Ndolo Don Hide

Lyrics

[Intro – spoken, low voice] Buea... Fako dey cold, but my heart dey colder. Bamenda, I hear wuna. Na so e dey. Ashia. Make the rap and singing with the breaks match and synchronise with the beats, singing and rapping should be aligne, good singing and rapping. make it better [Verse 1] I dey waka Molyko for night, di cold dey bite my skin, Plenty mimba dey for road but nobody dey carry me in. Dem say "Mola, show me nkap" before dem show me dia heart, Love don turn exam, and ma answer sheet don tear apart. I buy credit, I send "Hello," dem see am, blue tick, no reply, Dem leave me dey scratch ma head like man weh dey look for sky. Bendskin man sabi ma story, e don carry me Mile 17 and back, I dey find one true mimba like needle for hay-stack. Bonduma, Bomaka, Great Soppo, Clerks Quarter, Na everywhere I check, ndolo no dey for dis quarter. Dem chop ma time like njangi, dem collect and run away, Na who get shoe sabi di thorn weh dey for di way. [Hook – sung/chanted] Ndolo don hide, ndolo don hide, for Buea ndolo don hide! Fako dey cold but na ma heart dey freeze inside. One finger no fit tie bundle, I dey find ma other hand, But na pretenda plenty for dis kontri land! (Ndolo don hide!) Water weh don pass no dey come back for cup, (Ndolo don hide!) And na patient man dey drink di last drop up! [Verse 2] Mimba see me for Molyko, she say "Bobo, you fine," Next week she dey Douala, she block ma line. Dem sing love for mouth, but dia eye dey for ngomna job, Dem want man weh get car, house, and pocket weh no dey rob. Student life na struggle, na rice and sardine we dey chop, But dem want Valentine for Mt. Mary like say I dey run shop. I tell her "Mami, na heart I get, not Dangote bag," She laugh, she tell me "Chop dat one for your Zinc, no brag!" Lizard weh dey jump for house must land for fire sometime, So I no dey run for fake love, I dey keep ma heart for slime. Dem say "Man must cry for ndolo," but ma tears don dry, Na fire for mountain top no dey burn for river side. [Hook] Ndolo don hide, ndolo don hide, for Buea ndolo don hide! Fako dey cold but na ma heart dey freeze inside. One finger no fit tie bundle, I dey find ma other hand, But na pretenda plenty for dis kontri land! [Bridge – slow, melodic] Bamenda, Bamenda, I hear you for Up Station, Nkwen, Mankon, Ntarikon, na di same migration. Ghost town for Monday, ghost town for heart, Dem run go Yaoundé, Douala, love fall apart. Bird weh dey fly no dey forget di tree weh e born, But today na only distance dey sing, na only distance dey mourn. [Verse 3] Make I tell you, brother, make I tell you, sister: No be every smile weh sweet na honey, some na blister. Na who dey carry fire for hand no fit laugh for rain, So I dey hold my love like ember, I no go give am for pain. Dem dey ask me "Mola, why you dey alone?" I tell dem "Na better empty house than house weh get a snake for stone." Fowl dey cry for night, no be say hunger dey strong, Na because e want morning, e dey sing dat midnight song. If she dey for Buea, make she show herself soon, If she dey for Bamenda, make she follow di moon. Na me dey wait for her like cold dey wait for Fako, Na true love go reach, no matta how slow di go! [Outro – spoken, fading] Ndolo don hide... but e no go hide forever. Buea, Bamenda... we dey here. Ashia, Anglophone!