Akan transcript

Mekɔɔ deɛ, mekɔɔ deɛ,

mekɔɔ deɛ, Awurade. Hwɛ mmarima no, Awurade, ooh. Awurade, yɛda wo ase w'ate.

Oh Mahama, hwɛ nkrɔfoɔ mma, Ghanafoɔ mma. Ɔmo de ɔmo firi prison,

hwɛ mma bɛsia, ah, ooh. M'awurade, hwɛ,

eei, ooh. Yie, Mahama Nyame nhyira wo w'ate.

Ah Kwabena, Awurade meda wo ase. Kwabena! Kwabena! Yie Kwabena, yɛayi Kwabena,

yɛayi Kwabena. Kwabena ka ho,

ɛne papa yi nso ka ho, Awurade meda wo ase. Ɔno nso kɔ fam. Awurade meda

wo ase. Aane. Ooh, m'awurade, ɔmo ayɛ mmerɛ,

ɔmo ayɛ mmerɛ.

Mmerɛ ayi mo nyinaa, m'awurade. Ɔmo ayɛ mmerɛ.

Ɔmo ayɛ mmerɛ, ɔmo

nyinaa gu ne mmerɛ mu. Ooh, ɔmo ayɛ

mmerɛ. M'awurade. Eei, Awurade.

Ebia ɔno nso nnyɛ yɛn nipa. Ooh, nti w'abɔ ne kwan paa bɛpɛ sika paa yɛakyere wo,

polythene koraa nipa no de kɔ. Ooh Kwabena.