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Hello, Not being Nigerian, I'm looking for a "translation" into international English of the following songs by Femi Kuti. Oyimbo (in Day by Day) I beg leave me My life I dey think No disturb me With nonsense gist The fine things of life These people don’t see Their bad mind No gree make them get better dream So with their crooked legs Them waka go redeem But salvation comes from within Seek and ye shall find Definitively with music Whose rich harmonies and melodies Will truly bring peace All in the name of peace We fight and kill to find justice For me na only music From the voice of the soul we speak Wetin concern me with English my brothers Na them kuku them selfish my sisters They bank Africa money like the Swiss Oyimbo don kill Africa finish Sorry sorry (in Shoki Shoki) If my eyes no decieve me and na true be things my ears dey hear politicians and soldiers make e meeting Our country dem wan repair dem dey make like say dem know o know say na dem a spoil our country so as dem dey dabaru am dey o na so my people dey follow o o i sorry sorry o, i sorry for Nigeria, i sorry sorry o, i sorry for Africa sorry sorry o i sorry sorry o, i sorry for Nigeria, i sorry sorry o, i sorry for Africa sorry sorry o As we [never get decided], Look my friends dem no like to hear word na to dey follow follow, follow dem enemies like zombie, dem dey go dey march dey go dey fight for other people wey spoil Nigeria so these politicians and soldiers dem be one and the same no one different [from] the other my people no wan know but with kind of leaders Africa no get hope Africans will suffer we go suffer reach our bone Thank you in advance ! |
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