This is perhaps the most
difficult article I’ll ever write.
It is difficult because I write
with a frustrating reality in
mind that I am most likely wasting
my time. For once I write about an
evil, so evil it is unspeakable, yet I
feel there is no hope; no one will
come to my aide, no one will come
to the aide of the women who were
violated and their dignity taken
away so much so that death will
feel better. No, people will
celebrate the culture and people
will dance to its tunes. Oh, I feel
hopeless!

We heard, and some others
watched, the other day when some
undergraduates took turns
to rape a fellow student and
videotaped it somewhere in South
of Nigeria. And we heard, and some
watched, as she begged them to kill
her; oh she would have been
relieved if only they would oblige
her and sniff life out of her; it was
better than this horror, this pain,
this hurt, this humiliation, this
violation, and this absolute damage.
Oh, death is not this bad she must
have thought; for once she must
have desired it, instead of this. Just
anything instead of this. I can’t
imagine, if you have not
been raped, you also cannot
imagine. If you could imagine and if
we, as a people, could imagine we
would not promote songs that
praise rape no matter how subtle
I first heard Mr. Olamide
Adedeji’s song “Story for the Gods”
in a cab. The driver kept repeating
the song so I was forced to notice
it. Any person with a musical
background will notice the wittiness
of the producer and the
smoothness of the artiste but for
my religious convictions I decided
to ignore, as I will usually do. Two
days later the song kept playing in
my head and as I try to fight it I
gave a thought to the lyrics of what
was coming to my head and I was
shocked. In curiosity I searched for
the lyrics, got a translation from a
Yoruba friend for the Yoruba parts
and my mouth dropped open.
What? A song praising rape? I died!
Mr. Adedeji begins his song by
telling his fans how he took alcohol
and weed and then he proclaims “I
want to do Sina today”. The
translator described “Sina” as a
street slang for “fornication/
adultery” but that is what he
knows. Sina is how some Yoruba
persons will pronounce “Zina” which
is the technical term for fornication
and adultery in Islamic
jurisprudence. So he was not only
boasting about fornication as a lot
of his colleagues do, he was calling
it a religious name to make his
point clearer and more grievous.
The fellow goes ahead to narrate
how the girl with whom he wants
to fornicate with is giving excuses.
He spoke of how she said she can’t
wait, how she said it is getting late,
and how she said she wants to
faint, and he dismissed this excuses
as “story for the gods” meaning he
is not going to take no for an
answer, he is not going to listen to
her, he MUST do this today and
nothing, not even the absence of
her consent will stop him
In case that was not convincing
enough he continues so that there
will be no doubts. He narrates how
the lady started saying he is in
trouble, “he has broken my back, he
has broken my arm” and he again
dismiss this again as story for the
gods, meaning not even the back
breaking and arm breaking or the
trouble he is threatened with will
stop him from having his way with
her. He MUST do this and he must
do so by force. Oh God! Our people
did not stone him, they did not
even say please we do not want
this; they accepted this obvious and
heartless glorification of rape. What
have we turn into?
By telling us her excuse yet insisting
he must force her, Mr. Olamide is
telling the world and teaching his
fans one of two things. It is either
she wants it but she is lying
because that is how they lie, or ‘she
does not want it’ must not be a
good reason for “big boy” not to
have it. You may think the latter is
more clearly rape but ironically the
former is even more popular among
rapists; they assume the no of
women mean yes. If a musician of
his caliber endorses this then what
happens to the millions of youths
who want to do everything he
does? When will they ever hear a
“no” and take it as such? How many
girls will be raped for this wicked
orientation? And who will give
them justice?
Someone said rape is the most easy
accusation to make and the most
difficult to prove. This explains why
even in the so called advanced
countries about 90%
of rapeincidents are not reported.
The victim either “end it all” or
enters into prostitution thereafter
and/or she becomes enslaved for
life, often, to depression, post-
traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
flashbacks, sleeping and eating
problems, dissociative personality
disorder, guilt, feeling of
worthlessness, among other
countless psychological problems.
All of these while dealing with the
usual physical challenge of painful
sexual intercourse, urinary
infection, Uterine Fibroid, and
whatever sexually transmitted
disease her rapist has to offer. All
of these while Mr. Olamide makes
his money, drinks more alcohol and
encourage the public to rape more
girls
I do agree with those who
say rape is the crime in which a
person is left with the most
violation. What violation can be
more than being a victim
of rape and hearing
a songpraising rape everywhere
around you because the people do
not care neither does the
government
As if this impunity was not enough,
Mr. Olamide goes ahead to make a
video of this song. A video so
painfully humiliating to women you
will excuse the song itself. He tops
all these atrocities with a display of
lesbianism whereas the law of the
land says:
“The public show of same sex
amorous relationship directly or
indirectly is prohibited. A person
who registers, operates or
participate in gay clubs, societies
and organisation, or DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY MAKES PUBLIC SHOW
OF SAME SEX AMOROUS
RELATIONSHIP IN NIGERIA
COMMITS AN OFFENCE AND IS
LIABLE ON CONVICTION TO A TERM
OF 10 YEARS IMPRISONMENT.” -
Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition)
Act, 2013 stated in Section 4&5,
subsections 2

