“NWEH NATION FIRE”
A High-Energy Traditional Dancing Anthem for Lebialem Paradise 2050
🎶 (Fast traditional drums — talking drum, ngonjong, xylophone, whistles, rattles) 🎶
Intro Chant
Eh ehhhhh!
Nweh Nation!
Put your hands up!
Move your body!
Lebialem to the world!
🎶 Drums: “Dum-ka-ta! Dum-ka-ta! Heyyy!” 🎶
🔥 Main Dancing Chorus (Very Repetitive)
Nweh Nation fireeee!
Paradise fireeee!
Shake your waist and lift it higher!
Nweh Nation fireeee!
Eh eh ehhh!
Move to the left now!
Eh eh ehhh!
Move to the right now!
Eh eh ehhh!
Everybody dance now!
Paradise foreverrrr!
🎶 “Dum ta-ka dum ta-ka hey!” 🎶
Verse 1 – Dance & Culture
From Menji down to Fontem,
The drums are shaking the mountains,
From Alou straight to Wabane,
Everybody dancing nonstop!
Beautiful queens in wrappers,
Kings stepping with tradition,
When the xylophone starts playing,
Even elders start to dance!
Nweh people full of energy,
Culture sweeter than honey,
When the dancers hit the center,
The whole crowd goes crazy!
🎶 Chorus 🎶
Nweh Nation fireeee!
Paradise fireeee!
Shake your waist and lift it higher!
Nweh Nation fireeee!
🎶 Traditional Dance Break
🎶 “Ta-ka-ta-ka-ta-ka… dum-dum!” 🎶
Lead Singer:
Where my Nweh people dey?
Crowd:
We dey hereeee!
Lead Singer:
Where my Fontem people dey?
Crowd:
We dey hereeee!
Lead Singer:
Where my Alou people dey?
Crowd:
We dey hereeee!
Lead Singer:
Where my Wabane people dey?
Crowd:
We dey hereeee!
🎶 Drums intensify 🎶
Verse 2 – Praise the Fondoms
Royal fathers standing proudly,
Keeping culture alive forever,
Praise the Fon and praise the people,
Unity makes us stronger!
Lewoh dancing! Bamumbu dancing!
Bechati dancing all night long!
Essoh Attah and Fossimondi,
Everybody sing this song!
Traditional wine overflowing,
People laughing everywhere,
When Nweh Nation starts rejoicing,
Joy is flying in the air!
🎶 Chorus 🎶
Nweh Nation fireeee!
Paradise fireeee!
Shake your waist and lift it higher!
Nweh Nation fireeee!
Verse 3 – Pascal Etiendem Tribute
Pascal Etiendem!
Man of wisdom!
Working day and night for the people!
Paradise 2050!
Big vision!
Bringing all the children together!
From meeting to meeting,
From chapter to chapter,
You kept the fire burning strong!
Selfless service for the homeland,
Now the people sing your name!
🎶 Tribute Chant 🎶
Pascal! Eh ehhh!
Pascal! Eh ehhh!
Leader of the people!
Eh ehhh!
Pascal! Eh ehhh!
Paradise builder!
Eh ehhh!
Your legacy forever!
🔥 Big Dancing Bridge
To the left!
To the right!
Turn around now hold somebody tight!
To the left!
To the right!
Nweh Nation dancing all night!
Xylophone go harder!
Talking drum go louder!
Women whining slowly!
Men jumping higher!
🎶 “Heyyyyyyy!” 🎶
Final Chorus (Repeat Many Times)
Nweh Nation fireeee!
Paradise fireeee!
Shake your waist and lift it higher!
Nweh Nation fireeee!
Eh eh ehhh!
Move to the left now!
Eh eh ehhh!
Move to the right now!
Eh eh ehhh!
Everybody dance now!
Paradise foreverrrr!
Outro
🎶 (Drums slowly fading while crowd keeps chanting) 🎶
Nweh Nation!
Paradise!
Nweh