intro
Aha
It’s Mo’hits records
File
I’m D’banj or Skiban’j like my Jamaican friends call me
In case you don’t know, it’s Don Jazzy again
Eh, eh, uhn
Eh, uh, I need all my God-fearing people to join me on this track
A one, a two, a three, go
chorus
Some people dey wan make I cry
Some people dey make I die, why?
Olorun maje o
Some people dey pray make I slow
Some people no want make I grow, no
Olorun maje o
chorus
Help me sing it out loud
Olorun maje, Olorun maje, Olorun maje, Olorun maje, ko de ni baje oo
Ko ni baje fun wa
Olorun maje, Olorun maje, Olorun maje, Olorun maje, ko de ni baje oo
Ko ni baje fun e
verse
Different, different people dey this world (dey this word)
Some don’t like me, while some show me love (show me love)
Some no go let you drink water drop cup (drop cup)
They go wan’ put sand, sand for my garri but e no work (e no work)
verse
Tell me why you wanna run me down
Tell me why you wanna see me frown
Tell me why you wanna take my crown
And then put me six feet underneath the ground
I dey wait (I dey wait), answer (answer)
No weapon fashioned against me shall prosper
Laiye, laiye
chorus
Some people dey wan make I cry
Some people dey make I die, why?
Olorun maje oooo
Some people dey pray make I slow
Some people no wan make I grow, no
Olorun maje o
chorus
Help me sing it out loud
Olorun maje, Olorun maje, Olorun maje, Olorun maje, ko de ni baje oo
Ko ni baje fun wa
Olorun maje, Olorun maje, Olorun maje, Olorun maje, ko de ni baje oo
Ko ni baje fun e
verse
(File) people acting like they really care (really care)
But like Delilah they wan cut your hair (cut your hair)
(Lai, lai) wanting us to always live in fear (live in fear)
But all that nonsense e go end for here (end for here)
verse
What must I do just for you to see?
Why can’t we all live in unity?
We ought to be one community
And then we go see how the life go be
Ha, why you dey wait? Answer (answer)
Love thy neighbor as yourself, thus saith the lord
chorus
Some people dey wan make I cry
Some people dey make I die, why?
Olorun maje o
Some people dey pray make I slow
Some people no wan make I grow, no
Olorun maje o
chorus
Help me sing it out loud
Olorun maje, Olorun maje, Olorun maje, Olorun maje, ko de ni baje oo
Ko ni baje fun wa
Olorun maje, Olorun maje, Olorun maje, Olorun maje, ko de ni baje oo
Ko ni baje fun e (file)
chorus
Some people dey wan make I cry
Some people dey make I die, why?
Olorun maje o
Some people dey pray make I slow
Some people no wan make I grow, no
Olorun maje o
chorus
Help me sing it out loud
Olorun maje, Olorun maj,e Olorun maje, Olorun maje, ko de ni baje oo
Ko ni baje fun wa
Olorun maje, Olorun maje, Olorun maje, Olorun maje, ko de ni baje o
Ko ni baje fun e
chorus
Some people dey wan make I cry
Some people dey make I die, why?
Olorun maje o
Some people dey pray make I slow
Some people no wan make I grow, no
Olorun maje o
outro
Help me sing it out loud
Olorun maje, Olorun maj,e Olorun maje, Olorun maje, ko de ni baje oo
Ko ni baje fun wa
Olorun maje, Olorun maje, Olorun maje, Olorun maje, ko de ni baje o
Writer(s): Daniel Oladapo Oyebanjo
