storytelling

True story

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  • True story View all from Timaya
    True story
    Timaya
    English
    4:25
    2
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWA6Lnv0fEM
    2007

Intro
Hey Hey Hey
Timaya (2x)
Hey Hey Hey
Alongside Timi
Hey Hey (5x)
Oooh na true story eh (2x)
Oooh na true story eh
Na true story eh (2x)

Verse 1
This one, I say na serious issue oh
I remember that time how I suffer iyo
I dey waka from place to place iyo
Port Harcourt to Lagos na so I dey go
Eh Ah, I come tire oh
Wetin I dey find I no get oh
E better make I start to dey hustle oh
Than make I sit down dey look people oh

Hook
Eh Ah
Make unuh carry me go eh
If I dey lie, thunder go blow
Eh Ah
Water carry me go
If I

Story of my life

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  • Story of my life View all from Gal Level
    Shake it
    Gal Level
    English
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=D4TQBDgoE6w
    Daphne Willibard, Frieda Haindaka
    2007

Verse 1
Mama told me girl
You have to go to school and become succesful
As you can see, I am alone
Struggling with your little sisters and you
I do everything I can
To make sure you guys are well off
As your father left and you know I am all alone
I need you to become responsible
Stop playing around with drugs and all
Girl, you know you have to be strong at all times

Chorus 2x
I am talking about ohh
The story of my life
Oh yeah

Verse 2
I know it's hard
Growing up alone (2x)
Nobody to love
Nobody to care for you
I know i

Anansesem

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  • Anansesem View all from Pope Skinnie
    Mmere pa
    Pope Skinnie
    Twi/Akuapem
    5:16
    8
    Pope Skinnie
    2005

Hook
Abre a, abre a, bre o
Anansesɛm nsesa o
Wontumi nyɛ nea yɛpɛ o
Wonka nea yɛpɛ o

Chorus 2x
Anansesɛm wei, anansesɛm nie
Anansesɛm efutu tie
Woka nea a, yɛbɛtie
Wodi atoro a, yɛbuee

Verse 1

Anansesɛm sesa o, sɛn so ara (3x)
Abre a, abre a, bre o
Ansaana wɔrebɛbɔ wiase no
Na mmoa dom ako bi wɔ hɔ
Mekyerɛ tantansoroba, kɔtɔkɔ ne ɔwɔ
Wohyɛ mmra ma obiara di so
Ɛnkanka wɔreba abɛdi Hɔmɔwɔ
Ɛfiri ntatia so ɛkɔsi ɔsebɔ

Anansesem - the culture of storytelling

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Originally written on June 15, 2005

...Sounds on da ground and seens on the see-ins

One of the Ghanaian TV shows I truly miss is 'By the fireside'. This show consisted of popular actors like Maame Dokono (Grace Omaboe) Wofa Yaw and others telling Ananse and folktale stories which were acted out by enthusiastic children with singing and dancing. I never got the chance to act in any of these 'By the firesides' but at one point in my life, I never missed an episode. As I grew older, I wasn't too excited to watch the show, maybe because I felt I was growing out of the 'storytelling audience bracket'. However, after listening to Pope Skinnie's Anansesem and admiring the storytelling prowess of Okomfour Kwaadee time and time again, I really miss the show and would absolutely love an Ananse story by the fire side on a quiet evening in some random Ghanaian village. And in Twi, of course.

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