[Akan] The Gift We Bring

Lyrics

[Intro]

Hmmmm...

Bɛyɛɛ dɛn a ɔbotan huu yɛn din,  
Ɛyɛɛ dɛn a ɛpo totoo nne,  

Yɛn nyae ɔhyew a ɛhyɛ yɛn sunsum mu...  
Afe sɛ yɛma no nkɔ...

[Verse 1]

Nnipa bi yɛ adwuma nyansa mu,  
Nnipa bi sa yare a wɔde nokware,  
Nnipa bi hyerɛn ɔsram ase,  
Nnipa bi yɛ nea ɛyɛ foforɔ.  

Nnipa bi kyerɛ abofra nyansa,  
Nnipa bi kyekye mpanyin werɛ,  
Nnipa bi de anidasoɔ hyerɛn,  
Ɛyɛ ɔsom bo sen sika.  

Nkwa biara yɛ ɔsom bo,  
Nkwa biara yɛ ɔhyew a ɛhyɛ,  
Kwankyɛn a yɛfa, ɔdɔ yɛ ɔsom,  
Nwanwa na yɛkae.  

[Pre-Chorus]

Ɛbɛyɛ sɛ yɛnam kwan so,  
Ɛbɛyɛ sɛ yɛn da wɔ ha nni hɔ,  

Nanso ɔdɔ yɛ nsɛm a ɛkɔ so,  
Kyerɛ afoforo kwan wɔ wɔn akwan so.  

[Chorus]

🌍 Yɛn nyinaa de akyɛde ba nkwa mu,  
Ɔhyerɛn a yɛde hyerɛn.  

Anidasoɔ a ɛyɛ ɔkyena adeɛ,  
Ɔdɔ na ɛyɛ ɔsom.  

Nsa ne nsa, yɛnam nkɔfa,  
Akoma biara wɔ dwom a ɛto.  

Ɔkyena wɔ yɛn mu,  
Yɛn na yɛyɛ akyɛdeɛ a yɛde ba.  

[Verse 2]

Ɔdɔ a ɛyɛ sɛ ɛyɛ akwan,  
Asɛm bi tumi sesa ɔfiri,  
Nkyerɛkyerɛ yɛ ɔkyena nsɛm,  
Nsa bi tumi gye ɔtan.  

Akyɛdeɛ ketewa biara,  
Tumi yɛ dɔ wɔ akwan nyansa,  
Ɛma abɔdin a ɛkɔ so,  
Ɛkɔ so na yɛn wu akyi.  

Daakye biara a yɛda ho adi,  
Nwanwa biara a yɛhwere,  
Ɛma wiase hyerɛn kakra,  
Ɔde yɛn nkwa yɛ ɔsom.  

[Pre-Chorus]

Abɔdeɛ a yɛyɛ wɔ afoforo mu,  
Ɛyɛ dɔ a ɛsen yɛn ani,  

Na ɔkyena bi wɔ akyirikyiri,  
Ɛbɛyɛ ɔhyerɛn foforɔ.  

[Chorus]

🌍 Yɛn nyinaa de akyɛde ba nkwa mu,  
Ɔhyerɛn a yɛde hyerɛn.  

Anidasoɔ a ɛyɛ ɔkyena adeɛ,  
Ɔdɔ na ɛyɛ ɔsom.  

Nsa ne nsa, yɛnam nkɔfa,  
Akoma biara wɔ dwom a ɛto.  

Ɔkyena wɔ yɛn mu,  
Yɛn na yɛyɛ akyɛdeɛ a yɛde ba.  

[Bridge]

Ma w'asɛm so,  
Di w'anisoadehunu akɔ,  
Boa wɔn a wɔwɔ wo ho,  
Ma wɔnhu nea wuhu.  

Nkwa biara nni yɛn mu,  
Nkwa biara nni ɔsom bo,  

Sika kɛse a ɛyɛ,  
Ɛyɛ ɔdɔ a yɛde yɛn nsɛm.  

[Final Chorus]

🌍 Yɛn nyinaa de akyɛde ba nkwa mu,  
Ɔhyerɛn a yɛde hyerɛn.  

Anidasoɔ a ɛyɛ ɔkyena adeɛ,  
Ɔdɔ na ɛyɛ ɔsom.  

Nsa ne nsa, yɛnam nkɔfa,  
Akoma biara wɔ dwom a ɛto.  

Ɔkyena wɔ yɛn mu,  
Ɔkyena wɔ yɛn mu,  
Ɔkyena wɔ yɛn mu...  
Yɛn na yɛyɛ akyɛdeɛ a yɛde ba.  

[Outro]

Hmmmm...

Ma no nkɔ...  
Ma ɔhyerɛn nkɔ...