Water Cemetery

from Everybody Get Agenda by BANTU

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lyrics

Chorus:
Plenty, plenty body for open sea
Mediterranean na cemetery
Yeah o Africa future dey die o
Plenty, plenty body for open sea
Mediterranean na cemetery
Yeah o Africa future dey die o

Verse 1:
Where’s the outrage who we holding accountable?
Are we all numb cause of daily survival?
Why the images don’t touch us no more?
Why we so detached like reporters of war?
What’s it going to take to mobilise the people
To ignite compassion in these times of evil?
How we going to stop the youth from chasing a dream
When the future is dark, grey and grim?
How you sell patience when it’s short cuts
And instant gratification at all costs?
How you debunk lies of lands of milk and honey
When we celebrate scammers and money?

Chorus:
Plenty, plenty body for open sea
Mediterranean na cemetery
Yeah o Africa future dey die o
Plenty, plenty body for open sea
Mediterranean na cemetery
Yeah o Africa future dey die o

Verse 2:
How do you grieve when you never saw a body?
How do you say goodbye when the grave is empty?
How do you find closure and ever move on
When your heart keeps hoping from dusk till dawn?
For every floating corpse- two in the Sahara!
Bodies buried in sand don’t appear in data
Neither the thousands with no name and paper
Dumped, abandoned in the cemeteries of strangers
Brothers and sisters tortured and raped
Sold and resold as modern-day slaves
Organ harvesters and human traffickers
Making their gains from the pains of Africans

Bridge:
Omi ń gb’ọ́mọ lọ *
Owó ni àwọn adarí ń kó
Ènìyàn ń parun s’áṣálẹ̀
Wọ́n ń gbẹ̀bí fún aláàárẹ̀
Wọ́n ń gbàre fún ẹlẹ́bi
Òṣìṣẹ́ kò r’ówó gbà o

Chorus
Plenty, plenty body for open sea
Mediterranean na cemetery
Yeah o Africa future dey die o
Plenty, plenty body for open sea
Mediterranean na cemetery
Yeah o Africa future dey die o

*** Translation from Yoruba
While water is taking away our children our government is busy stealing money. Our People are dying in the desert. The government rewards the thief and punishes those who refuse to steal. Workers who toil and sweat are being denied their wages.

credits

from Everybody Get Agenda, released September 22, 2020
Lyrics: Adegoke Odukoya, Ibrahim Oyetunji, Isaiah Odeyale
Music: Babajide Okegbenro, Olufemi Sanni, Peter Sadibo, Adegoke Odukoya, Tunde Alabi, Opeyemi Oyewande, Isaiah Odeyale, Akinyanmi Akinhinmola, Akinkunmi Olagunju, Abiodun Oke, Ayomiku Aigbokhan.

Arranged by BANTU
Recorded by Aman Junaid @ Rigmaroll Studio + @A.LR, Lagos & Adey Omotade @ Blackstar Studio, Lagos.
Mixed by Manu Schlindwein @ Manultec Soundlab Cologne
Mastered by Tony Dawsey @ Phantom Mastering, Atlanta

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BANTU Lagos, Nigeria

BANTU is a 13-piece Afrofunk/Afrobeat musical collective Their music is an eclectic fusion of the rich musical heritage of Nigeria and the hybrid sounds of urban Africa and the diaspora. The band political lyrics reflect their strong stance against corruption,, social and economic injustices, urban alienation and xenophobia . ... more