Awa Afufu (Life) Lyrics

Intro

Amarum maka gi

Mana, ike uwa a gugomu o

Eh eh, mhmmm

Mana amarumu maka gi

Mana ike uwa a gugomu o

Uwa ndoli

Uwa ndoli

Uwa Afufu

Almost broke down writing this verse

My life is moving out of reverse

Some nights I feel like kicking the horse

But somehow im getting through

This mad struggle called life

My head filled with all types of pressure man

So I sit back reflect on how I made it this far

Born without a silver spoon

Grew up sharing same room

With my brother muna

Pops was happy go lucky

Mum so strict with the cane

And the fist

Went through highschool

Plus uni

Graduated flying colors

Fuck the B.Sc honors

Cus to me just a piss of paper

Move to Lagos from my youth

Service, started taking rap serious

Found a job in the bank ‘in V.I

Lucky me

Got inducted to a different kind of slavery now

End enough to get a few shirts

Shoes and nice looks

Stick, target deposit

Driving me sick

Used to drag the first day of the week

Bosses breathing down my neck

Telling me to quit you loser

You weren’t fit for the job, resign

Went home o stressed out

So many nights almost cried out

I was stuck in a tight spot

Couldn’t leave cus my older bro

Had no job to keep it moving

Plus he had a wife and a seed on the way

Used to leave the one the window ledge

Close to the edge

At some point we were six or so in a small crib

Never spot no light

Landlady giving me hell

Life sucks when you look closely

Today is rosy

Next day turn a rich *** aint it funny

Amarum maka gi

Mana, ike uwa a gugomu o

Eh eh, mhmmm

Mana amarumu maka gi

Mana ike uwa a gugomu o

Uwa ndoli

Uwa ndoli

Uwa Afufu

My niece came feb twenty fifith

What a gift plus a sigh of relief

We named her chimnanu

God listens in igbo dialect

My job ran out

So I left the country with a visa

Plus a hundred pounds

Almost close to death

Cus I had light clothes on

Snowflakes in my socks

I had to pick these locks

Find a way out my misery

Fed from hand to mouth

Couldn’t even secure a job

Couldn’t pay the rent

Used to sleep in night buses

From central to west London

Seek the way out so close to defeat

I kept praying for a break

So I could get my life back on track

Now im spitting over Jonas tracks

So you can share a bit of my pain

Just an extra immigrant

Docking trying to eat

Look to my left to my right cold pavements

Frosty side walks

Fingers numb, belly grumble

Toes ache from the miles I walk

Job fellas kept asking for my

National insurance number

Which I didn’t have

So I quit sat in the church

Tears streaming down my face

What a life I led

What a burden

I guess its rough from the cradle

To the tomb stone never peace

Till your six feet underneath

This life got me so worn out

We through man

Amarum maka gi

Mana, ike uwa a gugomu o

Eh eh, mhmmm

Mana amarumu maka gi

Mana ike uwa a gugomu o

Uwa ndoli

Uwa ndoli

Uwa Afufu

Amarum maka gi

Mana, ike uwa a gugomu o

Eh eh, mhmmm

Mana amarumu maka gi

Mana ike uwa a gugomu o

Uwa ndoli

Uwa ndoli

Uwa Afufu