Ihu Irere
Goodbye, Malam, but where next...?
I tell you true-true
And I swear by my mother,
Na Washington they say e dey now!
Put your ear to my radio, you go hear
as they talk am say na U.S.A e dey,
No be U.S.A they talk,
But na France e dey,
Shio-o! Now, now?
Put ear, you go hear as they talk say
na France e dey.
No be France they talk, na Niger!
Shio-o! Just now, now, when they talk am?
Put your ear to the radio make you hear am
as they talk say na Niger.
Wetin dey worry you?
Take, put your ear close to the radio well, well!
No be Niger they talk, but Cameroon.
Take the radio make you hear as they dey talk am now, now.
Aaah! Na me you dey DELEGATE that to?
Take it! Wetin be DELEGATION?
Na the language wey Baba no understand!
Oya take, you go know say I no dey talk lie
say na Cameroon e dey now.
Aaah! No be Cameroon they talk,
I swear to God, Almighty, na Britain they say e dey!
Take! Putam for your ear, make you hear am by yourself,
Sho-o! Na Germany they talk, no be Britain!
Take, hear, hear!
Put it, if possible, put your two-two ears very, very close to the radio,
No be Germany-o, na Chad they just announce!
Take, hear am by yourself.
Ha! Na which kind Baba be this-o?
Na Ghana I dey hear-o.
Gha...wetin?
Ghana!
I say Gha...wetin?
Ghana!
Ghana what?
I say Ghana, West Africa!
I beg, give me the radio make I hear for myself.
Sho-o! I swear! E don move to Canada!
Na, na lie, e no possible, just now, now?
Take, hear am by yourself, you go know say I no dey lie.
Sho-o! E don land for Russia.
How person wey dey do W.A.I go go Russia?
Na because e won rush everybody inside jail.
Take the radio, make you listen well, well!
S-y-r-i-a! S-y-r-i-a! S-y-r-i-a!
No tell me say na there e dey now-o?
Aaah! Make e no go invite ISIL here-o!
Take quick, huh, quick! Make you hear
as the announcer dey say na Syria.
Aha! Aha! Aha! Na SA e dey now-o.
Wetin be SA?
The announcer just say SA, I no know the meaning.
SA! SA! SA! South Africa or Saudi Arabia?
Take make you hear by yourself,
whether the radio man go tell we country people wetin SA mean?
Na Saudi Arabia the man say e dey now-o!
Which means the other SA na South Africa?
Abi Boko Haram never do?
I hear say the whole West don dump him
after they discover that all along he has been wearing a mask!
Praise God-o-o-o!
The mask is off!
The mask is off!
The mask is finally off!
And I swear by my mother,
Na Washington they say e dey now!
Put your ear to my radio, you go hear
as they talk am say na U.S.A e dey,
No be U.S.A they talk,
But na France e dey,
Shio-o! Now, now?
Put ear, you go hear as they talk say
na France e dey.
No be France they talk, na Niger!
Shio-o! Just now, now, when they talk am?
Put your ear to the radio make you hear am
as they talk say na Niger.
Wetin dey worry you?
Take, put your ear close to the radio well, well!
No be Niger they talk, but Cameroon.
Take the radio make you hear as they dey talk am now, now.
Aaah! Na me you dey DELEGATE that to?
Take it! Wetin be DELEGATION?
Na the language wey Baba no understand!
Oya take, you go know say I no dey talk lie
say na Cameroon e dey now.
Aaah! No be Cameroon they talk,
I swear to God, Almighty, na Britain they say e dey!
Take! Putam for your ear, make you hear am by yourself,
Sho-o! Na Germany they talk, no be Britain!
Take, hear, hear!
Put it, if possible, put your two-two ears very, very close to the radio,
No be Germany-o, na Chad they just announce!
Take, hear am by yourself.
Ha! Na which kind Baba be this-o?
Na Ghana I dey hear-o.
Gha...wetin?
Ghana!
I say Gha...wetin?
Ghana!
Ghana what?
I say Ghana, West Africa!
I beg, give me the radio make I hear for myself.
Sho-o! I swear! E don move to Canada!
Na, na lie, e no possible, just now, now?
Take, hear am by yourself, you go know say I no dey lie.
Sho-o! E don land for Russia.
How person wey dey do W.A.I go go Russia?
Na because e won rush everybody inside jail.
Take the radio, make you listen well, well!
S-y-r-i-a! S-y-r-i-a! S-y-r-i-a!
No tell me say na there e dey now-o?
Aaah! Make e no go invite ISIL here-o!
Take quick, huh, quick! Make you hear
as the announcer dey say na Syria.
Aha! Aha! Aha! Na SA e dey now-o.
Wetin be SA?
The announcer just say SA, I no know the meaning.
SA! SA! SA! South Africa or Saudi Arabia?
Take make you hear by yourself,
whether the radio man go tell we country people wetin SA mean?
Na Saudi Arabia the man say e dey now-o!
Which means the other SA na South Africa?
Abi Boko Haram never do?
I hear say the whole West don dump him
after they discover that all along he has been wearing a mask!
Praise God-o-o-o!
The mask is off!
The mask is off!
The mask is finally off!
*Ihu Irere: Yala name for a type of very sweet mushroom which suddenly grows in large number at a particular place and as they are collected/picked by mushroom hunters, suddenly disappear and spring up in another location, with the process or rhythm of appearing and disappearing continuing ad infinitum. Figuratively speaking, it is the Yala expression for a hyper-restless person who is unable to sit/remain in one place for a second/moment.
- JOHN ODEY ADUMA, British Chevening Scholar, publisher of the Vigilance – The World’s Leading Security Magazine and author of the bestseller: “Be a Beacon of Hope in the World: A Message to Young Britain” was formerly Executive Secretary, Foundry Association of Nigeria, (1997-2000), National Coordinator, The Pastoral Resolve, (General Muhammadu
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