E Don Do Me

This is for all those Who found themselves in situations they'd rather not be in Maybe by their making, by some wrong decision Or maybe by chance, circumstances It's time to break free Scream will me! E don do me! I dey stay with my uncle, my portion dey double Of the work wey I get to do, see me see trouble Na me dey eat the smallest ration, dey wash the most plate Him children nothing dem dey do, people for God sake Na me dey wake up first, na me dey sleep last Na me dem dey beat because I no dey fit pass But how I go pass when I no fit rest From sunrise to sunset, my life na so-so stress If I say make I relax small, my uncle go dey hala The thing dey break my head like say I sleep for banana The fall when I wan fall even the ground no dey Because the wife contribute to make me suffer sotey I look up, I look down, I no dey happy throughout Mek I run? I think am, hmm-mm, no need to pull out But if I make mistake na knok I dey receive So one day my uncle try am himself e no believe Na so I grab him hand suspend the knok He call my name, I answer, "Hmm, uncle mek we talk Your children no dey see the kind wahala I dey see If I wrong correct me, dem no force you mak you carry me" I say, I say, I say, I say Oh, lai-lai I say, I say, I say, I say E don do me E don do me oh E don do me E don do me oh lai-lai Lai-lai Mr. Agada e too dey beat him wife Meanwhile, him wife love am like die, wetin be life? Day in day out her own na to please the man No matter how hard she try the man no wan understand Black eye today, black eye another day Listen to Agada him get something to say "You no say no be say I like wetin dey happen And it's not all fights at time me and my wife dey gbadun Apologies definitely I dey drop Na my temper dey make me go over the top Small things dey irritate me, my wife I know she loves me I love her too, but I can't stop treating her badly" Foolish man you no go stop before you kill am We know it's in your nature, but then try to control am Another day, another blow in the eye One injury too many make the woman decide "I can't take it anymore, all these brushes, what for? Instead of love and respect, I fear my husband the more" Love become hate, na thin line dey between dem Enough is enough, she ran away with the children She say, she say, she say, she say Oh, lai-lai She say, she say, she say, she say E don do me E don do me oh E don do me E don do me oh lai-lai Lai-lai The only way to get to chop for my country Na to dey for government or to know person for government Poor man like me, how I go fit to make am? Mek I wait for my turn abi mek I go quickly take am By force because the way I see am nothing lost Bros garri still cost na we dey pay the cost I gats kasala because I don see wahala While other people dey jellof people see me see wahala I wan believe say one day these suffering go make sense But for how long we go dey dey manage, will we ever get there? To hear the cock crow at dawn after the sunset The nonsense is still in place because we consent So I revote, my hunger make me public enemy I gain popularity but I no be celebrity For daytime, I no fit drag coat with my master So for night I enter steal the coat from my master For daytime, I no fit drag coat with my master So for night I enter steal the coat from him hanger I say, I say, I say, I say Oh, lai-lai I say, I say, I say, I say E don do me E don do me oh E don do me E don do me oh lai-lai Lai-lai I say, I say, I say, I say oh I say, I say, I say, I say E don do me E don do me oh E don do me E don do me oh lai-lai E don do me oh Lai-lai E don do me oh Lai-lai E don do me oh Lai-lai E don do me oh