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[Irish] Lumbalel

by Swifin Echoes

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[INTRO — AFRICAN PERCUSSION, FEMALE VOCAL PLAYFUL]

*(Trí bualadh bos. Freagraíonn líne dordáin.)*

Hei!

Hwho neɛ kɔkɔɔ renhyɛn bio?

Hwho neɛ asɛm kɛseɛ yɛ den?

Tie!

Wɔ wo mu wɔ nsɛm a
Obiara rentumi mfa!

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

Mo nyinaa yɛ a?

LUMBALELE!



[CHORUS — AFRO-HOUSE / AMAPIANO DROP]

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Wɔ hu nkɔmɔ fi ti kosi nan!

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

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Ɔkwan mpempem wɔ hɔ!

Kɔ ɔsram mu!
Ma wo anigyeɛ yi!

LUMBALELE!
Ma nsɛm papa no ntrɛ!



[VERSE 1 — AFROBEATS, HIGHLIFE GUITAR]

Ɛda a ɔbrɛ nyinaa yɛ sum,
Nanso ɔhyew kɛseɛ da hɔ.
Nipa biara a ɔda so yɛ gyidi
Wɔ anidaso a ɛnsesa da.

Ɛha a ɛyɛ duru wɔ yɛn ntam,
Yɛ bɛyɛ ɔkwan foforɔ.
Ɛha a ɔkwan no yɛ duru,
Ɛha ɔkwan foforɔ wɔ hɔ.

Wɔ hɔ nsɛm a ɛhia tie,
Wɔ hɔ nsa a ɛhia adamfo.
Wɔ hɔ da a ɛyɛ foforɔ,
Wɔ hɔ ɔsɛm a ɛnsa da.

Nipa biara wɔ ne nsɛm,
Nkwa biara wɔ ne ho kwan.
Na anidaso yɛ kɛseɛ
Sɛ yɛ frɛ nyinaa sɛnso.



[PRE-CHORUS — HARMONIES]

Wote wɔ nsɛm mu anaa?
Wote wɔ nneɛma mu anaa?

Ɛyɛ ɔdɔ no nsɛm
A ɛda mu wɔ agorɔ mu.

Fa ɔstep kɔ so,
Ma wo akokoduro di ɔkwan.

Wɔ hɔ ɔkwan foforɔ
A ɛtwɛn ɔda foforɔ!



[CHORUS — AMAPIANO LOG-DRUM DROP]

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Wɔ hu nkɔmɔ fi ti kosi nan!

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

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Ɔkwan mpempem wɔ hɔ!

Kɔ ɔsram mu!
Ma wo anigyeɛ yi!

LUMBALELE!
Ma nsɛm papa no ntrɛ!



[POST-CHORUS — DANCE CHANT]

Lum! Lum!
Kɔ nifa!

Ba! Ba!
Kɔ benkum!

Le! Le!
Ma wo nsa so!

LUMBALELE!
Ma wo honhom so!

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

Mo nyinaa!
Ɛha yɛ!



[VERSE 2 — SOULFUL FEMALE LEAD, BASS]

Wɔ hɔ maame a ɔwɔ nsa,
Wɔ hɔ papa a ɔyɛ nsɛm.
Wɔ hɔ abɔfra a ɔhwɛ ɔda foforɔ
A ɛyɛ anigyeɛ wɔ ne nsam.

Wɔ hɔ nkran a ɔwɔ no,
Wɔ hɔ ɔtɔnfo a ɔyɛ nsɛm.
Wɔ hɔ ɔyɛfo wɔ nsɛm
A obiara nnhwɛ da.

Fi kuro kɔ kurow,
Fi bepɔw kɔ po,
Nipa biara wɔ ne nsa,
Nkwa biara wɔ ne ho.

Sweefin yɛ mpɔtam anaa nsɛm,
Ma obiara nyɛ nsɛm.
Sɛ ɔkwan kɔ akɔtɔ ɔdɔ,
Ɛma nsɛm foforɔ bɛyɛ.



[PRE-CHORUS — CHOIR BUILDS]

Wote wɔ nsɛm mu anaa?
Wote wɔ nneɛma mu anaa?

Ɛyɛ ɔdɔ no nsɛm
A ɛda mu wɔ agorɔ mu.

Fa ɔstep kɔ so,
Ma wo akokoduro di ɔkwan.

Wɔ hɔ ɔkwan foforɔ
A ɛtwɛn ɔda foforɔ!



[CHORUS — FESTIVAL DANCE DROP]

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Wɔ hu nkɔmɔ fi ti kosi nan!

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

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Ɔkwan mpempem wɔ hɔ!

Kɔ ɔsram mu!
Ma wo anigyeɛ yi!

LUMBALELE!
Ma nsɛm papa no ntrɛ!

[BRIDGE — EMOTIONAL PIANO, CHILDREN'S CHOIR]

Sɛ wo da biara yɛɛ werɛ fi,
Sɛ wo gyina hɔ nko ara,

Nnya kwan a ɛda mu kwan,
Nnya fi a wɔfrɛ no fie.

Sɛ wo nso dae no akyɛ,
Sɛ kwan no yɛɛ tenten dodo,

Nnya akokoduru kakra
Wɔ nsɛm a me to dwom yi mu.

Wo yɛ sen amanehunu biara,
Wo yɛ sen adeɛ a aba dada.

Ɛdaakye wɔ hɔ a yɛbɛyɛ,
Ɛdaakye pa a yɛbɛyɛ no.

Na akyɛdeɛ kɛse a yɛma
Ne anidaso a yɛsan yɛ.

Sɛ yɛma obiara so a,
Ɛbɛyɛ sɛ ɛyɛ ɔkwan foforɔ.



[BREAKDOWN — MUSIC FADES TO ONE HEARTBEAT]

*(Soft female voice)*

Wo nyɛ wo nsɛm a ɛda hɔ.

Wo nyɛ adeɛ a ɛda no.

Wo yɛ ɔkwan foforɔ a ɛda hɔ.

Na wo asɛm no wɔ so ara kɔ so.

*(A second heartbeat.)*

Enti fa nan koro…

Na nsɛm koro foforɔ…

Na ma wiase nyinaa nsawom wo!



[DANCE BREAK — CALL AND RESPONSE]

Lead: Wo wɔ daeɛ?

Crowd: YƐWƆ NO!

Lead: Wo wɔ daakye?

Crowd: YƐWƆ NO!

Lead: Yɛbɛyɛ biako?

Crowd: YƐBƐYƐ!

Lead: Na ma minhu sɛ mo sa!



[THE LUMBALELE STEP — PERCUSSION BUILDS]

Lum! Lum!
Fa nan kɔ nifa!

Ba! Ba!
Fa nan kɔ benkum!

Le! Le!
Ma nsam so!

LUMBALELE!
Ma w'asɛm so!

*(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!
Feel that joy from head to toe!

Hey-ya, hey-ya, o!
Ma wiase nyinaa nte!

Lumba-lele! Lumba-lele!
Ɛyɛ ɔkwan pii a yɛbɛyɛ!

Fa wo ho kɔ owia mu!
Ma w'anigyeɛ so!

LUMBALELE!
Ma anigyeɛ no so!



[FINAL REFRAIN — SOARING FEMALE VOCALS]

Mpɔtam anigyeɛ!
Mpɔtam daeɛ!

Wiase ɔkwan foforɔ
Ma me ne wo!

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