Survival Na Talent · Pidgin / English
When the Table Turn
A conscious Afrobeat call for fairness and empathy — a reminder that power shifts, and the measure we use today may return to us tomorrow.
Lyrics
(Intro — Thunder, talking drum, village flute, distant crowd)
Elder Voice:
Life get way of turning circle…
Today you dey stand on top…
Tomorrow, na another person dey look down.
The measure wey you use today…
Fit return tomorrow…
Choir (soft):
Eh-yahh… Truth no dey hide…
Eh-yahh… Time dey decide…
(Chorus)
When the table turn around ooo…
Everybody wan fairness now…
Eh-heyyy! Make truth stand tall!
When the road become your own…
You go know how e dey feel…
Eh-heyyy! Make every voice be heard!
Crowd Chant:
Justice! Justice! Justice!
(Verse 1)
Yesterday everything look easy,
Many people laugh, nobody worry.
Power feel permanent,
Success feel certain,
Nobody think tomorrow fit different.
Road wey look smooth fit bend suddenly,
Life fit change without warning.
When shoe change leg,
Heart begin understand,
Wetin another person don dey talk.
(Pre-Chorus)
Life no dey favor anybody forever,
Morning fit become evening together.
Shine your eye… Shine your heart…
Truth no need permission to survive.
(Chorus)
When the table turn around ooo…
Everybody wan fairness now…
Eh-heyyy! Truth no dey hide!
If one voice matter today,
Every voice suppose matter tomorrow.
Justice for all!
(Verse 2)
No be until rain fall for your roof,
Before you understand another man's pain.
No be until your journey rough,
Before kindness begin make sense.
Strong wall fit crack,
Big tree fit bend,
Tomorrow fit rewrite every story.
When everybody play by one rule,
Hope dey grow for every home.
(Bridge — talking drums, choir humming)
Old people talk say…
Hmmmmmm…
"The pit wey person dig…
Eh-heyyy…
…fit welcome the digger someday."
Wisdom no dey old…
Truth no dey expire…
(Final Chorus)
When the table turn around…
Stand for what is right…
Eh-heyyy! Stand together!
When one voice rise,
Many hearts go answer.
One people! One hope! One future!
Crowd Chant:
Truth! Justice! Hope!
(Outro — flute, talking drum, birds)
Elder Voice:
Power fit travel…
Position fit change…
But fairness…
Fairness never go out of season.
Choir (fade):
Truth go shine… Hope go rise…
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Village Voices
What villagers say about "When the Table Turn"
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