Adekunle Gold – Temptation (ENGLISH TRANSLATION, LYRICS, AND MEANING)
Lyrics, and Meaning of the track: TEMPTATION from ADEKUNLE GOLD debut album
titled GOLD. You can toil and play with a bloody Civilian’s wife
but not with the wife of a soldier, “you go just buy job” funny story line, God
saved him he ran for his life.
Gold- Temptation
(VERSE 1)
E wo mi o; mo ti ko si
trouble o
: See me o; I’m
in trouble
Oh My Gosh; see me, see gobe
: Oh My Gosh;
see me, see trouble
E gba mi o; eyi ma a le [eyi
ma a le]
: Do help me;
this is complicated [this is complicated]
Ore mi soldier, he go to war,
e don tail
: It’s been long;
my soldier friend went to war
He go for long; family e, won
ti give up
: For a long
time he was not back; his family already gave up
Iyawo ore mi ba a de, o ni
k’a ma se
: The wife of
my friend came and said
wo’le w’ode; wi pe k’a ma
collabo papo
: we should
date and go out together
I tell am say e no dey
proper; she tell
: I told her it
was not proper for both of us
me say e no matter; ko s’ohun
tun-tun
: She replied
and said it does not matter that nothing is new
l’abe orun o
: Under the sun
(CHORUS)
Mo ni rara; mo ni mi o se o
: I said No; I’m
not doing
Ma koba mi o; no implicate
me; jo o
: Don’t implicate
me; don’t implicate me; jo o
Mo ni rara [mo ni rara]; mo ni mi o se o
: I said No [I
said No]; I’m not doing
Ma koba mi o; mi o ni d’ale
ore
: Don’t implicate
me; I won’t betray the friendship trust
(VERSE 2)
Damilola is a hot girl; k’a
ma paro
: To be frank;
Damilola is a hot girl
she make sense; I no go lie,
I think am o
: I thought of
it, I won’t lie, she make sense
Ore mi soldier, he get gun;
he no dey smile
: My Soldier
friend has a gun; he does not smile
He no dey laugh; t’o ba lo
mo, I don die
: Neither does
he laugh; if he happens to know, then I’m dead
Iyawo ore mi tun de, e say make we dey friend
: My friend’s
wife came again and said we should be friends
each other; pe k’a ma collabo
papo
: to each
other, that we should date
I tell am say e no dey
proper; she tell
: I told her it
was not proper for both of us
me say e no matter; ko s’ohun
tun-tun
: She replied
and said it does not matter that nothing is new
l’abe orun o
: Under the sun
(CHORUS)
Mo ni rara; mo ni mi o se o
: I said No; I’m
not doing
Ma koba mi o; no implicate
me; jo o
: Don’t implicate
me; don’t implicate me; jo o
Mo ni rara [mo ni rara]; mo ni mi o se o
: I said No [I
said No]; I’m not doing
Ma koba mi o; mi o ni d’ale
ore
: Don’t implicate
me; I won’t betray the friendship trust
(VERSE 3)
This na temptation
[temptationnn]
With a little confussion o
Few months later, ore de e
: Few months
later, my friend came back
E jo o, e ki mi ku ewu; pe mo
bo ninu waala o
: Please
congratulate me, that I escaped this trouble
Ninu waala [ninu waala]
: This
trouble [this trouble]
Ore mi soldier, he come back; inu mi dun
: My soldier
friend came back; I was happy
ayo mi kun, wi pe mo bo ninu
waala
: and filled
with joy that I escape the trouble
Iyawo ore mi tun de; o ni k’a ma soki-son-bolo o
: My friend’s
wife came again that we should have a quikie
Wi pe k’a ma collabo papo;
k’a ma collabo papo
: that we
should date; that we should date
I tell am say e no dey
proper; she tell
: I told her,
it was not proper and she replied
me say e no matter ah; se
b’aye n se’ru e o
: It does not
matter; that the world is doing it
(CHORUS)
Mo ni rara; mo ni mi o se o
: I said No; I’m
not doing
Ma koba mi o; no implicate
me; jo o
: Don’t implicate
me; don’t implicate me; jo o
Mo ni rara [mo ni rara]; mo ni mi o se o
: I said No [I
said No]; I’m not doing
Ma koba mi o; mi o ni d’ale
ore
: Don’t implicate
me; I won’t betray the friendship trust
(BRIDGE)
E so fun Dami [mo ni rara ah,
ah, ahh]
: Help tell
Dami [I’m not doing ah, ah, ahh]
Pe o, mi o se o; ma koba mi
o; mi o fe da’le o
: That;
I’m not doing, don’t get me into trouble
mi o fe da’le o
:I don’t want
to betray the friendship trust
Mo ni rara [mo ni rara]; ani, mi o se o
: I said NO [I said
no]; I’m not doing
[Ah, ah, ahh; ma koba mi o]
: [Ah, ah, ahh;
don’t get me into trouble o]
Se won ran e si mi?
: Did they send
you to me?
[mi o ni da’le ore]
: [I would not
betray the friendship trust]
Fi mi le o [mo ni rara]
: leave me [I said
No]
(FINALE)
E wo mi o; mo ti ko si
trouble o
: See me o; I’m
in trouble o
Oh My Gosh; see me, see gobe
: Oh my Gosh:
see me, see trouble
E gba mi o; eyi ma a le
: Help me; this
is complicated
