Goldenfish Ent, Nov. 20, 2020
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Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part I of a three part pancocojams series on Nigerian singer's Omah Lay, with special attention to his November 2020 song "Godly".
This post showcases a YouTube lyrics video of Omah Lay's song "Godly" and the transcription of those lyrics. Explanations about some of the Pidgin English in this song are also included in this post.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-global-reach-of-nigerian-singer.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II showcases the official YouTube video of Omah Lay's song "Godly" and presents some examples of comments from that video's discussion thread that document the global reach of that song.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/01/pidgen-english-article-excerpt-about.html for Part III of this pancocojams series. Part III presents an excerpt from a BBC online article written in Pidgin English about Nigerian singer Omah Lay, his sister (Nigerian singer) Tems, and others being arrested in Uganda for allegedly violating Covid-19 laws in that East African nation.
In addition to sharing information about this subject, I'm presenting a written example of Nigerian Pidgin English for people (like me) who don't know Pidgin English and have rarely -if ever- read an example of that language. No translation to standard English is given with this article excerpt.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, inspirational, and aestheic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Omah Lay for his music. Thanks to all those associated with this video, thanks to all those who are quoted in this post , and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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LYRICS- GODLY
(as performed by Omah Lay from the summary for this embedded video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PViokmhWBGY&ab_channel=GoldenfishEnt.
Intro:
Maad
Uh Uh Uh Uh
Omah Lay
Verse 1:
I don't wanna uh I don't wanna uh
Lay my life for you Lay my life for you
All over the news All over the news
Only God na im know the kinda thing I do
The kinda thing we do uh uh
Pre-Chorus:
Men I thank God I go-d-ly
Say God no ungod-d-ly
Oluwa na im comfort e me
When this people dey bombard e me
Men I thank God I go-d-ly
Say God no ungod-d-ly
Oluwa na im comfort e me
When this people dey bombard e me
Chorus:
That is why I jaiye sometimes
Ah ena ena ena na (uh uh uh)
A little Henny and ice
Ah ena еna ena na
Make i fit e coolu my mind
Ah еna ena ena na (uh uh uh)
Make i Iive this life
Ah ena ena ena na (uh yeah)
Oh Omah Lay ay Omah Lay ay
O kill a boy no oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Verse:
Make I play you my cassette o
Anything you sell is a market o
Try to dey look for my aspect o
You dey loud am I dey handset o (uh uh uh)
Me I no fit drag e shine
Oluwa na im be my Kainji Dam
Me I no dey try reconnect the light
I just want Charlie boy dey
Make Charlie boy dey
Pre-Chorus:
Men I thank God I go-d-ly
Say God no ungod-d-ly
Oluwa na im comfort e me
When this people dey bombard e me
Men I thank God I go-d-ly
Say God no ungod-d-ly
Oluwa na im comfort e me
When this people dey bombard e me
Chorus:
That is why I jaiye sometimes
Ah ena ena ena na (uh uh uh)
A little Henny and ice
Ah ena ena ena na
Make i fit e coolu my mind
Ah ena ena ena na (uh uh uh)
I just wan Iive this life
Ah ena ena ena na (uh yeah)
Outro;
Ah ena ena ena na
Ah ena ena ena na
omah lay goldly
goldly omah lay
Omah lay goldly lyrics
Here's the lyrics for this song that are given in as a comment in the discussion thread of this embedded video by
Uh-uh-uh-uh (wooh)
Omah Lay (wooh)
Kpa-kpai, kill a boy now (ooh)
Kill a boy now
Woah
I don't wanna, uh (hmm)
I don't wanna, uh (hmm, hmm-hmm)
Live my life for you (you)
Live my life for you
All over the news, hmm
All over the news, hmm
Only God, na him know the kind of thing I do
The kind of thing we do, ooh
Man I thank God, I Godly
Say God no ungodly
Oluwa na hin comfort me
When this people dey come body me
Men I thank God, I Godly (gon-gon-gon)
Say God no ungodly (gon-gon-gon ah)
Oluwa na him comfort me
When this people dey come body me (dey come)
It's why I j'aye sometimes
(Nna, nna, nna, nna, na, ah-ahh)
A little Henny and ice
(Nna, nna, nna, nna, na)
Make I fit cool my mind
(Nna, nna, nna, nna, na, ah-ahh)
Make I live this life, ah-ah
(Nna, nna, nna, nna, na, ah-ahh)
(Neni-neni-seni, che chee)
Ohh, Omah Lay (wooh)
Omah Lay (wooh)
Ooh kill a boy, no oh-oh-ohh
Make I play you my cassette oh
Anythin' you sell is a market oh
Try to dey look from my aspect oh
You dey loud am, I dey handset oh-ohh
Me I no fit drag shine
Oluwa na him be my Kanji Dam
Me I no dey try reconnect the light
I just want Charlie boy dey, make Charlie boy dey
Men I thank God I Godly (gon-gon-gon)
Say God no ungodly (gon-gon-gon)
Oluwa na him comfort me (Oluwa na him oh)
When this people dey come body me (dey come)
Men I thank God I Godly (gon-gon-gon)
Say God no ungodly (gon-gon-gon)
Oluwa na him comfort me
When this people dey come body me (dey come-come)
It's why I j'aye sometimes
(Nna, nna, nna, nna, na, ah-ahh)
A little Henny and ice
(Nna, nna, nna, nna, na)
Make I fit cool my mind
(Nna, nna, nna, nna, na, ah-ahh)
I just wan live this life (I just wan li')
(Nna, nna, nna, nna, na)
(Nna, nna, nna, nna, na)
(Nna, nna, nna, nna, na)
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COMMENTS ABOUT SOME OF THIS SONG'S LYRICS
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PViokmhWBGY&ab_channel=GoldenfishEnt.[This is the video that is embedded in this post.]
1. Anabelle Nyaga, Jan. 2021
"Kainji dam what does this mean"
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Reply
2. Goldenfish Ent., Jan 2021
" "Oluwa na im be my Kainji Dam" Means God is his source of his Light❤"
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From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqUd72pK15Y&ab_channel=OmahLay
Omah Lay - Godly [Official Music Video]
Omah Lay, Dec. 18, 2020
"I kept listening to this when he was arrested and he
tweeted Oluwa na em comfort me. Am glad it came true in his life. My favourite
part is 'me I no fit drag shine, Oluwa
na em be my Kanji dam' (God remains his source of light).
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Reply
Peter Emmanuel, Dec. 2020
"@Joy Fasoyin your comment is the best, so let me
translate the Pidgin and some Yoruba Language you wrote so that the world will
understand what you wrote
(1) Oluwa na em comfort me (God is the one that
comforts me)
(2) Me I no fit drag shine (I can drag the lime light)
getting noticed in our Music industry its quite competitive.
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