Many music icons in this ever-
changing world have spoken to us
via the music medium and their
songs linger and echo in our
memory, yet we have failed to look
at the germane issues raised in the
song. Many sing, making meanings
out of life, spreading the gospel of
change and hope for mankind, yet
with little appreciation shown
toward such act of patriotism born
out of music, which might be innate
in them or made perfect through
regular practice and rehearsals.
It is against this background that we
respond in what could simply be
called reasonable terms to the hit
song ‘Implication’ by Innocent Ujah
Idibia, better known as 2face. We
respond to this song based on the
declaration and the question he
posed before all of us that he doesn’t
know what he is singing right now
and whether we are still “feeling his
lyrics as usual. “ I don’t know what
I’m singing right now, tell me if you
feel me right now, come to the
dance floor… let’s get implicated
together… ole, le” We would like to
respond to his question by affirming
that he knows what he is singing
right now and we are all ready to
join him on the dance floor to get
implicated together in appreciation
of his good work….
The chorus goes thus;
ole le… ole le… ole jelo bunu le le,
ole gwa ole gwa ole jelobunu legwa-
implication.
We would like to translate the above
for universal acceptance and for the
sake of clarity. Simply put, the chorus
affirms that ‘he ate, he ate and gave
to his husband to eat, she drank, she
drank and gave to her husband to
drink- Implication. It then implies
that through the eating and the
drinking perpetuated by the wife,
the entire family got implicated.
Many have misconstrued the theme
of this hit song by limiting it to
religion.
If we analyze critically the biblical
injunction of the Adam and Eve saga
that has put us in this perpetual
struggle and the penetration of evil
into the lives of men, we will be
quick to realize the need for sanity
and harmony in our thinking, our
dream and our general way of life.
One would like to add that if Adam
and Eve had sat to discuss, looked at
the pros and cons of what the snake
requested of them, the case would
have been different today, but for
the communication gap, we all live
to regret their action. The snake
came to Eve, persuaded her against
the will of God and she ate of the
fruit even before consulting her
husband. After she ate of the fruit
which was termed forbidden by God,
she became like the snake himself,
she then possessed the power of
trick and conviction wrapped in her
charming and blemish appearance.
Adam couldn’t have resisted her
request, he could no longer reason
with reason, he lost his sense of
morality and all of them including
you and I got implicated. 2FACE is
not just looking at how Adam and
Even got implicated to implicate us,
he did not release this song to
remind the Idoma nation of the
importance of reviving an old
abandoned Idoma chorus; rather,
the song is simply a clarion call to
duty and harmony in the family and
the political environment. It implies
that whatever a man does in a house
is capable of making or marring the
whole family and vice- versa. A
woman or a man who goes to steal
and comes to the house at such an
odd time with wonderful items in
his or company deserves to be
queried by the husband or the wife
who must respond negatively to
those things brought to the house.
2FACE has been able to establish that
no matter the seal or the oath that
binds a man and a woman, they
should be watchful in order to
identify those things that could
impede the growth of the family.
We disagree with 2face on his
statement that he doesn’t know
what he is singing right now. It is
Ironical to say you don’t know what
you sing yet your music is full of
messages. We not surprised at the
statement since it is obvious that
2face is a man full of verbal Irony
while rolling out his lyrics.