Ruggedman - Ruggedy Baba lyrics
rate meAtewo mo bala/ (I spread my palm and see lines)<br />
A o mo eni to ko/ (I don’t know who wrote them)<br />
We spit in pidjin awon kan n wuko<br />
You better show where you belong/<br />
Ruggedy Baba opomulero mo ja lekan/ (Ruggedy Baba the pillar that holds the building)<br />
Ruggedy Baba opomulero mo ja lekan/ (Ruggedy Baba the pillar that holds the building)<br />
Sa maa/ wo wan/ niran/ (Just keep looking at them)<br />
VERSE .1<br />
Once again its me the individual running the game physical/<br />
I am here to open my mouth again and yarn spiritual/<br />
To speak from my heart/let you know where e dey pain me/<br />
As people dey back bite and talk about me up in this industry/<br />
Where them been dey when I dey speak for mechanics and shoe makers/<br />
Dem dey talk around the subject like our lawmakers/<br />
Before I dropped Ehen the industry was messed up/<br />
Fakers dey rule while realer rappers them dey stressed up/<br />
Nobody did a damn thing until I came through/<br />
I cleared the whole area now real rappers have a say too/<br />
Now people dey listen to em/come for our shows and clap for em/<br />
Some dey take am to the next level with hip hop forums/<br />
From Nigeria the world only know Juju, Fuji and Afro beat/<br />
but we all know hip hop is running the streets/<br />
Wetin go make them know where your music come from/<br />
in the long run/<br />
Na the fussion of grammar, your slang and your mother tongue/<br />
CHORUS:<br />
Atewo mo bala/ (I spread my palm and see lines)<br />
A o mo eni to ko/ (I don’t know who wrote them)<br />
We spit in pidjin awon kan n wuko<br />
You better show where you belong/<br />
Ruggedy Baba opomulero mo ja lekan/ (Ruggedy Baba the pillar that holds the building)<br />
Sa maa/ wo wan/ niran/ (Just keep looking at them)<br />
Spit more/<br />
in your mother tongue/<br />
till the people say say they want more<br />
VERSE 2<br />
I’m tired of people and gossip/<br />
I don switch from smile to frown/<br />
I’m tired of so called hip-hop heads whispering that I am not holding it down/<br />
Say I don change from the way I be before/<br />
Say now I dey spit for pidjin/<br />
Dem prefer me when I been be/ hard core/<br />
Like when I dropped What If and split the air waves/<br />
Bur financially that left me grounded like Nigerian Airways /<br />
What if I tell you say I only do one or two shows/<br />
What if them no pay me well enough to buy one good shoe or some good clothes?/<br />
And say Paul Play/<br />
Had a hand in letting me know/<br />
What it will take for me to rearrange and eventually blow/<br />
While you sit around and talk shit /<br />
our elders mock our shit/<br />
Cos of our too much metaphorical out of space type shit/<br />
When some rap/<br />
Dem no know where we dey come from/<br />
Back then two rappers on stage was like seven throwing a tantrum/<br />
We need to change that/put a face to our music/<br />
Let the world know where we come from/<br />
Let no one abuse it/<br />
CHORUS:<br />
Atewo mo bala/ (I spread my palm and see lines)<br />
A o mo eni to ko/ (I don’t know who wrote them)<br />
We spit in pidjin awon kan n wuko<br />
You better show where you belong/<br />
Ruggedy Baba opomulero mo ja lekan/ (Ruggedy Baba the pillar that holds the building)<br />
Sa maa/ wo wan/ niran/ (Just keep looking at them)<br />
Spit more/<br />
in your mother tongue/<br />
till the people say say they want more<br />
VERSE .3<br />
Now let me address this issue of keeping it real/<br />
The one subject wey I go say dey make me vex still/<br />
Cos of how some emcees feel/<br />
About these three words whenever they open their mouths/<br />
Look my guy/<br />
I no fit shout/<br />
I go only ask whats keeping it real?/<br />
Is it singing or rapping like Oyibo or doing what you and your own people can feel? /<br />
Some say I sell out because I do dance track they call me Baraje master/<br />
Forgetting it got me fame and money faster/<br />
Forget the latter I’ll move to the next chapter faster/<br />
I’m just speaking my mind playing my controversial character/<br />
The way I’ve been known to do when I spit it straight out to you/<br />
You better recognize a real brother that’s reaching out to you/<br />
Speaking pidjin and dance tracks no mean say I no keep am real/<br />
That’s just me so how else I wan be to be real?/<br />
My rules are spit in whatever language but make sense/<br />
I did that and I’ve been hot ever since/<br />
CHORUS:<br />
Atewo mo bala/ (I spread my palm and see lines)<br />
A o mo eni to ko/ (I don’t know who wrote them)<br />
We spit in pidjin awon kan n wuko<br />
You better show where you belong/<br />
Ruggedy Baba opomulero mo ja lekan/ (Ruggedy Baba the pillar that holds the building)<br />
Sa maa/ wo wan/ niran/ (Just keep looking at them)<br />
Spit more/<br />
in your mother tongue/<br />
till the people say say they want more
