🎵 Title: ASETENA BƆNE (Life Hard for Here)

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Intro (Spoken / Chant TWI)

Asetena bɔne bor nee

Ɛnyɛ yɛn bɔne, na yɛyɛ deɛ yɛde yɛ ho…

Ghana no yɛ den, but yɛbɛ yare no…

Ewiase no yɛ struggle, enti yɛn ho yɛ den…

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Hook (Chant in TWI)X2

Asetena bɔne, yɛre yɛ yɛ ho

Adwuma nni hɔ, sika nni hɔ, but yɛn nsusuw yɛn ho

Ɛyɛ den ooo, but yɛn ho yɛ den

Ghana nkumaa yɛn yɛ fighters, we move again

(Translation: Life hard, but we still dey fight it. No work, no money, but we dey hustle through.)

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Verse 1 (TWI-English Mix)x2

Ɛyɛ a, wo school na wo graduati

Na wo kɔ hɔ, na wopɛ job, “no vacancy”

Ɛyɛ asem oo, Ghana yɛ den

Sɛ yɛn mmrɛ mu, yɛde yɛn ho bɛ yɛ den

Tax yɛ hyɛ yɛn so, but asikafo yɛ dɛ

Wogye yɛn votes, na w’ada sɛɛ

Streets yɛ brutal, yɛn soro yɛ kɛseɛ

But yɛde grind no bɛ yɛ no yɛ fɛ

(Punchline vibe: “Ghana life is chess, ɛnyɛ Ludu”)

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Hook (Repeat)x2

Asetena bɔne, yɛre yɛ yɛ ho

Adwuma nni hɔ, sika nni hɔ, but yɛn nsusuw yɛn ho

Ɛyɛ den ooo, but yɛn ho yɛ den

Ghana nkumaa yɛn yɛ fighters, we move again

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Verse 2 (Real Talk Verse)X2

Yɛtɔ nsuo yɛn ho, na y’aduane yɛ loan

Yɛgu traffic no mu, yɛn mpaboa yɛ torn

Ahokyere no yɛ dɛ, but yɛn ho yɛ strong

Yɛnsuro “system,” yɛbɛ yɛ ampa, life must go on

Nipa bɛ yɛ ho fɛ sɛ sika ba

But yɛde yɛn nkutaho yɛn ho yɛ papa

One day, yɛbɛ sɔre, yɛbɛ yɛ nkɔso

Ɛnyɛ sɛ yɛ pɛ bɔne, yɛpɛ asem pa

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Outro (Spoken Word TWI — Raw & Emotional)X2

Asetena bɔne, but yɛbɛ yɛ den…

Ghana boys, Ghana girls, yɛn ho yɛ dɛ…

Yɛbɛ fa yɛn ho yɛ nkɔs