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[Igbo] Zamboya

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# ZAMBOYA
*Bilie. Gaa n'otu. Mee echi.*

**[INTRO — Handclaps, Shakers, Playful Female Vocal]**

*(Clap-clap! Boom!)*

Mepee windo!

Kwe ka egwu bata!

Oh-eh-oh!
Ah-ya-ya!

Otu nzọ ụkwụ maka m,
Otu maka gị.

Onye obula dị njikere?

ZAMBOYA!

**[CHORUS — EXPLOSIVE AFRO-HOUSE DROP]**

Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya!
Bilie, ụwa na-akpọ gị!

Hey-ya-ya! Hey-ya-yo!
Nụ ụda, mee ka ọ gaa!

Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya!
Kwe ka ụwa dum gbaa egwu!

Nzọ! Nzọ!
Clap! Clap!

ZAMBOYA!
Kwe ka ọ dị gị n'obi!

**[VERSE 1 — BOUNCY AFROBEATS, HIGHLIFE GUITAR]**

Ụtụtụ rutere n'elu ụlọ,
Anya ọkụ gbara n'okporo ụzọ.
Onye na-emepe ụzọ ọhụrụ,
Onye na-achọta ụda ọhụrụ.

Ụnyaahụ jupụtara n'ajụjụ,
Ka ọ nọ na-eche azịza.
Ma taa, anyị na-emepụta ihe
Na obi ike nke ndụ anyị.

Ebe mgbidi mechiri ụzọ,
Ọ bụ ebe anyị nwere ike ịmalite.
Ebe olu kwụsịrị, 
Ụda abịarutere.

Ọ bụghị nrọ niile ga-abịa echi,
Ụzọ niile adịghị mma na ezi.
Ma ohere nwere ike gbanwee njem,
Na aka nwere ike imepe ụzọ.

**[PRE-CHORUS — RISING FEMALE HARMONIES]**

Ị na-anụ ụda bass na-efegharị?
Ị na-anụ ụda egwu na-aza?

Nzọ otu nzọ n'ebe onye nọ,
Kwe ka nsogbu gị gafee.

Olu niile nwere ike jikọta,
Obi niile nwere ike ịchọta ebe ya.

Mgbe anyị na-abịarute nso,
Ọchị dị na ihu onye ọ bụla!

**[CHORUS — FULL AMAPIANO LOG-DRUM DROP]**

Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya!
Bilie, ụwa na-akpọ gị!

Hey-ya-ya! Hey-ya-yo!
Nụ ụda, mee ka ọ gaa!

Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya!
Kwe ka ụwa dum gbaa egwu!

Nzọ! Nzọ!
Clap! Clap!

ZAMBOYA!
Kwe ka ọ dị gị n'obi!

**[POST-CHORUS — VIRAL DANCE CHANT]**

Zam! Zam!
Hey! Hey!

Bo! Bo!
Gbaa! Gbaa!

Ya! Ya!
Jụọ azụ!

ZAMBOYA!
Nụ ụda ahụ!

**[VERSE 2 — FEMALE LEAD, ROLLING BASS]**

Nne na-azụ ahịa,
Nna nwere nrọ.
Ezigbo onye na-akụ ihe,
Onye na-emepụta ihe.

Ọmụmụ akwụkwọ na-amụta nọmba,
Ahịa na-achọta ụzọ.
Onye ọ bụla nwere akụkọ,
Njem ọ bụla nwere ụbọchị ya.

Site n'obodo ruo n'obodo,
Site n'ugwu ruo n'oké osimiri,
Sweefin jikọtara mmadụ na ohere,
Na-enyere ọtụtụ aka ịsọ nrọ.

Mgbe ọtụtụ mmadụ nwere ụzọ
Ịmepụta, ịkekọrịta, na ịrị elu,
Ihe ọhụrụ nwere ike ịhụ ọdịnihu,
Obodo nwere ike ịgbara ọkụ.

**[PRE-CHORUS — CHOIR BUILDS]**

Ị na-anụ ụda bass na-efegharị?
Ị na-anụ ụda egwu na-aza?

Nzọ otu nzọ n'ebe onye nọ,
Kwe ka nsogbu gị gafee.

Olu niile nwere ike jikọta,
Obi niile nwere ike ịchọta ebe ya.

Mgbe anyị na-abịarute nso,
Ọchị dị na ihu onye ọ bụla!

**[CHORUS — FESTIVAL DANCE DROP]**

Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya!
Bilie, ụwa na-akpọ gị!

Hey-ya-ya! Hey-ya-yo!
Nụ ụda, mee ka ọ gaa!

Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya!
Kwe ka ụwa dum gbaa egwu!

Nzọ! Nzọ!
Clap! Clap!

ZAMBOYA!
Kwe ka ọ dị gị n'obi!

**[BRIDGE — EMOTIONAL PIANO, CHILDREN'S CHOIR]**

**[Verse]**

Ọ bụrụ na ị na-echefu echefu,
Ọ bụrụ na ị na-anọ n'èzí,

Chọta ụzọ ịbanye,
Na enyi ga-anọ n'akụkụ gị.

E nwere ụwa nke njem dị iche iche,
E nwere ụwa nke nrọ dị iche iche.

Na ọdịnihu jupụtara na nkwa,
Mgbe ọtụtụ mmadụ sonye na otu.

*(Piano na-ada. Ogene na-amalite.)*

**[DANCE BREAK — CALL AND RESPONSE]**

Lead: Onye nwere nrọ?

Crowd: Anyị nwere! Anyị nwere!

Lead: Onye ga-amalite?

Crowd: Mụkwa! Mụkwa!

Lead: Onye ga-agba egwu a?

Crowd: Onye obula!

Lead: Gosi m ka ị si eme!

*(Egwu na-eto.)*

Zam! Zam!
Nzọ! Nzọ!

Bo! Bo!
Tụ aka!

Ya! Ya!
Gbanwee!

ZAMBOYA!
Nụ ụda ahụ!

*(MASSIVE AMAPIANO BASS DROP)*

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

Oh-eh-oh!
Ah-ya-ya!

Zam-bo-ya!
Zam-bo-ya!

*(Ọtụtụ mmadụ na-ekwukwa n'elu egwu.)*

**[FINAL CHORUS — FULL FESTIVAL CHOIR]**

Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya!
Bilie, ụwa na-akpọ gị!

Hey-ya-ya! Hey-ya-yo!
Nụ egwu, mee ka ọ gaa n'ihu!

Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya!
Ka ụwa dum gba egwu!

Nzọ! Nzọ!
Tụ aka!

ZAMBOYA!
Weghachite mmetụta ahụ!

**[OUTRO — WARM HIGHLIFE GUITAR, FADING CHOIR]**

Otu nzọ maka m,
Otu nzọ maka gị.

Ntughari ntakiri,
Na ihe anyị na-eme.

Sweefin na-eweta ụzọ ọhụrụ ijikọ,
Imepụta, ịkekọrịta, na ito.

Zam-bo-ya!
Zam-bo-ya!

Bilie.
Na-eje ọnụ.
Mee echi.

ZAMBOYA!

*(Final celebratory drum hit.)*