Текст и перевод песни 9ice - Pete-pete

Pete-pete

Uuuhh, sebe le ma sun?
(Sebe le ma-?)

Ojo re bi ana ta gbominira, 1960
Nigba yen, things easy
Gege bo se wi
Ta rugbo, tomidan
L'o n dunu, pa tin gbominira
Omi inira, indeed abi ewo naira wa

Ilu polukulumushu
Tewe, tagba lon jeyan won nisu
Abe ori? Ewe eri, sugbo e ofewi
Abe ori? Agba eri, atenuje lofe pa yin
Pete-pete tana ni popa
Eni bataba kolo mofe ni

Sebe lema sun?
Teba sope omo nkan-kan
Eyin aro lema waa (sebe la maa)
Mewa nsele o
Sebe lema sun? (Sebe lema sun un?)
Eni woseju akan o
Eyin aro lema waa
Mewa nsele o

Kini suuru tio lere?
Kini ise, ti ko sere?
Won sa leyan tio loruko
Okuku sise oden rere e
Aah, ede sope a siwa l'omode
Nkan sa l'eiye nje kagbado tode
9ice, oro gidi loso
Oro to o nilari loso
Anlati fi laka yesi
Kasoro sibi torowa

Sebe le masun oo? (Sebe le masun un?)
Eyin aro lema wa a (sebe lema sun un?)
Mewa nsele o
Sebe lema sun un?
Teba ro seju akan
Eyin aro lema wa o
Mewa nsele o

Odi asiko ibo yen
Won wa s'adugbo
Won asomo je-je
Eje kan wole tan
Gbogbo eje tan je (kai!), la wo kese
Toba tun se were la siko ibo
Won ani kodo tolo bere
Won a senu mere
Kalo-kalo gbe nkan mi senu uye (kalo-kalo senu uye)

Afira aditu ti iwole
Talo dibo fun un?
Pasan ta fi na yale
Onbe lori aja fun un un
Odo elo tunramu
Ema jo anpagbon ni funfun
Fun yin
Mowi temi ii—

Asegbe kan kosi oo
Asepamo lowa (beni, beni, beni, beni—)
Ase sile labo waba
Emi oti iku, mo sile sise
Mo sile fowo wewo
Mo sile tule mise iiiii

Sebe lema sun un?
Teba sope omo nkankan
Eyin aro lema wa a
Mewa nsele o
Sebe le ma sun un?
Eni woseju akan o
Eyin aro lema waa
Sebe le maa? (Mewa nsele o)

Lema sun un
Asa o se, omo nla
Lema sun un
Lema sun un
Lema sun un
Sun un

Pete-pete

Ooooh, you want me to sleep?
(Do you want me to—?)

Look carefully at the way we were living in 1960
In those days, things were easy
Just like the elders said
Things were bountiful
Those who labored, ate to their satisfaction
Water was free, indeed who needed naira?

The cities were small
Cars, just a few were owned by the wealthy
Who was wise? A person of experience, yet even they were poor
Who was wise? An elder, who died of hunger
Pete-pete was the popular mode of transportation
People would squeeze in like they were sardines

Do you want me to sleep?
You should understand that we have many issues
You guys keep saying we should ‘manage’ (do you want me to manage?)
I’m not going to just sit and bear it all
Do you want me to sleep? (Do you want me to sleep?)
People have grown shameless
You guys keep saying we should ‘manage’
I’m not going to just sit and bear it all

What is the benefit in all this talk?
What is the use, when nothing improves?
They make empty promises in our names
But they don’t do the needful
Aah, the government says we should leave everything to the youth
But when the youth speak up, they’re met with scorn
9ice, speaks the bitter truth
The truth that will sting
He sings to us, in our own language
Speaking directly to our hearts

Do you want me to sleep oo? (Do you want me to sleep?)
You guys keep saying we should ‘manage’ (do you want me to sleep?)
I’m not going to just sit and bear it all
Do you want me to sleep?
You have shown that you are shameless
You guys keep saying we should ‘manage’
I’m not going to just sit and bear it all

In the olden days, it was different
People would come from the countryside
To the city to experience a better life
They would come and settle down
They would all live in peace (wow!), there was plenty for everyone
But now, this is no longer the case
People are now suffering and hungry
They are now living in poverty
Quickly, quickly, put my things in the suitcase (quickly, quickly put it in the suitcase)

I will curse the chief priest of the town
What has he done to me?
The herbs he gave me to bath with, have made me sick
He rode me like a horse
The river of life has dried up
Let us all go to Anpagbon and protest
For your sake
My love—

There is no respect anymore
There is no honor (it’s gone, gone, gone, gone—)
There is no more truth
I have seen death, I have stopped working
I have stopped giving
I have stopped helping people

Do you want me to sleep?
You should understand that we have many issues
You guys keep saying we should ‘manage’
I’m not going to just sit and bear it all
Do you want me to sleep?
People have grown shameless
You guys keep saying we should ‘manage’
Do you want me to? (I’m not going to just sit and bear it all)

Do you want me to sleep
It’s a bad idea, my love
Do you want me to sleep
Do you want me to sleep
Do you want me to sleep
Go to sleep