(Guitar melody swirls, light percussion)
Nna! Oya! Today we celebrate a milestone.
Forty years of love, forty years of grace.
The sun is shining brighter on this special day
Forty years have come and gone in such a lovely way
I look into your eyes and see the story of our life
Through the stormy weather and the absence of all strife
Every moment with you is like a rhythm in my soul
Like the perfect highlife melody that makes a person whole
Oh, forty years of sunshine, forty years of grace
I see the glow of beauty written on your face
Like a classic rhythm playing from the city of Enugu
My heart beats faster when I’m standing here with you
Chop life today, celebrate the life we’ve grown
The finest love that I have ever known
We started from the bottom, now we standing on the peak
With wisdom in our voices and the future that we seek
I remember all the laughter, I remember every dance
We took the world together, we never left to chance
Omalicha, you are the music in my head
Every single word of love that you have ever said
Oh, forty years of sunshine, forty years of grace
I see the glow of beauty written on your face
Like a classic rhythm playing from the city of Enugu
My heart beats faster when I’m standing here with you
Chop life today, celebrate the life we’ve grown
The finest love that I have ever known
Chai! See how the years have made us strong
We have been singing the same melody all along
From Lagos to Onitsha, let the guitar strings ring
Today is for the joy and the song we want to sing
So let the palm wine flow and let the table be full
There is no need for worry, no need for the pull
We are walking in the light of the goodness we have sown
Forty years of harvest, of the love that we have grown
Omo, we are just beginning, there is plenty more to see
You are the only one who brings this happiness to me
Oh, forty years of sunshine, forty years of grace
I see the glow of beauty written on your face
Like a classic rhythm playing from the city of Enugu
My heart beats faster when I’m standing here with you
Chop life today, celebrate the life we’ve grown
The finest love that I have ever known
Forty years, ah ah! We still moving strong
Keep the rhythm playing, keep the groove long
Forty years of love, forty years of grace
Yeah, we celebrate you today, in this special place.
(Guitar fade out)