Prompt / Lyrics
[Intro – Highlife guitar + laughter] She said, “Wo ho te sɛn?” I said, “Slow down…” She laughed and said, “You go learn small small.” ⸻ [Verse 1] 🎶 She tried to teach me “maakye,” I said it wrong but that’s okay. She said “medaase” when I held the door, I said “say it one more time once more.” Her friends talking fast all around, I’m just smiling, loving the sound. I don’t know what they saying half the time… But I like the way it sounds. 🎶 ⸻ [Hook] 🎶 She speaks Twi, I speak slow, But somehow we still know. When she say “me pɛ wo”… I smile, Cause I knew what that meant all the while. She speaks Twi, I speak songs, We been talking all night long. Don’t need words for everything… When the music say the thing. 🎶 ⸻ [Verse 2] 🎶 She said “kakra kakra, you go learn,” I said “then you must be my teacher.” She said “wo din de sɛn?” that night, I told her and she said it right. She said “bra” and pulled my hand, Took me dancing with the band. I said “I might not speak this well…” She said “you dance, that’s enough, you can tell.” 🎶 ⸻ [Hook] 🎶 She speaks Twi, I speak slow, But somehow we still know. When she say “me pɛ wo”… I smile, Cause I knew what that meant all the while. 🎶 ⸻ [Bridge – Soft, spoken] “Medaase” means thank you. But the way she said it… Sounded like more than thank you. ⸻ [Final Verse] 🎶 So we sat there while the night went by, Half in English, half in Twi. But somewhere between the laugh and the song… We understood everything. 🎶 ⸻ [Outro – Highlife guitar fading] Yeah… I still don’t speak Twi that well. But I know what “me pɛ wo” means.
Tags
Highlife guitar, Afrobeat drums, live bass, horns, Rhodes, congas, shakers, background vocals
Duration
2:58
Instrumental
No
Created
3/26/2026