Intro (Both + ad-libs)
Ohhh yeah yeah… (Uh uh!)
When the rain fall, you no run away (Never!)
When the storm blow, you still dey (By my side!)
O baby, na you I go celebrate (Celebrate!)
Verse 1 (Singer A – storytelling)
When I no get shishi, when my pocket dry (Dry o!)
You dey hold my hand, say “baby we go fly” (We go fly!)
Others laugh me say, “This one no go shine” (No go shine!)
But you dey whisper hope, say “honey take your time”
Verse 2 (Singer B – contrast)
Another woman see me then, she waka go (She waka go!)
Say the hustle too long, say my fire low (My fire low!)
Now tables don turn, blessing dey overflow (Overflow!)
She dey knock my door, but baby I tell her no (Tell her no!)
Pre-Chorus (Both – call & response)
(A) Where you dey when hunger dey bite?
(B) I no see you that time o!
(A) Where you dey when darkness dey night?
(B) Baby, you no shine your light o!
(A) But one woman stay, through the pain, through the rain
(Both) Na she be my queen, na she dey my vein
Chorus (Both – harmonized)
She stayed (She stayed!)
When the road rough and hard (So hard!)
She stayed (She stayed!)
When I no get any card (No card!)
She stayed (She stayed!)
Now blessing dey overflow (Overflow!)
Omalicha, na you I go love forever (Forever o!)
Hook (Cultural chant – Both, call & response)
🎶 Igbo:
“Omalicha nwanyi, ị bụ ndụ m” (Pretty woman, you are my life)
“Omalicha nwanyi, ị ga na-adị m nso” (Pretty woman, you will stay close to me)
🎶 Yoruba:
“Ayanmidé, ololufe mi” (My joy has come, my love)
“Ayanmidé, mo ní fẹ́ ẹ́ titi” (My joy has come, I will love you forever)
(Ad-libs: You stayed… you stayed… my baby you stayed!)
Verse 3 (Singer A – uplift)
Now we dey ride clean, we dey shine bright (Shine bright!)
Everywhere we go, people dey high five (High five!)
But I no forget, who wipe my tears dry (Tears dry!)
Na you be my angel, my sugar, my wife (My wife!)
Bridge (Singer B – with echoes)
(A) Some go love you when money dey… (Only when e dey!)
(B) Some go run when wahala dey… (When wahala dey!)
(A) But the true one go hold your hand, never let go
(Both) Na you be the true one, baby, I want the whole world to know
Chorus + Hook (Full band energy)
She stayed (She stayed!)
When the road rough and hard (So hard!)
She stayed (She stayed!)
When I no get any card (No card!)
She stayed (She stayed!)
Now blessing dey overflow (Overflow!)
Omalicha, na you I go love forever (Forever o!)
🎶 Igbo:
“Omalicha nwanyi, ị bụ ndụ m”
“Omalicha nwanyi, ị ga na-adị m nso”
🎶 Yoruba:
“Ayanmidé, ololufe mi”
“Ayanmidé, mo ní fẹ́ ẹ́ titi”
Outro (Both – soft fade)
When others run away… you stayed (You stayed!)
When my sky dark grey… you prayed (You prayed!)
Now the sun don shine, my joy don rise
Na you be my queen till the end of time…
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