(Chale! Oyiwa!)
Atebubu!
Yɛwɔ ha!
Yɛpɛ dɛn?
Nkɔsoɔ!
Sankofa! Yɛbɛfa deɛ ɛyɛ!
Atebubu, yɛn kurom, ɛha na yɛn nhini wɔ.
Yɛn nananom yɛɛ adwuma, momma yɛn nso yɛntoa so.
Yɛnhwɛ deɛ atwam no mu, yɛnsua deɛ ɛboaa yɛn.
Yɛmfa nyansa ne baakoyɛ, nsi ɔkyena papa nnyinasoɔ.
Sankofa, Sankofa! Yɛbɛfa deɛ ɛyɛ.
Atebubu, yɛn nyinaa kurom, momma yɛnka yɛn ho mmom.
Sankofa, Sankofa! Yɛnsua mfiri deɛ atwam.
Adwuma, asomdwoeɛ ne baakoyɛ, ɛno na yɛde bɛkɔ anim!
Kofi Amoakohene na yɛrefrɛ no, mmra mmɛboa yɛn.
Akuafoɔ hia akwan pa, na wɔn nnɔbaeɛ aduru dwa.
Mmofra hia adesua pa, ne hokwan wɔ akwan nyinaa so.
Kofi nkoaa na obetumi de ɔsom aba yɛn nkyɛn.
(Wonim?!)
Sankofa, Sankofa! Yɛbɛfa deɛ ɛyɛ.
Atebubu, yɛn nyinaa kurom, momma yɛnka yɛn ho mmom.
Sankofa, Sankofa! Yɛnsua mfiri deɛ atwam.
Adwuma, asomdwoeɛ ne baakoyɛ, ɛno na yɛde bɛkɔ anim!
Ɔman no hia nteɛsoɔ, ɔman no hia adwuma.
Kofi Amoakohene yɛ anidasoɔ, yɛne no bɛkɔ.
Sankofa, yɛnkyerɛ no kwan, yɛmfa no nni anim.
(Yoo! Chop life!)
Nkɔsoɔ na ɛyɛ yɛn botaeɛ, ɛno na yɛde si anan.
Atebubu bɛyɛ fɛfɛɛfɛ, yɛn nyinaa nkabom nhwɛ.
Kofi Amoakohene, wo na yɛn ani da wo so.
Ɛnneɛ yɛn mmra, yɛnnto aba, yɛnnyina mma no.
Sankofa, Sankofa! Yɛbɛfa deɛ ɛyɛ.
Atebubu, yɛn nyinaa kurom, momma yɛnka yɛn ho mmom.
Sankofa, Sankofa! Yɛnsua mfiri deɛ atwam.
Adwuma, asomdwoeɛ ne baakoyɛ, ɛno na yɛde bɛkɔ anim!
Sankofa, Sankofa!
Atebubu nkɔsoɔ!
Kofi Amoakohene, yɛn nyinaa agyenkwa!
Oyiwa! (Ah ah!)
Adwuma no kɔ so!