SACRIFICE Lyrics Translation in English

Translation
Something Wrong?

[Intro: Erigga]

Uh, you know I dey tell you say if you no pay

Uh, you know I've been telling you that if you don't pay

E no be sacrifice right?

It's not a sacrifice, right?

Well, thanks for waiting on me

Well, thanks for waiting on me

Paper boy

Paper boy



[Verse 1: Erigga]

Through all the hurts and the pain, we still reach this height

Through all the hurts and the pain, we still reach this height

Some miss the flight

Some miss the flight

Baggages too much, wan off my light

Baggages too much, want to dim my light

Wetin I do them?

What did I do to them?

Most of the friendship wen end, na money decide

Most of the friendships that ended, money decided

Life no difficult, na you say you wan rich

Life isn't difficult, it's just that you say you want to be rich

You wan piss, you wan eat where big man dey chop

You want to urinate, you want to eat where big men eat

No be with clear eye many of us run leave street

Not with clear eyes many of us ran away from the streets

We need the mulla, throway wetin them wan dey talk

We need the money, throw away what they want to say

You meet me for road dey ask why I no dey uni

You meet me on the road asking why I'm not in uni

I look am smile, big man wey get four compound

I look at him and smile, big man who owns four compounds

Make I come around, make una gather shishi me?

Can I come around, can you all gather to support me?

No worry I go dey alright without papa compound

No worry, I'll be alright without my father's compound



[Pre Chorus: Erigga]

Go the next story, no be you make me do data

Go to the next story, it's not you who made me do data

Na boredom, everybody get their void to feed

It's boredom, everybody has their void to feed

You no important like story wey dey newspaper

You're not important like a story in the newspaper

Tomorrow akara woman na e go use am take feed

Tomorrow the akara woman will use it to feed



[Chorus: Big Klef]

Made it out the trenches

Made it out the trenches

Paid what it cost

Paid what it cost

Always count my blessings

Always count my blessings

'Cause we all got flaws

'Cause we all got flaws

Say what it is, don't tell me what it was

Say what it is, don't tell me what it was

Through the pain and the hate

Through the pain and the hate

We go still show love, yeah

We will still show love, yeah



[Verse 2: Erigga]

Cocaina patient, we know all of them

Cocaine patient, we know all of them

Wen dey use fake account insult their papa

Who use fake accounts to insult their father

Or for engagement, or money wey lolo dey share

Or for engagement, or money that lolo is sharing

Wetin concern me? Me wen get Yankee waka

What does that concern me? Me who traveled to Yankee

I dey area now, tomorrow I dey go London

I'm in the area now, tomorrow I'm going to London

You no fit relate, you dey area dey smoke London

You can't relate, you're in the area smoking London

You see the difference, so wey you chop your mouth

You see the difference, so why did you speak?

We know you reach house

We know you reached home

Mumu dey internet dey rant

Fools are ranting on the internet

Wait, ant wan throw backy for where lizard dey?

Wait, does an ant want to throw back at where the lizard is?

Two seconds them leak am enter belle

In two seconds they leaked it into the belly

Go for your goals, nowadays no be better keeper dey

Go for your goals, nowadays, there's no better keeper

Through internet ordinary leg dey whip am enter the goal like cele

Through the internet, an ordinary leg whips it into the goal like cele

'Cause life na bitch, old tele tele

'Cause life is a bitch, old tele tele

No wonder ofurukpe dey quench am

No wonder ofurukpe puts it out

Try make am, e no get who you wan tell your sad stories

Try to make it, there’s no one you can tell your sad stories to

Nobody get time for such 'cause all

Nobody has time for such 'cause all



[Pre Chorus: Big Klef]

'Cause all the sacrifices we made

'Cause all the sacrifices we made

To make sure that the world remember my name

To make sure that the world remembers my name

Yeah, them know ah

Yeah, they know, ah



[Chorus: Big Klef]

Made it out the trenches

Made it out the trenches

Paid what it cost

Paid what it cost

Always count my blessings

Always count my blessings

'Cause we all got flaws

'Cause we all got flaws

Say what it is

Say what it is

Don't tell me what it was

Don't tell me what it was

Through the pain and the hate

Through the pain and the hate

We go still show love, yeah

We will still show love, yeah



[Outro: Erigga]

I know how excited you are

I know how excited you are

You are listening to Erigga

You are listening to Erigga

Your favourite musician and shit

Your favorite musician and stuff

But just know say upon all the things wen we dey go through we still get to give to you, you understand?

But just know that despite all the things we are going through, we still have to give to you, you understand?

Because I dey see like we creators, like, we go through the most pains

Because I see like we creators, we go through the most pains

Because na that pain we fit dey channel our energy inside the universe wen dey make you fit dey connect

Because it's that pain that allows us to channel our energy into the universe that helps you connect

It's the G.O.A.T

It's the G.O.A.T

Seven albums, still strong

Seven albums, still strong

Day break, everywhere burst

Daybreak, everywhere bursts

Abeg

Please

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