But then after presenting all these
facts to me I asked my Secretary
why such a man has not been
arrested and he gave me an answer
that broke my heart. He said “sir, he
has a lot of money, so nothing will
happen”
While innocent Nigerians spend
years in detention without trial for
as much as being accused of
stealing water melon, we are
watching to see what will happen
now that the boastfully wealthy is
on record promoting rape and
bullshiting the law. We truly hope
something happens this time
around. We truly hope that Mr.
Olamide withdraws this evil of
a song and apologises to everyone
or the police does the needful.
None of these two seem likely
however. I guess the Rape (mind
the “e”) Ambassador will laugh
within wine and tell his boys how
this is yet another story for the
gods….and nothing will happen.
I am glad God Almighty is not man
and I am glad He has promise to
pay everyone back in their own
coin. There is hope after all.

Source - www.saharareporters.com/2014/11/27/olamides-story-gods-nigerian-song-recommending-rape-eseoghene-al-faruq-ohwojeheri

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Question for the gods

I like olamide's songs but lets b frank his latest songs are Shiite

yungEX:
I like olamide's songs but lets b frank his latest songs are Shiite

His lyrics are not good atall and this guy like to promote drinking alcohol and smoking even in his music video

Never liked the song frm day 1 coz all I hear is noise and its dt noise dt most nigerians like rada dan d lyrics....tell dem to knw d lyrics dey'll say its too much work....

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lovaleenny:
Never liked the song frm day 1 coz all I hear is noise and its dt noise dt most nigerians like rada dan d lyrics....tell dem to knw d lyrics dey'll say its too much work....

Thank you my sister, Nigerian hip hop musician lack good lyrics. At times we find it difficult to get it online but this "story for the gods", I was able to heard and understood all. Must he drink wen composing songs!!!!

I kinda agree with you...Albeit the song could have any of the two meanings you mentioned up there, but the former is too glaring abeg. And thing is, either the people that matter are too busy to notice or they just choose to ignore, it even enjoy air play in most radio stations.

& the funny thing is it's ladies/girls that listen and even sing along to this song most

Dats why I miss Dagrin. He was more of the voice of the people.

cirmuell:
I kinda agree with you...Albeit the song could have any of the two meanings you mentioned up there, but the former is too glaring abeg. And thing is, either the people that matter are too busy to notice or they just choose to ignore, it even enjoy air play in most radio stations.

& the funny thing is it's ladies/girls that listen and even sing along to this song most

U understand what am saying better. Hearing my fellow ladies shouting the song make me mad. They listen to d music for at least 3tyms in a day and still they don't knw what the song mean.

Ouchh

yuncka:
Dats why I miss Dagrin. He was more of the voice of the people.

