Ifahamu maana ya hit song ‘Ojuelegba’ ya Wizkid (lyrics)
Inawezekana kuna nyimbo nyingi unazozipenda kutoka sehemu mbalimbali duniani na wakati mwingine unaziimba bila kujua maana yake, lakini nafsi inauelewa na ku-enjoy kwasababu muziki ni ‘universal language’.
‘Ojuelegba’ ya Wizkid ni miongoni mwa hit songs za Afrika zilizofanikiwa kuvuka mipaka na kupendwa hata na mastaa wakubwa duniani. Ilianzia kwa Drake aliyeamua kufanya remix, akaja Alicia Keys na mume wake Swizz Beatz bila kumsahau mdogo wake Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner ambao waliamua kushare Instagram wakiucheza wimbo huo.
Nimeona nikupe mashahiri ya wimbo huo unaopatikana kwenye album yake ya Wizkid ya 2014 ‘Ayo’, pamoja na tafsiri ya kinachoimbwa kama nilivyoipata kwenye mtandao wa Kilonso.
Cha kwanza cha kufahamu ni kuwa ‘Ojuelegba’ ni jina la eneo linalopatikana huko jijini Lagos, Nigeria. Tunaweza kuchukua mfano wa Diamond alipouita wimbo wake ‘Mbagala’.
Maana halisi ya kinachoimbwa Kwenye ‘Ojuelegba’, Wizkid anajaribu kuelezea wakati alipokuwa msanii mchanga alivyokuwa akihustle kwenye mitaa ya Ojuelegba akitafuta kutoka kimuziki. Kwa maneno mengine anajaribu kukumbuka alikotoka na kushukuru pale alipo hivi sasa kwenye mafanikio.
Haya ni mashahiri na maana (ya kiingereza kwenye maneno aliyoimba kwa lugha yao);
“Its legendury beats
Yea yea,
wizzy baba o,
Na wa oh,
Dami loun – Answer me,
o…wizzy
Ni ojuelegba – in Ojuelegba
They know my story
From holdup studio
I be hustle to work eeeeh
Ni ojuelegba ooooh
Me and CD
From holdup studio
We been hustle to work eeeeh
Ni ojuelegba ooooh
My people dey there
My people suffer
Them dey pray for blessing eh
Ni ojuelegba o
My people dey there
Them dey pray for blessing
For better living eh eh
Kilo dale – What has happened
Aiye o le to yen o – Life is not that hard
Aiye o ni double – We don’t have 2 lives
Adura lo le se o – Only prayer can do it
Call on daddy…baba God
Adura a gba o – prayers will be answered
Tisu eni ba dele – When your prosperity comes
A fowo bo n je – You will enjoy
I am feeling good tonight
This thing got me thanking God for life
Oh, I can’t explain
I can’t explain eh yea
I am feeling good tonight
This thing gat me thanking God for life
I can’t explain
I can’t explain eh yea
I say ni ojuelegba
They know my story
From holdup studio
I be hustle to work e
Ni ojuelegba o
Me and CD
From modox studio
We been hustle to work
See eh e kira fun mummy mi o – Give reverence to my mom
Ojojumo lo n s’adura – she prays everyday
Mon jaiye mi won ni won soro ju – I am enjoying life and others complain
Ojojumo owo n wole wa – Money comes in everyday
E kira fun mummy mi o – thanks for my mum
Ojojumo lo n s’adura – everyday she is praying
Mon jaiye mi won ni won soro ju – i’m enjoying life i say they talk too much
Won ni won ni won soro ju – say say they talk too much
I am feeling good tonight
This thing got me thanking God for life
Oh I can’t explain
I can’t explain eh yea
I am feeling good tonight
This thing got me thanking God for life
I can’t explain
I can’t explain eh yea
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