Mmrɛ Pa Bɛba

{sweeping highlife electric guitar

arpeggios, warm Rhodes piano chord entry} (mmmmm-mmm) Mmerɛ bi yɛ den,

na me werɛ aho,

Nanso me gye di,

Onyame wɔ hɔ.

Nsuo no bɛtwa,

awia bɛpue, Me daakye hyerɛn,

me koma gye.

Fa wo gyidi mu,

mma w’abam mmu,

Ɔkwan no yɛ tenten,

nanso yebedu. Sɛ wosu anadwo yi,

Ɔsere bɛba anɔpa yi.

{guitars rising with subtle brass accents}

Mmrɛ pa bɛba, mmrɛ pa bɛba,

Fa wo werɛ nhyɛ,

Onyame wɔ ha. Mmrɛ pa bɛba,

mmrɛ pa bɛba, Yɛbɛdi nkonim,

da no bɛba.

(oh yeah)

Biribiara ntumi

ntena hɔ daa, Ɔhaw nso twam,

anigye bɛba. Bra mu mmɔden,

nnyaw wo daeɛ,

Nkonim bɛyɛ

wo de da bi.

Sɛ wiase ka sɛ wuntumi a,

Kae sɛ Onyame ka sɛ wobɛtumi.

Hwɛ anim,

nnan akyi, Wo nhyira reba,

gye di.

{rhythm section drops to half-time feel,

building tension}

Mmrɛ pa bɛba, mmrɛ pa bɛba,

Ma wo koma nnya awerɛhoɔ bio da.

Mmrɛ pa bɛba, yɛn nyinaa bɛto dwom,

Yɛbɛma Onyame din so,

daa nyinaa.

(hallelujah!) Mmrɛ pa

bɛba… gye

di.

Good time will come… don’t give up.

Mmrɛ pa bɛba… {guitars fade gently

with warm Rhodes chords}