Lol............ Dagrin also have some lyrics that kinda related to cultists too.

me too i want to do sina...

but seriously who fckin cares

me too i want to do sina...

but seriously who fckin cares

D writer misinterpreted Olamide. I want d mr knw it all to know dat 99% of nigeria musicians arent passin any info but just to entertain. Am still seriously enjoyin d story for d gods

wheesin:
me too i want to do sina...

but seriously who fckin cares

Everyone should care wen a song is glorifying RAPE....listening and dancing to songs is nice but wen d lyrics goes against moral standards den ppl shud stop listening to the song...isn't dt why lady gaga's judas song was banned in 2010

Jst don't like dat track

wheesin:
me too i want to do sina...
but seriously who fckin cares

Who phucking cares? It's Nigeria afterall, I'll blame it on ignorance.

Do you have any idea what happens when american/enlightened world artistes encourage rape in their songs?

ayodeji752:
D writer misinterpreted Olamide. I want d mr knw it all to know dat 99% of nigeria musicians arent passin any info but just to entertain. Am still seriously enjoyin d story for d gods

Most songs and lyrics are mostly from artist's experience and am very sure Olamide will have engage himself in such act before using it as lyrics. It is not about entertaining, most youths out there sees Olamide as role model both in character and profession and those youths will do all what he says in his music......... # Rape ambassador

what about Awon goons mi

lovaleenny:


Everyone should care wen a song is glorifying RAPE....listening and dancing to songs is nice but wen d lyrics goes against moral standards den ppl shud stop listening to the song...isn't dt why lady gaga's judas song was banned in 2010

i knw a lot of songs that glorify rape..drugs..immorality..prostitution and stripping and they are produced abroad... wat happens to them ? it wont stop the listeners frm listening.
even our own NBC couldnt figure out if olamides track was good for the ears or not.
so i say who cares

Olamide is falling my ✋

hmmm

After reading the article, I watched the video on YouTube.
Naawa for Nigerian artistes
Drinking dongoyaro?
Monkey tail?
He wants to do sina today?

I give up!

Are you serious and its my sisters best song . To think I sang those lyrics out not knowing the meaning . This isn't nice at all. As for the video, hmm there was nothing left for imagination.

arowtop:
[s]This is perhaps the most
difficult article I’ll ever write.
It is difficult because I write
with a frustrating reality in
mind that I am most likely wasting
my time. For once I write about an
evil, so evil it is unspeakable, yet I
feel there is no hope; no one will
come to my aide, no one will come
to the aide of the women who were
violated and their dignity taken
away so much so that death will
feel better. No, people will
celebrate the culture and people
will dance to its tunes. Oh, I feel
hopeless!

