Jeremiah Gyang Dan Gata by Jeremiah Gyang ft Lyrical Dr Smith
Dan Gata
Intro:
Suna na dangata ne
*My name is Royalty*
Aiyah Ahayah
*Oh Ahayah*
(echo)
Racham Ahayah X2
*Mercy Ahayah*
(echo)
Akwai wani gida mai nisa wanda Uba na ya gina
*There’s a house far away that my father has built*
(echo)
Dana kalmasa aiki na toh ni zan koma gidan babana
*If my work is completed, I would return to my father’s house*
(echo)
Akwai wani gida…
*There’s a house…*
Dana kalmasa
*If I hem*
Suna na dangata ne
*My name is Royalty*
1 CHORUS
Ai-Yeahhhh
Ai yau na gane
*Today I realize*
Wai ni dangata ne
*That I am Royalty*
Sarki Ahayah ai shi babana ne 2X
*King Ahayah is my Father*
VERSE 1
Zan je London, suka hana ni ma fa da visa
*I was traveling to London, they denied me a visa*
Wai ubana bashi da naira
*Because I come from a poor family*
Talauchi ba ni da sisi
*Also because I am poor*
I went to my neighbour, Amitabh Bachchan na action
*I went to my neighbour’s, They were watching an Amitabh Bachchan action movie*
Kallon film din kwadayi ne
Wai na zo don sun tuya masa
*They kicked me out being that they cooked masa (a Nigerian dish), and they were sure I came for the food (of course I wouldn’t have minded some ????????????)*
BRIDGE
Ai da gidan ubana ne da wa ya isa ya kulle kofa lallai
*If this was my Father’s house who would have the audacity to shut the door in my face?*
Akwai wani gida mai nisa wanda ubana ya gina
*There’s a house far away that my father has built*
Randana kalmasa aiki na toh ni zan koma gidan babana
*On the day my work is completed, I will return to my father’s house*
(echo)
2 CHORUS
Akwai dadi gidan babana
(Gidan Abba gidan babana)
*There’s pleasure in my Father’s house, my Father’s house*
Akwai Salama gidan babana
(Gidan Abba gidan babana)
*There’s peace in my Father’s house, my Father’s house*
Akwai haske gidan babana
(Gidan Abba gidan babana)
*There’s illumination in my Father’s house, my Father’s house*
Akwai hutu gidan babana
(Gidan Abba gidan babana)
*There’s rest in my Father’s house, my Father’s house*
VERSE 2
Sun kulle kofa wai talauci ya cije ni
*They shut their doors against me, a peasant*
Ba mu da bidiyo sai black and white telebijin
*We never had a VCR, just a black and white TV*
Mun je kallon Rambo, wai mu kalla can daga windo
*We went to watch Rambo, they reduced us to watching through the window*
Makaranta’n ma muna nema suka hana wai state of origin
*When we sought a university admission, we were denied because our tribe and state of origin are different*
BRIDGE
Toh da nan gidan ubanane mai gori sai ya bani hanya gaskiya
*Well if this was my Father’s house the mockers would’ve stepped aside for truth*
Akwai wani gida mai nisa wanda ubana ya gina
*There’s a house far away that my father has built*
Ko ma na idar da aiki na ai ni zan koma gidan babana ooooohoooh
*Even if my work is paused, I still will return to my Father’s house!*
Randa da na kalmasa aiki na toh ni zan koma gidan babana
*On the day my work is hemmed, (completed) I will return to my father’s house*
2 CHORUS
Akwai dadi gidan babana
(Gidan Abba gidan babana)
*There’s pleasure in my Father’s house, my Father’s house*
Akwai Salama gidan babana
(Gidan Abba gidan babana)
*There’s peace in my Father’s house, my Father’s house*
Akwai haske gidan babana
(Gidan Abba gidan babana)
*There’s illumination in my Father’s house, my Father’s house*
(Yeah…..[Dr. Smith, coming in])
Akwai hutu gidan babana
(Gidan Abba gidan babana)
*There’s rest in my Father’s house, my Father’s house*
RAP
Dr. Smith
Yeah
Ok, ba wani wai-wai;
*Okay, I don’t wanna hear rumors!*
Gamu a nan kuma dai-dai
*Here we are living in contentment*
Before I had one-square meal
I had to go through what they call *_raba dai-dai_*
*(playing a game called “50/50 Dibs” for people’s meals)*
Uh, krismas da awapa
*Christmas with farmers shoes*
Wandon ma satan yadi
*Clothes sewn in patches from different material remnants from the tailor’s*
Uh, suka kira mu banza
*We were called bastards and useless*
Wai dare da rana gwaza ne muke ci
*That all we ate was cocoyams*
And now we going internationally
We started from the bottom now we headed to the top
Now they call us the greatest
That’s what I mean
Ooook
Yanzu mune yan gata
*Now are are royalty*
Arziki kamar Dantata
*Growing in splendor like Dantata*
Kawo molo da algaita
*Bring your guitar and your harp*
Rangada kamar Mamman Shata
*Render a tune like Mamman Shata*
Yeahhhhhh
1 CHORUS
Ai yau na gane
*Today I realize*
Wai ni dangata ne
*That I am Royalty*
Sarkin _*aljanna*_ (now replaced with Ahayah) ai shi babana ne 2X
*King Ahayah is my Father*
Suna na Dan Gata ne
*My name is Royalty*
Sunan ki Yar Gata ce
*Your (feminine) name is Royalty*
Sunan mu Yan Gata ne
*Our name is Royalty*
Suna na Dan Gata ne
*My name is Royalty*
Sai ku tapa yan’uwa na
*Clap you hands my brethren*
(till end)
