Drum Dey Call

Drum dey call, e no dey stop
Drum dey call
Grandmother tie her wrapper tight
Tie am tight
Dust for the compound, sun still low
Sun still low
Drum dey call, come outside

Drum dey call
Oya
Drum dey call
Oya

Six AM, the talking drum start
The kettle never even boil
Uncle Tunde tune the agidigbo
Him thumb don crack from too much play
The children wake up one by one
Nobody wash face, everybody dance
The goat inside the compound run
Him no understand this kind noise

Come outside, come outside
Come outside, come outside
Leave the door dey open
Leave the door dey open

Drum dey call, e no dey stop
Drum dey call
Grandmother tie her wrapper tight
Tie am tight
Dust for the compound, sun still low
Sun still low
Drum dey call, come outside

My father dance like say him young
Him knee go pain am tomorrow
The drummer read him shoulder move
The drum begin to answer am
Aunty pour the palm wine for cup
The cup wey get the broken handle
Everybody drink from that same cup
Na so we take begin the day

Drum stop, the goat still dey run
Palm wine settle for the cup
My father hold him knee and laugh
Sun climb over the wall
Na grandmother start am again

Drum dey call, e no dey stop
Drum dey call
Grandmother tie her wrapper tight
Tie am tight
Dust for the compound, sun still low
Sun still low
Drum dey call, come outside
Come outside, come outside

Broken handle
Drum dey call