Ireti (Tears of the Heart)

Intro

Tears dey flow like rain

But hope still remain

Verse 1

My heart dey break into pieces today

Pain settle for house wey I no fit pay

Tears don fill my eyes like flood water

Wetin I do wey life scatter scatter?

E choke, the weight too much for my shoulder

But deep inside, a voice dey whisper softer

"Omo, you go survive this darkness

Your strength dey hidden in this sadness"

Chorus

Ireti, ireti, tears of the heart

But I no go break, I go start from start

Ireti, ireti, pain go pass away

My strength dey rise like the break of day

E don happen, but it no be the end

I go rise again, I go rise again

Verse 2

Every tear wey I cry dey teach me something

How to hold myself when my spirit dey running

From the ghosts wey chase me in the night time

But morning come and the light dey shine bright

My sista, my broda, I know you dey struggle

But this pain na just the ground wey we muddle

Before the flower bloom, the seed must go down

Before the crown, you must know the thorns crown

Chorus

Ireti, ireti, tears of the heart

But I no go break, I go start from start

Ireti, ireti, pain go pass away

My strength dey rise like the break of day

Outro

Tears of the heart

But hope dey smart

Ireti... ireti...

I go rise, I go rise