Widely described as Nigeria’s Luther Vandross, Sunny Neji is easily one of the golden voices in the high-life music genre in Nigeria.
His beautiful love songs are enjoyed by everyone, and for a long time after release, no wedding was complete if Sunny’s song ORUKA was not played.
The wedding song is one of the lead singles off his full length album, “Unchained”, recorded in Ghana in 2003. As we approach the weekend and multiple wedding season, we thought to bring you his evergreen song ORUKA.
ORUKA LYRICS (Sunny Neji)
Oruka ti d’owo naa
Di ololufe re mu
K’o s’eni to le ya mi titi lai
Oruka ti d’owo naa
Di ololufe re mu
K’o s’eni to le ya mi titi lai
Titi lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai
He who finds a wife has found a good thing
And obtains favor from the Lord
You’ve found the harmony to the song you sing
You can do anything you wanna, cmon
You are her father and her brother and her lover and her {cover?} and her teacher and her everything
She is your mother and your sister and your lover and you {cover?} and your teacher your everything
Oun ni imole aiye re
So don’t take her smile away
Oun ni {aro___ __} re
From today your wedding day.
Oruka ti d’owo naa
Di ololufe re mu
K’o s’eni to le ya mi titi lai
Oruka ti d’owo naa
Di ololufe re mu
K’o s’eni to le ya mi titi lai
Oruka ti d’owo naa
Di ololufe re mu
K’o s’eni to le ya mi titi lai
Oruka ti d’owo naa
Di ololufe re mu
K’o s’eni to le ya mi titi lai
Its your wedding day, so be happy and rejoice
Whatever they say, today you made your choice.
{this? is? only? wenwen?} the one and only one.
Ololufe , together you belong
Oun ni imole aiye re
So don’t take her smile away
Oun ni {aroma?_} re
From today your wedding day.
Oruka ti d’owo naa
Di ololufe re mu
K’o s’eni to le ya mi titi lai
Oruka ti d’owo naa
Di ololufe re mu
K’o s’eni to le ya mi titi lai (titi lai)
The Lord is your shepherd you shall not want,
He will lead you by the still waters,
He’s always there, so you have nothing to fear,
(common say)
Bye bye, bye bye to Mommy,
Bye bye, bye bye to Daddy,
You want to be with your [I]Wifey[/I],
Bye bye bye bye to Mommy
You want to be with your [I]Hussy[/I],
Bye bye bye bye to Daddy.
Mommy don’t cry
’cause your baby girl has become a woman
Daddy don’t cry
’cause your baby boy has become a man today
ba ba bye, ba ba bye , {[I]many, many times
Brother don’t cry, sister don’t cry.
Aunty don’t cry, uncle don’t cry.