[Igbo] Upbeyond

Lyrics

**[Intro — Distant Choir, African Drums, Rising Synth]**

Eh-oh, eh-oh!  
Nụrụ ụkwụ na-abịa!

Site n'okporo ụzọ nta ruo ọtụtụ nde,  
Nụrụ ụda ahụ na-akụ n'ọnụ ụzọ.

Oh-ya, oh-ya!  
Ị nwere ike ịnụ ka ndị mmadụ na-abụ abụ?

Eluigwe elu!  
Ka ezi ihe na-aga n'ihu!

**[Verse 1 — Percussive Afrobeat Groove]**

Abalị gara aga kandụl na-enwu n'okporo ụzọ,  
Tụmadị ụtụtụ, puku ụkwụ na-efegharị.  
Ndị na-enweghị okwu taa,  
Na-achọpụta ụzọ ha ga-edu.

Ebe e nwere mgbidi, anyị na-eme ụzọ,  
Ebe e nwere obi abụọ, anyị na-ajụkwu.  
Sweefin na-ejikọta ndị mmadụ,  
Ọtụtụ nwere ike ịmepụta, kesaa, na-aga n'ihu.

Ọ nrọ ọ bụla dị obere iji malite mgbanwe,  
Ọ dịghị ndụ dị anya iji hazie.  
Anyị anaghị achọ ịtụgharị ihu igwe zuru oke,  
Anyị nwere ike iwulite ka anyanwụ na-ebili.

**[Pre-Chorus — Handclaps and Rising Harmonies]**

Ị nụrụ ya? (Nụrụ ya!)  
Ị na-eche ya? (Eche ya!)

Ihe ọma na-aga n'ihu,  
E nwere ebe maka gị na mụ.

Were ohere, nyere aka,  
Kwe ka onye ọzọ nọrọ.  
Mgbe ụwa dum na-abụ abụ ọnụ,  
Ọbụna obere olu na-ada ike!

**[Chorus — Explosive Global Dance Hook]**

Eluigwe elu!  
Ka ezi ihe na-aga n'ihu!

Gwa ahụ gị, bụrụ abụ a,  
Onye ọ bụla bịakwa!

Eluigwe elu!  
Ka mgbidi ochie daa!

Hey-oh, hey-oh, ka anyị gaa,  
Lelee ọtụtụ nde ohere na-eto!

Eluigwe elu! Eluigwe elu!  
Ka ụda ahụ na-aga n'ihu!

Otu aka ọzọ, ohere ọzọ,  
Nye ụwa dum egwu!

**[Post-Chorus — Festival Crowd Chant]**

Oh-ya-ya! Oh-ya-ya!  
Onye ọ bụla, kwuo