*(Intro)**
**YVNG ZEE!**
*(A faint, lonely whistle, then a melancholic trumpet solo over the building drum and bass groove)*
**(Verse 1)**
My pocket dry like desert sand
No helper for my hand
Every morning, the same demand
How I go pay for wey I dey plan?
My strength don dey low, my body weak
Confusion dey my head, I no fit talk
I look left and right, nobody there
Only silence and this heavy care.
**(Chorus)**
I need money, oh, I need money
But my power don low, my body weak
I need money, oh, this life no balance
I dey for this race, and I dey run alone
'Alone'... 'Alone' for my family
I be the only pikin wey my mama born
The only one... oh, the only one.
**(Verse 2)**
No brother to call for support
No sister wey go stand for port
My shoulder carry the weight alone
For this cold world, I dey on my own.
Mama try her best, but her own don finish
Now the battle be for my own head
Sometimes I dey look for ceiling top
Tears full my eye, but I no go stop.
**(Chorus)**
I need money, oh, I need money
But my power don low, my body weak
I need money, oh, this life no balance
I dey for this race, and I dey run alone
'Alone'... 'Alone' for my family
I be the only pikin wey my mama born
The only one... oh, the only one.
**(Bridge)**
Odo mi, odo mi (My loved one, my loved one)
Who go wipe my tears away?
Who go say "my pikin, no worry"?
The road long, and my leg don tire
But for my mama sake, I go find the fire.
I go find the fire... I go try again.
**(Instrumental Break)**
(A powerful, emotive saxophone solo takes over. It cries and soars, expressing the pain and the determination.)
**(Chorus - with more intensity and backing vocals)**
I NEED MONEY, OH, I NEED MONEY!
But my power don low, my body weak!
I need money, oh, this life no balance!
I dey for this race, and I dey run alone!
'Alone'... 'Alone' for my family!
I be the only pikin wey my mama born!
The only one... oh, the only one!
**(Outro)**
(Lead vocal ad-libs: "I go make am!" "E go better!" "The only pikin...")
(Music starts to fade, leaving just the shaker and the faint keyboard melody)
The only one... the only one...
**YVNG ZEE!**
*(Final drum hit, then silence)*
