Crowd:
Ba UPND! Ba UPND!
Bally! Bally! Bally for all! ← Heavy kick + bass drop
CHORUS 1 – HOOK
This is the main anthem. Repeat 2x so people catch it early.
Bally for continuity, Bally for all! ← KICK
Zambia forward, no backwards never!
Economic master dribbler, aleya na bola!
Zambia deserves better, Bally for all! ← KICK + WHISTLE
VERSE 1 – ENGLISH + NYANJA
Hype man leads, crowd shouts “KWENYU!” after each line
Loadshedding kwenyu? Twayambapo ukulwisha!
Free education kwenyu? Bonse balefunda!
Napsa partial withdraw kwenyu? Ndalama zafika!
Bally ewo, Bally ewo, Bally for all! ← KICK
Build energy – rapid fire with shakers:
CDF 40 MILLION KWENYU!
MA YOUTH IN PARLIAMENT KWENYU!
DEBT RESTRUCTURING KWENYU!
Fertiliser plant kwenyu!
Mining sector booming! More mines, more money for free education and school feeding PROGRAMMES kwenyu!
CHORUS 2
Back to the hook. Add ad-libs: “ewo!”, “forward!”
Bally for continuity, Bally for all! ← KICK
Zambia forward, no backwards never!
Economic master dribbler, aleya na bola!
Zambia deserves better, Bally for all! ← KICK
VERSE 2 – BEMBA
Change the flow. Slightly slower, deeper vocals
Bana ba sukulu balelipila? Awe!
Free education twaletapo kwenyu
Ba teacher na ba nurse nchito shaisa
Nafimbinafimbi twalishala na Bally
Elyo twaleya kuntanshi, takwaba kubwelela!
BRIDGE – CALL & RESPONSE
Megaphone effect on leader. Crowd MUST be loud here.
Leader: Ba teacher? → Crowd: Ma jobs kwenyu!
Leader: Ba nurse? → Crowd: Ma jobs kwenyu!
Leader: Napsa? → Crowd: Partial withdraw kwenyu!
Leader: Madala social cash transfer? → Crowd: Kwenyu!
Leader: Cash for work? → Crowd: Kwenyu!
Leader: Nindani atuleta? → Crowd: Bally! Bally! Bally for all! ← KICK DROP
FINAL CHORUS + OUTRO
Double-time shakers. End on a high.
Bally for continuity, Bally for all! ← KICK
Zambia forward, no backwards never!
Economic master dribbler, aleya na bola!
Zambia deserves better, Bally for all! ← KICK
Fade with chant:
No backwards never, fwebo twakwata Bally!
Investor confidence back! Bwelela numa awe twakana, Bally forward no takataka politics!
Zambia deserves better... twalilile pamo na Bally! ← Whistle + crowd “Bally!”