To understand Nigeria, you need to appreciate where it came from
In 1900, Britain officially assumed
Responsibility for the administration
Of the whole of what we now know as Nigeria from the Niger Company
And then gradually over the years
British protectorates were established through out the territory
In 1914, the protectorates were amalgamated into One Nigeria
Actually, there's one additional detail that bears mentioning
In order to take over the territories from the Niger Company
The British Government paid £865,000, a huge amount in 1900
So let's establish a simple truth
The British didn't travel half way
Across the world just to spread democracy
Nigeria started off as a business deal
For them between a company and a government
Incidentally, the Niger Company is still around today
Only it is known by a different name, Unilever
But that's another story
It's kel p vibes
Ehhh
They wanna tell you o (Tell you o, tell you o)
Another story o (Story o, story o)
Since 1960 them dey play us wayo
Shey we go dey cry forever more
E dey pain me gaga o (ah)
E dey pain me gaga o (eh)
E dey pain me gaga o (ah)
E dey pain you gaga o (well well)
E dey pain me gaga o (ah)
E dey pain me gaga o (eh)
E dey pain you gaga o (ah)
E dey pain me gaga o (eh)
Dem want make we all enter one corner sheybi o
Cus e be lie dem dey tell me since I was a baby o
All the time dem go promise and fail eeoo
E don tey we dey slim dem dey shady o
They wanna tell you o (Tell you o, tell you o)
Another story o (Story o, story o)
Since 1960 them dey play us wayo
Shey we go dey cry forever more
E dey pain me gaga o (ah)
E dey pain me gaga o (eh)
E dey pain me gaga o (ah)
E dey pain you gaga o (well well)
E dey pain me gaga o (ah)
E dey pain me gaga o (eh)
E dey pain you gaga o (ah)
E dey pain me gaga o (eh)
Which kind country be this Charlay I come
Sometimes I for dey move away, maybe a month
More stress, More Yawa, Less people power
Same shxt, Ghana-Naija man tire
Stuck in traffic I dey hate delay
Big man get the motorcade
Big Benz and the escalade
Hustle just dey escalate
But mad thing we go celebrate
Everywhere we dey sing cock and bull
Propaganda you dey push no dey cook
E dey pain people tire for this matter
Everyday for thief-man one day for Masa
E fini fi eh, Minti mi fimo
Oma di se ah, Yini na ye timo
A shumi ya, shumi ya, shumi ya
Ase minti mi fimo
They wanna tell you o (Tell you o, tell you o)
Another story o (Story o, story o)
Since 1960 them dey play us wayo
Shey we go dey cry forever more
E dey pain me gaga o (ah)
E dey pain me gaga o (eh)
E dey pain me gaga o (ah)
E dey pain you gaga o (well well)
E dey pain me gaga o (ah)
E dey pain me gaga o (eh)
E dey pain you gaga o (ah)
E dey pain me gaga o (eh)