🎼 TITLE: “ODE TO DI WEY NO BREAK”
(Symphonic / Classical-Inspired – Pidgin Version)
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Movement I – Allegro (Di Knock)
One sound dey for edge of silence,
Like fate dey knock for door.
E no dey beg permission,
E no dey wait for mercy,
E just dey remind soul
Wetin e come do for earth.
I stand where thunder dey born,
With only breath inside my chest.
World talk say bend,
But heart talk say rise,
And struggle begin test.
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Theme (Motif I)
I still dey here.
I still dey stand.
Though night sabi my name.
I still dey here—
No break, no shift,
Inside fire, I remain.
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Movement II – Adagio (Di Weight)
Slow slow doubt dey come,
When echo heavy pass sound.
When hope dey waka quietly,
Like fragile thing
Wey fear make dem find am.
I carry days like stone,
Every step measure with pain.
But even di darkest symphony
Must one day resolve di strain.
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Theme (Motif I – Softer)
I still dey here,
Though light dey far.
Though road long well well.
I still dey here,
I dey listen closely
For song wey go return again.
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Movement III – Scherzo (Defiance)
Make fate knock again if e want,
Make di drums of world collide.
I don dance with resistance,
I don look storm face to face,
And I no step aside.
From crack come rhythm,
From chaos come form.
Wetin try end me
Na wetin conduct di rise
Of wetin reborn.
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Theme (Motif II – Expansion)
Hear me now,
For di sound wey dey gather,
Of voices wey once fear.
Hear me now—
Night shape me,
But na dawn make me appear.
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Movement IV – Finale (Ode)
So make every voice wey still get breath rise,
Every heart wey survive e own war.
Joy no be silence,
Joy na defiance,
Joy na will to endure more.
Make final chord ring wide,
No perfect—but true.
Victory no be crown for head,
Na say you live
Everything through.
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Final Chorus (Full Orchestra / Choir)
I still dey here,
And music remember
Every scar, every fight.
I still dey here—
No be despite di dark,
Na because I learn light.
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Coda (Soft, Resolute)
When history listen well well,
E no go hear defeat.
E go hear soul
Wey answer fate
With rhythm,
And refuse retreat.
