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[Kanuri] Lumbalel

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# LUMBALELE
*Bari na Umuri Yai Ngani*



[INTRO — INSTANT AFRICAN PERCUSSION, PLAYFUL FEMALE VOCAL]

*(Three handclaps. A bouncing bassline answers.)*

Hey!

Wanda ya ce rana ba zata fito ba?

Wanda ya ce mafarkinka ya yi girma?

Ji!

Akwai waƙa a cikin zuciyarka
Babu wanda zai iya ɗauka!

Oh-oh-oh!
Eh-ya-ya!

Kowa ya shirya?

LUMBALELE!



[CHORUS — EXPLOSIVE AFRO-HOUSE / AMAPIANO DROP]

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Ji farin ciki daga kai har ƙafa!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!
Bari duniya ta sani!

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Hanyoyi da yawa na ci gaba!

Ka shiga cikin hasken rana!
Bari farin cikinka ya yi yawa!

LUMBALELE!
Bari kyawawan motsin rai su gudana!



[VERSE 1 — BOUNCY AFROBEATS, HIGHLIFE GUITAR]

Lokacin da dare ya yi duhu sosai,
Har yanzu akwai ƙaramin wuta.
Kowane zuciya da ta ci gaba da imani
Ta riƙe fata da ba ta canza ba.

Inda katanga ta raba mu,
Za mu iya gina gada maimakon.
Inda hanya ta rufe har abada,
Akwai wata hanya a gaba.

Akwai murya da ke bukatar jin sauti,
Akwai hannu da ke bukatar aboki.
Akwai mafarki da bai fara ba,
Akwai labari da bai ƙare ba.

Kowane mutum yana da manufa,
Kowane rai yana da damar.
Kuma makoma tana jin daɗi
Idan muka maraba da kowa don rawa.



[PRE-CHORUS — RISING FEMALE HARMONIES]

Shin kana jin sa a cikin waƙa?
Shin kana jin sa a cikin sauti?

Zuciyar gobe ce
Ta motsa a cikin taron rawa.

Ka ɗauki mataki ka ci gaba,
Bari ƙarfin zuciyarka ya jagorance ka.

Akwai duniya cike da yiwuwar
Jiran wani gobe!



[CHORUS — FULL AMAPIANO LOG-DRUM DROP]

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Ji farin ciki daga kai har ƙafa!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!
Bari duniya ta sani!

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Hanyoyi da yawa na ci gaba!

Ka shiga cikin hasken rana!
Bari farin cikinka ya yi yawa!

LUMBALELE!
Bari kyawawan motsin rai su gudana!



[POST-CHORUS — VIRAL DANCE CHANT]

Lum! Lum!
Mataki zuwa dama!

Ba! Ba!
Mataki zuwa hagu!

Le! Le!
Hannu sama!

LUMBALELE!
Bari ruhinka ya tashi!

Oh-eh-oh!
Oh-eh-ah!

Kowa!
Ga mu nan!



[VERSE 2 — SOULFUL FEMALE LEAD, ROLLING BASS]

Akwai uwa mai burin,
Akwai uba mai shirye-shirye.
Akwai yaro da ke ganin gobe
Cike da abubuwan al'ajabi a hannunsu.

Akwai manomi da amfanin gona,
Akwai mai kasuwa da mafarki.
Akwai matashin mai kirkira da ke ginawa
Abin da ba a taɓa gani ba.

Daga ƙauye zuwa birni,
Daga duwatsu zuwa teku,
Kowane mutum yana kawo baiwa,
Kowane rai yana da daraja.

Sweefin na haɗa mutane da dama,
Yana taimaka wa mutane su shiga da girma.
Lokacin da dama ta kai nesa,
Mafi yawan mafarkai za su bayyana.



[PRE-CHORUS — CHOIR BUILDS]

Shin kana jin sa a cikin waƙa?
Shin kana jin sa a cikin sauti?

Zuciyar gobe ce
Ta motsa a cikin taron rawa.

Ka ɗauki mataki ka ci gaba,
Bari ƙarfin zuciyarka ya jagorance ka.

Akwai duniya cike da yiwuwar
Jiran wani gobe!



[CHORUS — FESTIVAL DANCE DROP]

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Ji farin ciki daga kai har ƙafa!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!
Bari duniya ta sani!

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Hanyoyi da yawa na ci gaba!

Ka shiga cikin hasken rana!
Bari farin cikinka ya yi yawa!

LUMBALELE!
Bari kyawawan motsin rai su gudana!

[BRIDGE — EMOTIONAL PIANO, CHILDREN'S CHOIR]

Idan ka ta shigo,
Idan ka tsaya kadai,

Ka samu kofar bude,
Ka samu gida mai zafi.

Idan burin ka ya tsaya,
Idan hanya ta yi nisa,

Ka samu jarumta kadan
A cikin kalmomin wannan waƙa.

Kai fiye da kowanne koma baya,
Kai fiye da jiya.

Akwai makomar da za a gina,
Akwai hanya mafi kyau.

Kuma kyautar da muke bayarwa
Iya fata da muke dawo da ita.

Lokacin da muka daga wani,
Zamu iya bude ƙofa guda.



[BREAKDOWN — MUSIC FADES TO ONE HEARTBEAT]

*(Soft female voice)*

Kai ba kadan bane.

Kai ba jiya bane.

Kai duniya ce ta damar.

Kuma labarinka har yanzu ana rubutawa.

*(A second heartbeat.)*

Don haka ka ɗauki mataki…

Sannan wani…

Kuma ka bar duniya ta yi rawa tare da kai!



[DANCE BREAK — CALL AND RESPONSE]

Lead: Ka na da burin?

Crowd: EH, MUNA DA!

Lead: Ka na da makoma?

Crowd: EH, MUNA DA!

Lead: Za mu gina tare?

Crowd: EH, ZA MU IYA!

Lead: To, ina ka ga ka yi rawa!



[THE LUMBALELE STEP — PERCUSSION BUILDS]

Lum! Lum!
Matsayi zuwa hagu!

Ba! Ba!
Matsayi zuwa dama!

Le! Le!
Hannunka sama!

LUMBALELE!
Ka bar ruhinka tashi!

*(MASSIVE AMAPIANO BASS DROP)*



[INSTRUMENTAL DANCE BREAK — LOG DRUMS, HIGHLIFE GUITAR, FESTIVAL BRASS]

Lumba-lele!
Lumba-lele!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!

*(Crowd chants over the groove.)*



[FINAL CHORUS — FULL GLOBAL CHOIR]

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Ji wannan farin ciki daga kai har ƙafa!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!
Ka bar duniya ta sani!

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Akwai miliyoyin hanyoyi don girma!

Ka shiga cikin haske!
Ka bar farin cikin ka ya wuce!

LUMBALELE!
Ka bar kyawawan vibrations su gudana!



[FINAL REFRAIN — SOARING FEMALE VOCALS]

Zirga miliyan!
Zirga miliyan!

Duniya ta damar
Ga kai da ni!