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-2014 DW Award winner-
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O M O N I Y I
OMONIYI ỌMỌ OLUWO
Omoniyi Oluwo
ọmọ ọkọ
ọmọ to ni ìgboyà
Awon kan nbu wipe
Ọlẹ
ọmọ oluwo lasan lasan
Wiwo la ma wo e mole
Nitori pe awani egungun, iwo ni ọra
Dapada ! Iro le pa
Ati ọra ati egungun lo wa lara mi
Ko si nkan te le se
Meaning
Omoniyi son of Oluwo
Son of his father
A very brave boy
Some people are abusing him
Calling him lazy man
He calls himself Oluwo for nothing
We will bring him down
Because we are the bone and you are the fat
Stop there ! <Omoniyi screams at his abusers>
My body is made of both bones and fat
There is nothing you can do !
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