By Kwesi Atta Sakyi
If you provoke me
I go kuku cane you
If you tease me, I go tear you apart
Nna your wrapa go part oh
I go cane you so tee igo hurt
Haba, I say if you tease and provoke me nnko,
You go bear my pain in your groin
You go cover your shame with wrapa in your loin
My eye don red oh,
Come stoke am
My eye don ripe oh,
Come pluck am
I go stroke the fur on your ----
And you go kuku bear the brunt
You go hala and bark like aja or a cur
Na so so you go howl and grovel
Nnna your gold I go dig with my shovel
If you provoke me
I shall lay you flat on your back
I go do lap of honour and whack
So tee I go cane you well well
Yo go waka waka between your mosquito legs
You go je je waka dear dear oh
B’cos I go cane you well well oh
Omo buruku, oshi buruku
Ori ofo, ori oda
Nna you dey there, you no go fit
Commot between my legs oh
You go unwell oh, you go dry yourself on a peg
Shey I beg, you go run run tanda,
You go tanda su tee for your Mama’s nyash
Ino be me cause am oh,
Nna hotwater bottle you go cuddle and romance
Why, unna you play nyanga (bluff)?
You dey throw your okra eyes this way
You throw am that way,
Abi, wetin you dey look for,
Abi you de cross-eye or a squint?
Why you dey hala? Shakara baby you be?
Nna your arms you dey flaunt about in the air
Abi, uno like am?
Make I harvest am for you with go-to-hell
Abi, you sabi cocoa plucker in Shanti, Ghana?
Nna your arms you dey fly fly like Quixote’s
Windmills?
Nna Sancho Panza go muster am with him
Master’s lances, galloping at breakneck speed
Everyday you so so do nyanga for obado street,
Abi you dey fashion parade or catwalk?
Nna for my own street, small small nyash ino kuku
Them do nyanga oh! NATO and ECOMOG
Soldiers them dey braketeeh, Naa no fly zone oh!
Make you commot your sexy eyes oh,
Make you commot your pregnant buttocks oh,
Abi your papa ino warn you?
Or your Mama ino tell you toli?
Nna shakara baby wayo jibiti you dey do,
Wait oh, bullet head igo hammer you
Wey you dey commot for road oh,
Make you kuku thruway your melon-size
------- off my line of vision oh,
I don tire for them insults oh,
Wey dem look like twin-inflated balloons
Bumping and bouncing off your loaded chest oh,
Them look like twin-ground-to-air projectiles oh
Nna you dey aim am for we Omo Gana pikins oh,
Nna dem do wayo plus my krokro eyes oh,
Kai! Tell am oh, ofa my dead body oh!
I go cane you well well oh!
If I catch you, I go wallop you oh,
You go tumble in my bayou
Abi, in my ogbono soup you go fall
Karakata like dry crayfish
Nna you say five “hundrad naara”
Nna five hundrad naara ibe plenty boucoup
Moni for omode Gana oh!
Nna meself I no no Bawku nor go to Shokoto
Nna so so you dey do nyanga
Me I no wan wahala oh,
Abi, take your five hundrad naara wahala
Commot for my face for small small nyash
Nna so so big moni moni you dey chop chop
See your skin oh, edey shine shine breketee
Like black cobra him skin,
Ibe you don kiwi or nugget am?
Nna your face and eyelashes nnko?
Them dey technicolors like winch fowl?
Abi nna guinea fowl or witch fowl?
Nna your buttocks, you dey shake shake
As if them catch fits,
Dem dey like roadblock way them waylay
Me at kalakuta junction,
Wele, over my dead body oh
I go take my Hummer-SUV bulldoze
Commot am jeje!
Your hairdo nnko, anoda toli toli
Nna your dressing, Nna smasher and dapper
Abi, your Papa ino tell you say
Woman ino wear trosa or shokoto
Abi, nna this one ibe knickerbockers or boxers?
See oh, you dey rush rush
Everyday so tee you make me gush gush
Causing flooding in my trosa and shokoto
Abi, you get oil well in Niger Delta?
Abi nna your fada and brodas dem dem
Sell oil tankers in international waters?
Abi, why you dey do me Toyin Tomato?
Wele, wey I catch you, I go give you tattoos
On your chocolate thick thighs,
Oh, nna dat also ibe taboo?
I go show you pepper for your nyanga and smell-smell
I go waka waka so tee into your evil forest
Ino fear Achebe’s Egwugwus oh,
Nna dem be human beings wey edey masquerade
Nna if I tattoo you, don’t Oga me oh?
I no go madam madam you oh
Following day, you go tanda and waka waka
Between your mosquito-shaped legs oh
Abi, ema binu, kosii nkonko, kosii wahala oh
I go buy you Golf car oh,
I go sponsor you go Jahman or Jahmaaka oh,
Or abi, ibe Jahpon you want nnko?
Sori oh, toli toli stori oh,
Ema bi nu oh, pwelee oh,
Nna me Omo Gana throway salute oh,
Tele tele I don sabe mata for we,
Omo Gana make dem go oh,
Nna him cause katakata skata
Ino get skatabrain
I be Omo Gana, Omo daadaa ni
Nna Ganaman ibe broda and kosin plus Nigerman
The author lived in Nigeria for 11 years and has been living in Zambia now for 20 years.
