Tag: Nigerian

ASA: Peace

asa-peace

Peace for the people who are gone
Yekpa for the ones not yet born
Oh, for the people who are here
Yeah, yeah, yeah, for the people (2x)

I cry when I see that I am born
I live when I see what I am to do

‘Cause life is all about
All you sitting and looking at me
Just take one step at a time
‘Cause if you jump you’ll never believe

ASA: Bi’Ban Ké

Asa - Bibanke

I wake up I see you as you leave
I feel it, I see it as you leave
When we kiss I want deep, but you’re far away

[CHORUS:]
Bi (m) ba n ke, b’omi ban san [When I’m crying, if it becomes a flood]
Fi mi si le [Leave me alone]
Bi (m) ba n ke, bo jo ba ro [When I’m crying, if it rains]
Fi mi si le [Leave me alone]

[BRIDGE:]
Bi (m) ba n ke oh oh oh oh [When I’m crying…]
K’o kun basia, fi mi si le ye[even if it fills the basin, leave me alone, please]
Bi (m) ba n ke oh oh oh oh [When I’m crying…]
K’o kun basia, k’okun basia [If it fills the basin, even if it fills the basin]

Mo ti f’oro mi fo lu wa [I have surrendered my issues to God]
K’o so, k’o so wa [May He guard us, may He guard us]

Mo ti s’oro mi fo lu wa [I have told my issues to God]
K’o so, k’o so wa [May He guard us, may He guard us]

Iwo, iwo nikan soso [You, you alone]

ASA: 360 [degrees]

Nigerian singer-songwriter Asa [asha] in Paris. Foto: Andreas Terlaak

We don’t have to go
the 360 degrees,
Now it’s time to go the 180

You don’t have to climb
The highest mountain
For all you’re looking for
Is within you

Open the eyes of your mind
Your ears and mouth
As I sing my song

Open the eyes of your mind
Your ears and mouth
As you hear my words o o o

Pa ra ra n pa n pa ra re
I’ll be waiting
I’ll be

We still live in yesterday
Many today they waste away
But never the less it’s never late o

See the times have changed
I thought you knew
That this world, will
Never ever wait for you

The world has gone past times of fighting
So drop your guns and your swords
And let us live all as one