[male
vocals] (
Talking
drum
rhythm
pulses,
Hausa
flute
melody
rises)
LEAD:
Inaaa
mutanen
Zongo?
CROWD:
MUNA
NAN!
LEAD:
Nima!
Maamobi!
Madina!
CROWD:
KU
ZO!
LEAD:
Sabon
Zongo!
Shukura!
Ashaiman!
CROWD:
KU
ZO!
LEAD:
Aboabo!
Asawase!
Moshie
Zongo!
CROWD:
KU
ZO!
LEAD:
All
Zongo
people
for
Ghana—
CROWD:
KU
ZO!
KU
ZO!
LEAD:
Bismillah...
Make
we
reason
small.
CROWD:
YA
MUTU?
LEAD:
YAA
ALLAH!
[CHORUS] LEAD:
Zongo
Ministry!
CROWD:
YA
MUTU?
LEAD:
The
Ministry
wey
come
with
fanfare—
CROWD:
YA
MUTU?
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!
CROWD:
DEM
DEY!
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!
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?
LEAD:
Yaa
Allah!
Where
the
EXTRA
dey?
CROWD:
NUNA
MANA!
[VERSE 3 — WHAT BE SPECIAL?] Dem
say— "
WE
GIVE
ZONGO
STREETLIGHT!"
Streetlight
good!
CROWD:
ALHAMDULILLAH!
LEAD:
Road
good!
CROWD:
ALHAMDULILLAH!
LEAD:
Classroom
good!
CROWD:
ALHAMDULILLAH!
But
before
Zongo
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] Mahama
talk
say
Zongo
problem
pass
football
pitch.
E
pass
teaching
women
how
to
cook
waakye.
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:
TELL
WE!
LEAD:
ZONGO
MINISTRY—
CROWD:
YA
MUTU?
[VERSE 5 — NO BE FAVOUR] Zongo
people
no
dey
beg!
WE
BE
GHANAIANS!
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?
CROWD:
NO!
LEAD:
Dem
say
purpose
achieve—
CROWD:
NUNA
MANA!
LEAD:
YAA
ALLAH!
Show
we
the
EXTRA!
CROWD:
NUNA
MANA!
[FINAL HOOK] LEAD:
Normal
development—
CROWD:
PLUS
ONE!
LEAD:
Zongo
Fund—
LEAD:
But
if
the
old
one
disappear—
CROWD:
MINUS
ONE!
LEAD:
Plus
one,
minus
one?
[OUTRO — HAUSA FLUTE / BASS FADING] Yaa
Allah...
If
the
problem
still
dey,
how
the
purpose
achieve?
If
SPECIAL
Fund
come
on
top
normal
development...
Where
the
EXTRA
dey?
Nuna
mana...
May
Allah
bless
our
Zongos.
May
Allah
bless
Ghana.
CROWD:
AMEEN!
[FADE] Zongo
Ministry...
Ya
mutu?