NO TO PLAY PLAY

Krio: Yesterday we Sidom Na studio.

English: Yesterday we we’re sitting in the studio.

Krio: Na dai Charles say bo Alim nak me wan pan Krio.

English: Then Charles said, do a track in krio for me.

Krio: Becor watin den artist ya dai Tok nah joke.

English: Because what these artists are dropping is a joke.

Krio: Na dai ar pull me coat, Mek ar bot lek goat.

English: So I removed my cost, and charged in like a goat.

Krio: Den treat me oh, regadless ar dai rep Salone

English: They did me wrong, regardless I represent for Sierra Leone.

Krio: Ar dai Cham me bone, ar dai cam for the throne.

English: I’m chewing my bone, I’m coming for the thrown

Krio: For dai in charge lek power nah phone.

English: To be in charged like when your phone’s getting power.

Krio: Ar dai wok tranga tranga wan, den suspect sai ar geh clone.

English:I work really hard, they suspect that I’ve got a clone.

Krio: Eh auto tune 24/7. You nor go go take singing lesson.

English: uh auto tune 24/7 why don’t you get some signing lessons?

Krio: Can nah stage dai ala, waite man say ‘why is he crying?’

English: Come on the stage shouting, make the white man ask why is he shout?

Krio: Understand why the industry nor dai respect we the lions!

English: Now do you understand why the industry doesn’t respect us the lions?

Chorus x2

Krio: This no to play play

English: This is not a game/I’m not playing

Krio: bo me initial nah AK.

English: My initials are AK

Krio: Da mean sai.

English: That means

Krio: Ar dai blast for protect this Mek wai

English: I’ll blast to protect this, mek way,

Krio: wuna Sidom class don begin fos page.

English: Sit down, class has begun, this is the first page.

Verse 2

Krio: We geh some Facebook supa stars,

English: We’ve got some facebook supastars

Krio: den nor dai go far oh,

English: They’re not going far

Krio: Engineer nor master de track den don begin share oh.

English: Engineer hasn’t mastered the track and they’re sharing it.

Krio: Ar cam for shift the game, wuna betteh change gear oh.

English: I came to shift the game, you lot better change gears.

Krio: The bleach oh the false life, the Chaka Chaka eya oh.

English: The bleaching, the fake lifestyle, and poor hairstyles.

Krio: Bo the young wan den dai watch we.

English: The young ones are watching us.

Krio: Baby da pieces wai you wear dai struggle for hol you body

English: Girl, that piece of cloth you’re wearing is struggling to uphold your physic

Krio: Bo na lie, da titi na you padi, well e nor geh aed.

English: That’s a lie, that’s your friend? When she’s got not brains

Krio: Becor e for don tell you true, you fiba ‘agehgeh bread’

English: Because she should have told you the truth, you look like ‘a weird shaped’ piece of bread

Krio: The ten doon cam, mek we tinap lek cotton tree.

English: Time is here for us to stand up like cotton tree.

Krio: But you wam art nor dai make you yeri

English: But your stubbornness wont let you hear.

Krio: Some man den try book me lek I nor sabi read:

English: Some People tried to book me like I was illiterate

Krio: Mey den put me nah jail, I day kill the beat.

English: Let them put me in jail, I am killing the beat.

The only ting you dai eat na present eat.

The only thing you rap is present and food.

Rest in Piece Bonnie Mack, you show we sai life sweet

Rest in piece Bonnie Mack, you show we say life sweet.

Chorus x2

Krio: This no to play play

English: This is not a game/I’m not playing

Krio: bo me initial nah AK.

English: My initials are AK

Krio: Da mean sai.

English: That means

Krio: Ar dai blast for protect this Mek wai

English: I’ll blast to protect this, mek way,

Krio: wuna Sidom class don begin fos page.

English: Sit down, class has begun, this is the first page.