Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Dem Mama, artist - Timaya. Date of issue: 06.01.2019
Song language: English
Dem Mama |
| I say they done come |
| (iyo, iyo, iyo, iyo, iyo, iyo) |
| Nothing we do them |
| (iyo, iyo, iyo, iyo, iyo, iyo) |
| Nigeria na my country oh |
| Bayelsa na my state oh |
| This na reality |
| Well e bin happen for Bayelsa oh |
| Nineteen Ninety nine oh |
| I swear I no go forget am oh |
| When them kill the people oh |
| And they make the children them orphans oh |
| Any time wey I think am oh |
| Water dey pour from my eyes oh |
| Somebody say make I leave am oh |
| But I say me I must talk am oh |
| I say them don kill them mama eh (eh eh) |
| Them don kill them papa eh |
| I say them don kill them mama |
| them papa them mama them papa them mama eh |
| I say they done kill them mama eh them papa eh ah |
| them mama eh ah |
| Wetin we go do iyo |
| Do iyo |
| Say do iyo |
| Na so them march dey go iyo |
| Ten thousand soldiers for road iyo |
| Ask them where them dey go |
| Them say them dey go Bayelsa oh |
| Which place for Bayelsa |
| One village they call Odi oh |
| Na im them enter our village |
| and rape our young girls |
| And make us homeless oh (chai) |
| Them kill our mama iyo |
| Them kill our ppaa iyo |
| Them kill our brothers |
| Them kill our sisters |
| And make us homeless oh |
| Wetin we go do iyo |
| Do iyo |
| Say do iyo |
| Everybody dey cry oh |
| I say Government them bad oh |
| I say them don kill them mama eh (eh eh) |
| Them don kill them papa eh |
| I say them don kill them mama |
| them papa them mama them papa them mama eh |
| I say they done kill them mama eh them papa eh ah |
| them mama eh ah |
| Wetin we go do iyo |
| Do iyo |
| Say do iyo |
| I don die oh |
| Poverty no good at all oh (chai) |
| Everyday for Nigeria |
| Na so the people them dey die oh |
| Eeeehhh, our government oh |
| Na why una make us dey cry oh |
| OOooh, everyday for Nigeria |
| Na so the people dem dey die oh |
| Them commot for house for morning oh |
| Money no dey for your hand oh |
| Police go stop you for road |
| Them go collect the one wey you get oh |
| Them lay allegation for your head oh |
| For wetin you no do iyo |
| Before you go know |
| My brother, you don dey inside cell oh |
| I say them don kill them mama eh (eh eh) |
| Them don kill them papa eh |
| I say them don kill them mama |
| them papa them mama them papa them mama eh |
| I say they done kill them mama eh them papa eh ah |
| them mama eh ah |
| Wetin we go do iyo |
| Do iyo |
| Say do iyo |