Part I provides information about Burna Boy and showcases the official YouTube video of his 2018 song "Gbona".
The Yoruba/Nigeria Pidgin English lyrics for that song are also included in this post.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/06/burna-boy-gbona-official-music-video.html for Part II of this series. Part II quotes some commenters from the discussion thread of the YouTube video for Burna Boy's song "Gbona". Those comments provide explanations in English about what the lyrics of this song mean.
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burna_Boy
"Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu (born 2 July 1991), known professionally as Burna Boy is a Nigerian singer and songwriter.[1][2] He rose to prominence in 2012 after releasing "Like to Party", the lead single from his debut studio album L.I.F.E (2013). In 2017, Burna Boy signed with Bad Habit/Atlantic Records in the United States and Warner Music Group internationally. His third studio album Outside marked his major-label debut.[3] In 2019, he won Best International Act at the 2019 BET Awards, and was announced as an Apple Music Up Next artist. His fourth studio album African Giant was released in July 2019; it won Album of the Year at the 2019 All Africa Music Awards and was nominated for Best World Music Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.[4][5].
Damini Ogulu was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.[6] His father managed a welding company and his mother worked as a translator. His grandfather Benson Idonije once managed Fela Kuti.[7][8] His mother Bose Ogulu would later become his manager.
[...]
[His third studio album] Outside was released in January
2018. The album received positive critical acclaim and was ranked by Pulse
Nigeria and Nigerian Entertainment Today as the best Nigerian album of
2018.[22][23] It won Album of the Year at the 2018 Nigeria Entertainment
Awards.[24] In February 2018, Outside debuted at number 3 on the Billboard
Reggae Albums chart.[25] The album's biggest single "Ye" ended up
atop most Nigerian publications year-end list as the biggest song of
2018.[26][27]....
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"Ebunoluwa" is a Yoruba name that means "Gift of God"
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Burna Boy- September 27, 2018
Statistics (as of June 11, 2020 at 7:42 AM EDT)
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LYRICS - GBONA
[Intro]
Kilo killo?
It's Kel P Vibes
[Verse 1]
Jeun soke o; them go dey jeun soke o
All my people them go jeun soke o
Boss man, e go jeun soke o
[Chorus]
When the gbedu dey enter body, enter body
All the girl, them go shake their body
Them go shake their body
Oluwa Burna mo Gbona feli; say mo Gbona feli
You no get money, you dey call police
Me I dey laugh you gan ni
[Bridge]
Hmmnn; gidigidi gidigidi gidigidi gidigidi
Gidigidi gidigidi gidi
O di woronpoto; ah; yehh yehh yehhh
[VERSE 2]
Them say I dey craze, I no normal
But I dey spray you the money... onyeoma
You suppose to know say me no be newcomer
So my baby, make you no go dull am...no go dull am
[Chorus]
When the gbedu dey enter body, enter body
All the girl, them go shake their body
Them go shake their body
Oluwa Burna mo Gbona feli; say mo Gbona feli
You no get money, you dey call police
Me I dey laugh you gan ni
[Verse2]
As I dey sing, they feel the pulse
Make all the people jump around
Make you dey listen well because I no fit shout
[I no fit shout]
No joking around [ehzewu];
Listen make I tell you what it's all about [gbekelebe]
I no fit tell you as water enter coconut
You sit down inside bus, you say you be boss
[Eh eh ehh]
Oya look'u look'u taatata
Look'u look'u taatata
See small pikin wey dey para, wey dey gagaga
Ki lo sele papapa?
Oh looku, looku looku looku taatata
Looku looku taatata;
See small pikin wey dey para, wey dey gagaga
Ki lo sele papapa oh?
[Chorus]
When the gbedu dey enter body [jeje], enter body [jeje]
All the girl, them go shake their body [yeah yeah]
Them go shake their body [yaheye]
Oluwa Burna'm Gbona feli [Gbona oh, mo Gbona oh]
Mo Gbona feli [Gbona oh Gbona oh]
You no get money, you dey call police [eheheh]
Me I dey laugh you gan ni
[Bridge]
Hmmnn; gidigidi gidigidi gidigidi gidigidi
[Mo Gbona feli]
Gidigidi gidigidi gidi
O di woronpoto; ah; yehh yehh yehhh
Gbona feli....
This concludes Part I of this three part pancocojams series on Burna Boy's "Gbona".
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