“Ah No Fit Believe Say You Talk Dis”
Intro (Spoken)
Ah read your words slow slow…
Line afta line…
Na only one thing dey run for my head—
Ah no fit believe say you talk dis to your pikin.
Verse 1
You start wit history like say na court case,
Degree dem, year dem, salary dem,
Every sacrifice you list am like evidence.
Fourah Bay, ENS, Mamfe, Bamenda—
Ah hear the résumé clear clear.
But somewhere between number dem and place dem,
You forget say na your pikin you dey talk to,
No be jury.
Hook
Ah no fit believe say you talk dis to your pikin,
Like say survival na debt wey ah still dey owe.
Like say because ah dey alive,
Ah no suppose feel pain,
No ask question,
No complain load.
Ah no fit believe say you talk dis to your pikin,
Like say pain must keep quiet
Before e fit count.
Verse 2
You talk about pressure, confusion,
Two woman, one life, plenty palava.
You call am panic—
Me ah call am storm
Wey ah born enter
Without choice.
You say ah be the biggest headache from day one,
Hospital bill dem, borrowed money, sleepless night…
Ah no fit believe say you call your own pikin
Burden
Because e survive.
Hook
Ah no fit believe say you talk dis to your pikin,
Like say sickness na choice wey ah make.
Like say injection, convulsion,
Leg wey dey drag
Na plan wey ah arrange.
Ah no fit believe say you talk dis to your pikin,
Like say my body betray you on purpose.
Verse 3
You tell story about injection wey miss,
Put blame fine fine
For woman wey no fit talk back.
You say, “If she bin dey alive, she for confirm.”
Ah siddon wit dat sentence long time.
You wish make she dey alive to prove your point—
Me ah wish make she dey alive
Make ah finally get peace.
Bridge (Spoken, low)
You cry when ah no fit waka
Ah believe you.
You spend money wey you no get—
Ah believe you.
But why your pain go wipe my own?
Why your sacrifice go cancel my scars?
Verse 4
You say ah never sleep hungry,
Never drive me comot school.
Like say food fit erase bruise
Wey eye no fit see.
Like say chop fit replace tenderness.
Like say school fees fit buy
Emotional safety.
Hook (Stronger)
Ah no fit believe say you talk dis to your pikin,
Like say gratitude suppose kill truth.
Like say because ah survive,
Ah no get right
For talk how e feel
For survive.
Verse 5
You ask say where you go wrong,
Then say you go show this letter to my brother dem.
Even dat one feel like punishment—
Public trial
Dress up as pain.
You say ah complain say you tear me from my mama,
But all wey ah ever talk na say—
Loss dey echo
Even when rescue bin real.
Final Hook (Soft)
Ah no fit believe say you talk dis to your pikin,
But ah know say you believe say you right.
Maybe na dat be the tragedy—
Two truth dem stand face to face
Still no fit touch.
Outro
Dis no be disrespect.
Dis no be denial.
Na grown man dey talk:
Ah fit carry your sacrifice
And still call my pain by name.
Ah be your pikin—
No be your biggest headache,
No be your balance sheet,
No be your courtroom enemy.
Na just…
Your pikin.
