ASA WA O GBODO KU OUR CULTURE MUST NOT DIE

Agutan lawo, sugbon aja at’elede niise Sheep in the form, but dog and pig is she
Eni a fokantan bi awokose the one trusted to be a role model
To wa yo poro lo o te l’ole who instead vanish with a thieves
Won n labee re lagbayipo they lick her stew rotationally
Okete bo’ru oju ode mo rodent slip away through it tail
Inu ibepe tako ewaa re the seed inside of pawpaw isn’t its beauty
Ebi wa lowo eni ani ko wa jeun blame the one invited to eat
To palemo to jelerun who claimed all and devoure the house
Eni a gberi re je nko? the one whose testimony defended
To di amenu kuro gboju foda oro becomes a must ignored and overlooked
Ase wiwi ko ni sise taara saying is not the same as doing
Oga tii se alagemo lo gbode kan chameleon are spread all over the land
Ewa lo gun-un, etan lo dun mo beauty puffed her up, deception sweetened her
Afe aye lo faa lo the love of pleasure dragged her away
Afarawe lo taa leru imitation sold her a slave
O ti bo it’s lead to cull de sac
Aso o bomoye mo clothe could not suffice for Omoye.
Omoye ti rin’hoho woja omoye had gone to the market naked
Lanke ti lo tefetefe Lanke had vanished permanently
Asiri kan sib o die ni the secret is just still covered
Akara le tu sepo nigbakugba bean pudding may loose in oil
Sugbon ki lebii mi but what is my fault
Mo p’ole wa’le invited the thieves to the house
Mo ro p’onile ko nigba f’ole, I thought the owner would resist the thieves
Mo p’eni anu wale I invited the lost one home
Ko wa darapo m’egbe to join the group
Agbasalaruge tiwantiwa of indigenous culture preservers
Sugbon awon agbasalaruge gan-an but the preservers themselves
Niwon ta asa l’ofe, sold the culture for free
To fi n d’oro itan that it’s becoming a mere history
Okan pakan je, ej’eeji, et’eeta one by one, twos and threes
Ni kalokalo, eni anu n fiwon lata the devourer,the lost,feed on them
Bi ere Ayo, o d’oro kanka like Ayo game, but it’s now serious
Ikoleru ironu, t’asipe l’olaju enslavement of the mind misrepresent as civilization
Ti je gbogbo ile run tan. has devoured the entire house
Ariwo d’orin lode oni Organized noise becomes music today
Awon alariwo kun n lowo the noise makers indeed are rich
Isekuse la n pe l’eto omo eniyan abomination is being called human right
B’ina ba ku a feeru b’oju when the fire dies the smoke succeeds it
Bogede ku af’omo re ropo the banana dies and the sucker succeeds it
Awon opo t’oye ko di’lemu ti feeye tan, the pillars are almost fallen
Oro sunnukun, ha! Oro sunnukun, complex issue, ha! Complex issue
Asa ati ise wa ti di irira leti ewe iwoyi our culture is irritating to the youth of today
Ki la o ti se’yi si? how shall we solve this?
Eewo ko lat ko’sa elomiran to ba ti dara foreign culture is not forbidden, if it’s good
Sugbon atoyin ati majele ladapo but honey and poison, we’ve mixed together
Bi ebun L’owo awon atohunrinwa as gifts from the straingers.
O d’owo awon Ojogbon, it’s left unto the professors and sages
Omowe, at’awon Agbaagba doctors and all elders
At’wa ti ko tii so asa nu and we that haven’t thrown our culture away
Toto!, ose bi owe agba, Toto! It’s like a proverb of the elders
P’agba kii wa l’oja that if an elder is at the market
k’ori omo tuntun the head of the baby mustn’t bend
Ori ti wo naa oo! the head is bent already
Bi a se maa t’orise l’oku it’s now how to correct the head
K’ori ma ba ye kuro l’orun that it may not break from the neck
T’ori ba ti ye, iku de niyen oo… if it breaks, death comes certainly.
ASA WA O GBODO KU OUR CULTURE MUST NOT DIE

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