If you provoke me
I go kuku cane you
If you tease me, I go tear you apart
Nna your wrapa go part oh
I go cane you so tee igo hurt
Haba, I say if you tease and provoke me nnko,
You go bear my pain in your groin
You go cover your shame with wrapa in your loin
My eye don red oh,
Come stoke am
My eye don ripe oh,
Come pluck am
I go stroke the fur on your ----
And you go kuku bear the brunt
You go hala and bark like aja or a cur
Na so so you go howl and grovel
Nnna your gold I go dig with my shovel
If you provoke me
I shall lay you flat on your back
I go do lap of honour and whack
So tee I go cane you well well
Yo go waka waka between your mosquito legs
You go je je waka dear dear oh
B’cos I go cane you well well oh
Omo buruku, oshi buruku
Ori ofo, ori oda
Nna you dey there, you no go fit
Commot between my legs oh
You go unwell oh, you go dry yourself on a peg
Shey I beg, you go run run tanda,
You go tanda su tee for your Mama’s nyash
Ino be me cause am oh,
Nna hotwater bottle you go cuddle and romance
Why, unna you play nyanga (bluff)?
You dey throw your okra eyes this way
You throw am that way,
Abi, wetin you dey look for,
Abi you de cross-eye or a squint?
Why you dey hala? Shakara baby you be?
Nna your arms you dey flaunt about in the air
Abi, uno like am?
Make I harvest am for you with go-to-hell
Abi, you sabi cocoa plucker in Shanti, Ghana?
Nna your arms you dey fly fly like Quixote’s
Windmills?
Nna Sancho Panza go muster am with him
Master’s lances, galloping at breakneck speed
Everyday you so so do nyanga for obado street,
Abi you dey fashion parade or catwalk?
Nna for my own street, small small nyash ino kuku
Them do nyanga oh! NATO and ECOMOG
Soldiers them dey braketeeh, Naa no fly zone oh!
Make you commot your sexy eyes oh,
Make you commot your pregnant buttocks oh,
Abi your papa ino warn you?
Or your Mama ino tell you toli?
Nna shakara baby wayo jibiti you dey do,
Wait oh, bullet head igo hammer you
Wey you dey commot for road oh,
Make you kuku thruway your melon-size
------- off my line of vision oh,
I don tire for them insults oh,
Wey dem look like twin-inflated balloons
Bumping and bouncing off your loaded chest oh,
Them look like twin-ground-to-air projectiles oh
Nna you dey aim am for we Omo Gana pikins oh,
Nna dem do wayo plus my krokro eyes oh,
Kai! Tell am oh, ofa my dead body oh!
I go cane you well well oh!
If I catch you, I go wallop you oh,
You go tumble in my bayou
Abi, in my ogbono soup you go fall
Karakata like dry crayfish
Nna you say five “hundrad naara”
Nna five hundrad naara ibe plenty boucoup
Moni for omode Gana oh!
Nna meself I no no Bawku nor go to Shokoto
Nna so so you dey do nyanga
Me I no wan wahala oh,
Abi, take your five hundrad naara wahala
Commot for my face for small small nyash
Nna so so big moni moni you dey chop chop
See your skin oh, edey shine shine breketee
Like black cobra him skin,
Ibe you don kiwi or nugget am?
Nna your face and eyelashes nnko?
Them dey technicolors like winch fowl?
Abi nna guinea fowl or witch fowl?
Nna your buttocks, you dey shake shake
As if them catch fits,
Dem dey like roadblock way them waylay
Me at kalakuta junction,
Wele, over my dead body oh
I go take my Hummer-SUV bulldoze
Commot am jeje!
Your hairdo nnko, anoda toli toli
Nna your dressing, Nna smasher and dapper
Abi, your Papa ino tell you say
Woman ino wear trosa or shokoto
Abi, nna this one ibe knickerbockers or boxers?
See oh, you dey rush rush
Everyday so tee you make me gush gush
Causing flooding in my trosa and shokoto
Abi, you get oil well in Niger Delta?
Abi nna your fada and brodas dem dem
Sell oil tankers in international waters?
Abi, why you dey do me Toyin Tomato?
Wele, wey I catch you, I go give you tattoos
On your chocolate thick thighs,
Oh, nna dat also ibe taboo?
I go show you pepper for your nyanga and smell-smell
I go waka waka so tee into your evil forest
Ino fear Achebe’s Egwugwus oh,
Nna dem be human beings wey edey masquerade
Nna if I tattoo you, don’t Oga me oh?
I no go madam madam you oh
Following day, you go tanda and waka waka
Between your mosquito-shaped legs oh
Abi, ema binu, kosii nkonko, kosii wahala oh
I go buy you Golf car oh,
I go sponsor you go Jahman or Jahmaaka oh,
Or abi, ibe Jahpon you want nnko?
Sori oh, toli toli stori oh,
Ema bi nu oh, pwelee oh,
Nna me Omo Gana throway salute oh,
Tele tele I don sabe mata for we,
Omo Gana make dem go oh,
Nna him cause katakata skata
Ino get skatabrain
I be Omo Gana, Omo daadaa ni
Nna Ganaman ibe broda and kosin plus Nigerman
The author lived in Nigeria for 11 years and has been living in Zambia now for 20 years.
Email: kwesi.sakyi@yahoo.com
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