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[Akan] Lumbalel

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# LUMBALELE
*Ma Anidasoɔ Nsa So Awɔ*

[INTRO — AFRIKAN PERKƐSHON, AKƆDAA NNWOM]

*(Mprɛnsa nsuo. Abɔnten bass yɛ mmuae.)*

Ei!

Hena kae sɛ owia renhyɛ bio?

Hena kae sɛ w'adwene yɛ kɛse?

Tie!

Ɔyɛden wɔ wo mu
Ɛnni obiara betumi agye!

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

Mo nyinaa yɛ pɛ?

LUMBALELE!



[CHORUS — DƐNDEƐ AFRO-HOUSE / AMAPIANO]

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Fa anigyeɛ fi ti kɔ nan!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!
Ma wiase nyinaa nhu!

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Ɛyɛ ɔkwan mpempem sɛn!

Hyɛn owia mu!
Ma wo anigyeɛ tɔ so!

LUMBALELE!
Ma papa nsɛm nsa so!



[VERSE 1 — MMERE AFROBEATS, HIGHLIFE GUITAR]

Bere a anadwo yɛ duru paa,
Ɛdaakye kakra wɔ hɔ.
Nipa biara a ɔgyee di
Wɔ anidasoɔ a ɛnsesa.

Ɛhe a abɔnten gyina yɛn ntam,
Yɛbɛtumi asi afasuo.
Ɔkwan a ɛtɔ sɛ ɛyɛ dɛn,
Ɛdaakye foforɔ wɔ hɔ.

Wɔ hɔ nne a ehia atie,
Wɔ hɔ nsa a ehia adamfo.
Wɔ hɔ daeɛ a ɛyɛ foforɔ,
Wɔ hɔ asɛm a ɛnni awiei.

Nipa biara wɔ ne mfatoho,
Nkwa biara yɛ ɔhaw.
Ɛdaakye yɛ anidasoɔ
Sɛ yɛma obiara so a ɔbɛsa.



[PRE-CHORUS — ƆBAA NNWOM KƆƆRƐ]

Wote wɔ ɔyɛden mu anaa?
Wote wɔ nne mu anaa?

Ɛyɛ ɔdaakye a ɛwɔ akoma
A wɔ kɔkwa wɔ nnwomfoɔ mu.

Fa nan kɔ na kɔ so,
Ma w'ahoɔden di kwan.

Ɛwɔ wiase a ɛyɛ anidasoɔ
A ɛtwɛn da foforɔ!



[CHORUS — AMAPIANO LOG-DRUM]

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Fa anigyeɛ fi ti kɔ nan!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!
Ma wiase nyinaa nhu!

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Ɛyɛ ɔkwan mpempem sɛn!

Hyɛn owia mu!
Ma wo anigyeɛ tɔ so!

LUMBALELE!
Ma papa nsɛm nsa so!



[POST-CHORUS — MBƆDAA NTƐM]

Lum! Lum!
Nante kɔ nifa!

Ba! Ba!
Nante kɔ benkum!

Le! Le!
Nsateɛ so!

LUMBALELE!
Ma wo honhom nsɔ!

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

Mo nyinaa!
Yɛ wɔ ha!



[VERSE 2 — ƆBAA NNWOM NA ƆDAA ƐHO, HWEHWƐ BASS]

Wɔ hɔ ɔbaatan a ɔwɔ anidasoɔ,
Wɔ hɔ ɔpapa a ɔyɛ nplan.
Wɔ hɔ abɔfra a ɔhwɛ daakye
A ɛyɛ anwonwadeɛ wɔ ne nsateɛ mu.

Wɔ hɔ abɔfoɔ a wɔwɔ nsa so,
Wɔ hɔ ɔdehyeɛ a ɔwɔ daeɛ.
Wɔ hɔ abɔfoɔ foforɔ a ɔyɛ adwuma
Ɛyɛ biribi a obiara nhuu da.

Fi kurom kɔ kurom,
Fi abɔnten kɔ po,
Nipa biara de ne tumi,
Nkwa biara wɔ ne kɛseyɛ.

