| Too far away from me
| Too far away from me
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| But my love is on fire
| But my love is on fire
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| Comme une mélodie Naija
| Like a Naija melody
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| Je te chanterai à vie Naija
| I will sing you for life Naija
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| When I say all I XXX
| When I say all I XXX
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| Everybody knows I was born abroad
| Everybody knows I was born abroad
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| Everybody knows what I’m destined for
| Everybody knows what I'm destined for
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| I did give you everything nevertheless just xxx
| I did give you everything nevertheless just xxx
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| I did follow for you
| I did follow for you
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| You, only you
| You, only you
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| Your beauty, your strength
| Your beauty, your strength
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| My people, my roots
| My people, my roots
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| I’ve been Ayo
| I've been Ayo
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| From head down to toe
| From head down to toe
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| J’suis pas né sous ton ciel
| I was not born under your sky
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| Mais si le tonnerre gronde
| But if the thunder rolls
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| J’en vois les éclairs
| I see the lightning
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| Naija tu sais
| Naija you know
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| Cicatrises quand tu saignes
| Heal when you bleed
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| Chiales quand tu tombes
| cry when you fall
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| T’as les coups, moi les séquelles
| You have the blows, I have the consequences
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| Naija tu sais
| Naija you know
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| Et j’avoue, désolé
| And I admit, sorry
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| T’es pas la plus jolie
| You're not the prettiest
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| Mais c’est comme ça qu’on t’aime
| But that's how we love you
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| Naija tu sais
| Naija you know
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| Bien plus que les paroles
| Much more than words
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| Et le préface de mon livre
| And the preface to my book
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| Tu en es le thème
| You are the theme
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| Naija tu sais
| Naija you know
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| Too far away from me
| Too far away from me
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| But my love is on fire
| But my love is on fire
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| Trop peu de souvenirs Naija
| Too few Naija memories
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| Mais jamais je ne t’oublier Naija
| But I will never forget you Naija
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| Too far away from me
| Too far away from me
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| But my love is on fire
| But my love is on fire
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| Comme une mélodie Naija
| Like a Naija melody
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| Je te chanterai à vie Naija
| I will sing you for life Naija
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| Vert blanc vert comme tricolore
| Green white green as tricolor
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| J’ai dans les veines deux étendards en coloc'
| I have in my veins two banners in roommate
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| Et je sais pas comment mais tout ça rentre
| And I don't know how but it all fits
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| Aucune préférence, on choisit pas ses parents
| No preference, we don't choose our parents
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| Loin des yeux, pas commode
| Out of sight, inconvenient
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| Mais j’ai le cœur d’un colosse
| But I have the heart of a colossus
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| Dans tous les cas on s’arrange
| In any case we manage
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| Des œdèmes gros comme Haram Boko
| Big edemas like Haram Boko
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| Mais j’t’aime à la folie, passionnément
| But I love you madly, passionately
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| Un peu beaucoup
| A bit much
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| Billets sur le front
| Tickets on the front
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| Collés par la sueur
| Sweat-bound
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| Et la fête est entamé
| And the party's on
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| Naija tu sais
| Naija you know
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| Nigérian est le son
| Nigerian is the sound
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| Étrangère est la peur
| Foreign is fear
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| Et à Dieu de programmer
| And to God to program
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| Naija tu sais
| Naija you know
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| Et même si désolé
| And even if sorry
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| T’es pas la plus jolie
| You're not the prettiest
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| C’est comme ça qu’on t’aime
| That's how we love you
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| Naija tu sais
| Naija you know
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| Bien plus que les paroles
| Much more than words
|
| Et préface de mon livre
| And preface to my book
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| Tu en es le thème
| You are the theme
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| Naija tu sais
| Naija you know
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| I say
| I say
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| Too far away from me
| Too far away from me
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| But my love is on fire
| But my love is on fire
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| Trop peu de souvenirs Naija
| Too few Naija memories
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| Mais jamais je ne t’oublier Naija
| But I will never forget you Naija
|
| Too far away from me
| Too far away from me
|
| But my love is on fire
| But my love is on fire
|
| Comme une mélodie Naija
| Like a Naija melody
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| Je te chanterai à vie Naija | I will sing you for life Naija |