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Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A-Plus, is in the news again. After causing stirs on the music scene and political landscape with his Letter to parliament track, he has released a new political song called 'Da no' which means That day. After staying away from supporting various politicians in his previous tracks, 'Da no' is a song that supports the candidature of Nana Akuffo Addo, who is seeking to run for Ghana's presidency on the ticket of the incumbent New Patriotic Party. The congress takes place this weekend at the University of Ghana, Legon.

He also mentions Atta Mills (who he supports for the NDC slot), as well as Paa Kwesi Nduom and Badu Akosa (his favorites in the CPP). A-Plus released and launched this song on Adom FM saying that he took this project on because he believes Nana Akuffo Addo is the best man for the job amongst the NPP candidates, and he has been a mainstay in Ghana's politics, run for the position before, etc. He also took some swipes at other candidates, like Alan kyeremanteng aka Alan Cash saying that beauty does not equate politics and if it wasn't for the President Kuffour, some particular contestant would not have been a class prefect. (this contestant is believed to be Alan Cash)
The song uses a gospel song chorus and goes like - Da a, Nana bɛtu franka no, Ghana ani bɛgye; da no, Addo kuffour ani bɛgye, etc, etc (Addo Kuffour is also a contestant for the NPP candidacy.

Nana Akuffo Addo is not the only contestant who has a song composed for his campaign Alan Cash has his. CITI FM's Breakfast show organized a small poll and most voters said they loved Alan Cash's song with Akuffo Addo's song second. The other songs in the poll were that from the camps of Frimpong Boateng and Osafo Marfo.

The Alan Cash song has a jama feel and very catchy. He seems to have a lot of cash too, cuz it is played a lot more than the others. I believe this does not count under payola :-) The chorus goes like - Alan kyeremanteng ara na yɛnim o, obiara nni hɔ o, obiara nte sɛ no o; Alan for Ghana, cash for the people; deɛ ɔforo dua pa, na yɛpia no; Alan nie, ɔsono nie, Ghana nie. The Alan nie, Ghana nie line reminds me of the Kuffour nie, ɔsono nie line which was used in the NPP's 2004 campaign. That is bound to bring up more questions about the executive support from J A Kuffour for Alan Cash. Any song with cash in it must be easy to play eh.

The song for K Frimpong Boateng starts with an appellation and has a traditional song feel with the gong. The song talks about his work at Korle Bu (Ghana's biggest hospital) and he can do the same for Ghana. The chorus goes like - Ghanafoɔ ei, yɛnto aba mma prof k frimpong, monto mma no.

Oyeadeeyie Yaw Osafo Marfo may be trying to appeal the youth more, his song has more of a hiplife feel and a jama beat, you would think he enlisted the services of Jay Q. The song is filled with parables, and idioms. The chorus is something along the lines of "ahwene pa nkasa; Osafo Marfo - ɔyɛ adeɛ yie, dodoɔ adanfo, yaanom, ahwene pa nkasa".

One other song - monto mma no, ɔno ara na ɛko, ɔbɛyɛ Ghana yie - supports Baffour Agyei Barwuah and "to aba pa na to ma Dan Botwe" runs for Dan Botwe. We'll be watching results for the election this weekend.