Translation of the song Umuigbo artist Flavour
Umuigbo
Igbo People
Anywhere you go o
Anywhere you go
Anywhere you go o
Anywhere you go
If you no see Ịgbọ man
If you don't see an Igbo man
Nwanne gị bòchaa
Brother, you're messed up (run)
(Ayamma mma)
(Ayamm mma)
Bòchapu ósò na ébé ahụ l'élu ele
Run away for that place is rotten
(Ayamma mma)
(Ayamma mma)
Lachapu ósò na ébé ahụ tiri eti
Run away for that place is a dead end
(Ayamma mma)
(Ayamma mma)
Obodo sịrị ike ka ndị Ịgbọ ná-abanye
Even in a country that is hard to enter, Igbos are there
(Ayamma mma)
(Ayamma mma)
Ha banye ébé ahụ hà ebulu ike wee pụta
When they enter the place, they become established
(Ayamma mma)
(Ayamma mma)
Ugochukwu nyere anyị nyawa k'anyi ji aga nụ
God's wealth is what we are using to move forward
(Ayamma mma)
(Ayamma mma)
Iyooko iyoo oko oko
Iyooko iyoo oko oko
Ụmụ Ịgbọ nile, ụmụ Ịgbọ nile
All Igbos, all Igbos
Let's come together n'anyi ncha bụ ofu
Let's come together because we are all one
Chukwu bụ ike anyị o
God is our strength
Chukwu bụ ike anyị o
God is our strength
Chukwu bụ ike anyị o
God is our strength
Nyawa k'anyi ji aga
And that's what we are using to move forward
Ka m'naba n'ala Ịgbọ ébé ahụ amulu mụ
Let me go home to Igboland, where I was born
(Ayamma mma)
(Ayamma mma)
I nee m anya n'ukwu na ife mụ yiri bụ Aba
When you look at my feet, I'm wearing Aba1 footwears
(Ayamma mma)
(Ayamma mma)
Innoson Group motor kà ọ na-aluzi
Innoson Group2 is now assembling cars
(Ayamma mma)
(Ayamma mma)
Made in Nnewi nyanwa ka m na-achọ nụ
Things made in Nnewi is what I'm looking for
(Ayamma mma)
(Ayamma mma)
Abakiliki rice nyanwa ka m na-erizi
I will eat Abakaliki3 rice
(Ayamma mma)
(Ayamma mma)
Akụ lụọ uno amalu nụ ébé o si bido
The wealth of the house knows where it began
Makana
Because
Anywhere you go o
Anywhere you go
Anywhere you go o
Anywhere you go
If you no see Ịgbọ man
If you don't see an Igbo man
Nwanne gị bòchaa
Brother, you're messed up
Chukwu bụ ike anyị o
God is our strength,
Chukwu bụ ike anyị o
God is our strength,
Chukwu bụ ike anyị o
God is our strength
Nyawa k'anyi ji aga
And that is what we are using to move forward
Ọ gịnị dị mèrè, na-anyị adị emezi nwanne
What happened that we aren't showing one another brotherly love
Ọ gịnị dị mèrè, asụsụ anyị ji àlà
What's wrong, our language is fading
Ònye Ịgbọ mụta nwa nuu, osubalu ya oyibo
When an Igbo man gives birth, he'll speak English language to his children
Oyibo amaka maná oburo asụsụ anyị o
English is good, but it's not our language
Ijele be anyị ọ ya kà i na-eme e
Our Ijele4, you're saying the facts
Biggie nwanne m, Ịgbọ bụ Ịgbọ anyị ekulie
Biggie my brother, all Igbos let's rise
Ụmụ Ịgbọ nile, ụmụ Ịgbọ nile
All Igbos, all Igbos
Let's come together n'anyi ncha bụ ofu
Let's come together because we are all one
Chukwu bụ ike anyị o
God is our strength,
Chukwu bụ ike anyị o
God is our strength,
Chukwu bụ ike anyị o
God is our strength
Nyawa k'anyi ji aga
And that's what we are using to move forward
Alili eligbuo mụ ndi be anyị e gburu n'agha a
I'm sorrowful because of our people that were killed5
(Ayamma mma)
(Ayamma mma)
Akpata oyi na awụ mụ nyawa ka m ji ebezi
I have goosebumps and that's why I'm crying
(Ayamma mma)
(Ayamma mma)
They rape our womenu nya kà m ji etizi
They rape our women and that's why I'm screaming
They starve our children nya ka' m ji ebezi
They starve our children and that's why I'm crying
(Ayamma mma)
(Ayamma mma)
Nnamdi Kalu, nwanne ji s'ike
Nnamdi Kanu6, my brother, keep going
(Ayamma mma)
(Ayamma mma)
Emee élú, mee àlà ná uche Chukwu ga-emelili
No matter what happens, God's plan will come to pass
Ụmụ Ịgbọ nile, ụmụ Ịgbọ nile,
All Igbos, all Igbos
Let's come together n'anyi ncha bụ ofu
Let's come together because we are all one
Maka ná anywhere you go o
Because anywhere you go oo
Anywhere you go o
Anywhere you go oo
If you no see Ịgbọ man
If you don't see an Igbo man
Nwanne gi bòchaa
Brother, you're messed up
Bòchapu ósò na ébé ahụ l'élu ele
Run away for that place is messed up
(Ayamma mma)
(Ayamma mma)
Lachapu ósò na ébé ahụ tiri eti
Run away for that place is messed up
Ụmụ Ịgbọ na-agba mbọ nụ nya k'anyi na-ekwu nụ
(Ayamma mma)
(Ayamma mma)
We Igbos are industrious, and that's what we're saying
Ajọ mmụọ ná Ajọ mmadụ fa na-eme ná nkịtị
Evil spirits nor evil people can't do anything for they are wasting their time
Ijele nwanne m Chukwu k'anyi ji aga
My brother Ijele, we're moving forward with God
(Ayamma mma)
(Ayamma mma)
Biggie Igbo nwanne Chukwu ka m ji aga
Biggie Igbo my brother, we're moving forward with God
Maka ná Chukwu bụ ịke anyị o
Because God is our strength
Chukwu bụ ịke anyị o
God is our strength
Chukwu bụ ịke anyị o
God is our strength
Nyawa k'anyi ji aga
And we are moving forward with God
Genevieve nwa na ndị Ịgbọ ji gị aba (Ada Mbaise)
Genevieve7, child of Igbo, we're walking with you (first daughter of Mbaise)
Ijele nwanne na ndị Ịgbọ ji gị aga
Ijele my brother, we Igbos are walking with you
Ogadagidi be anyi na ndị Ịgbọ ji gị aba
Ogadagidi8 our own, we Igbos are walking with you
Chimamanda Adichie na ndị Ịgbọ ji gị aba
Chimamanda Adichie9, we Igbos are walking with you
Bangladesh ka ndị Ịgbọ na-etipado
Bangladesh is where we Igbos are entering
Obi na South ná ndị Ịgbọ ji gị ekwú
Obi in South, we Igbos are using you to speak
Iyookoko iyookoko m na-akụ kwa
Iyookoko iyookoko is what I'm playing here
Mix Monster
Mix Monster
Iyo m iyo m iyoo koko
Iyo m iyo m iyoo koko