AFRI-TUNES WEEK 19|| WOMAN BY SIMI|| ELECTRIC GUITAR COVER
Hello my people. What's popping! I hope the weekend is going smoothly.
On my own part, all I can say is that am chilling to good vibes.
It's Afri-tunes week 18. It's another big opportunity to showcase and celebrate AFROBEAT and African music. Like I always say, afri-tunes have peculiar vibes that brings the listener to want to dance to it's beat, so get ready because this time it's vibe on vibe!!
This week, I bring you something rich and special. It's a very beautiful song by our own beloved simisola titled "Woman" a beautiful song that highlights the plight of women in the society.
This is evident in the opening line of the song where the singer says "woman Don suffer" which is a pidgin English translation of women have suffered.
I would say that the song has a feminist undertone. In other words, the song is both a revelation of the many discriminations and insult women go through in the society and an eye opener for women to stand up for their rights.
In utmost sincerity, she has a point because women especially in the African society has been disregarded as some underdog. Even when they merit some accolades, it is rather given to men in their lives as it is believed that women's only function is in the kitchen.
Fortunately, this horrible experience of women is continously diminishing and women are being recognised by their merits these days compared to before. Thanks to active feminists like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and of course, Simi, the singer of this beautiful song.
The message of the song is a very powerful and revolutionary one.
More and more still need to be done in other to fully secure the rights of women in our society.
Simi is so talented that she mirrored the instrumental pattern of the grand pioneer of AFROBEATs known as Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Fela in his days had released a song tittled Suffering and smiling
A song with deep existencial questions for Nigerians and Africans. This time, Simi adapted his style of music but carried a different message. The message of women's right. Hence the name of the song "Woman"
Below is the YouTube link to the original song.
Below you can find the lyrics of the song.
Song Lyrics
Play "Woman"
on TIDAL
"Woman"
Woman don suffer o
Lowo everybody
Suffer suffer for world - amen
Enjoy for heaven
Man e no like woman
Woman no like woman
She no be like water
Water - e no get enemy
If woman never marry o
Then she no be woman
If woman never carry omo
She no be woman
If she no get man for side o
Dem go dey push woman aside o
And eventually o
Dem go suffer suffer woman
I never talk finish
I never talk finish
I never talk
Woman woman woman
Nobody be like woman
I never talk finish
I never talk finish
I never talk
Woman woman woman
Nobody be like woman
Na so so submission, oh
Se we get assignment
Suffer suffer for world - amen
Enjoy for heaven
But you no pay attention, oh
To the intimidation she dey face
No be like water
Water - e no get enemy
If woman get confidence, oh
Then she no be woman
Woman get money, won a l'asewo ni
She no be woman
If she no get man for side o
Dem go dey push woman aside o
And eventually o
Dem go suffer suffer woman
I never talk finish
I never talk finish
I never talk
Woman woman woman
Nobody be like woman
I never talk finish
I never talk finish
I never talk
Woman woman woman
Nobody be like woman
Amen amen
Woman woman woman
Nobody be like woman
Amen amen
Woman woman woman
Nobody be like woman
Many thanks to all who have supported me in various ways.
I love you all💖💖💖
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