NEW BiNi BE BRiNGiNG A NEW BEGiNNiNG

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*BURG CITY RECORDS x THE JB STUDIOS presents:* 🎙️: NEW BENIN BE BRINGING A NEW BEGINNING BRXB — low transmission: Now listen sharp.... This is Black Rhythm & Xoulful Blues — Wey become The Blueprint of Di Juju Xound -Unbound-underground-all-round-inside-compound-dem-surround-root-profound-make-e-resound.. --- *[INTRO — SUNRISE CHANT — Children + Talking Drum]* New Benin, New Benin, sunrise for Benin moat Old palace, new city, same river same boat From bronze to bytes, from night to light New Benin dey bring the new beginning — e don start tonight! *[VERSE 1 — OLD STORY / NEW STORY]* Before na wall, before na moat, before na warrior for gate Before na bronze wey tell the story, before dem loot am, before the hate But now we dey build, now we dey code, now we dey mold the clay again Igun street dey hammer, Ring Road dey jam, child dey hold tablet and bronze for hand again From Eweka origin, to Ewuare expansion, to Idia protection, to Ovonramwen tension From 1897 burning, to 2026 learning, to future returning — we turn attention to invention *[PRE-HOOK — MARKET WOMAN CALL]* Mama say: _Pikin, carry the pen!_ Baba say: _Pikin, carry the craft!_ Grandma say: _Pikin, carry the tongue!_ Street say: _Pikin, carry the path!_ *[HOOK — MAIN ANTHEM — Everybody sing]* *NEW BENIN BE BRINGING THE NEW BEGINNING!* Old root, new fruit, same tree, new meaning! From palace to market, from river to server! Child na carrier — Bini forever! *NEW BENIN BE BRINGING THE NEW BEGINNING!* No forget where you from, but waka go further! Afro-Juju dey play, Highlife dey sway, Fuji dey bounce — New Benin don come today! *[VERSE 2 — SEVEN CARRIERS RAP — Fast chain]* Palace carry authority, authority no die, authority dey guide, authority dey provide Guild carry craft, craft na art, art na heart, heart na chart, chart dey start Market carry exchange, exchange na range, range na change, change na wage — hustle engage River carry connection, connection correction, direction protection, intersection reflection Shrine carry sacred, sacred no faded, sacred upgraded, sacred updated — server sacred Mother carry voice, voice na choice, choice rejoice, noise to poise — mother tongue voice Child carry possibility, ability, mobility, nobility, tranquility — possibility na responsibility *[BRIDGE — HIGHLIFE GUITAR + FUJI WHISPER]* Before microphone — na mouth dey talk Before tablet — na bronze dey walk Before satellite — na star dey guide Before school bus — na river tide But now — we get both, we get all Ancient for left, future for right — make we no fall New Benin no be to erase old Benin Na to carry old Benin enter new begin — again and again and again! *[VERSE 3 — FUTURE CITY VISUAL]* See solar for palace roof, server for shrine corner, drone for moat dey hover See pikin for uniform with Benin plaque and hologram, na crossover takeover See towers with Bini pattern, see farm with AI pattern, see yarn with data pattern Na Afrofuturism but na home-ism, na street-ism, na real-ism — na we-ism (Melodic, melancholic cadence — fast-pitched, introspective delivery) ​I dey pray for the dawn when the rain no go fall, In the shade of the wall where we paved all the hall, Dem say grace no go call, but we break through the tall, Now the brave get it all, we no fade or we crawl. ​From the clay to the crown, we dey weigh every pound, Through the maze in the town, dem dey gaze at the sound, Put the page in the ground, let the rays go around, Where the sages were found, now the reign is profound. ​See the ink on the broadside, think on the dark side, Link with the park side, blink and the spark died, We be kings on the chart side, bring out the mark side, Ring Road to park side, sing for the arch side. ​[VERSE 2 — ERIGGA] ​(Pitched down, heavy Waffi street cadence — razor-sharp multisyllabic stacks) ​Look, paper dey call for the ledger, the fall or the pleasure, Na war for the treasure, we dey measure the pressure, Small boy from the gutter wey dey butter the bread, Now na don for the center wey dey charter the head. ​Street no be theater, na heater for street, If you falter or scatter, dem go delete your feet, We dey cluster the rhythm, adjust the algorithm, Discuss in the prison how to bust out the system. ​From Waffi connection to Benin protection Waffi bring hustle, Bini bring muscle, puzzle bring purpose, muscle bring service Small-small pressure become treasure, measure become pleasure, pleasure become future — NA MUST! *[FINAL HOOK — MASS CHOIR + LOG DRUM KNOCK]* NEW BENIN BE BRINGING THE NEW BEGINNING! (CONTINUES! CONTINUES!) From ink to think, from drum to world, from root to loot, from word to world! NEW BENIN BE BRINGING THE NEW BEGINNING! (OGIÉ! WAFFI! BINI!) Child carry book, child carry bronze, child carry code, child carry throne! *[OUTRO — WHISPER + GOD IS IN THE WORK]* Old Benin no die — e dey disguise as New Benin. New Benin no be stranger — na Old Benin wey learn new language. God is in the Work as Afro-Juju continues.