🎤 INTRO (Call & Response)
(It’s your boy Vickem Eluwa…)
Lead: Hmm… ndụ a…
Backing: Ndụ a eeh!
Lead: Some scars don’t fade…
Backing: Ha adịghị efu o!
🎶 CHORUS (With Response Layer)
It wasn’t love that broke my heart
Backing: (Ọ bụghị ịhụnanya o!)
it was trust,
Backing: (Obi ntụkwasị obi!)
it was hope,
Backing: (Olileanya daa!)
it was the version of me that told you truth
Backing: (Eziokwu m gwara gị!)
It wasn’t love that broke my heart
Backing: (Ọ bụghị ịhụnanya o!)
it was trust,
Backing: (Obi m gbajiri!)
it was hope,
Backing: (Olileanya gwụrụ!)
it was the version of me that told you truth
Backing: (I mebiri ya o!)
🎵 VERSE (8 Bars + Village Response)
I gave you my all, obi m niile
Backing: (O nyela gi niile!)
No secrets inside, ịhụnanya dịrị gị niile
Backing: (Ọ hụrụ gị n’anya o!)
You saw my weakness, you called it home
Backing: (I jiri ya mee ụlọ!)
Ugbu a, naanị m ka m nọ, feeling alone
Backing: (Ọ nọ naanị ya!)
Promises you made, anaghị m echefu
Backing: (Anyị na-echeta!)
Every word you said, now I see through
Backing: (Ọ bụ ụgha o!)
I was real with you, enweghị m aghụghọ
Backing: (Ọ dị ọcha o!)
Now my heart carry pain… ọ bụ forever scar o
Backing: (Ọnya na-adịgide!)
🎶 CHORUS (Stronger Response)
It wasn’t love that broke my heart
Backing: (Ọ bụghị ịhụnanya o!)
it was trust,
Backing: (Obi m gbajiri!)
it was hope,
Backing: (Olileanya gwụrụ!)
it was the version of me that told you truth
Backing: (Eziokwu kpatara ya!)
🎤 OUTRO (Traditional Chant Feel)
Lead: Ọnya a…
Backing: (Ọnya a eeh!)
Lead: Adịghị agwọ ngwa ngwa…
Backing: (Agwọghị ya o!)
Lead: Forever scar…
Backing (soft chant): (Scar… scar… ọnya… ọnya…)