no-longer-at-ease Archives - The Nigerian Diplomat

NNEKA: From Africa 2 U

Plenty wahala, plenty dey gpeme
For the sake of our ignoranci oh weg et this pain for bele
See no be because dem no born you
With silver spoon for mouth, say u be ogpe

Make I tell my story oh
Make I tell you my story oh

Africa, Nigeria from Warri to Abuja
Lagos States, Niger Delta
Africa, you are so beautiful, beautiful

Some dey sick, some dey well
Some dey tatafo, some dey aproko
We dey call Oghene, we dey call Chineke
Wetin go save us from d pain wen we dey go through

Africa no one else go save you but you
It is time to arise
Take away your pride, it is time to arise, yes

NNEKA: Streets Lack Love

This goes out to you people in the streets
Know it is not easy to survive in this world
Where there is no love, where there is no heart
The things we say, we are, we can never be

For nearly 60 years in Nigeria,
People have been suffering from gas flaring, and pollution
Because of big oil extraction companies such as Shell, Chevron, NNPC.
The Niger Delta, the Warri and the Ogoni people have pleading for a change
They have been fighting for justice,
But the companies, Europe and Nigerian government do not seem to care,
Do not seem to be bothered, they can’t be bothered

NNEKA: Suffri

Suffri, suffri with my soul, jeh jeh jeh jeh
Suffri, suffri with my soul, Oga you dey hear me oh say
Suffri, suffri with my soul jeh jeh jeh jeh
Don’t you tamper with my soul, eh eh

VERSE 1

Una dey talk of your elections, Nigerians, Nigerians,
We dey talk of the redemption, naija, naija
We dey talk of resolutions, oya
Tell me where the resolution because nothing dey change
We just dey yan, we just dey spray, we just dey rake,
All these lies so