[male
vocals]
[INTRO — DEEP BASS / NYABINGHI] Jah...
Rastafari...
Ahhh-ahhh-ahhh...
Forward
ever...
Backward
never...
One
Ghana...
Brothers
and
sisters...
Come,
let
us
reason...
Because
Ghana
remembers!
CROWD:
GHANA
REMEMBERS!
LEAD:
Under
the
NPP...
When
Nana
Addo
was
President...
There
was
a
chair—
CROWD:
A
CHAIR?
LEAD:
Not
just
any
chair...
A
travelling
chair!
CROWD:
THE
PRESIDENTIAL
CHAIR!
LEAD:
Nana
Addo
travelled—
CROWD:
THE
CHAIR
TRAVELLED!
LEAD:
People
questioned—
CROWD:
YENTIE
OBIARA!
[MAIN CHORUS] LEAD:
There
are
chairs
over
there!
CROWD:
NO!
BRING
THE
CHAIR!
LEAD:
There
are
chairs
in
the
hall!
CROWD:
NO!
BRING
THE
CHAIR!
LEAD:
Nana
Addo
travelling—
CROWD:
CHAIR
TRAVELLING!
LEAD:
People
questioning—
CROWD:
YENTIE
OBIARA!
LEAD:
But
Ghana—
CROWD:
REMEMBERS!
[VERSE 1 — THE TRAVELLING CHAIR] LEAD:
There
were
chairs
at
the
function—
CROWD:
BUT
HIS
CHAIR
CAME!
LEAD:
Town
after
town...
Region
after
region...
The
familiar
chair
appeared
again—
CROWD:
THE
TRAVELLING
CHAIR!
LEAD:
And
Ghana
asked—
Why?
CROWD:
YENTIE
OBIARA!
LEAD:
Was
it
necessary?
CROWD:
YENTIE
OBIARA!
LEAD:
What
did
it
cost?
CROWD:
SHOW
THE
RECORD!
[VERSE 2 — THE V8] LEAD:
Hear
me
now...
The
chair
was
not
walking—
CROWD:
NO-O-O!
LEAD:
Critics
said
a
separate V8
moved
too—
CROWD:
CARRYING
THE
CHAIR!
LEAD: V8
moving—
CROWD:
CHAIR
INSIDE!
LEAD:
Engine
running—
CROWD:
CHAIR
INSIDE!
LEAD:
Fuel
burning—
CROWD:
CHAIR
INSIDE!
LEAD:
Kilometre
after
kilometre—
CROWD:
THE
CHAIR
MUST
TRAVEL!
LEAD:
And
the
taxpayer
asks—
CROWD:
WHO
PAYS
THE
BILL?
[CHORUS] LEAD:
There
are
chairs
over
there!
CROWD:
NO!
BRING
THE
CHAIR!
LEAD:
Nana
Addo
travelling—
CROWD:
CHAIR
TRAVELLING!
LEAD: V8
moving—
CROWD:
CHAIR
INSIDE!
LEAD:
People
questioning—
CROWD:
YENTIE
OBIARA!
LEAD:
But
Ghana—
CROWD:
REMEMBERS!
[VERSE 3 — THE PUBLIC PURSE] LEAD:
NPP...
Remember
the
words—
Protect
the
public
purse!
CROWD:
PROTECT
IT!
LEAD:
Every
cedi
matters!
CROWD:
EVERY
CEDI!
LEAD:
Vehicle
moving—
CROWD:
SOMEBODY
PAYS!
LEAD:
Fuel
burning—
CROWD:
SOMEBODY
PAYS!
LEAD:
So
Ghana
asks—
Was
public
money
involved?
CROWD:
SHOW
THE
RECORD!
LEAD:
What
did
the
journeys
cost?
CROWD:
SHOW
THE
RECORD!
LEAD:
No
rumours!
No
invented
figures!
CROWD:
SHOW
THE
RECORD!
[BRIDGE — SERIOUS] LEAD:
Jah
Rastafari...
This
is
bigger
than
furniture—
CROWD:
BIGGER
THAN
A
CHAIR!
LEAD:
It
is
about
accountability!
CROWD:
ACCOUNTABILITY!
LEAD:
It
is
about
transparency!
CROWD:
TRANSPARENCY!
LEAD:
NPP...
NDC...
Or
anybody
else...
Public
money
must
be
accounted
for!
CROWD:
ACCOUNTABILITY!
LEAD:
When
citizens
speak—
CROWD:
LISTEN!
LEAD:
When
taxpayers
ask—
CROWD:
ANSWER!
LEAD:
Never
again—
CROWD:
YENTIE
OBIARA!
[CLIMAX — FULL BAND] LEAD:
Nana
Addo
travelling—
CROWD:
CHAIR
TRAVELLING!
LEAD: V8
moving—
CROWD:
CHAIR
INSIDE!
LEAD:
Fuel
burning—
CROWD:
CHAIR
INSIDE!
LEAD:
People
questioning—
CROWD:
YENTIE
OBIARA!
LEAD:
Who
paid
the
bill?
CROWD:
SHOW
THE
RECORD!
LEAD:
Protect—
CROWD:
THE
PUBLIC
PURSE!
LEAD:
Ghana!
CROWD:
REMEMBERS!
[FINAL CHORUS] LEAD:
Where
Nana
Addo
went—
CROWD:
THE
CHAIR
WENT!
LEAD:
Where
the
convoy
went—
CROWD:
THE
CHAIR
WENT!
LEAD:
People
questioned—
CROWD:
YENTIE
OBIARA!
LEAD:
NPP!
CROWD:
GHANA
REMEMBERS!
LEAD:
Nana
Addo!
CROWD:
GHANA
REMEMBERS!
LEAD:
Public
money!
CROWD:
ACCOUNTABILITY!
LEAD:
Protect—
CROWD:
THE
PUBLIC
PURSE!
[OUTRO — DUB ECHO] Jah...
The
President
has
left
office...
The
government
has
changed...
The
convoy
has
moved
on...
But
the
questions
remain...
LEAD:
When
citizens
speak—
CROWD:
LISTEN!
LEAD:
When
taxpayers
ask—
CROWD:
ANSWER!
LEAD:
Nana
Addo...
CROWD:
GHANA
REMEMBERS!
ALL:
THE
TRAVELLING
CHAIR...
GHANA
REMEMBERS!
Jah
Rastafari...