[Fon] Stackalaya
by Swifin Echoes
afrobeat
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Lyrics
# STACKALAYA *Tohon tohon. Dò lɛ!* **[INTRO — Playful Marimba, Finger Snaps, Rolling Bass]** Oh-na-na! Eh-ya-ya! Kɔ̀kɔ́ sɔ̀n, Kpɔ́ sɔ̀n. Dɔ̀wɛ̀ gbɛ́tɔ́n, Tɔ́xɔ̀ na wɛ̀ kɛ́ se wá gbɛ! *(Two claps)* Sɛ́kɛ, sɛ́kɛ-laya! Hey! Hey! **[CHORUS — Immediate Afro-House Dance Hook]** Sɛ́kɛ, sɛ́kɛ-laya! Tohon tohon, dò lɛ! Sɛ́ kɔ̀kɔ́! Kpɔ́ na kɔ̀kɔ́! Dòxɔ́ nɔ̀n kpɔ́ gbɛ́n lɛ! Sɛ́kɛ, sɛ́kɛ-laya! Hey-ya-ya! Hey-ya-ya! Tɔ̀n tɔ̀n, Dɔn dɔn, Kpɔ̀dò wɛ̀ gbɛ́ na wá gbɛ! **[VERSE 1 — Bouncy Afrobeats, Highlife Guitar]** Sika wá, sika yí, Tɔ́n na dɔn gbè lɛ. Nɔn gbɛ́ dɔ̀wɛ̀ lɛ́ kpɔ́, Kpɔ̀ dɔ̀n wɛ̀ dɔ̀n gbɛ́. Mama tɔ̀n, "Gbé lɛ̀ gbé kɔ̀, Nɔn gbɛ́ dɔ̀wɛ̀ kɔ̀n gbɛ́. Kpɔ́ kɔ̀kɔ́ lɛ̀ kɔn wá gbé, Sɛ́ wɛ̀ nɔ̀n wá gbɛ." Kɔ̀kɔ́ sɔ̀n, kpɔ́ gbɛ́tɔ́n, Xɔ̀ nɔn yí na dɔn gbè. Mɛn gbɛ̀ yí na gbè lɛ, Nu wɛ̀ nɔ̀n gbɛ́tɔ́n lɛ́ gbè. Sweefin wá nɔn gbɛ́ kpɔ́, Sɛ́, ɖɔ́, kpɔ́ na gbè. Nɔn gbɛ́ dɔ̀wɛ̀ kɔ̀n gbè, Kpɔ̀ dɔ̀n nu wá gbè. **[PRE-CHORUS — Rising Harmonies, Handclaps]** Mɛn gbè wɛ̀ nɔ̀n wá kpɔ́, Mɛn gbè wɛ̀ nɔ̀n wá gbè. Tɔ̀n dɔn na gbè lɛ̀, Wɛ̀ gbè na kpɔ́ na gbè. Yí na kpɔ́, xɔ̀ na gbè, Dɔ̀ gbè wɛ̀ nɔn tɔ̀n. Nɔn gbè na gbè lɛ̀, Nɔn gbè wɛ̀ kɔ̀n gbè! **[CHORUS — Full Amapiano Log-Drum Drop]** Sɛ́kɛ, sɛ́kɛ-laya! Tohon tohon, dò lɛ! Sɛ́ kɔ̀kɔ́! Kpɔ́ na kɔ̀kɔ́! Dòxɔ́ nɔ̀n kpɔ́ gbɛ́n lɛ! Sɛ́kɛ, sɛ́kɛ-laya! Hey-ya-ya! Hey-ya-ya! Tɔ̀n tɔ̀n, Dɔn dɔn, Kpɔ̀dò wɛ̀ gbɛ́ na wá gbɛ! **[POST-CHORUS — Viral Dance Chant]** Sɛ́kɛ! Sɛ́kɛ! Kpɔ́ na sɛ́kɛ gbè! Tɔ̀n! Tɔ̀n! Mɛn gbè wɛ̀ kpɔ́! Kpɛ̀! Kpɛ̀! Nɔn gbè wɛ̀ xɔ̀! Sɛ́kɛ, sɛ́kɛ-laya! Nɔn gbè wɛ̀ gbè! **[VERSE 2 — Female Lead, Rolling Bass, Bright Guitar]** Nɔn gbè lɛ́ yí lɛ́ kpɔ́, Kpɔ̀ dɔ̀n wɛ̀ gbè. Papa tɔ̀n sɔ́ nɔn gbè, Tɔ̀n wá na gbè. Gbé lɛ̀ kpɔ́ nɔn gbè, Tɔ̀n wá nɔn gbè. Nɔn gbè wɛ̀ xɔ̀ kpɔ́, Nɔn gbè wɛ̀ dɔ̀ gbè. Sɛ́ wɛ̀ kpɔ́ na dɔn, Sɛ́ wɛ̀ nɔn gbè. Gbé lɛ̀ kpɔ́ na gbè, Nɔn gbè wɛ̀ kpɔ́. **[PRE-CHORUS — Choir Builds]** Mɛn gbè wɛ̀ nɔ̀n wá kpɔ́, Mɛn gbè wɛ̀ nɔ̀n wá gbè. Tɔ̀n dɔn na gbè lɛ̀, Wɛ̀ gbè na kpɔ́ na gbè. Yí na kpɔ́, xɔ̀ na gbè, Dɔ̀ gbè wɛ̀ nɔn tɔ̀n. Nɔn gbè na gbè lɛ̀, Nɔn gbè wɛ̀ kɔ̀n gbè! **[CHORUS — Festival Dance Drop]** Sɛ́kɛ, sɛ́kɛ-laya! Tohon tohon, dò lɛ! Sɛ́ kɔ̀kɔ́! Kpɔ́ na kɔ̀kɔ́! Dòxɔ́ nɔ̀n kpɔ́ gbɛ́n lɛ! Sɛ́kɛ, sɛ́kɛ-laya! Hey-ya-ya! Hey-ya-ya! Tɔ̀n tɔ̀n, Dɔn dɔn, **[BRIDGE — Warm Piano, Children's Choir]** Kpɔ ɖeka na gbe na zin, Mi na kpɔ nu kɛkɛ, mi ma vɔ vi. Kpɔ nu gbɔ na mi, mi na nyɔ ɖe, Mi na sɔ nu kɛkɛ, nu na wɛvi. Mɛsi ɖeka lɛ na nu vɔ, Mɛsi ɖeka lɛ na nu wɔ. Nu mi na ɖe gbe na zin, Mi na nu ɖe gbe na zin. *(Music fades to finger snaps)* **[DANCE BREAK — Call-and-Response]** Lead: Kɛ nu vɔ na? Crowd: Mi na kpɔ! Lead: Kɛ nu kpo na? Crowd: Mi na sɔ! Lead: Kpɔ nu gbɔ na? Crowd: Nu na nu! Lead: Nu mi na— Crowd: Nu na mi! *(Bass drops)* Zɔ! Zɔ! Nu na mi!