Japa

cold mineral, cold pure water
(coRect Sound)
Listen make I tell you
The thing self e dey pain me
The state of our country
Shame don come dey catch me

ehn

Giant of Africa
Zero school
Giant of Africa
No work
Giant of Africa
So poor (mhmm)
Giant of Africa (hmmmm)
We all just want to japa (haaa)
We all just want to japa (eh hmmmmm)
We all just want to japa
We want to japa, japa, japa, japa (japa japa)
We want to japa, japa, japa, japa (japa japa)

And the way the thing dey go
Everybody want to run away
And the way the thing dey go
Everybody want to run away
If we all run off away
Na who go dey to build the home?
If we all run off away
Na who go dey to build the home?

We all just want to japa o
We want to japa, japa, japa, japa
I say we all just want to japa oooo
We want to japa, japa, japa, japa

A country where we prefer consuming
Imported goods to our own
How will a government buy furniture
From another country to furnish the government house?

You know wetin I dey talk
The thing self e dey pain you
The state of our country
(jaga jaga jaga jaga jaga jaga o)
Shame don come dey catch you
(jaga jaga jaga jaga jaga jaga o)
You say

Giant of Africa
We prefer Canada
Giant of Africa
We prefer USA (we want to japa)
Giant of Africa
We prefer UK (we want to japa)
Giant of Africa (wetin dem talk self, mtchew)

We all just want to japa
We want to japa, japa, japa, japa
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run
We want to japa, japa, japa, japa (run away oooooo)
We want to japa, japa, japa, japa (ja ja ja japa oooooo)
We want to japa, japa, japa, japa (ja ja ja japa oooooo)

Na the way the thing dey go
Na so the thing dey be

Ha

Everybody run run run (hear am)
Everybody run run run (hear am)
Everybody scatter scatter (you dey hear am)
You dey hear am
We want to japa, japa, japa, japa
We want to japa, japa, japa, japa