[male
vocals] (
Whistle
blows) (
Congas
and
heavy
handclaps
start,
drums
and
trumpets)
Fanteakwa
North!
Begoro!
Zongo
Caucus!
Who
has
walked
with
the
people?
CROWD:
AWALE
WAHAB!
Who
was
serving
before
the
position
came?
CROWD:
AWALE
WAHAB!
Who
is
asking
the
people
to
renew
his
mandate?
CROWD:
Ɛyɛ
Zaaaa!
[VERSE 1 — SERVICE BEFORE POSITION] Before
the
title
came,
the
service
was
already
there.
Before
becoming
Zongo
Caucus
Coordinator,
Awale
Wahab
was
working
for
NDC.
Even
before
voting
age,
he
was
learning,
mobilising,
supporting,
and
standing
with
the
party.
Through
different
generations,
he
supported
our
parliamentary
candidates—
Hon.
Samuel
Ofosu-Ampofo!
Hon.
Abass
Fuseini
Sbaabe!
Apaw
Wiredu
Haroun!
Different
times,
different
campaigns—
Awale
kept
serving!
LEAD:
Before
the
position?
CROWD:
HE
WAS
THERE!
LEAD:
Before
the
title?
CROWD:
HE
WAS
THERE!
LEAD:
For
the
NDC?
CROWD:
HE
WAS
THERE!
[CHORUS] Awale
Wahab!
CROWD:
RENEW
THE
MANDATE!
Awale
Wahab!
CROWD:
ZONGO
CAUCUS!
He
was
serving
before
the
position
came!
He
was
working
before
the
title
came!
Today
he
comes
back
to
the
people—
Awale
Wahab!
CROWD:
RENEW
THE
MANDATE!
CROWD:
RENEW
THE
MANDATE!
[VERSE 2 — THE FANTEAKWA JOURNEY] From
Begoro
to
OboƆho—
CROWD:
AWALE
KNOWS
THE
ROAD!
Besea!
Abourso!
Dorminase!
Odortom!
CROWD:
HE
HAS
BEEN
THERE!
Dedeso!
Mpaem!
Papramantang!
Konkronso!
CROWD:
HE
KNOWS
THE
PEOPLE!
Amokrom!
Asarebuso!
Addokrom!
Asarekwao!
Miaso!
Feyiase!
Ahomam!
Akoradaako!
Apaah!
Akwansrem!
And
every
corner
of
Fanteakwa
North!
LEAD:
Community
to
community!
CROWD:
HE
BUILT
RELATIONSHIPS!
LEAD:
People
to
people!
CROWD:
HE
WALKED
WITH
THEM!
[SHORT CHORUS] Awale
Wahab!
CROWD:
RENEW
THE
MANDATE!
Service
before
position!
CROWD:
AWALE
WAHAB!
Commitment
before
title!
CROWD:
AWALE
WAHAB!
[VERSE 3 — ZONGO SERVICE] Then
the
mandate
came—
Constituency
Zongo
Caucus
Coordinator!
But
Awale
did
not
begin
serving
the
Zongos
that
day.
The
work
had
already
started.
Even
under
difficult
circumstances,
he
stood
with
our
Zongo
communities.
He
supported
the
party.
He
supported
the
activists.
He
kept
the
relationships
alive.
Because
leadership
is
not
only
about
position—
It
is
about
what
you
were
doing
before
the
position
came!
[BRIDGE — MUSIC SOFTENS] Today,
Awale
Wahab
returns
to
the
people
of
Fanteakwa
North.
Not
as
a
stranger.
Not
as
somebody
who
discovered
the
grassroots
because
elections
have
come.
He
comes
with
his
service.
He
comes
with
his
relationships.
He
comes
with
his
experience.
And
he
asks:
Renew
my
mandate
to
continue
the
work.
[BUILD-UP — DRUMS / HORNS] LEAD:
Begoro!
CROWD:
AWALE
WAHAB!
LEAD:
Zongo
Caucus!
CROWD:
AWALE
WAHAB!
LEAD:
Who
was
there
before
the
position?
CROWD:
AWALE
WAHAB!
LEAD:
Who
is
ready
to
continue?
CROWD:
AWALE
WAHAB!
[FINAL CHORUS — FULL BAND] Awale
Wahab!
CROWD:
RENEW
THE
MANDATE!
CROWD:
HE
WAS
THERE!
[CHORUS] Awale
Wahab!
CROWD:
RENEW
THE
MANDATE!
Awale
Wahab!
[CHORUS] Awale
Wahab!
CROWD:
RENEW
THE
MANDATE!
Awale
Wahab!
[CHORUS] Awale
Wahab!
CROWD:
RENEW
THE
MANDATE!
Awale
Wahab!
CROWD:
Ɛyɛ
Zaaaa!
AWALE
WAHAB!
CROWD:
RENEW
THE
MANDATE! [
SHORT
HORN —
FADE]