🎶 Yeah, yeah… Eh eh, see the man dey rise… Every king get him tribe, every lion get pride… Let’s go! 🎶 [VERSE 1 – (Afroswing Bounce, Guitar & Bass Groove)] When the sun don rise, he don wake up first, Carry burden wey the world no trust. Sweat for morning, pray for night, Still dey smile when the struggle tight. Behind that man, you go see his clan, Woman, children, mama and man. Na them dey push when he wan fall, Na them dey clap when he stand tall. If he turn back, na strength he see, If he lose them, na pain he be. Family na power, root wey strong, Na them dey write am life-long song. [CHORUS – (FULL ORCHESTRA + CHORAL VOICES, REVERB & LAYERED)] 🎶 Created to create a village, One man fit procreate a lineage. He carry root for generations, Ten wives, one heart — foundation! Created to create a village, Family dey make him courageous. Without them, he be smoke without fire, They be his reason, his burning desire! 🎶 (Repeat Chorus — Choir & Orchestra Lift with Layered Male/Female Voices) [VERSE 2 – (Amapiano Bassline + Trumpet & Sax Counter-Rhythm)] When he step outside, chest dey rise, Carry world for back, no compromise. He no fit fail, he no fit fear, Because his people dey always near. Every child wey call am “Papa,” Na melody wey sweet like Zaza. He build home, he plant tree, He dey think beyond you and me. Community dey form from man, A builder, protector, the plan. He sow seed wey go bear fruit, He go leave story, he go leave root! [CHORUS – (STRONGER, LAYERED, REVERB IN ORCHESTRA SWELL)] 🎶 Created to create a village, One man fit procreate a lineage. He carry root for generations, Ten wives, one heart — foundation! Created to create a village, Family dey make him courageous. Without them, he be smoke without fire, They be his reason, his burning desire! 🎶 (Echo: “He’s the root… he’s the fire…”) [BRIDGE – (SOULFUL SAX & TRUMPET MELODY + CHOIR HUMMING)] 🎶 No be muscle, na the heart, No be title, na the part. When he look back, he see his tribe, That’s the reason he survive. 🎶 [RAP VERSE – (808s + GUITAR STABS + DUNDUN GROOVE)] 🎤 Yo! To be a man, no be a day’s job, He dey grind, no time to sob. Protect, provide, na him full-time, Even when broke, he still dey shine. Everybody look up when he fall low, He swallow pain make nobody know. He cry inside but still dey smile, He walk that road a million mile. No break, no rest, no excuse, He dey give all, he no dey choose. To be a man, e heavy crown, But still he stand, he never drown. 🎶 [FINAL CHORUS – (FULL SYMPHONY EXPLOSION, LAYERED, REVERB, ORCHESTRA)] 🎶 Created to create a village, One man fit procreate a lineage. He carry root for generations, Ten wives, one heart — foundation! Created to create a village, Family dey make him courageous. Without them, he be smoke without fire, They be his reason, his burning desire! 🎶 (Repeat twice — Choir Harmonies, Orchestra Full Swell, Log Drums Pulsing) [OUTRO – SAX SOLO + GUITAR FADE + TALKING DRUM CALL] 🎶 Ehh ehh, na him be the pillar… Family na crown, love na armour… Without them, no story to tell — Man no be man without his well! 🎶
