JiNG & BiNG Highlife

Lyrics

Burg City Records, in strategic collaboration with The JB Studios, proudly presents: AFRO-JUJU HIGHLIFE REFRAIN / CORE TRUTH (CHANT THREAD THROUGHOUT) Talking Drum beats Zombie Dey rock ham! No food for lazy man? Na Zombie block ham! What a man can do, a woman can do better, Zombie shock ham! Where the fruit of your labor? Na Zombie pluck ham! Celebrity Steve roll ham, Juju control ham! Ajaká ò lè pa a… (Yoruba) Aljani ba zai kashe shi ba… (Hausa) Mmụọ ọjọọ agaghị egbu ya… (Igbo) Ovbiẹdo kò lè pa a… (Edo) Oghẹdẹ ò le pa a… (Urhobo) Inyanga ayikwazi ukumbula… (Zulu) Nzɔɔmɔmɔ nyɛ dɔ… (Accra / Ga) VERSE 1 — INK & AUTHORITY (BENIN CORE) Ink no dry for Benin hand, Chief Jacob write ham—ẹsẹ̀ dúró, no bend. Uwadiae Egharevba guard ham, Itàn di òfin—history don record ham! Bronze dey look—ivory dey speak, Ọ̀rọ̀ di irúgbìn—word be seed, root deep. Àṣà wa l’ọ́nà—ọ́nà wa l’àṣà, Omenala anyị—ụzọ anyị ga-aga. Maganar mutum ta zama tarihi, Story lock—Na Chief glory no erase am. CHORUS — BLOODLINE SHIELD / ZOMBIE RHYTHM JiNG & BiNG rock ham, zombie shake ham! Ovbiẹdo Benin—zombie block ham! Juju ring ham, Burg City sing ham! Taiwan tie ham, JiNG & BiNG lite ham! Empire fill ham—but zombie steal ham! Let Afro-Juju—rock ham! Legacy strong—let zombie trek ham! Zombie say no pain—no gain, Area no feel ham! Na GOD—heal ham! Agbájọ ọwọ́ la fi ń soyà, Hadin kai yakan karye kola, Ịdị n’otu na-agbaji kola. Unity stand—legacy tall—Na Grace unlock—ham! VERSE 2 — TAIWAN BC (EAST WIND / GLOBAL SIGNAL) From island light—Formosa breeze, Oghẹdẹ wey link roots tight, Ancestors—invoke ham’ Na zombie provoke ham! No brother, No sister JiNG & BiNG — feed ham! 古老的心，新的工具 (old heart, new tools) Culture + code—未來在路 (future on the road) Truth transmit—signal clean, 東方到非洲—同一條線 (East to Africa, same line) Hands join hands—ọwọ́ pọ̀, Otu obi, zuciya ɗaya—one heart. Zombie bleed ham! Roots dey stretch far—kò sẹ́ni tó lè dá a dúró—rock ham! PRE-CHORUS — UNITY LAW Ẹ̀kan ṣoṣo kò gbé erin, Ɗaya hannu ba ya ɗaukar giwa, Otu aka ebughi enyí. Two hands rise—sky agree—zombie flog ham! CHORUS — BLOODLINE SHIELD (REPRISE) JiNG & BiNG rock ham, zombie shake ham! Taiwan to Benin—zombie block ham!, JiNG & BiNG trek ham! Culture + future—unlock ham! Ancestral code—zombie unblock ham! VERSE 3 — JB LARIUS (STREET / THRONE / LAW) Ọ̀nà pẹ̀lẹ́—long road, steady pace, Truth stand upright—eziokwu guzo place—pluck ham! Boardroom palace, studio shrine, Iṣẹ́ di ìbọ̀rìṣà—work turn worship sign. Monkey work era—ó ti parí, 汗水有價值—legacy dey multiply. Zombie roll ham! for camera light, Counterfeit—block ham! VERSE 4 — MULTI-SPIRIT / COLLAB HYBRID (ALL ARTISTS) Taiwan BC: Formosa wind, ancestors speak… East to West, roots never weak… 火與根連在一起 (fire + roots align)—rock ham! JB Larius: Boardroom streets, studio beats… Work turn worship, sweat repeat… 汗水有價值—legacy rise, no retreat—shock ham! Taiwan BC + JB Larius: Hands join hands—ọwọ́ pọ̀… One heart—zuciya ɗaya… Zombie no fit stop lineage, Afro-Juju don—lock am! BRIDGE — PROVERB STORM (MULTI-TONGUE) Ọwọ́ kan kò pa eeku—mock ham! Hannu ɗaya ba ya kashe ƙwari—fuck ham! Otu mkpịsị aka ebughi nta–shock ham! Igi kan kò dá igbo—rock ham! One tree no be forest—Na patient—train ham! Zombie shake ham… zombie trek ham… Celebrity Steve roll ham, Juju light ham! Area—rock ham! GLOBAL CHORUS / FINAL CRESCENDO Africa—rock ham, zombie shake ham! Tun ati tun—ayé ń yí padà! (Yoruba) Duniya na juyawa! (Hausa) Ụwa na-agbanwe! (Igbo) Oghẹdẹ do gbe! (Edo) Oghẹdẹ wey dùn… (Urhobo) Inyanga ayikhumbuli! (Zulu) Nzɔɔmɔmɔ nyɛ dɔ! (Accra / Ga) Agbára dé! ƙarfi ya zo! ike abịa! Amandla afika! From Benin soil to Taiwan sea, One fire burn—one destiny run—Na zombie turn! Ọlọ́run. Allah. Chukwu. Oghẹdẹ wà lórí—rock ham! OUTRO — ANCESTRAL SEAL Drum still talk when mouth go rest, Ọ̀rọ̀ ò kú—truth pass test. Fire remain, empire breathe, Bloodline no stop—혈맥 계속 (Urhobo / Zulu echo)—rock ham! Àṣẹ. Amin. Isee. (Fade—horn stab, bass walk, spirits still moving forward, rock ham echoing into the night.)