[male
vocals] (
Talking
drum
and
authentic
Hausa
flute
echo)
LEAD:
Inaaa
mutanen
Zongo?
CROWD:
MUNA
NAN!
LEAD:
Nima!
Maamobi!
Madina!
Sabon
Zongo!
Shukura!
Ashaiman!
Aboabo!
Asawase!
Moshie
Zongo!
CROWD:
KU
ZO!
KU
ZO!
LEAD:
All
Zongo
people
for
Ghana—
CROWD:
KU
ZO!
KU
ZO!
LEAD:
Bismillah...
Make
we
reason
small.
ZONGO
MINISTRY—
CROWD:
YA
MUTU?
LEAD:
YAA
ALLAH!
[CHORUS] LEAD:
Zongo
Ministry!
CROWD:
YA
MUTU?
LEAD:
The
Ministry
wey
come
with
fanfare—
CROWD:
YA
MUTU?
LEAD:
Dem
say
e
purpose
achieve—
CROWD:
HOW?
LEAD:
Poverty
finish?
CROWD:
NO!
LEAD:
Development
gap
close?
CROWD:
NO!
LEAD:
Then
wetin
achieve?
CROWD:
NUNA
MANA!
[VERSE 1 — PURPOSE ACHIEVE?] Dem
create
special
Ministry.
Dem
say
Zongo
poverty
too
much,
development
gap
too
wide.
Dem
promise
to
change
the
story.
Then
dem
bring—
ZONGO
DEVELOPMENT
FUND!
CROWD:
SPECIAL
FUND!
LEAD:
But
after
one
term,
Ministry
no
be
Ministry
again.
Dem
realign
am.
Dem
say—
PURPOSE
ACHIEVE!
Subhanallah!
Poverty
finish?
CROWD:
NO!
LEAD:
Development
gap
close?
CROWD:
NO!
LEAD:
Then
wetin
achieve?
CROWD:
TELL
WE!
[VERSE 2 — WHERE THE EXTRA?] Before
Zongo
Fund
come—
School
no
dey
Zongo?
CROWD:
E
DEY!
LEAD:
Road?
Clinic?
Streetlight?
CROWD:
DEM
DEY!
LEAD:
Central
government
dey
develop
Zongo.
District
Assemblies
dey
develop
Zongo.
Because
Zongo
people
too
be
Ghana
people!
So
when
SPECIAL
Fund
come—
Wallahi!
We
expect
something
EXTRA!
[HOOK — PLUS ONE, MINUS ONE] LEAD:
Normal
government
development—
CROWD:
PLUS
ONE!
LEAD:
Special
Zongo
Fund—
CROWD:
PLUS
ONE!
LEAD:
One
plus
one?
CROWD:
TWO!
LEAD:
But
if
the
old
one
disappear—
CROWD:
MINUS
ONE!
LEAD:
Plus
one,
minus
one?
CROWD:
EQUALS
ZERO!
LEAD:
Yaa
Allah!
Where
the
EXTRA
dey?
CROWD:
NUNA
MANA!
[VERSE 3 — WHAT BE SPECIAL?] LEAD:
Dem
say— "
WE
GIVE
ZONGO
STREETLIGHT!"
Streetlight
good!
CROWD:
ALHAMDULILLAH!
LEAD:
Road
good!
Classroom
good!
CROWD:
ALHAMDULILLAH!
LEAD:
But
before
the
Fund,
government
no
dey
do
these
things?
CROWD:
E
DEY
DO!
LEAD:
District
Assembly
no
dey
do
am?
CROWD:
E
DEY
DO!
LEAD:
So
wetin
make
am
SPECIAL?
CROWD:
SHOW
WE
THE
EXTRA!
[VERSE 4 — THE BIGGER MATTER] LEAD:
Zongo
development
pass
football
pitch.
The
matter
big
pass
that!
Education!
CROWD:
WE
NEED
AM!
LEAD:
Jobs
and
skills!
CROWD:
WE
NEED
AM!
LEAD:
Healthcare!
CROWD:
WE
NEED
AM!
LEAD:
Business
opportunities!
CROWD:
WE
NEED
AM!
LEAD:
Close
the
development
gap!
CROWD:
THAT
BE
THE
PROMISE!
[BREAKDOWN — MUSIC DROPS] LEAD:
Dem
come
with
Ministry—
CROWD:
PLENTY
FANFARE!
LEAD:
Dem
come
with
Fund—
CROWD:
PLENTY
PROMISE!
LEAD:
Then
Ministry
no
be
Ministry
again.
Dem
say—
PURPOSE
ACHIEVE!
[PAUSE] LEAD:
Yaa
Allah...
Poverty
finish?
CROWD:
NO!
LEAD:
Development
gap
close?
CROWD:
NO!
LEAD:
Then
wetin
achieve?
CROWD:
NUNA
MANA!
[VERSE 5 — NO BE FAVOUR] LEAD:
Zongo
people
no
dey
beg!
CROWD:
WE
BE
GHANAIANS!
LEAD:
Road
for
Zongo—
CROWD:
NO
BE
FAVOUR!
LEAD:
School
for
Zongo—
CROWD:
NO
BE
FAVOUR!
LEAD:
Clinic
and
streetlight—
CROWD:
NO
BE
FAVOUR!
LEAD:
Na
government
responsibility!
But
SPECIAL
Ministry,
SPECIAL
Fund,
SPECIAL
intervention—
CROWD:
SHOW
WE
THE
EXTRA!
[FINAL CHORUS] LEAD:
ZONGO
MINISTRY!
CROWD:
YA
MUTU?
LEAD:
Poverty
finish?
CROWD:
NO!
LEAD:
Development
gap
close?
CROWD:
NUNA
MANA!
LEAD:
YAA
ALLAH!
Where
the
EXTRA
dey?
CROWD:
NUNA
MANA!
[FINAL HOOK] LEAD:
Normal
development—
CROWD:
PLUS
ONE!
LEAD:
Zongo
Fund—
CROWD:
PLUS
ONE!
LEAD:
But
if
the
old
one
disappear—
CROWD:
MINUS
ONE!
LEAD:
PLUS
ONE,
MINUS
ONE!
[FADE] Zongo
Ministry...
CROWD:
NUNA
MANA!
[FINAL HOOK] LEAD:
Normal
development—
CROWD:
PLUS
ONE!
LEAD:
Zongo
Fund—
CROWD:
PLUS
ONE!
LEAD:
But
if
the
old
one
disappear—
CROWD:
MINUS
ONE!
LEAD:
PLUS
ONE,
MINUS
ONE!
LEAD:
ZONGO
MINISTRY!
CROWD:
YA
MUTU?
[OUTRO — HAUSA FLUTE / BASS FADING] LEAD:
Yaa
Allah...
If
the
problem
still
dey,
how
the
purpose
achieve?
If
SPECIAL
Fund
come
on
top
normal
development—
Where
the
EXTRA
dey?
CROWD:
NUNA
MANA...
LEAD:
May
Allah
bless
our
Zongos.
May
Allah
bless
Ghana.
CROWD:
AMEEN!
[FADE] Zongo
Ministry...
CROWD:
YA
MUTU?