(Deep bass, steady one-drop drums, offbeat guitar, warm organ, mature male lead, and energetic backing choir)
My people, make we talk small!
If you do good work, people go see am.
If you help the people, people go remember you.
But today, we see big-big billboards everywhere, with the faces of people wey we already know!
Then their own party come talk say, "Five days! Make you pull the billboards down!"
Ei! My people, wetin dey happen?
You promise us what? You do what?
Big-big billboard for here and there,
Your face dey show everywhere.
You print your name, you show your face,
But wetin you do for the people dem place?
You say you work, you say you try,
Your pictures dey reach up to the sky.
But my brother, make I ask you now,
Wetin you do? Make you tell us how!
If you be new, we go know your name,
You fit come and introduce your game.
But if you don lead for many years,
Show your work; we dey right here!
LEAD: You promise us what?
CHOIR: YOU DO WHAT?
LEAD: You print your face!
CHOIR: WE KNOW YOUR FACE!
LEAD: You build billboard!
CHOIR: SHOW US YOUR WORK!
EVERYBODY:
Good work no need billboard!
Good work go speak for itself!
You fit print your face everywhere,
But the people go judge your work!
Our boys need jobs, our girls need chance,
Give our young people room to advance.
No be only some people dem go chop,
Make opportunity reach every spot!
Big man, small man, we all belong,
Make you bring everybody along.
No favourites, no leave some behind,
Treat everybody fair and kind!
We work for the party, we stand in the rain,
We work for victory again and again.
When you get power, remember your friends,
The grassroots people wey dey defend!
LEAD: You promise us what?
CHOIR: YOU DO WHAT?
LEAD: We need jobs!
CHOIR: GIVE US CHANCE!
LEAD: We need fairness!
CHOIR: TREAT US THE SAME!
EVERYBODY:
Good work no need billboard!
Good work go speak for itself!
You fit print your face everywhere,
But the people go judge your work!
Don't wait till election day,
Then come around to shout,
"Ɛyɛ Zu! Ɛyɛ Za!"
When the votes be wetin you want!
Come to the field, come see the ground,
Meet the people all around.
From constituency to every branch,
Give the grassroots a fighting chance!
Don't sit for office and forget the ground,
The party people dey all around.
Work with the branches, make the system strong,
Make every constituency belong!
Regional office, make you wake up!
Make the office work for all of us!
We need planning, we need support,
Make the grassroots no fall short!
Let the secretaries get what they need,
Help them organize, help them succeed.
Communication, training, unity,
Make we build a winning party!
No be election time you go appear,
Then disappear when the next day near.
Work with the people throughout the year,
Make every branch know say you dey there!
Billboards rise, billboards shine,
Big-big pictures for every line.
Then their own party come and say,
"Five days! Make you take them away!"
My people, stop and think small,
Who be the owner of the party at all?
The people wey work, the people wey stand,
The grassroots soldiers across the land!
LEAD: What did you promise?
CHOIR: THE PEOPLE REMEMBER!
LEAD: What did you deliver?
CHOIR: THE PEOPLE GO JUDGE!
LEAD: You promise us what?
CHOIR: YOU DO WHAT?
LEAD: We need jobs!
CHOIR: GIVE US CHANCE!
LEAD: We need fairness!
CHOIR: TREAT US THE SAME!
LEAD: Come to the branches!
CHOIR: COME TO THE GROUND!
LEAD: Ɛyɛ Zu!
CHOIR: Ɛyɛ Za!
EVERYBODY:
Good work no need billboard!
Good work go speak for itself!
Jobs and fairness, make we belong,
Work with the grassroots, make the party strong!
Good work no need billboard!
The people know your face!
We no need only big-big pictures,
WE NEED RESULTS! WE NEED OUR PLACE!
My people, the message be simple.
If you promise jobs, help the people get jobs.
If you promise fairness, treat everybody fair.
If you lead the region, work with the constituencies and branches.
Make the regional office work for everybody.
And no be only election time you go come around to shout:
"Ɛyɛ Zu! Ɛyɛ Za!"
The people know your face.
Now make we see your work!
GOOD WORK NO NEED BILLBOARD!