Lala Shishi :Akan – Me Sika Aduro

Feb 23, 2018

Me sika aduro in Asante Twi means my blood money. Akan, a rapper from the Ashanti Region of Ghana, talks about the realities of life, making lots of money can make one happier and enjoy all the good things this world can offer, but riches is not eternal.

Intro

Sika hoa na me dwen oo
Me dwen
Sika hoa na me dwen oo

All I think about is Money

Verse 1

Nyankopon na ɛbɔɔ nipa ɔde noteɛ na ɛbɔɔ nipa
Ɔbɔɔ no wie de no gyina hɔ na nipa gyina a ongyina
Nti otii sika kakra defraa nɔteɛ na afee wagyina
Wei pɛ di adanseɛ sɛ yahouden nyinara ne sika
God created Man using dust, after creating man couldn’t stand so
He added money with dust and man stood up, which means the strength of man is MONEY.

Mepɛ sika dan mma menpɛ teku daama
I want a house full of money, not coins
Mepɛ sika adi ama mewu mekɔ a ebi aka
I want lots of money that will remain after my death
Mepɛ sika npempem neɛ ɛbɛ so ntɛmtɛm
Me bue so kyrɛ woa woyɛm ahyewo
Wanni bɔ soa wohon adwrewo
I wants thousands of money, that will scare and surprise you if you see it
Menpɛ sika fiaa menpɛ tiaa made bi saa
I don’t want few money, have spent lots of them
Mepɛ adi ama mepue a yahu sɛ miaa ni miaa
Asɛm ne sɛ nipa bɛyɛ bi nanso ɔbɛ gya hɔ akɔ
Nti ɛmrɛ woho yi yɛnbo moden nawo n’nim da wobɛkɔ
Hwɛ ɛbɛyɛ mɔbɔ sɛ wobɛde hia wo mmrɛ wo asaase so
Na wo nya wukɔ a wasan afi wiase anigye di asɔso
Man came on earth to work but at the of it we will die.
Time waits for no Man, so it sad to be poor and after death you
Will miss the pleasures in this world.

Nti moma me ahonyadeɛ mekyrɛ sɛ ewiase agyapadeɛ
Give me things I need,I mean the wealth of this World
Mepɛ neɛ ɛbu meso menfon sɛ ɛyɛ ahuhudeɛ
I want overflow of Money, I doesn’t care if it doesn’t last
Sika akyɛdeɛ na enbu nfa meso dabiaa menma akyɛdeɛ
Sika fitaa ɛna k mepɛ na emom sika kɔkɔɔ
I wish to get gifts in form of money,
I want clean money but it should be Gold
Sika puduo na maani daso nyɛ deɛ ɛbɛsa afi dan
Sika mapaa menhyehyɛ mewuo abra metease
I wish to get countless money, not money that will soon finish
Wonhu neɛ mekyrɛ no yie a mekyrɛ sɛ dwɛɛtɛɛ
Ɛhyɛ woho a wanamon tuo nyinaa fɛɛ fɛɛ
I want money that will change the way I walk
Me hwihwɛ be mepiri be mehia na kwankyrɛ
Minsa ka bia medi no amano asu dwɛɛtɛɛ
If I get lots of money like the way I wish, I will spend them till money cry

Chorus

Wohu me na ma sum ma noa sika hoa na me dwen oo
Daa mayɛ kon si hɔyi sika hoa na me dwen oo
If you see me quite sitting and not talking all I think of is Money
Anopa mesorea
Ɛnyumre meko daa
Hoa na medwen hoa na medwen
Sika hoa na me dwen oo
From morning and evening when am going to sleep All I think about is Money

