This rhythm is called Kanginni Koko

used in some particular kind of shrines...

in my home town, Abeokuta City.

It goes like this:

Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje

Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje

Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje

Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje...

(Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje)

(Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje)

(Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje)

(Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje)

(Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje)

(Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje)

(Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje)

(Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje)

(Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje)

(Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje)

(Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje)

(Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje)

(Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje)

(Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje)

(Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje)

(Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje)

(Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje)

(Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje)

(Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje)

(Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje)

(Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje)

(Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje)

(Kanginni koko, kanginni je nje)

Why Blackman dey suffer today

Why Blackman dey suffer today

Why Blackman no get money today

Why Blackman no get money today

Why Blackman no go for moon today

Why Blackman no go for moon today

This is the reason why (tell me now)

This is the reason why (tell me again)

This is the reason why

We dey sit down for our landi jeje

We dey sit down for our landi jeje

We dey mind our business jeje

Some people come from far away land

Dem fight us and take our land

Dem take our people and spoil our towns

Na since then trouble starti o (hun, hun)

Na since then trouble starti o (one more time)

Na since then trouble starti o (hun)

Our riches dem take away to their land

In return dem give us their colony

Dem take our culture away from us

Dem give us dem culture we no understand

Black people we no know ourselves

We no know our ancestral heritage

We dey fight each other everyday

We're never together, we're never together at all

We're never together, we're never together at all

That is why Blackman dey suffer today

(That is why Blackman dey suffer today)

Tell me again;

(That is why Blackman dey suffer today)

They take our culture away;

(That is why Blackman dey suffer today)

They take our riches away;

(That is why Blackman dey suffer today)

They take our land from us;

(That is why Blackman dey suffer today)

They take our people away;

(That is why Blackman dey suffer today)

We have to think of time to come;

(That is why Blackman dey suffer today)

We have to think of our children to come;

(That is why Blackman dey suffer today)

We have to be together and unite;

(That is why Blackman dey suffer today)

That is why Blackman dey suffer today

(That is why Blackman dey suffer today)

That is why Blackman no go for moon today;

(That is why Blackman dey suffer today)

That is why Blackman no get money today;

(That is why Blackman dey suffer today)

That is why Blackman dey suffer

(That is why Blackman dey suffer today)

That is why Blackman dey suffer today

(That is why Blackman dey suffer today)

That is why Blackman dey suffer today

(That is why Blackman dey suffer today)

That is why Blackman dey suffer today

(That is why Blackman dey suffer today)