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Highly experimental in its nature, Telephone No Wire is a melancholic Highlife tune that sits over a janky 2-Step beat.
It began as part of a project between Master Drummer Okoe Ashiboi and Burland, whereby a wide variety of UK Bass, Dancehall, and experimental beats were layered up with a plethora of West African percussion.
The track took a different path when vocalist Adotey Johnson laid down the melancholic vocal hook; and steered even further from its club music origins, and into the softer hands of Highlife music when John Keneddy Ntumi ‘Long John’ (a player in Ebo Taylor’s band) added Horns & Keys to the song. The Lyrics are sung in Pidgin English and Twi, a language of the Ashanti people.
The song speaks of people that gossip and wish for the downfall of others, spreading fake news and employing others to hate you. Regardless of what others do to stop your progress, you should not let their actions drag you into the mud.
lyrics
Intro 🎺 🎸
(Chorus)
Wonka, Wonka, Mabre oo
Wonka, Wonka, Mabre oo
Wonka, Wonka, Mabre oo
Wonka, Wonka, Mabre oo
Interlude 🎺 🎸 🎹
Oooo, Aaaa oooo
Oooo oooo oooo
Aaaa oooo oooo
Aooo ooo Aooo ooo
Wonka, Wonka, Mabre oo
Wonka, Wonka, Mabre oo
Wonka, Wonka, Mabre oo
Wonka, Wonka, Mabre oo
(Verse 1)
Mabre ne mo nsem Kiika eii
Afei die me seno paen
Mumbra Mbe tie maano
Nie mope biaa no motime koka
Maye se Makola kuakwei eii
Nie enfata nkoaa na eseme
Se ebinimo nyaa ye anka a
Nanka madaamo koraa
Semoaa monin dada
Informer telephone no wire
Mo nyaa yaa enka yente ase da
Nie yebe ye bia nso nnye mo fe da
Semoaa mo nim dada
Informer telephone no wire
Mo nyaa yaa enka yente ase da
Nie yebe ye bia nso nnye mo fe da
Ewon se mankind be hustler
Nti adichiem bia I dey pray to jah
I know one day the table go turn over
Jah will be ringing the bell for my break over
Today I dey use my leg rover,no kwacha,
I never dey give up da.them no see that
If I get my tear rubber,Range Rover,everywhere full nyanya
Bristol based producer Burland has been primarily working with Ghanaian artists to make a hybrid sound between Afrobeat, Dancehall and Percussion mixed with 140, UK Garage & Bass music.
supported by 15 fans who also own “Burland & Zongo Abongo - Telephone No Wire”
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