GO FENCE YOUR VILLAGE.
He goes by the stage name Yellow Man. He is an albino based (according those who knew him) in Benin. He plays mostly in the pubs and his only instrument, a guitar in addition to a distinct voice that carried further the meaning and rhythm of his reggae styled music.
Find the lyrics below rendered in a sing along manner:
INTRO
(Guitar strings)
(PRE - CHORUS)
If you wan break record oh yeah
Go fence your village
If you wan break record mo ni
Go fence your village
(FIRST VERSE)
Babangida no fence im village
Obasanjo no fence im village
Dangote no fence im village
Otedola no fence im village
Dem no fence dia village oh yeah
Atiku no fence im village
Buhari no fence im village
Adeleke no fence im village oh yeah
Goodluck no fence im village
All of dem no fence dia village oh yeah
(SECOND VERSE)
Every time you dey buga, buga, buga
You dey carry shoulder up
Every time you dey buga, buga, buga
You dey carry shoulder up
How many you done help?
How many you dey carry along o?
(CHORUS)
Shey you wan break record oh yeah
Go fence your village
(BRIDGE)
Cyprian fence im house o ya o
For security purpose
Supo fence im house mo ni o ya
For security purpose
Emeka fence im house mo ni
For security purpose
Uche fence im house o ya o
For security purpose
(CHORUS)
If you wan break record mo ni
Go fence your village
(REPEAT BRIDGE)
Ema fence im house o ya o
For security purpose
(CHORUS)
If you wan break record o ya
Go fence your village
If you wan break record o ya
Go fence your village
(THIRD VERSE AS OUTRO)
Babangida no fence im village
Obasanjo no fence im village
Dangote no fence im village
Otedola no fence im village o yah
Atiku no fence im village o yah
Buhari no fence im village
Adeleke no fence im village o yah
Goodluck no fence im village o yah
(CHORUS AS OUTRO)
If you wan break record o yah
Go fence your village
If you wan break record mo ni
Go fence your village
If you wan break record o yah
Go fence your village
If you wan break record o yah
Go fence your village
If you wan break record oh yeah
Go fence your village.
(END WITH A FLOURISH)
(Culled from Jude Idada's Facebook page)
It is a command and at same time a mockery of pompous novo riches who would rather paint the whole town red while their villages beg for recognition of those things that will make life better for the villagers. Here, the wealth of an individual is gauged by how many people wey you carry along, that is, helped and not the flamboyant life they led.
To prove you have arrived, go and make a mark in your village by empowering people who can trace their rise to the good life to you.
It is a criticism of rulers who would rather build expensive mansions with fences for security reasons than help the needy around them.
It is a also a call to all of us to take wisdom in the transient nature of life. Those who were rich and the talk of town yesterday are long dead and forgotten. True riches does not lie in how many houses you built and the number of cars you bought but in the number of lives you touched positively with all the blessings you have received. To leave a remarkable mark in the sands of time is to impart lives positively.
I will put a lid to the story here till another time. Thank you so much for reading. Don't forget to leave your comments behind.
I am still yours truly,
Julius Topohozin.
