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Have you gotten your Green Card? If you have, then Wanlov!

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Green Card by WanlovNo, not that one. I am taking about Wanlov's long-awaited debut CD called Green Card. I bought it a couple of weeks ago and I have really enjoyed the experience. The album is a masterpiece that has a focus on Ghana, Diasporean issues, Ghanaians abroad, etc. I remember hearing his first single 'Kokonsa' and I immediately realised a fresh new sound then. It has taken Wanlov the Kuborlor about 5 years to work on his LP and it was well worth it. It is a great album for Africans abroad to have.

Wogbe

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  • Wogbe View all from Nat Brew
    Demara
    Amandzeba Nat Brew
    Ga, English
    4:44
    4
    Nat Brew
    2000

4x
Wogbe jeke (ei)
Ejeke ejeke
Woje shonn

Keje Israel keba Egypt
Keje Ethiopia ke Sudan
Woje shonn
Keje Ayi Kushiman yi no
Woniimei ke wonaamei
Woje shonn
So-so Timbuktu, Ghana, Mali
Sumanguru yi no
Woje shonn
Wogbe jeke (ei)
Ejeke ejeke
Woje shonn

So-so Timbuktu, Ghana, Mali
Sumanguru yi no
Woje shonn
Mantse Tackie yi no
Sumanguru yi no
Wogbe jeke, wogbe jeke
Woje shonn
Osei Tutu yi no
Kwaa Mansa yi no
Yaa Asantewa yi no
Woje shonn
Keje Israel keba Egypt
Keje Ethiopia ke Sudan
Woje shonn

2x
Akwe le ake abaatsumo wohie yaafo ke latsa
Aketsumo wohie

Pidgin English

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  • Pidgin English View all from Chiido
    Chiido
    English
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=Dig_tcbmhhw
    Chinedum Nnochiri
    2007

Chorus 2x
My Brother wetin you dey do
I dey speak p pidgin english (2x)
I dey speak pidgin english ei yo

My sister wetin you dey do
I dey speak p pidgin english (2x)
I dey speak pidgin english ei yo

Verse 1
I be African, Nigerian with a lot of vibe, soul and pride
Wetin i dey speak, na pidgin English
I'm an artist distinguished
What you really know about me or where i come from
Or wetin i dey do behind the scene
Feel it rough when i come, with, a Style
It gets deeper for real
[Chere im na bia o]
I dey make music wey people go understand
I

Maata family

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  • Maata family View all from Shasha Marley
    Lost & Found
    Shasha Marley
    English
    5:10
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfEHq2ujkTA
    Julius Amua Sekyi
    2007

Chorus
Maata, maata, mataa
Maayayata
Maata tuee-Maata puee-Maata fish
Maata tuee tuee-Maata puee puee-Maata Fish

Verse 1
In this time, in this time
In this Iwah, in this Iwah
Jah love I, Jah love I
And Jah bless I, Jah bless I
In this crisis, in this crises

Brother Maata Tuee, Maata Puee, Maata Fish
Maata Tuee-Tuee, Maata Puee-Puee, Maata Fish
Wuoh wuoh…

Way back in the late seventies
Maata delivered I from the lion’s den
I went for three days without food and water
Like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
Were put in the fire but never get

Green Card

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  • Green Card View all from Wanlov
    Green card
    Wanlov da Kubolor
    English
    5:09
    1
    Emmanuel Owusu Bonsu
    2007

Hook 2x
We fought to get off the slave yard
Now we fight to get us a green card
Why do we work for this stuff so hard?
How you living and you working grave yard?

Verse 1
Stand for days
At the American consulate
They're running late
Push back yout interview date
So you won't stay
They ask for a bank state
Meant to bring one
Forgot
Now they close gates
Bills ain't paid
Money spent on visa fees
You crying
Landlady standing vis a vis
C'est la vie mon amis
Ask Uncle Kofi
Maybe he's got connections at the embassy
Used to be with this lady fro

Infinity Skillz - Nigerian musicians in China

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Infinity SkillzHave you ever heard the joke that if you wanted to stay or live in some part of the world for sometime, you shouldn't go there if there are no Nigerians? It is because they are so ubiquitous they make the Chinese look like pork to chicken in the meat section. We all love Naija, why wouldn't you? One question I am thinking real hard about right now is, are there more Nigerians in China than Chinese in Nigeria? If you think it's easy to answer the question, let me know.

