Testo The vote - The Wahala Collective
Testo della canzone The vote (The Wahala Collective), tratta dall'album The War Eze
Seven Loas
Every one must fall
Seven Loas
Every one must fall
Seven Loas
Every one must fall
The Vodun strongholds in Niri fallen
Every Eze drinking like it was planned
But my attack on Rada Mysters
Deep inside Vodun
Vengeance for our brothers and sisters
Forced their hand
Ego Kwenu! Vodunese strongholds fall
Fifty thousand voices booming through every hall
But Ojukwu sit at the far end, quiet and alone
They call him the rock. His body made of stone
He is the Eri. I am not. Let every record show
But the Eri stayed in Niri while I struck the first blow
The Ezes celebrate... but they are here because of me
It is because of me that Niri will be free
The Rock says surround the Niri capital. Force the Vodunese to flee
The Thunder says "blade to every neck. No surrender. No plea."
Misplaced mercy is a seed for tomorrow's grave
Let our fury flow through our capital like a wave
The Rock says peace, the Thunder says more
The Eri wants to settle, but Amadioha wants war
The Thunder twisted law against the Eri's crown
Let the Ezes vote. Let the Ezes decide
But Zara's secret whisper already convinced each one
Before the vote, the Thunder already won
Six hands raised. Two hands down
Ojukwu stood there denied
I stood before the Ezes — put the question to the floor
"Shall we let these murderers walk back to Vodun's door
They stole the future from our children
You would send them home to breathe
You would teach our sons and daughters
That murder ends with a handshake and reprieve?"
Ojukwu's chest turned solid stone
His fists came crashing through the wood
"Attack, attack, attack — that's all you know
Amadioha Kamanu we will always reap what we sow
You break the house we built. You burn down what we made
I answered him: "We didn't build a house Eri. We built a blade."
The Rock says peace, the Thunder says more
The Eri wants to settle, but Amadioha wants war
The Thunder twisted law against the Eri's crown
Let the Ezes vote. Let the Ezes decide
But Zara's secret whisper already convinced each one
Before the vote, the Thunder already won
Six hands raised. Two hands down
Ojukwu stood there denied
He stormed out of the hall, a heavy silence in his wake
The man who held the title while I carried every stake
Damballa found me after, leaned against the post and said
"You are a war hero, not a uniter — get that through your head."
But Ijele — my wife — lay beside me, incense curling through the
Air
She whispered with a smile and eyes that pinned me to the prayer
"Forget about the Eri. You can dream much bigger."
I asked her what is bigger than Niri — she said, "Vodun is the
Picture."
Her words became the seed, the restless, growing thing
The voice that told the Thunder he was born to be a king
I am the man who moved when every Eze held his breath
The axe that struck Rada Mysters while the council whispered death
I am not the Eri. That title is not mine
But the Eri chose to sit — and I chose the frontline
So tell me, who is leader? The one who holds the name
Or the one who holds the axe and walks into the flame
Zara's secret whisper already convinced each one
Before the vote, the Thunder already won
Six hands raised. Two hands down
Ojukwu stood there denied
Damballa says I am no uniter
E don be so
A nation at peace with colonizers is a nation waiting to fall again
Seven Loas
Every one must fall
Seven Loas
Every one must fall
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Writer(s): Wahala Collective
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