Lagbaja - Africalypso lyrics

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Africalypso, Africalypso

Some four hundred years ago

They took away my forefathers

From Africa to America

My forefathers took along their music

And some became jazz

Some became soul

Some became rhythm and blues

Swing, big band, bop, hip hop, funk, jazz, rap, reggea, ragga,

And some became calypso

The body can be enslaved but never ever the spirit

So whereever there?s soul in the music

Whereever the spirit moves the music

Whether in Jamaica, whether for Cuba

Even in Trinidad and Tobago

Whether Brasilia, I say Brasilia

America, Europa, Australia, Asia

Whereever there?s soul in the music

Behind it you find the African

Africalypso, Africalypso

Ah! Ayan, show them Africa

Eeeeee, Ooooo

Ayeele, Africa

Ikira o, Eee, Eee, Eee, Eh!

Ah!?.Africalypso

Lagbaja, Lagbaja Lagbaja, Lagbaja

Lagbaja Olagbaja Lagbaja Olagbaja

Lagbaja omo Tamedu Lagbaja the son of Tamedu

Tamedu omo Lamorin Tamedu the son of Lamorin

Lamorin omo Lakasegbe Lamorin the son of Lakasegbe

Lakasegbe omo Laado Lakasegbe the son of Laado

Laado omo Lagbaja Laado the son of Lagbaja

Orin gbogbo, Ilu gbogbo All music, all groove

Bo ba ti ba tijo wa That propel dance

Tia ni It?s ours

Ani bo ba ti ba tijo wa Once it?s about dance

Tia ni It?s ours

Bee fe e gbo, Bee fe e ko If you wish, assent; if you don?t, dissent

Tia ni, tia ni It?s ours, it?s ours

Ikira, Eee, Eee, Eee, Eh!

Africalypso, Africalypso