Ceme! Hey!
Mr. Government (Government)
Do you see what I see, do you feel what I feel?
Do you care for the children? (Children)
Education is the key, but what I dey see
Kwadwo, ɛyɛ me nwanwa
Nkwadaa bɛkɔ sukuu awia a, gye sɛ wɔatɔn nnoɔma
Bi nso bɛkɔ sukuu awia a, gye sɛ wɔasoa nnoɔma
Wɔtɔn nso a wɔnya daama
Wei ne daakye nsoroma nti no me yam ahye me
Ɛyɛ me nwanwa
Upon the gold, upon the timber
Diamond, Ghana, yɛwɔ yi o
Ɛyɛ me nwanwa
The youth, them dey suffer, borla hyɛ yɛn gutter
Ghana kɔsrɛ di o, eh
Kwadwo, ɛyɛ me nwanwa
Politicians ne tooli, meboa a busa Korley
Ɔmo bɛtwa yɛn ntorɔ goyii-goyii
MP, yɛn kwan no asɛe, MP se ɔnyɛ kwan
Eduru 7th December a, MP, ɔreyɛ kwan
Ɔrepɛ vote nti, wobɛhunu MP, na ɔretwa kwan
Ɔbɛwe ne kwan, ɔbɛwe ne kwan
Emperor Selassie-I, Jah-Jah, still a-watch them
Them manipulate the people, so it a-go haunt dem
Them no wan' hear the truth, a-tell yuh, tag go hang them
Jah-Jah go find them anywhere them go
Meredrive to Accra a, ampa, metumi hu sɛ
Nipa rebrɛ wɔ Accra
Nkwadaa nketewa retɔn adeɛ wɔ Accra, Ceme ei!
Kwadwo, ɛyɛ me nwanwa, ɛyɛ me nwanwa
Ɛyɛ me nwanwa
Upon the gold, upon the timber
Diamond, Ghana, yɛwɔ yi o
Ɛyɛ me nwanwa
The youth, them dey suffer, borla hyɛ yɛn gutter
Ghana kɔsrɛ di o, eh
Kwadwo, ɛyɛ me nwanwa
Ɛyɛ me nwanwa ankasa (ankasa)
Ceme (Kuu) ei!
North youth dem (dem), selling pure water
Kwadwo say him head, 'cause e fell in gutter
Maame Akosua ba no kɔɔ akyin ho, aha yi ara aah
Nipa bɔnefoɔ kyee no yɛɛ no nyadoaa (aah!)
What a bad system!
Them trust politicans, but them nuh fit them
Do what you say and not pretend
To the masses (the masses)
Them wan' control them like them inna classes (classes)
Them voted for you to work for them (aah!)
All for them to work for you? No way! (No way!)
Mohyɛɛ bɔ, na ɛbaa no sɛn? (Sɛn?)
Yɛntwɛn nkɔsi da bɛn?
Politcians, adɛn, Kwadwo?
Ɛyɛ me nwanwa
Upon the gold, upon the timber
Diamond, Ghana, yɛwɔ yi o
Ɛyɛ me nwanwa
The youth, them dey suffer, borla hyɛ yɛn gutter
Ghana kɔsrɛ di o, eh
Kwadwo, ɛyɛ me nwanwa
Politician dem
Circle I and I land with a bare lies
Ay, politican mandem!
Yuh can fake my people, buh yuh cyaan trick Jah Almighty
Ay, watch out!
Jah go change all di bad ways
Puom!