Adekunle Gold – “Back To Start” (LYRICS ENGLISH TRANSLATION & MEANING)

May 27, 2018 Tino9n

LYRICS MUSIC: Adekunle Gold - "Back To Start"

We bring you the Lyrics English Translation and Meaning to the song ‘Back To Start’, by Adekunle Gold. Feel it below and learn (or refresh) things.

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PHOTO: Baba Dudu

(VERSE 1)

Let’s go down memory lane

Let’s talk about olden dayS

The thingS we heard, the games we played

When we’ catching fUn everyday

Nowadays, e too seriouS

We no dey play like before before

We need To find, find a day

To dO those things over again

(CHORUS)

Mo fe se Monini Monini

: I want to play the “This I Say” game

E je a se Police & Thief oh

: let’s play the “Police & Thief” game

Wetin happen to Boju Boju?

: what happened to the “Close Your Eyes” game?

Oba ni k’a dawojo oh, Oba ni k’a fAagun

: “the king says ‘everyone, line up one finger’, the king says ‘everyone, draw straight lines to your diametre’ “

Remember N1 – $1? N20 dey make dinner

: remember when 1 Naira equals $1, and just 20 Naira can make a dinner?

Ki lo se Sisi Pelebe, BabA Dudu, EkannA Gowon ati Balewa?

: what happened to the ‘Slim Lady’, ‘Black Man’, ‘Gowon Finger’ and ‘Balewa’ candies?

MEANING: these candies (or ‘sweets’, like we called them actually “eg., ‘mama, I want to buy Ekanna Gowon sweet’ 😉 ) are named (by the children, sort of) by their physical looks.

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PHOTO: Ekanna Gowon

(VERSE 2)

Eh eh eh eh, let’s go Back To the Start

Oh oh oh ohh, let’s go Back To the Start

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O ma se oh, a ti sonu oh- a ti sonu oh

: it’s a pity, we are lost- we are lost

A o mole Mo, a s’apo iya kO

: we don’t know home no more, we shelved our punishment

We need to find, find a way

To days when peace still dey reigN

Remember, united we staNd- united we stand oh oh ohh

Divided we fall; sebi you knoW?

: – – – – I hope you know?

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PHOTO: Eyin Alangba

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PHOTO 2: Eyin Alangba

(CHORUS)

Mo fe se Monini Monini

: I want to play the “This I Say” game

E je a se Police & Thief oh

: let’s play the “Police & Thief” game

Wetin happen to Boju Boju?

: what happened to the “Close Your Eyes” game

Oba ni k’a dawojo oh, Oba ni k’a fAagun

: and “the king says ‘everyone, line up one finger’, the king says ‘everyone, draw straight lines to your diametre’ ” game?

Remember N1 – $1? N20 dey make dinner

: remember when 1 Naira equals $1, and just 20 Naira can make a dinner?

Ki lo se Sisi Pelebe, BabA Dudu, EkannA Gowon ati Balewa?

: what happened to the ‘Slim Lady’, ‘Black Man’, ‘Gowon Finger’ and ‘Balewa’ candies?

MEANING: these candies (or ‘sweets’, like we called them actually “eg., ‘mama, I want to buy Ekanna Gowon sweet’ 😉 ) are named (by the children, sort of) by their physical looks.

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PHOTO: Sisi Pelebe Variant

(VERSE 2)

Let’s go back, go back to nana

Eh eh eh eh, oh ohh, let’s go Back To the Start

Oh oh oh ohH, let’s go Back To the StarT

Eh eh eh eh, oH ohh, let’s go Back To the Start

Take me back to the days when liFe was good

(VERSE 3)

*Talubosa kekere kan t’o ko sinu omi

: a small Talubosa that fell into a pool

MEANING: Adekunle Gold’s Talubosa sounds like ‘onion’; but we say ‘mami-water’, actually; and it means ‘mermaid’ in English. Note that, we mean ‘mermaid’ in the generic form, meaning ‘male or female’, as in generic ‘man’.

Mo n so fun latowuro, titi dojo ale

: I’ve been telling it since in the morning, till dust periods

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: that ‘stand up, wipe your face

Fi sapa otun re, fi sapa Osi re

: tilt to your right, tilt to your left

M’enikeni t’o bA wun re oh, k’o fi s’ayA

: select whoever you like, make her your wife’

M’enikEni t’o ba wUn re oh, k’o fi s’aya

: select whoever you like, make her your wife

MEANING: *the game (check the ‘Guess Game 1’ below) is played by children forming a big circle by holding each other’s hands, and one child starts the game by sitting at the center of the circle. Children roll round the child and sing this verse 3 song.

The child do whatever the song says (he or she ‘stand up’, ‘wipe your eyes’ like you would do if truely fell in a pool, ’tilt/bend to the left and right’, ‘select’ whoever you like among the cycling children; select a female if you’re a male, select a male if you’re a female) and you’ll kind of, with a hug, bring to the center, whoever you select. This selected child would then take your place at the center of the cycle, and the game starts all over again.

Note that, this match-making game is a perfect opportunity to select (and sometimes hug, if neither is shy) the girl/boy you’ve been crushing on; and this selection leaves lasting effect on some children even till they grow older. Not this days that you’ll need money for a smart phone, internet and even better network reception, to google your crush on Instagram/Facebook/Snapchat and co. Even distractions from Mark Zuckerberg and other founders, in the forms of ‘people you might know’, ‘suggested friends’, ‘sponsored posts’ etc, are enough to make your ‘selection’ change many times in your mind before you eventually point at one, who looks like a mermaid on social media but in real life wowo like me and Oshiomole and Patience Ozokwo and Akpororo and of course- ‘you’…just jokes ohhhh