[Verse 1] You
mount
podium,
white
kaftan
clean, "
My
fellow
Ghanaians,"
big
TV
screen,
You
promise
factory,
one
district
one,
Four
years
waka,
where
dem
dey
gone?
Cedi
dey
fall
like
mango
for
June,
You
say "
global
crisis" —
same
old
tune.
Joker,
joker,
it's
not
funny
anymore,
We
laugh
taya,
we
no
go
take
no
more,
Trotro
price
double,
light
bill
triple,
You
dey
drink
champagne,
we
dey
sip
ripple.
Joker,
joker,
it's
not
funny
anymore,
Comot
di
mask,
make
we
see
di
raw.
[Chorus] Joker...
joker...
Eei!
You
dey
laugh?
Joker,
joker...[
Intro]
[Verse 2] Honorable
talk
say
make
we
sacrifice,
But
na
im
get V8
with
the
flashing
lights,
Road
to
Circle
still
get
big
pothole,
You
cut
sod
today,
next
year
same
hole.
Budget
read,
English
heavy
heavy,
But
for
makola,
kenkey
still
no
be
plenty.
Dumsor
come
back
with
different
name,
You
rename
darkness,
but
darkness
same.
[Bridge - Toasting / Spoken word over bass & drums] Chale,
listen:
You
talk
left,
you
waka
right,
You
borrow
hundred,
you
say
ten
tonight.
You
say
free
this,
free
that
for
vote,
After
vote,
you
tighten
our
throat.
No,
we
no
want
fight,
we
no
want
war,
We
just
want
truth —
no
be
grammar
war.
[Verse 3 - Mellow, conscious] We
no
want
circus
for
Black
Star
Square,
We
want
clinic
dey
work,
school
dey
fair,
Small
truth
pass
big
big
promise,
One
working
tap
pass
ten
boreholes
wey
nonsense.
So
laugh
if
you
like,
but
we
open
eye,
Hunger
no
know
NDC,
NPP —
e
dey
cry
same
cry.
[Final Chorus - All voices, call & response] Joker,
joker,
it's
not
funny
anymore! (
Yabrɛ
o!)
We
been
laughin'
but
we
can't
take
no
more! (
Yɛn
nyinaa
abrɛ!)
Joker,
joker,
your
joke
expire,
Inflation
be
fire,
you
be
supplier.
Joker,
joker,
it's
not
funny
anymore...
Make
you
comot
there,
make
proper
man
come
more.
Put
down
di
shades,
put
down
di
mic,
We
see
you
clear
for
daylight.[
Outro]