HYPE MAN:
Yo! Yo! Yo!
All my people for di ghettos —
Come check dis!
All di boys for di bases —
Come check dis!
Zongo massive!
CROWD:
YƐWƆ HA!
Ghetto youth!
CROWD:
YƐWƆ HA!
Base boys!
CROWD:
YƐWƆ HA!
Market women!
CROWD:
YƐWƆ HA!
Taxi drivers!
Okada boys!
Farmers!
Fishermen!
Everybody come closer!
Dis one no be long talk.
Dis one be simple mathematics!
CROWD:
TALK TO WE!
HYPE MAN:
Eight plus zero?
CROWD:
EIGHT!
Eight minus eight?
CROWD:
ZERO!
HYPE MAN:
Seen?
CROWD:
SEEN!
HYPE MAN:
Den listen good...
Mi waan tell unu
one fisherman story.
But before you laugh...
Remember...
Dis no be only story about fish!
CROWD:
A-WHAT?
HYPE MAN:
Dis be Eastern Region story!
STORYTELLER:
There was once a fisherman.
They gave him a canoe.
They gave him a net.
And inside the canoe,
there were already fish.
The fisherman paddled away...
CROWD:
GO FISHERMAN, GO!
STORYTELLER:
But when he returned...
The people looked
inside the canoe...
And asked:
Where is the increase?
CROWD:
SHOW WE DI FISH!
STORYTELLER:
My people...
This is not really
a story about fish.
This is the story
of the N.D.C.
in the Eastern Region!
LEAD:
JOWAK!
CROWD:
YƐWƆ HA!
LEAD:
They called him incompetent!
CROWD:
WE REMEMBER!
LEAD:
But how many seats
did his administration leave behind?
CROWD:
EIGHT!
LEAD:
Mek we count dem!
Akwatia!
CROWD:
ONE!
Ayensuano!
CROWD:
TWO!
Upper Manya Krobo!
CROWD:
THREE!
Asuogyaman!
CROWD:
FOUR!
Lower Manya Krobo!
CROWD:
FIVE!
Yilo Krobo!
CROWD:
SIX!
Afram Plains North!
CROWD:
SEVEN!
Afram Plains South!
CROWD:
EIGHT!
ALL:
EIGHT SEATS!
EIGHT SEATS!
JOWAK LEFT EIGHT SEATS!
STORYTELLER:
But dem seh...
"Jowak incompetent!"
CROWD:
EI!
LEAD:
Dem seh dem want
competent leadership!
CROWD:
YOOO!
LEAD:
So di so-called
competent fisherman came...
How many seats
did he inherit?
CROWD:
EIGHT!
LEAD:
How many did he inherit?
CROWD:
EIGHT!
LEAD:
After the election,
how many remained?
CROWD:
EIGHT!
LEAD:
So where is the increase?
CROWD:
ZERO!
LEAD:
What is the net gain?
CROWD:
ZEROOOOOO!
ALL:
NET ZERO!
NET ZERO!
EIGHT HE INHERITED!
EIGHT HE RETURNED!
NET ZERO!
ZERO! ZERO!
NET ZERO!
HYPE MAN:
Ghetto youth,
check di mathematics!
Base boys,
check di mathematics!
No calculator needed!
Eight come in...
CROWD:
EIGHT!
Eight come out...
CROWD:
EIGHT!
LEAD:
What be di difference?
CROWD:
ZERO!
LEAD:
Don't confuse movement
with progress!
CROWD:
NET ZERO!
LEAD:
Don't confuse replacement
with addition!
CROWD:
NET ZERO!
LEAD:
Simple mathematics!
CROWD:
NET ZERO!
STORYTELLER:
Now di fisherman
come back again...
He stretch out him hand
and say:
FISHERMAN:
My people...
Give me the net again!
CROWD:
AGAIN?!
FISHERMAN:
Just one more chance!
ELDER:
One more chance?
But fisherman...
What happened
to the opportunity
we gave you?
CROWD:
ANSWER!
ELDER:
You inherited eight!
CROWD:
EIGHT!
ELDER:
You returned eight!
CROWD:
EIGHT!
ELDER:
So tell we...
What be di net gain?
CROWD:
ZEROOOOOOOO!
ELDER:
Listen!
No fisherman
owns the sea!
No fisherman
owns the canoe!
And no fisherman
owns the net forever!
CROWD:
TRUE TALK!
ELDER:
If one fisherman
cannot increase the catch...
Give another fisherman
the opportunity!
CROWD:
TIME FOR CHANGE!
LEAD:
Eastern Region!
CROWD:
YƐWƆ HA!
LEAD:
N.D.C. FOƆ,
MO WƆ HE?
CROWD:
YƐWƆ HA!
LEAD:
ƐYƐ ZU!
CROWD:
ƐYƐ ZA!
LEAD:
ƐYƐ ZUUUU!
CROWD:
ƐYƐ ZAAAA!
LEAD:
Who should take the net?
CROWD:
DAVID DAKUDZI!
LEAD:
Who deserves the chance?
CROWD:
DAVID DAKUDZI!
LEAD:
Who is Number Three?
CROWD:
DAVID DAKUDZI!
ALL:
HAND OVER DI NET!
HAND OVER DI NET!
HAND OVER DI NET
TO DAVID DAKUDZI!
NUMBER THREE!
DAVID DAKUDZI!
NUMBER THREE!
DAVID DAKUDZI!
LEAD:
Jowak left eight!
CROWD:
EIGHT!
LEAD:
Kevor returned eight!
CROWD:
EIGHT!
LEAD:
What be di net gain?
CROWD:
ZEROOOOOO!
LEAD:
Yesterday eight
was incompetence!
Today eight
cannot suddenly be competence!
CROWD:
NET ZERO!
LEAD:
Ghetto massive!
CROWD:
DAKUDZI!
LEAD:
Base boys!
CROWD:
DAKUDZI!
LEAD:
Grassroots!
CROWD:
DAKUDZI!
LEAD:
Eastern Region!
CROWD:
DAKUDZI!
LEAD:
Number Three!
CROWD:
DAKUDZI!
STORYTELLER:
Leadership no be noise
on di shore...
Na wetin you bring home
inside di canoe.
Eight inherited...
Eight returned...
LEAD:
Net gain?
CROWD:
ZERO!
HYPE MAN:
Massive...
Time fi another fisherman!
CROWD:
DAVID DAKUDZI!
ALL:
HAND OVER DI NET!
NUMBER THREE!
DAVID DAKUDZI!
HAND OVER DI NET!
NUMBER THREE!
DAVID DAKUDZI!
MAKE EASTERN GREAT AGAIN!
Net zero...
Net zero...
Hand over di net...
To Dakudzi!