Iya (Suffering) Asa (Asha) ft Kezia Jones lyrics

This is as close as I can get it, if you find something wrong please correct. If you want to add the chords…please comment.

We just dey die for nothing, too much disease for this land

Every day we go dey pray, God help us, save us

Too much money pass my eyes, all natures do na smell am

Man mus  work and just (get) survive but illusions, plenty

Chorus

Ko mo de ma sheru lojo iya ni iya ni oh oh

Ke mi ma lubata fe gbe mi oh oh o iya ni, iya ti o da

Ai mon iye yan lati she gbe iya ni, iya ni oh oh

Ai mon iye yan tio rishe she iya ni, iya ti o da oh oh, I ya ni, iya ti o da

Vs 2

Brothers they kill each other, hatred dey fly out of people

Coz the justice flow like water, in the now distrustful nation

Brother Sisters make a way come, and see the way this worl an turn around

Wagin war nobe watin we want, coz peace na watin we need

Brother Sisters make a way come, and see the way this worl an turn around

Wagin war nobe watin we want, coz peace na watin we need

Chorus

Ko mo de ma sheru lojo iya ni iya ni oh oh

Ke mi ma lubata fe gbe mi oh oh o iya ni, iya ti o da

Ai mon iye yan lanti  she gbe iya ni, iya ni oh oh

Ai mon iye yan ti o rishe she iya ni, iya ni oh oh oh oh

Make them see you now, make them see you now

Ade hear, Ade hear oh, Asa Ade here oh

I say Ade hear

Sister ade hear, ade hear, everybody say yeah, yeah,

Brother, waitin na dey talk for now, na serious business, you know

Serious business dey for town, serious business it pass my power

I say it pass my power, eh, eh, it pass my power, kezia tell them make them hear oh

To ba she bo she fe si mi orun a wo 2x

Ko le ya ko ya, ko le ya ko ya

Ko le do guun, ko do gun 2x

Ojo pa ewe igoko 4x

Ko le yak o ya, to ba leke yak o ya

(Ojo pa ewe igoko)

People, people hurry, you hear what I’m saying to you now

(Ojo pa ewe igoko)

Last Minute Syndrome

Now this is not a scientifically proven condition, so don’t take my word as fact. But lately in my third year of university, I have looked back on my time keeping record and I can say that it has not been good.

I had a job during the summer before A-levels. I never even made an effort to at least come in 10 minutes early. I am always rushing through the door at the last minute, making a mental note to be early the next time. Same thing happened with the job I had during my gap year.

All the jobs I had were pretty much a close proximity to home. I can cycle or walk, but I have found the greater the distance from home to work, the more you are likely to calculate for unforeseen circumstances and actually leave the house early.

School/University: Assignments, notes, reading, preparation for labs…all done in the last minute.

The question is why and how do we make progress towards solving it.

I think part of it is complacent. You are doing something you probably don’t enjoy and you may have lost the original spark, to the point that you need the pressure of last minute to keep you going. In this case, maybe a bit of inspiration before work, like doing something you enjoy at home in the morning at work. It may be reading the newspaper, a cup of coffee, catching up with the news on your phone or just reading a book. Transferring the location ensures you are not rushing in last minute.

To be quite frank, it seems that when we rush in last minute, we actually do not care. So why torture ourselves. We are given the ideology that, working hard now may be unpleasant but in the future we will get our reward. At least that’s what my mum tells me. We have made the silly assumption that in the future there will be a reward, or there will be a future. I know it’s harsh, but it’s not pessimistic. What if you don’t like the reward or it’s not what you dreamt up to be. This I think is the hardest jump because I think it requires risk taking. We must do something outside our comfort zone. It may even be something that we really love but the idea has been mi-sold.

Life is trial and error. Unless it’s a mathematical algorithm relating to something that never changes, it will go wrong sooner or later. We got to take risks sometimes. It might be a little step, but it could be one in the right direction. As for university students who may have lost their first year fire and are doing other things to cover up the fact that the course is no longer enjoyable and actually feels torturous, look for something to look forward to, surrounding your course. Do something outside yourself. In a world that is all about me, it is sometimes good to stop and do something for free!