OH AFRICA BY NEOCYRIL (Lyrics)
Intro instrumentals (17 seconds)
Intro
Aaaaah! Aaah!!! This is neocyril… awakening the consciousness of the African conscience..
No more prison my people… But remember… Muscular is nothing without cardiovascular… hmmm English…
Africa! Take Over..
Oya oya oya oya..
Chorus:
Oh… Oh Africa… Nigeria… forever… (Tell me where we dey go) Oh… Oh Africa… Nigeria… Forever (Donald Duke go finish … Joke Silva go finish eh… Linda Ikeji.. Maraji)
Verse One:
Where we dey go… where we dey go now..
If we don’t have a vision… we can never have a mission..
Where we dey… yea… where we dey go now
Give us a reason… and we’ll give you a meaning…
Tafawa Balewa e start.. E try dem no let am finish
Mobutu e start… that one no plan to finish…
The tailor come start… e tear cloth e no sew am finish…
Some start before them say if them come back dem go finish e ooo
Maybe Dele Giwa for finish… ha!
But them no let am start…
Maybe Saro Wiwa for finish… we’ll never know
MKO Abiola for finish…hmmm… But dem no give am chance…
Now it’s time to finish… we no go diminish…
Mike Adenuga go finish
Tony Elumelu go finish eh
Aliko Dangote go finish
Strive Masiyiwa go finish
Mo Ibrahim go finish
Femi Otedola go finish o
Alibaba go finish
Patrick Utomi
Igho Sanomi
Chorus/Bridge:
Africa standing ovation
Riches too many to mention
Oyinbo go buy our garri
Wey Ndidi Nwuneli
Femi Kuti…. Kemi Adetiba
Duro Olowu
Dele Momodu o
Fela Durotoye o
There would be a brighter day
Verse Two:
God is blessing us with leaders… that will make us all proud…
So we can say… I’m African so loud…
Mo Abudu go finish… Salha Kaitesi go finish… eeyeh eeyeh
Koki Mutungi… Liya Kebede
Kanu Nwankwo… Samuel Eto… Ikechi Uko… Wole Oni o
Patrice and Precious Motsepe… Chimamanda Adichie
Yasmin Belo Osagie…. Heeello TY Bello o
Angelique Kidjo… Trevor Noah go finish
Folorunsho Alakija-Oya
Ibukun Awosika-Oya
Uju Ifejika…
AY… ASA go finish…
Adebola Williams go finish
Mitchel Elegbe go finish
Toyin Subair go finish
Mamodu Toure go finish
Paul kagame go finish
George Oppong Weah go finish
Didier Drogba…
Olatokunbo Amosu go finish…
Bridge:
Let my heart do the thinking…
Let my hands do the writing…
Let my mouth do the singing…
Let me sing my song…
It is what I’m living for…
Africa please be strong… things won’t be wrong for long…
Cos…
I’ll be there for you… I believe in you
I’ll be there for you… Africa… Nigeria
I’ll write more songs for you… Songs that are true
I’ll stay alive for you
I’ll keep off drugs for you
Oh Africa…. Ooooh
Drum Interlude:
Bongolo Kenewendo
Anthony Joshua go finish
Neocyril may you be strong
Helena Ndume may your days be long
Yvonne Mburu you won’t be wrong…
One Africa… many tongues….
Refrain:
Morocco… Ethiopia… Liberia… Somalia eh..
Na wetin dey… Make we just dey march am dey go… dey march am dey go say…
Saotome & Principe… Uganda… Rwanda
Keep the fire burning… let’s keep the fire burning… ooooh
Sierra Leone… DR Congo… Botswana… Namibia
The vision is growing… the dreams keeps on coming…
Egypt and Kenya… Zimbabwe and Libya aaahhh
Mauritius and Ghana… South Africa… Okokomaiko
Seychelles Madagascar… All of Africa… Algeria
Tunisia…Angola… Senegal… Mali oooh
Where we dey go…. Tell me where we dey go oh…
Where we dey go- where we dey go… where we dey go say..
Lesotho… Togo… Burundi… Malawi… Ivory Coast
We’re not giving up now……
Adeyeye ogunwusi o… Africa it’s time to see oooh
Nothing wey dey fall from up wey ground e no fit carry …..