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[Nigerian Pidgin] Lumbalel
by Swifin Echoes
afrobeat
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Lyrics
[INTRO — INSTANT AFRICAN PERCUSSION, PLAYFUL FEMALE VOCAL] *(Three handclaps. A bouncing bassline answers.)* Hey! Wetin make you tink say sun no go shine? Who talk say your dreams dey too big? Hear am! Inside you get one rhythm Wey nobody fit comot! Oh-oh-oh! Eh-ya-ya! All man ready? LUMBALELE! [CHORUS — EXPLOSIVE AFRO-HOUSE / AMAPIANO DROP] Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele! Feel di joy from head to toe! Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh! Make di whole world sabi! Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele! Plenty ways to grow dey! Enter sunshine! Make happiness overflow! LUMBALELE! Good vibes dey flow! [VERSE 1 — BOUNCY AFROBEATS, HIGHLIFE GUITAR] When night dark pass anything, Small flame still dey shine. Every heart wey dey believe Hope no change, e still dey. Walls wey dey before us, Na bridge we go build now. Road wey look like say e block, New way dey ahead. Voice dey wey need hear, Hand dey wey need friend. Dream wey never start, Story dey wey never end. Every pikin get im purpose, Every life deserve chance. Future bright when we dance together, Make we welcome am! [PRE-CHORUS — RISING FEMALE HARMONIES] You fit feel am for di rhythm? You fit hear am for di sound? Na tomorrow heartbeat Among di dancing crowd. Take step, dey waka go, Courage go lead you way. Possibility dey full ground Dey wait another day! [CHORUS — FULL AMAPIANO LOG-DRUM DROP] Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele! Feel di joy from head to toe! Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh! Make di whole world sabi! Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele! Plenty ways to grow dey! Enter sunshine! Make happiness overflow! LUMBALELE! Good vibes dey flow! [POST-CHORUS — VIRAL DANCE CHANT] Lum! Lum! Move to di right! Ba! Ba! Move to di left! Le! Le! Hands up high! LUMBALELE! Make your spirit fly! Oh-eh-oh! Oh-eh-ah! All man! We dey here! [VERSE 2 — SOULFUL FEMALE LEAD, ROLLING BASS] Mama wey get ambition, Papa dey make plans. Pikin wey dey see tomorrow With wonders for im hands. Farmer wey get harvest, Trader wey get dream. Young inventor dey build Wey nobody don see. From village to city, Mountain to di sea, Everybody carry talent, Every life get dignity. Sweefin dey connect people, Make we fit participate grow. Opportunity dey reach e further, Dreams dey show more. [PRE-CHORUS — CHOIR BUILDS] You fit feel am for di rhythm? You fit hear am for di sound? Na tomorrow heartbeat Among di dancing crowd. Take step, dey waka go, Courage go lead you way. Possibility dey full ground Dey wait another day! [CHORUS — FESTIVAL DANCE DROP] Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele! Feel di joy from head to toe! Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh! Make di whole world sabi! Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele! Plenty ways to grow dey! Enter sunshine! Make happiness overflow! LUMBALELE! Good vibes dey flow! [BRIDGE — EMOTIONAL PIANO, CHILDREN'S CHOIR] If dem don forget you before, If you don dey waka alone, Make you find open door one day, Find place wey you fit call home. If your dreams don dey delay, If the journey don too long, Make you get small courage Inside dis song wey dey strong. You be more dan setback wey dey, You be more dan yesterday. Future dey wey you go create, Beta way dey to make am okay. And di greatest gift we fit give Na hope we dey restore. When we help anoda person rise, We go open one more door. [BREAKDOWN — MUSIC FADES TO ONE HEARTBEAT] *(Soft female voice)* No be your situation define you. No be your yesterday make you. You dey full of possibility. And your tori still dey write. *(A second heartbeat.)* So take one step… Then anoda one… Make di whole world join you dance! [DANCE BREAK — CALL AND RESPONSE] Lead: You get dream? Crowd: YES, WE GET! Lead: You get future? Crowd: YES, WE GET! Lead: We fit build am together? Crowd: YES, WE FIT! Lead: Then make I see you dance! [THE LUMBALELE STEP — PERCUSSION BUILDS] Lum! Lum! Step go right! Ba! Ba! Step go left! Le! Le! Hands up high! LUMBALELE! Make your spirit fly! *(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! Feel di joy from head to toe! Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh! Make di whole wide world know! Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele! Plenty ways dey to grow! Enter sunshine! Make your happiness overflow! LUMBALELE! Make di good vibrations flow! [FINAL REFRAIN — SOARING FEMALE VOCALS] A billion hearts! A billion dreams! World full of possibilities For you and me!