Sweefin bɔɔ nkɔmmɔ na ɛyɛ adesua,
Boa ɔdɔm ne nkɔsoɔ.
Ɛyɛ a ɔpɛ a ɛyɛ dɛ,
Nneɛma foforɔ bɛda adi.



[PRE-CHORUS — NNWOMFOƆ KƆƆRƐ]

Wote wɔ ɔyɛden mu anaa?
Wote wɔ nne mu anaa?

Ɛyɛ ɔdaakye a ɛwɔ akoma
A wɔ kɔkwa wɔ nnwomfoɔ mu.

Fa nan kɔ na kɔ so,
Ma w'ahoɔden di kwan.

Ɛwɔ wiase a ɛyɛ anidasoɔ
A ɛtwɛn da foforɔ!



[CHORUS — AFƆYƐ NNWOM]

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Fa anigyeɛ fi ti kɔ nan!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, oh!
Ma wiase nyinaa nhu!

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Ɛyɛ ɔkwan mpempem sɛn!

Hyɛn owia mu!
Ma wo anigyeɛ tɔ so!

LUMBALELE!
Ma papa nsɛm nsa so!

[BRIDGE — EMOTIONAL PIANO, CHILDREN'S CHOIR]

Sɛ w'ahohoro n'aniwa,
Sɛ w'ahwɛ ne w'ahome,

Nsae kwankyɛn bi nkyɛn,
Fi a wɔbɔ wo fie.

Sɛ w'anisoadehu agyae,
Sɛ kwan no yɛ dɛyɛ tenten,

Nya akokoduru kakra
Wɔ nsɛm yi mu.

Wo yɛ kɛse sen apɔw,
Wo yɛ kɛse sen adeɛ a atwam.

Ɛda a ɛyɛ fɛ wɔ anim,
Ɛkwan pa bi wɔ hɔ ma yɛyɛ.

Nhyira kɛse a yɛde ma
Ne anidaso a yɛsan yɛ kronkron.

Sɛ yɛboa ɔbaako,
Ɛkɔfa ɔkwan foforɔ so.



[BREAKDOWN — MUSIC FADES TO ONE HEARTBEAT]

*(Soft female voice)*

Wo yɛ nyansa nyansa.

Wo yɛ nyansa a ɛyɛ dada.

Wo yɛ wiase a ɛyɛ foforɔ.

Na w'abrabɔ nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn wɔ hɔ.

*(A second heartbeat.)*

Fa nkɔfa ɔkwan bi...

Na ɛto so baako...

Ma wiase nyinaa nsɔ wo ho nsa!



[DANCE BREAK — CALL AND RESPONSE]

Lead: Wunya anisoadehu?

Crowd: Yɛwɔ hɔ!

Lead: Wunya daakye?

Crowd: Yɛwɔ hɔ!

Lead: Yɛbɛyɛ biako?

Crowd: Yɛbɛyɛ!

Lead: Ma mehu sɛ wɔdaasa!



[THE LUMBALELE STEP — PERCUSSION BUILDS]

Lum! Lum!
Nsi nifa!

Ba! Ba!
Nsi benkum!

Le! Le!
Nsa so!

LUMBALELE!
Ma w'ahonya nantew!

*(MASSIVE AMAPIANO BASS DROP)*



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

Lumba-lele!
Lumba-lele!

Hei-ya, hei-ya, o!

*(Crowd chants over the groove.)*



[FINAL CHORUS — FULL GLOBAL CHOIR]

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Nya anigye fi ti kosi nan!

Hei-ya, hei-ya, o!
Ma wiase nyinaa nte ase!

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Ɛyɛ ɔkwan mpempem so nyɛ!

Nsi w'anim mmerɛ!
Ma w'anigye nsɔre!

LUMBALELE!
Ma w'ahosan nantew!



[FINAL REFRAIN — SOARING FEMALE VOCALS]

Mpɔtam anidaso!
Mpɔtam anisoadehu!

Wiase a ɛyɛ foforɔ
Ma wo ne me!

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