To understand Nigeria
you need to appreciate
where it came from
Actually there's one
additional detail
that bears mentioning
In order to take over
the territories
from the Niger Company
the British Government
paid eight hundred sixty-five
thousand pounds
A huge amount
in nineteen hundred
So let's establish
a simple truth
The British didn't
travel halfway
across the world
just to spread democracy
Nigeria started off
as a business deal for them
between a company
and a government
Incidentally
the Niger Company
is still around today
Only it is known by
a different name
Unilever
But that's another story
Ay
They wanna tell you o
tell you o tell you o
Another story o
story o story o
Since nineteen sixty
them dey play us why o
Shey we go dey cry
forever more
E dey pain me ga-ga o ahh
E dey pain me ga-ga o ay
E dey pain me ga-ga o ahh
E dey pain you gaga o
wellu wellu
E dey pain me ga-ga o ahh
E dey pain me ga-ga o ay
E dey pain you ga-ga o ahh
E dey pain me ga-ga o
ay ga-ga o
They want make we all
enter one corner shebi o
'Cause e be lie them dey
tell me since
I was a baby o
All the times them go
promise and fail o
Aaaaaah
We don dey
we dey slim them
dey shade o
They wanna tell you o
tell you o tell you o
Another story o story o
story o
Since nineteen sixty
them dey play us why o
Shey we go dey cry
forever more
E dey pain me ga-ga o ahh
E dey pain me ga-ga o ay
E dey pain me ga-ga o ahh
E dey pain you ga-ga o
wellu wellu
E dey pain me ga-ga o ahh
E dey pain me ga-ga o ay
E dey pain you ga-ga o ahh
E dey pain me ga-ga o
ay ga-ga o
Which kind country be this
chaley I conf
Sometimes I for dey move
away maybe a month
More or less more yawa
Less people power
Same shit Ghana
Naija man tire
Stuck in traffic
I dey hate delay
Big man get the motorcade
big Benz and the Escalade
Hustle just dey escalate
But mad six
we go celebrate
Every year
we dey sing cock and bull
Propaganda you dey push
no dey go e dey pain
people tire for this matter
Everyday for thief man
one day for master
Efie ne fie
me ntumi 'nfamu
Ɔman no sɛi aa
yɛn nyinaa yɛ ti mu
Ashi me aa ashi me aa
ashi me aa ashi me aa
ashi me aa ashi me aa
'Nso me ntumi 'nfamu
They wanna tell you o
tell you o tell you o
Another story o
story o story o
Since nineteen sixty
them dey play us why o
Shey we go dey cry
forever more
E dey pain me ga-ga o ahh
E dey pain me ga-ga o ay
E dey pain me ga-ga o ahh
E dey pain you ga-ga o
wellu wellu
E dey pain me ga-ga o ahh
E dey pain me ga-ga o ay
E dey pain you ga-ga o ahh
E dey pain me ga-ga o
ay ga-ga o
