By
Toyosi Arigbabuwo and Noel Ihebuzor
NI
Crown, drown, clown…..”
TA
for which town?
Abeg, chill naa, no vex
NI
I no vex, I no frown!
Dem jus fall my hand down!
TA
Me dey here wan wear LASTMA gown
I no know say you dey only play with noun
My fine white skin, don nearly turn to brown!
NI
na so so frown frown
when town vex come meet crown
sake of say ogogoro wey him down
wey make dem talk of drown
TA
E come be like this town
When dem goon
Say no be madness make the crown
Wan drown pipu for inside Lagoon
NI
Chei, Baba God him dey frown
Him no go gree sey make clean pipu drown
na float wey eagle feather dey float for water,
leg wey waka come go waka go,
nothing do am, nothing fit do am.
TA/NI
Iseeeee! Aseeee!
**** Toyosi and I wrote this instantaneous duet as an expression of our strong disapproval of royal meddling in inter-ethnic amity! Readers in Nigeria will be familiar with the context.TA is Toyosi’s voice, NI is mine.
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