal oppressors. Asa presents this song as a sort of protest made by the oppressed against both literal and figurative jailers with a depiction of actual prison guards, employers and governments. Her strong vocals over the indie/jazzy melody is almost certain to make a listener bob to every drum beat and piano chord while wondering who this jailer is! In this interview, the French born Nigerian tells viewers her song writing is from personal and shared experiences, and on this song’s creation she role plays the jailer stating: Me and the next man; I try to hold back from you, I try to keep you from knowing or giving, but at the end of the day my child will suffer. The song is an attempt to equalize people suggesting higher authority oblivion or ignorance to consequences o