Life is short and time is swift
The river is long and the boat's adrift
Life is short and people get lost

You got to do what you can, you got to do what you must

Sababu (The reason)

I'm waiting
Sababu (The reason)
I'm waiting

Sababu (The reason)
I'm waiting
Jarabi ma nyi de ! (Being in love isn't good)


I hide out in the shadows, biding my time
Dreaming of the glorious and divine

Fever is rising and it won't abate
Ain't no hiding from love, ain't no flying from fate


Heeyi ! Sorio ! Kabako ! (Hey! Listen up! An amazing affair!)
N be kanu barika d'aw ye (I respect you for the love you bring me)
N be jigi le barika d'aw ye (I respect you for being my hope)

Jigiyamògòw man ca (People you can count on aren't many)
Layidumògòlu dògòyara (There are fewer people that keep their promise)
N be kanu barika da (I thank you for being my love)

N be jigi barika da iyee! (I thank you for being my hope)

He that will not when he may,

When he will he shall have nay
Decisions made without care and faith
At the end of the day gonna come back ricocheting


Heeyi ! Sorio ! Kabako ! (Hey! Listen up! An amazing affair!)
Bi ma dinye dan (It's not today the world was made)

N be kanu barika da (I thank you for being my love)
N be jigi le barika (I thank you for being my hope)
Jigiyamògòw man ca (People you can count on aren't many)

Layidumògòlu dògòyara (There are fewer people that keep their promise)
N be kanu barika da (I thank you for being my love)
N be jigi barika da iyee! (I thank you for being my hope)


Got no shoes on baby
Got no head on baby