Chorus
U wey know born meet money, less opportunity
If u wan bi somebody, e nor easy aah
We na borbor pain
But wan day we too go turn to fo
God nor design we pam po
We habit go one day show
And da entire world go know say

We na bin borbor pain, ah
we na borbor pain, ah
we na borbor pain, ah
we na borobr ah
wi na borbor pain

Verse 1
Number one we born na pan bodi
Di game way wi play na botkidi
wi napy na pissis on Donnie
Foofoo pap or dem bit beni, me na borbor pain
When a kin lik mi guinea guinea
Mi Akpari dae shine lek who rub orie
Don nake me one cup garrie
Wan world di boy nor dae yeri, me na borbor pain
Off to skul with me khaki
Dae pile from Kissy to portee
University pas wi gorie, eh, e nor easy ah
For live lek borbor pain
I remember di time for di kiti kiti
Some of we run go Gambay and Guinea
Wetin we yai see nor bi lili
Some sidom wiat Maxwell Kobi
Yes, original borbor pain
Aah We na borbor pain

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Bridge
Bor now wio dae crawl wi dae fall
Lek wae dem put bilolo pa sol
Na so we born meet the world
Wan dae we go stand all

Rap Verse - Baja
Hear this…
Man don strain, man done strain
Man don tire
Every day tin dae wam lekeh fire
But still high man get for bia
Does the bra den dae make I don’t care
Den just lef we na treet for dae suffer
But all the train
Wae are train but still man dae strain
E make I decide for change to born again
But pan all the woke man nor see no gain
Man don dry lekek kene, don lef so so vein
But me na borbor pain are nor go run away
E too bad, e too bad, so so strgule
And the struggle, every day, e dey double
Na so we go die pan the struggle
The system too hard na the jungle
Pan idle we file just dae tangle
Nor to so, nor to so, e for be o
Nor to so, nor to so, are bin born o na the system make a dry so
And the po make I turn popolipo
But me na borbor pain nor sai are nor dae go

Let we bia ya

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Verse 3
We live na Babylon, we dae pay tax for laugh
tax back for sleep, e nor easy
I know but we na borbor pain
from Monday to frday we dae fen the money
We get for praise jah name, Merciful Daddy God but we na borbor pain
The society wey we belong e full of enemies among
For survive u get for be strong
Come join me sing this song
Yes, lek borbor pain
Hu-hu-hu-hu-hu (2x)

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Repeat Verse 1

Emmerson
Yes every one of we
Get similar story but at da same time
We work hard, you go mak-em-eh
We na borbor pain

© Emmerson