Dua

Recorded in Twi & English



Verse 1

Paapa bɔɔ me dua, ɔse;

Wo deɛ wo nhunu nyansa da

Wo life bɛyɛ sansa saa

Kɔ so na wo bɛ da counter back

Wo faa me sika, m'ankasa

Wo nom jot, m’ankasa

Na w'ankasa wo yɛ me ba?

Me bisa wo ɛna mpo w'ankasa

Wo sii me nnoɔma, w’anhata, yoo, wo nhyira na wo rebɔ gu

Da no me frɛ wo sɛ w'anma, yoo, wo deɛ ka hyɛn kɔ du

Adɛn wo nhunu Kojo Poku?

Ne papa ka a ɔtie nti

Da biara car ɔchange

Akyɛdeɛ ba a ɔhyɛ mu bi (but dad ɔyɛ sakawa)

Oh firi hɔ, asɛm biara me ka a wo bɛ sɔ so

Barima paa wo mpɛ hustle

Akwadworɔ nkoara, wo deɛ kɔ so

Wo ni nfa ne, hmmm, baa sheege

Me duru wo age na me kɔɔ agege

Me firi fie na me nkyɛn wo

Neɛ waduru yi wo hwɛ me a ɛkyen wo?

Da biara wo rebɛgye sika atɔ book

Nso yɛnhunu neɛ wo yɛ no wɔ school

Wo nya wo deɛ a na watɔ shoe

Me de bɛ ma wo nka ago booze

Sometimes the way you might

Scold your kid wont wrong the right

See the way my poppy dey advice

Breaking me down how ago rise



Hook

Paapa bɔɔ me dua

Ose kojo wo bɛ brɛ

Kojo wo bɛ brɛ

Kojo wo bɛ brɛ

Maame kaa m'asɛm

Ose kojo wo npɛ brɛ

Kojo wo npɛ brɛ

Kojo wo npɛ bɛ



Verse 2

Maame kaa m'asɛm, ɔse:

Me ba ntoboaseɛ na ɛhia

Ahonya dua ɛyɛ fɛ na, yɛ de ntoboaseɛ na ɛdua

Gidigidi wo bɛ pem ntɛm

Pere wo hu nyini a, wo bɛ wu ntem

Wo pɛ asɛm a, wo bɛ nya asɛm

Aso da hɔ a, ɛte nsem but ano da hɔ a, ɛkeka nsem

Nsekuro nsoso ɛne animguaseɛ na ɛdeda mpa mu

Ɛnti di wo fie asɛm

Nnamfoɔ bɛberee no ɛyɛ a ɛnyɛ

Bisa ɔkɔtɔ, ɛne no nnɛ

Tie afutuo, yɛ neɛ ɛsɛ

Mmere pa bɛ ba, kyɛ na ɛbɛ kyɛ

Mmaasɛm deɛ me kyini papa

Firi sɛ ɛma sika sa

Ɔbaa wo ne no bɛ bɔ bra nso no, ɛyɛ a yi papa

Sɛ ɔkunu bɛ yɛ yie a, ɔyere nti a

Nti wo nya yere pa a, ɛyɛ a bu no

Na aboa sika ɔpere paa wanyere no a, bɛ yɛn dɛn waku no?

Wo deɛ da biara w'aka mpa mu no

Wo da a wo nsɔre ntɛm no

Akwadorɔ ɛyɛ dɛ deɛ ɛnso ɛde ohia na ɛba nti hwɛ wo ho yie

The way you scold

Your kid can make him grow

See the way my mummy dey talk

Holding me down how ago fall



Hook

Paapa bɔɔ me dua

Ose kojo wo bɛ brɛ

Kojo wo bɛ brɛ

Kojo wo bɛ brɛ

Maame kaa m'asɛm

Ose kojo wo npɛ brɛ

Kojo wo npɛ brɛ

Kojo wo npɛ bɛ



Bridge

Afutuo bi seɛ nnipa wate, (paapa bɔɔ me dua)

Afutuo bi brɛ nnipa ase paa, (ɔse kojo wo bɛ brɛ)

Afutuo bi pagya nnipa wate, (maame kaa masɛm)

Afutuo bi hyɛ nnipa den paa, (ɔse kojo wo mpɛ brɛ)



Hook

Paapa bɔɔ me dua

Ose kojo wo bɛ brɛ

Kojo wo bɛ brɛ

Kojo wo bɛ brɛ

Maame kaa m'asɛm

Ose kojo wo npɛ brɛ

Kojo wo npɛ brɛ

Kojo wo npɛ bɛ