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Dedicate Yourself

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One does not get to choose parentsMaa t'i ɲanatɔmɔna, i bangebalu la
One does not get to choose parentsMaa t'i ɲanatɔmɔna, i bangebalu la
If one were to choose parents todayNi maa tun n'i ɲanatɔmɔna bii
Everyone would have picked the best parents to make theirsBɛɛ tun na ɲumanin tɔmɔ, ko kɛ i ta di

One does not get to choose parentsMaa t'i ɲanatɔmɔna, i bangebalu la
One does not get to choose parentsMaa t'i ɲanatɔmɔna, i bangebalu la
If one were to choose parents todayNi maa tun n'i ɲanatɔmɔna bii
Everyone would have picked the best parents to make theirsBɛɛ tun na ɲumanin tɔmɔ, ko kɛ i ta di
If one were to choose parents todayNi maa tun n'i ɲanatɔmɔna bii
Everyone would have picked the best parents to make theirsBɛɛ tun na ɲumanin tɔmɔ, ko kɛ i ta di

Even if your mother was a blind personHal'i baa mana kɛ fiyentɔ di
And your father is a blind personKa n'i faa kɛ fiyentɔ di
And you happen to be a sighted childKa n'i sɔrɔ dennin yelikɛla di
Oh! You will be their hope and their guiding stickOhoho! K'i na kɛ jigi ni berekala ye
While some spend their time having funDɔlu ye tolonkɛ la tuma min na
At that moment, you'd be doing small worksK'o y'i sɔrɔla baaramisɛnnin na, ah ah ah!
While others are studying todayDɔlu ye kalan na tuma min na bii
And you're about to past the age of schoolingK'i kalantuma latam'i kan oh Ala
At that moment, you'd be out walking your mother and fatherK'o y'i sɔrɔla i faa ni baa layaala-yaala
Looking for something to eat for dinner and lunchSurafana ni tilerɔ damu ɲinini na
But one day will comeNga don dɔ na se
Oh! One day will comeDon dɔ na se he!
You'd be sitting there thinking about your destinyK'i n'i sigi k'i miiri i labanko le laoh!
Oh! Humans are concerned about their destinyMaa be jɔrɔla, i labanko yeee, oh!
You're right to worry about your destinyI jo, ka jɔrɔ labanko le la
But everything that God makes difficult in life, oh oh!Nga Ala mana ko o ko gɛlɛya dunuɲa rɔ oh oh oh!
He will make it easier one dayA n'o nɔgɔya lon dɔɔɔ!

Don't worry about your destinyK'i kana jɔrɔ i laaa-baaan-kooo le laaa
Don't worry about your futureK'i kana jɔrɔ i laaa-baaan-kooo le laaa

Dedicate yourself (be proud)I wasa don (i wasa don)
I say dedicate yourself (be proud)N k'i k'i wasa don (i wasa don)
Take care of yourself (be proud)I wasa don i yɛrɛ la (i wasa don)
Dedicate yourself (be proud)I wasa don (i wasa don)

Dedicate yourself (be proud)I wasa don (i wasa don)
I say dedicate yourself (be proud)N k'i k'i wasa don (i wasa don)
Take care of yourself (be proud)I wasa don i yɛrɛ la (i wasa don)
Dedicate yourself (be proud)I wasa don (i wasa don)

Take care of your father and mother while they're alive todayI wasa don i faa n'i baa ra ɲAna bi
It's no one's fault, oh! It's God who decided it that wayMaa nɔ tɛ, Ala le lo oh oh oh!

Blindness is a serious diseaseYebaliya ye banajugu di
Leprosy is a serious diseaseBanaba ye banajugu di
Handicap is a serious diseaseMaatɔ ye banajugu di
Insanity is a serious diseaseFaa ye banajugu di bii
If God spares you, you should thank himAla mana jɔn min kisi, i ye Ala tanto!
If death was a disease nowadaysNi saya tun ye bana ye bii
We were going to get his cureMaa bena o sira dandan

Don't worry about your destinyK'i kana jɔrɔ i laaa-baaan-kooo le laaa
Don't worry about your futureK'i kana jɔrɔ i laaa-baaan-kooo le laaa

Dedicate yourself (be proud)I wasa don (i wasa don)
I say dedicate yourself (be proud)N k'i k'i wasa don (i wasa don)
Take care of yourself (be proud)I wasa don i yɛrɛ la (i wasa don)
Dedicate yourself (be proud)I wasa don (i wasa don)

Dedicate yourself (be proud)I wasa don (i wasa don)
I say dedicate yourself (be proud)N k'i k'i wasa don (i wasa don)
Take care of yourself (be proud)I wasa don i yɛrɛ la (i wasa don)
Dedicate yourself (be proud)I wasa don (i wasa don)

Take care of your father and mother while they're alive todayI wasa don i faa n'i baa ra ɲAna bi
It's no one's fault, oh! It's God who decided it that wayMaa nɔ tɛ, Ala le lo oh oh oh!

Dedicate yourself (be proud)I wasa don (i wasa don)
I say dedicate yourself (be proud)N k'i k'i wasa don (i wasa don)
Take care of yourself (be proud)I wasa don i yɛrɛ la (i wasa don)
Dedicate yourself (be proud)I wasa don (i wasa don)

Dedicate yourself (be proud)I wasa don (i wasa don)
I say dedicate yourself (be proud)N k'i k'i wasa don (i wasa don)
Take care of yourself (be proud)I wasa don i yɛrɛ la (i wasa don)
Dedicate yourself (be proud)I wasa don (i wasa don)

Take care of your father and mother while they're alive todayI wasa don i faa n'i baa ra ɲAna bi
It's no one's fault, oh! It's God who decided it that wayMaa nɔ tɛ, Ala le lo oh oh oh!

Dedicate yourselfI wasa don
Dedicate yourselfI wasa don
Dedicate yourselfI wasa don