We heard, and some others
watched, the other day when some
undergraduates took turns
to rape a fellow student and
videotaped it somewhere in South
of Nigeria. And we heard, and some
watched, as she begged them to kill
her; oh she would have been
relieved if only they would oblige
her and sniff life out of her; it was
better than this horror, this pain,
this hurt, this humiliation, this
violation, and this absolute damage.
Oh, death is not this bad she must
have thought; for once she must
have desired it, instead of this. Just
anything instead of this. I can’t
imagine, if you have not
been raped, you also cannot
imagine. If you could imagine and if
we, as a people, could imagine we
would not promote songs that
praise rape no matter how subtle
I first heard Mr. Olamide
Adedeji’s song “Story for the Gods”
in a cab. The driver kept repeating
the song so I was forced to notice
it. Any person with a musical
background will notice the wittiness
of the producer and the
smoothness of the artiste but for
my religious convictions I decided
to ignore, as I will usually do. Two
days later the song kept playing in
my head and as I try to fight it I
gave a thought to the lyrics of what
was coming to my head and I was
shocked. In curiosity I searched for
the lyrics, got a translation from a
Yoruba friend for the Yoruba parts
and my mouth dropped open.
What? A song praising rape? I died!
Mr. Adedeji begins his song by
telling his fans how he took alcohol
and weed and then he proclaims “I
want to do Sina today”. The
translator described “Sina” as a
street slang for “fornication/
adultery” but that is what he
knows. Sina is how some Yoruba
persons will pronounce “Zina” which
is the technical term for fornication
and adultery in Islamic
jurisprudence. So he was not only
boasting about fornication as a lot
of his colleagues do, he was calling
it a religious name to make his
point clearer and more grievous.
The fellow goes ahead to narrate
how the girl with whom he wants
to fornicate with is giving excuses.
He spoke of how she said she can’t
wait, how she said it is getting late,
and how she said she wants to
faint, and he dismissed this excuses
as “story for the gods” meaning he
is not going to take no for an
answer, he is not going to listen to
her, he MUST do this today and
nothing, not even the absence of
her consent will stop him
In case that was not convincing
enough he continues so that there
will be no doubts. He narrates how
the lady started saying he is in
trouble, “he has broken my back, he
has broken my arm” and he again
dismiss this again as story for the
gods, meaning not even the back
breaking and arm breaking or the
trouble he is threatened with will
stop him from having his way with
her. He MUST do this and he must
do so by force. Oh God! Our people
did not stone him, they did not
even say please we do not want
this; they accepted this obvious and
heartless glorification of rape. What
have we turn into?
By telling us her excuse yet insisting
he must force her, Mr. Olamide is
telling the world and teaching his
fans one of two things. It is either
she wants it but she is lying
because that is how they lie, or ‘she
does not want it’ must not be a
good reason for “big boy” not to
have it. You may think the latter is
more clearly rape but ironically the
former is even more popular among
rapists; they assume the no of
women mean yes. If a musician of
his caliber endorses this then what
happens to the millions of youths
who want to do everything he
does? When will they ever hear a
“no” and take it as such? How many
girls will be raped for this wicked
orientation? And who will give
them justice?
Someone said rape is the most easy
accusation to make and the most
difficult to prove. This explains why
even in the so called advanced
countries about 90%
of rapeincidents are not reported.
The victim either “end it all” or
enters into prostitution thereafter
and/or she becomes enslaved for
life, often, to depression, post-
traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
flashbacks, sleeping and eating
problems, dissociative personality
disorder, guilt, feeling of
worthlessness, among other
countless psychological problems.
All of these while dealing with the
usual physical challenge of painful
sexual intercourse, urinary
infection, Uterine Fibroid, and
whatever sexually transmitted
disease her rapist has to offer. All
of these while Mr. Olamide makes
his money, drinks more alcohol and
encourage the public to rape more
girls
I do agree with those who
say rape is the crime in which a
person is left with the most
violation. What violation can be
more than being a victim
of rape and hearing
a songpraising rape everywhere
around you because the people do
not care neither does the
government
As if this impunity was not enough,
Mr. Olamide goes ahead to make a
video of this song. A video so
painfully humiliating to women you
will excuse the song itself. He tops
all these atrocities with a display of
lesbianism whereas the law of the
land says:
“The public show of same sex
amorous relationship directly or
indirectly is prohibited. A person
who registers, operates or
participate in gay clubs, societies
and organisation, or DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY MAKES PUBLIC SHOW
OF SAME SEX AMOROUS
RELATIONSHIP IN NIGERIA
COMMITS AN OFFENCE AND IS
LIABLE ON CONVICTION TO A TERM
OF 10 YEARS IMPRISONMENT.” -
Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition)
Act, 2013 stated in Section 4&5,
subsections 2

But then after presenting all these
facts to me I asked my Secretary
why such a man has not been
arrested and he gave me an answer
that broke my heart. He said “sir, he
has a lot of money, so nothing will
happen”
While innocent Nigerians spend
years in detention without trial for
as much as being accused of
stealing water melon, we are
watching to see what will happen
now that the boastfully wealthy is
on record promoting rape and
bullshiting the law. We truly hope
something happens this time
around. We truly hope that Mr.
Olamide withdraws this evil of
a song and apologises to everyone
or the police does the needful.
None of these two seem likely
however. I guess the Rape (mind
the “e”) Ambassador will laugh
within wine and tell his boys how
this is yet another story for the
gods….and nothing will happen.
I am glad God Almighty is not man
and I am glad He has promise to
pay everyone back in their own
coin. There is hope after all.

Source - www.saharareporters.com/2014/11/27/olamides-story-gods-nigerian-song-recommending-rape-eseoghene-al-faruq-ohwojeheri[/s]

You're barking gibberish