I don't know if this info will help us answer the question but have you heard about the band called Infinity Skillz? It's a self-produced band made up of two Nigerian guys, Wilson (from Anambra State and Kaduna) and Najeem (from Lagos State and Kaduna) and a Chinese girl called Lulu ( from Huzhou Zhejiang) based in China. There are so many Nigerians in China to have a couple of great and popular rappers, go figure :-D

Repatriation

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  • Repatriation View all from Batman Samini
    Samini (rain god)
    Samini, Gogome
    Twi, English, Dagaati, Ewe
    6:19
    3
    Emmanuel Andrews Samini
    2006

Intro
Sakatumbele

Intro
Sakatumbele

Chorus 2x
Sakatumbele
Ansoma
Tumbele
Yeminaa
Zimanee
Ziemanyen
Dewbison
Ka abiihi
Ka atima
Ka ajamaa

Ogabi verse
Efie ne fie (3x)
Momma yɛnkɔ fie
Efie ne fie, yɛnkɔ fie
Ma wo mu so (3x)
Na ɛmmere no aso

Samini verse
Ye wa ka ti kuli Dagao (sakatumbele)
Ye wa ka ti kuli Dagaati (sakatumbele)
Mu du ka daya
Shie saa koowa ezoo muyi rawa
Wala, Dagaaba, nin Lobi ye wa ka ti sew baawa
Something lege
Rise up and move your lege
Something leg
Paa

Why (mini hewo)

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  • Why (mini hewo) View all from Soulfege
    Afropolitan
    Soulfege
    Ga, English
    Derrick Nii Ashong, Kelley Nicole, Jonathan Gramling
    2007

Tashi ni wɔna sane gbaa
Ina noko ni inako dang
Efee mi naakpɛ
Ile nɔni makɛɛ

(Okai ɔ)

Bra Nortey ni jɛ bukom nɔɔ
Etee abulokyi ni wɔ nuu ehe dɔɔng
Nyɛ sɛɛ mina lɛ
Mina lɛ yɛ Osu gbɛ

(Ibi lɛ)

Blah Nortey te oyɔɔ tɛɛng?
My bɔda ina bo eky3

E kɛɛ "Excuse me? Excuse me do I know you?"

Kwɛ chale, kaashwɛ kwraa
Bee ni wɔ yaa skul, bɛ inaaa bo daa?
Sani okai mi

"Oh, you must be Kwashi...hello."

Chale botwe be in gbɛko na
In bi Norte mini e fyɔɔ yɛ Ga
E kɛɛ mi

"I'm here on business.

Area (acoustic)

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  • Area (acoustic) View all from Sound Sultan
    The textbook
    Sound Sultan
    Yoruba, English
    5:35
    6
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHfjNtyPTa4
    Olanrewaju (Lanre) Fasasi
    2006

Yea, sound sultan, Naija ninja
Kennis, you know how we dey do am
This one na for all ma brothers who don go outside Naija
Who don ja commot for Naija
Always try to dey look back because there's no place like home
You know what I mean?
Yoruba man tell me say
Ajo o dabi ile
Na true
Check this out

Oh oh, yea yea

Bridge
Ajo o dabi ile
No matter where u go make u no forget area oh
Area oh

Ndawo yami (my place)

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  • Ndawo yami (my place) View all from Zamajobe
    Ndawo yami
    Zamajobe
    English, Zulu
    4:48
    2
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtOKe-e5RKE
    Zamajobe Sithole
    2004

Verse
Take me to the place
Where the river, river runs wild
To the place
A place with fruit or lie?
This place in my dreams
This place is in my head all day
River, river runs wild

Take me to the place
Where the grass is green all year
To the place
Where the bees never sting

This place in my dreams
This place is in my head all day
Where the grass is green all year

Chorus
Ndawo yami (4x)
Ndawo yami (3x), hey hey

Verse

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