Verse 2

Mepɛ sika tesɛ abro
Menfahon sɛ ɛyɛ sika aduro
I want money like maize
I don’t care if its Blood money
Sika ba a mɛnya akokoduro
When I get money it gives me confidence
Masi mebo nti gyai mensro
Mepɛ sika mepɛ dɔm
I want money,I want people to follow me
Manya sika menya dɔm
When I get money,I will automatically get the crowd to cheer me
Manya sika meda kɔm
If I don’t make money,hunger will kill me
Sika woho a ɛdeɛn ne kom
If you have money, what’s hunger?
Meka sika mekyrɛ sika
If I say Money I mean lots of Money
Sɛ modeɛ monnim sika
Hope you know Money
Neɛ ɛbɔ aban bosia
Money that can give loans outs to the government
Mekyrɛ dodour ɔntumi nkan
I mean countless of Money
Dabiara da yɛko yɛba ninyinaa Sika krɔyiaa
Our going and coming its all about Money
Nti me hwihwɛ kwanbi medi adua me sika dua yiaa
So I want ways to plant my money tree
Sika yiaa na ama wiase twa neho neɛ ɛteɛyiaa
Money makes the earth go around like we know
Mepɛ bi sisia matumi ahomiso brɛ tia yiaa
Mepɛ neɛ ɛbu meso mabro meso ma afa meso
Menpɛ neɛ ɛso meso meti nesro nanso menso
I need overflow of money that can change my life
Neɛ ɛbɛ sisa obi hyɛbrɛ obi dabrɛ ma matɔ obi mmrɛ
Money that can help change destiny and current bad situations of other people
Sika nkasa ma ohia nyɛkom na onkɔ pɛ baabi ntɛ
Money should talk so that poverty will hide
Mepɛ bi sisia na ɛmrɛbi na manyɛ sika anibre
I want money so much that I don’t want to be greedy
Sika anigye ɛni asitina pa mesi makoma pɛ
Money makes us happy and gives us good living and gives us our heart desires
Me kra hwihwɛ obi nkyrɛ me kwan mesi mediso tiin
Sika mu han mepɛ bi ɛnɛ na obi anbɛbue mane
My heart is yarning or someone should show me the way to make money
Sika mma anigye
Money brings Happiness
Sika mmpɛ dede
Money doesn’t like noise
Sika ma ahotɔ
Money brings good living
Na ɛsanso ma ɔdɔ sɔ
Its also wakens love
Ohia deɛ ɛyɛya
Poverty is painful
Sika bɛyɛdɛ
Money will be sweet
Sɛ wonti masi a menua wosro sika
If you don’t understand what I mean my brother you are afraid of Money
Sika nim kasa
Money knows how to talk
Na ɛma wasɛm yɛdɛ
It makes your words sweeter
Sika nkasa pii
Money doesn’t talk much
Nti menkasa pii
I wont also talk much

Chorus

Wohu me na ma sum ma noa sika hoa na me dwen oo
Daa mayɛ kon si hɔyi sika hoa na me dwen oo
Anopa mesorea
Ɛnyumre meko daa
Hoa na medwen hoa na medwen
Sika hoa na me dwen oo

Yɛnfa no biom

Wohu me na ma sum ma noa sika hoa na me dwen oo
Daa mayɛ kon si hɔyi sika hoa na me dwen oo oo oo
Anopa mesorea
Ɛnyumre meko daa yi
Hoa na medwen hoa na medwen
Sika hoa na me dwen oo

Outro

Aww meka sika a
Mekyrɛ sika a
Mekyɛ sika a
Medi sika a
Na ma twe me pinpinis
Na midi mma mienu abɔ menkyɛn mu
Na mati afakrom
Meka sika a
Me kyɛ sika
Mefa asikafoɔ adanfoɔ
Na meni won abɔ sika hon nkɔmɔ
Odi sika medi sika a
If I talk about money,I meant money that will make me drees like rich men,
I want to have friends with rich people
Na masire asikafoɔ sireɛ agumoso
So that I can laugh like the way the rich men laughs
Hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔhɔ
Hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔhɔ
Hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔhɔ

 

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Lala Shishi :Akan – Me Sika Aduro

Me sika aduro in Asante Twi means my blood money. Akan, a rapper from the Ashanti Region of Ghana, talks about the realities of life, making lots of money can make one happier and enjoy all the good things this world can offer, but riches is not eternal.

