Monday, June 22, 2020

Ghanaian Rapper Kofi Kinaata- "Time No Dey" (information, video, & partial English translations for that song)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series about Kofi Kinaata's November 2017 Rap track & video entitled "Time No Dey" 


This post presents information about Kofi Kinaata and showcases the official YouTube video of  "Time No Dey". 
Part I also includes partial English translation for that song's lyrics. 

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/06/examples-of-words-ampa-charlie-dey-paa.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II showcases the official YouTube video for Kofi Kinaata's November 2017 Rap track & video entitled "Time No Dey". Part II also quotes some definitions for "ampa", "Charlie", "dey" and "o" and compiles some examples of comments from that video's discussion thread which include at least one of those words.. 

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Thanks to Kofi Kinaata for his music and thanks to all those who are associated with this music and this video. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks to Kofi Kinaata for sharing his music on YouTube.


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INFORMATION ABOUT KOFI KINATTA

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kofi_Kinaata
"Martin King Arthur, 
popularly known as Kofi Kinaata is a Ghanaian musician and songwriter from Takoradi.[1] He is noted for his fante rap and freestyle and therefore known as the Fante Rap God (FRG).[2]

In February 2020, he won the Hybrid song of the year at the Ghana National Gospel Music Awards 2019."
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Click 
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/05/ghanaian-rapper-kofi-kinaata-things.html for more information about Kofi Kinaata.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Kofi Kinaata - Time No Dey (Official Video)


Kofi Kinaata, November 9, 2017

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PARTIAL LYRICS ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOR PART OF THE LYRICS FOR: "TIME NO DEY" (Kofi Kinaata)

Whatever  you are doing be quick about it
Cos there is no time
If you have something I want to be quick about it
Cos there is no time
Man’s mission is huge
But there is not time.
Look here, Man’s time is very limited
There is no time.

Get up and do something good for yourselves.
Cos there is no time for mankind
If you have the skill then do it to keep us moving.
Get up and do something good for yourselves
Cos time and tide waits for nobody
If you have the skill then do it to keep us moving forward.

Look AB Crentsil left a legacy
Paapa Yankson left a legacy
CK Mann is leaving a legacy
Ade Kwagyes also left a legacy
Under Fire also left a legacy
So if it’ss the turn of Kinaata, you must know
that there is no time to waste.
Whatever you are doing be real quick about it
Cos there is no time available for mankind 
If you have the skill than do it to keep us moving.

Whatever you are doing, be quick about it
Because there is no time
Man’s mission is huge
But there is not time
Look here, Man’s time is very limited
There is no time

Do not rush, be patient
Look, time is precious, don’t waste it
Don’t stay long in one place, go places
If you get cases, go face it
Do not maind talkertives 
If you like, make a track and bring it to the heavens*** [This word is given as "eavens"]
for recording
And get 47 Angels to support you
And let God do the mixing
And Jesus take his time to complete the mixing,
still it you will find people who does not like it

Love your life and chase your dreams
Live a man, make you no just exist 
Action, wake up now or never
Don’t die as waste man [some words not translated]
Auntie [Some words not translated]
Tracks [Some words not translated] boys [Some words not translated] sidechick
Tracks [some words not translated] reply diss
This is the time you go fi do more things
Na cemetry  ye full of unfulfilled dreams
Time no dey

Whatever you are doing, be quick about it
Cos there is no time
If you have something I want to be quick about it
Cos there is no time.

Man’s mission is huge
But there is not time
Look here, Man’s time is very limited
There is no time

[Some words not translated.]
Vision [Some words not translated.]
[Some words not translated]
Pressure [Some words not translated]
Vision [Multiple lines of words not translated]
Cos there is no time.

Whatever you are doing, be quick about it
Cos there is no time
If you have something I want to be quick about it
Cos there is no time
Man’s mission is huge
But there is not time
Look here, Man’s time is very limited
There is no time


From 
(61% translated)
Translated by Oheneba Osei
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This is how the English translation was given on that page, with the exception of the words given in parenthesis which are my additions. In addition to what are probably some typos in that translation, I believe that a standard English translation of most of those lyrics would be be different from this partial translation. With regard to typos:

The word "manking" is probably a typo for "mankind".

"Do not maind talkertives" probably means something like "Don't mind gossipers.

The word given as "eavens" is probably "heaven".
 

The original lyrics are also found on that page. Since Kofi Kinaata is Fante, this rap track is probably translated from Fante along with some English words.

No English translation for the title is given on that page, except for the words "There is no time" or "There is not time" that are found in the lyrics. I believe that a closer English translation of "Time no dey" in the context of this song is "Time isn't promised to you" (The amount of years that you have in your life aren't promised".

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This concludes Part I of this two part pancocojams series.

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