LYRICS TO RUGGEDMANS NEWS HIT---RUGGEDY BABA

ARTIST: RUGGEDMAN Feat.9ICE TRACK TITLE: RUGGEDY BABA PRODUCER: ID CABASA Atewo mo bala/ (I spread my palm and see lines) A o mo eni to ko/ (I don’t know who wrote them) We spit in pidjin awon kan n wuko You better show where you belong/ Ruggedy Baba opomulero mo ja lekan/ (Ruggedy Baba the pillar that holds the building) Ruggedy Baba opomulero mo ja lekan/ (Ruggedy Baba the pillar that holds the building) Sa maa/ wo wan/ niran/ (Just keep looking at them) VERSE .1 Once again its me the individual running the game physical/ I am here to open my mouth again and yarn spiritual/ To speak from my heart/let you know where e dey pain me/ As people dey back bite and talk about me up in this industry/ Where dem been dey when I dey speak for mechanics and shoe makers/ Dem dey talk around the subject like our lawmakers/ Before I dropped Ehen the industry was messed up/ Fakers dey rule while realer rappers dem dey stressed up/ Nobody did a damn thing until I came through/ I cleared the whole area now real rappers have a say too/ Now people dey listen to em/come for our shows and clap for em/ Some dey take am to the next level with hip hop forums/ From Nigeria the world only know Juju, Fuji and Afro beat/ but we all know hip hop is running the streets/ Wetin go make them know where your music come from/ in the long run/ Na the fussion of grammar, your slang and your mother tongue/ CHORUS: Atewo mo bala/ (I spread my palm and see lines) A o mo eni to ko/ (I don’t know who wrote them) We spit in pidjin awon kan n wuko You better show where you belong/ Ruggedy Baba opomulero mo ja lekan/ (Ruggedy Baba the pillar that holds the building) Sa maa/ wo wan/ niran/ (Just keep looking at them) Spit more/ in your mother tongue/ till the people say say they want more VERSE 2 I’m tired of people and gossip/ I don switch from smile to frown/ I’m tired of so called hip-hop heads whispering that I am not holding it down/ Say I don change from the way I be before/ Say now I dey spit for pidjin/ Dem prefer me when I been be/ hard core/ Like when I dropped What If and split the air waves/ Bur financially that left me grounded like Nigerian Airways / What if I tell you say I only do one or two shows/ What if dem no pay me well enough to buy one good shoe or some good clothes?/ And say Paul Play/ Had a hand in letting me know/ What it will take for me to rearrange and eventually blow/ While you sit around and talk shit / our elders mock our shit/ Cos of our too much metaphorical out of space type shit/ When some rap/ Dem no know where we dey come from/ Back then two rappers on stage was like seven throwing a tantrum/ We need to change that/put a face to our music/ Let the world know where we come from/ Let no one abuse it/ CHORUS: Atewo mo bala/ (I spread my palm and see lines) A o mo eni to ko/ (I don’t know who wrote them) We spit in pidjin awon kan n wuko You better show where you belong/ Ruggedy Baba opomulero mo ja lekan/ (Ruggedy Baba the pillar that holds the building) Sa maa/ wo wan/ niran/ (Just keep looking at them) Spit more/ in your mother tongue/ till the people say say they want more VERSE .3 Now let me address this issue of keeping it real/ The one subject wey I go say dey make me vex still/ Cos of how some emcees feel/ About these three words whenever they open their mouths/ Look my guy/ I no fit shout/ I go only ask whats keeping it real?/ Is it singing or rapping like Oyibo or doing what you and your own people can feel? / Some say I sell out because I do dance track they call me Baraje master/ Forgetting it got me fame and money faster/ Forget the latter I’ll move to the next chapter faster/ I’m just speaking my mind playing my controversial character/ The way I’ve been known to do when I spit it straight out to you/ You better recognize a real brother that’s reaching out to you/ Speaking pidjin and dance tracks no mean say I no keep am real/ That’s just me so how else I wan be to be real?/ My rules are spit in whatever language but make sense/ I did that and I’ve been hot ever since/ CHORUS: Atewo mo bala/ (I spread my palm and see lines) A o mo eni to ko/ (I don’t know who wrote them) We spit in pidjin awon kan n wuko You better show where you belong/ Ruggedy Baba opomulero mo ja lekan/ (Ruggedy Baba the pillar that holds the building) Sa maa/ wo wan/ niran/ (Just keep looking at them) Spit more/ in your mother tongue/ till the people say say they want more