Are you ready Ghana?
Are you ready now?

Samini, alongside Mac Tontoh and Afro Moses
Boi!
Quick Action
Bam bili wo e

Ghana, your beloved country, is free forever

Chorus
Sing Happy birthday Mama
Ɛnnɛ yɛ wo birthday
Oh, Happy birthday Ghana
Ɛnnɛ yɛ wo awoda

Sing celebration time ei
Ɛnnɛ yɛ wo birthday
Oh, jubilation time, yea
Ɛnnɛ yɛ wo awoda

Verse 1
You were named after gold by the people of old
Mama, through my history, I have been told
To reveal these secrets, I need to be bold
Revolutionary, could I ever sell out
From 57, to 2G7
50 years down the lane and Mama’s still begging
We used to be so peaceful and rich like heaven
Gateway to Africa, oh Mama ei
Ei Mama ei, oh Mama ei
Gateway to Africa, oh Ghana ei
It’s such a pity to sit down
And watch some people manipulate the city
While the poor and the needy
Sweat day and night only working for the greedy
Years gone by and we still living in slavery
Broad daylight robbery, corruption and bribery
All this and more makes Mama cry
Oh, Mama ei, don’t cry no more
It is your birthday

Repeat Chorus

Kwame Nkrumah talking
I made a point
That we are going to see that
We create our own African personal identity

Verse 2
Kwame Nkrumah (oya, oya)
Yɛda wo ase ne wo nyansa nnwuma (oya, oya)
Acheampong ne Akuffo (oya, oya)
Hilla Limann, Busia ne the Big Six nyinaa (oya, oya)
J J Rawlings, (oya, oya)
Ɔne n’akyi dɔm abɛyɛ bi kɔ o (oya, oya)
Ɛduru me ne wo so sɛ yɛn nso bɛyɛ bi atoa so o
Kuffour, J A Kuffour
Keep the flame of the independence and democracy burning
For the heritage of leaders unborn
Ghana can’t waste away like the dry leaves
Because when you liveth, Mama, I live
Oh Mama ei, ei Mama ei
It is your birthday

Huyee, ne nkam bo
Kwaku yei, ye yoo Africa
(Do you hear ad lib)

Huyee, ne nkam bo
Kwaku yei, ye yoo Africa
Afe aso o (3x)
Mama ka Ɔsagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah

Gone are the days
People sweating, walking, talking, dancing
Mama Africa
Afe aso o (2x)
Ɛnnɛ yɛ wo birthday (3x)

Repeat Chorus

Kyekyekule, kyekyekule
Kyekye Kofisa, Kofi salanga
Kyekyekule, kyekyekule
Alala tilanga, kum ade
Kyekyekule, kyekyekule
Kyekye Kofisa, Kofi salanga
Kyekyekule, kyekyekule
Alala tilanga, kum ade

Celebration, jubilation, altogether
Are you ready
Celebration, jubilation, altogether

Bili wo na, bili wo na
Dance together
Dance, dance together
Bili wo na, bili wo na
Dance together
Bam bili wo e

It’s a warning that we Africans
We mean to be masters of our country

© Samini