Straight outta Lil Kesh’s YAGI (Young And Getting It) album, check out the meaning and English translation to Abija Wara song, by Lil Kesh, featuring star rappers Chinko Ekun of YBNL, and Phyno Phino.
NOTE: ‘Abija Wara’ meaning is from a screen/movie name adopted by a popular Yoruba actor whose real name is ‘Tajudeen Oyewole’. Abija Wara do, in movies, play strong occultist and fearful roles, but the good side. The strong and heroic meaning of this name do makes people nick themselves ‘Abija’ or ‘Abija Wara’. Close literal translation and meaning is ‘Swift Warrior/Fighter’.
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Lyrics
English Translation: Lil Kesh Ft. Chinko Ekun and Phyno- Abija Wara
(PRELUDE)
Atoto are re
: Town Crier calling
Mo Tun gbe tun tun de
: I’ve come with a new thing
Ki omode t’ agba ko jade
: Both young and old should come out
K’ wa gbe orin fun wa
: and back up our song
Lil kesh jade
: Lil Kesh is out
Ki awon araye wa wo
: let the world come take a look
(CHORUS)
Rather be king in the streets than be a slave in the city
Teh ba lo copy cat eh le last rara bi quickie
: If you try to copy, you would not
last at all like quickie
last at all like quickie
Teh ba lo gberun debi lebe nla ma fi ge bo le
: If you all come here hairy! We
would use sword to cut them down
would use sword to cut them down
Emi n fo Iwo naa n fo kilo fo shi le bo le
: I’m talking, you are talking; whats the
cause of the rubbish? Send him down
cause of the rubbish? Send him down
Abija wara one Abija Abija wara one gbera
: Abija wara one Abija Abija wara one
lift
lift
Dagunro waa at alert Dagunro Dagunro waa at alert gbera
: Dagunro waa at alert Dagunro
Dagunro waa at alert lift
Dagunro waa at alert lift
(VERSE 1- LIL KESH)
Ibile you know that we keeping it real ko si eni toh wo
Nyash pad ni bi
Nyash pad ni bi
: Native you know that we keeping
it real there’s no one putting on toilet pad here
it real there’s no one putting on toilet pad here
Jo baa mi le awon atole yii lo ni bi ko seni toh wo pampers
nibi
nibi
: Please help pursue these peeps that
bed wet away from here, there is no one putting on pampers here
bed wet away from here, there is no one putting on pampers here
Se mo ba eh feyin abi se mo smile ko se ni lo wifi ni bi
: Do I flaunt my teeth or smile at
you? No one is using Wifi here
you? No one is using Wifi here
Ti mba fun eh ni five fingers iya eh niyen no high five nibi
: If I show you five fingers it
means YOUR MOTHER, no high five here
means YOUR MOTHER, no high five here
Maa wo awon babies won kan wo bi eni toh ko rabies
: See all these babies; they are
looking like one suffering from rabies
looking like one suffering from rabies
Mo maa ti gbogbo won mo nu cages
: I would lock them all in the
cage(s)
cage(s)
Have been doing this shii for like ages
Emi ijaya eh de mo pe mo duro mo gallant
: I the dreaded and you all know I
stand and also gallant
stand and also gallant
Small boy with the voice of a giant
Maa lo je ki Dagunro mi para
: Do not let the Dagunro in me vex
Se mowi re abi mo wi
reee?
reee?
: Did I speak well or not?
(CHORUS)
Keshy Mr. me YAGI
Rather be king in the streets than be a slave in the city
Teh ba lo copy cat eh le last rara bi quickie
: If you try to copy, you would not last at all like quickie
Teh ba lo gberun debi lebe nla ma fi ge bo le
: If you all come here hairy! We would use sword to cut them down
Emi n fo Iwo naa n fo kilo fo shi le bo le
: I’m talking, you are talking; whats the cause of the rubbish? Send him down
Abija wara one Abija Abija wara one gbera
: Abija wara one Abija Abija wara one lift
Dagunro waa at alert Dagunro Dagunro waa at alert gbera
: Dagunro waa at alert Dagunro Dagunro waa at alert lift
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(VERSE 2- CHINKO EKUN)
Dagunro waa at alert Abija wo Rayban otun wo hat
: Dagunro is at alert, Abija puts
on rayban and hat
on rayban and hat
Asiko mi re lati lowo bi egbere jaa royal rumble and take
their mat
their mat
: It’s my time to be rich like
bush babies fighting royal rumble and taking their mat
bush babies fighting royal rumble and taking their mat
Oponu oti eh smart Hmmmm oloorun go and take your bath
: Fool, you not even smart hmmmm
you stink! Go and take your bath
you stink! Go and take your bath
B.q lo n gbe o lowo flat
: You live in a B.Q, you don’t
have money for flat
have money for flat
Sho ya werey Abi o jasi
: Do you turn mad or you are
dropped into madness
dropped into madness
O fe gba visa Christ Embassy
: You want to get Christ Embassy
visa
visa
Eni mo iwe Sha lo pass
: One who knows book is the one
that pass
that pass
Emo re o eyin are adugbo eh ba mi dasi
: This is a dilemma please
neighbors come and intervene
neighbors come and intervene
Obago keshy Pelu chinko lori track yii
: Obago keshy and Chinko on this
track
track
Ke toh gbo set go ema gbo on your marki
: Before
you hear go! You would have heard “on your mark”
you hear go! You would have heard “on your mark”
Run run for your life Run run kasa
: Run! Run! for your life Run!
Run! Faster
Run! Faster
(CHORUS)
Rather be king in the streets than be a slave in the city
Teh ba lo copy cat eh le last rara bi quickie
: If you try to copy, you would not last at all like quickie
Teh ba lo gberun debi lebe nla ma fi ge bo le
: If you all come here hairy! We would use sword to cut them down
Emi n fo Iwo naa n fo kilo fo shi le bo le
: I’m talking, you are talking; whats the cause of the rubbish? Send him down
Abija wara one Abija Abija wara one gbera
: Abija wara one Abija Abija wara one lift
Dagunro waa at alert Dagunro Dagunro waa at alert gbera
: Dagunro waa at alert Dagunro Dagunro waa at alert lift
(VERSE 3- PHYNO)
O’mu ka ha na emelu agidi
: it’s me ur being stubborn with
Ha amaho na flow mu di acidic
: they dont know my flow is acidic
Ha nechalu’m anya si na’m di lazy
: they’re seeing me as a lazy man
Fvck it i’m going back to basics
: – – – – – – – – –
You and your crew
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Ama n fit nwukwe na my shoe
: they cant fit in my shoes
Akpachamu anya wee gosi ha the clue
: I clearly showed them the clue
So how come this niggaz are so confused
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Hold up, ha e move go
: – – ; they have moved
Ha ka kwukwa na hold up
: but they are still in hold up
Nezi’nu shows anyi kugazi, now fa ncha bukwa sold out nu
: look at these shows people dont care about, now, everything is Sold Out yeah
This MC don hammer now all these haters they can’t touch nu
: – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – yeah
Ichota my squad, egosigi udi osimili
: If you trace my squad, I’ll show you Udi ocean (secrets)
That you cant cross nu, you can’t cross nu
: – – – – – yeah; you cant cross yeah!
Nwanne you can’t cross nu
: Bro, you cant cross yeah
Squad deep like the blue sea its obvious that you can’t
cross nu
: – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – yeah
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