Intro

Sika hoa na me dwen oo
Me dwen
Sika hoa na me dwen oo

All I think about is Money

Verse 1

Nyankopon na ɛbɔɔ nipa ɔde noteɛ na ɛbɔɔ nipa
Ɔbɔɔ no wie de no gyina hɔ na nipa gyina a ongyina
Nti otii sika kakra defraa nɔteɛ na afee wagyina
Wei pɛ di adanseɛ sɛ yahouden nyinara ne sika
God created Man using dust, after creating man couldn’t stand so
He added money with dust and man stood up, which means the strength of man is MONEY.

Mepɛ sika dan mma menpɛ teku daama
I want a house full of money, not coins
Mepɛ sika adi ama mewu mekɔ a ebi aka
I want lots of money that will remain after my death
Mepɛ sika npempem neɛ ɛbɛ so ntɛmtɛm
Me bue so kyrɛ woa woyɛm ahyewo
Wanni bɔ soa wohon adwrewo
I wants thousands of money, that will scare and surprise you if you see it
Menpɛ sika fiaa menpɛ tiaa made bi saa
I don’t want few money, have spent lots of them
Mepɛ adi ama mepue a yahu sɛ miaa ni miaa
Asɛm ne sɛ nipa bɛyɛ bi nanso ɔbɛ gya hɔ akɔ
Nti ɛmrɛ woho yi yɛnbo moden nawo n’nim da wobɛkɔ
Hwɛ ɛbɛyɛ mɔbɔ sɛ wobɛde hia wo mmrɛ wo asaase so
Na wo nya wukɔ a wasan afi wiase anigye di asɔso
Man came on earth to work but at the of it we will die.
Time waits for no Man, so it sad to be poor and after death you
Will miss the pleasures in this world.

Nti moma me ahonyadeɛ mekyrɛ sɛ ewiase agyapadeɛ
Give me things I need,I mean the wealth of this World
Mepɛ neɛ ɛbu meso menfon sɛ ɛyɛ ahuhudeɛ
I want overflow of Money, I doesn’t care if it doesn’t last
Sika akyɛdeɛ na enbu nfa meso dabiaa menma akyɛdeɛ
Sika fitaa ɛna k mepɛ na emom sika kɔkɔɔ
I wish to get gifts in form of money,
I want clean money but it should be Gold
Sika puduo na maani daso nyɛ deɛ ɛbɛsa afi dan
Sika mapaa menhyehyɛ mewuo abra metease
I wish to get countless money, not money that will soon finish
Wonhu neɛ mekyrɛ no yie a mekyrɛ sɛ dwɛɛtɛɛ
Ɛhyɛ woho a wanamon tuo nyinaa fɛɛ fɛɛ
I want money that will change the way I walk
Me hwihwɛ be mepiri be mehia na kwankyrɛ
Minsa ka bia medi no amano asu dwɛɛtɛɛ
If I get lots of money like the way I wish, I will spend them till money cry

Chorus

Wohu me na ma sum ma noa sika hoa na me dwen oo
Daa mayɛ kon si hɔyi sika hoa na me dwen oo
If you see me quite sitting and not talking all I think of is Money
Anopa mesorea
Ɛnyumre meko daa
Hoa na medwen hoa na medwen
Sika hoa na me dwen oo
From morning and evening when am going to sleep All I think about is Money

Verse 2

Mepɛ sika tesɛ abro
Menfahon sɛ ɛyɛ sika aduro
I want money like maize
I don’t care if its Blood money
Sika ba a mɛnya akokoduro
When I get money it gives me confidence
Masi mebo nti gyai mensro
Mepɛ sika mepɛ dɔm
I want money,I want people to follow me
Manya sika menya dɔm
When I get money,I will automatically get the crowd to cheer me
Manya sika meda kɔm
If I don’t make money,hunger will kill me
Sika woho a ɛdeɛn ne kom
If you have money, what’s hunger?
Meka sika mekyrɛ sika
If I say Money I mean lots of Money
Sɛ modeɛ monnim sika
Hope you know Money
Neɛ ɛbɔ aban bosia
Money that can give loans outs to the government
Mekyrɛ dodour ɔntumi nkan
I mean countless of Money
Dabiara da yɛko yɛba ninyinaa Sika krɔyiaa
Our going and coming its all about Money
Nti me hwihwɛ kwanbi medi adua me sika dua yiaa
So I want ways to plant my money tree
Sika yiaa na ama wiase twa neho neɛ ɛteɛyiaa
Money makes the earth go around like we know
Mepɛ bi sisia matumi ahomiso brɛ tia yiaa
Mepɛ neɛ ɛbu meso mabro meso ma afa meso
Menpɛ neɛ ɛso meso meti nesro nanso menso
I need overflow of money that can change my life
Neɛ ɛbɛ sisa obi hyɛbrɛ obi dabrɛ ma matɔ obi mmrɛ
Money that can help change destiny and current bad situations of other people
Sika nkasa ma ohia nyɛkom na onkɔ pɛ baabi ntɛ
Money should talk so that poverty will hide
Mepɛ bi sisia na ɛmrɛbi na manyɛ sika anibre
I want money so much that I don’t want to be greedy
Sika anigye ɛni asitina pa mesi makoma pɛ
Money makes us happy and gives us good living and gives us our heart desires
Me kra hwihwɛ obi nkyrɛ me kwan mesi mediso tiin
Sika mu han mepɛ bi ɛnɛ na obi anbɛbue mane
My heart is yarning or someone should show me the way to make money
Sika mma anigye
Money brings Happiness
Sika mmpɛ dede
Money doesn’t like noise
Sika ma ahotɔ
Money brings good living
Na ɛsanso ma ɔdɔ sɔ
Its also wakens love
Ohia deɛ ɛyɛya
Poverty is painful
Sika bɛyɛdɛ
Money will be sweet
Sɛ wonti masi a menua wosro sika
If you don’t understand what I mean my brother you are afraid of Money
Sika nim kasa
Money knows how to talk
Na ɛma wasɛm yɛdɛ
It makes your words sweeter
Sika nkasa pii
Money doesn’t talk much
Nti menkasa pii
I wont also talk much

Chorus

Wohu me na ma sum ma noa sika hoa na me dwen oo
Daa mayɛ kon si hɔyi sika hoa na me dwen oo
Anopa mesorea
Ɛnyumre meko daa
Hoa na medwen hoa na medwen
Sika hoa na me dwen oo

Yɛnfa no biom

Wohu me na ma sum ma noa sika hoa na me dwen oo
Daa mayɛ kon si hɔyi sika hoa na me dwen oo oo oo
Anopa mesorea
Ɛnyumre meko daa yi
Hoa na medwen hoa na medwen
Sika hoa na me dwen oo

Outro

Aww meka sika a
Mekyrɛ sika a
Mekyɛ sika a
Medi sika a
Na ma twe me pinpinis
Na midi mma mienu abɔ menkyɛn mu
Na mati afakrom
Meka sika a
Me kyɛ sika
Mefa asikafoɔ adanfoɔ
Na meni won abɔ sika hon nkɔmɔ
Odi sika medi sika a
If I talk about money,I meant money that will make me drees like rich men,
I want to have friends with rich people
Na masire asikafoɔ sireɛ agumoso
So that I can laugh like the way the rich men laughs
Hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔhɔ
Hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔhɔ
Hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔ hɔhɔ

 

Lala Shishi – explain the song, in Ga.

Every week, we will shed some light on the meaning of current hits in and out of Ghana: many bangers have an underlying message or social commentary, carried out using sophisticated and ever evolving wordplay – an aspect that is vastly lost in translation. The music videos don’t always unlock the true meaning or intricacies of hit songs, and lyrics alone are not always enough to understand the numerous double entendre and wordplays, so… here we go!

 

 

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