[Intro - Chant] Ohhh...
Fanthomas
eeeh
Kwahu -
New
Year
baby... 1
st
January 1960
Born
on
Sunday,
left
on
Sunday...
[Verse 1] From
Domi
Anglican
Primary,
small
boy
with
big
dream,
You
dey
learn
your
book,
Atomic
L/
A
Middle
School
team,
You
cross
go
Naija
for
greener
pastures,
searching
for
life,
But 1983,
Ghana
Must
Go
bag,
you
return
home
alive.
Nyame
na
ɔkyerɛ
kwan,
na
ɔsan
de
wo
baa
fie.
[Chorus] Fanthomas,
woayɛ
adwuma
pa,
you
have
finished
your
assignment,
Born
on
Kwasiada,
you
left
on
Kwasiada,
woawie!
Legon
driver,
you
drove
kings
and
scholars
with
honour,
Prof.
Sefa
Dede
ne
nipa
kɛseɛ,
you
served
with
love.
Fanthomas,
da
yie,
wo
kra
nna
ase,
w'ani
nna
ase,
You
are
always
in
our
hearts,
yɛn
werɛ
remfi
wo
da.
[Verse 2] University
of
Ghana,
Legon -
your
steering
wheel
was
your
pride,
Professional
driver,
dignified,
no
shaking,
always
on
time.
You
retired,
but
sickness
came 2020,
you
fought
the
fight,
Six
years
after
your
senior
brother,
Sunday 27
th
September,
you
slept
in
the
night.
Onipa
yɛ
adwuma
na
Onyame
hyira
no,
afei
wo
home.
[Bridge - Twi & English - Half-sung, half-toasting] Me
nua
pa...
John
Quarshie
Attigah
Jnr...
Asase
ye
duru
ampa...
Earth
is
heavy
truly...
But
Jah
know
say
your
time
is
done,
Wo
nsa
ano
adwuma
no,
Nyame
ahu,
You
no
dey
suffer
again,
kae
me
bio,
wɔ
sorosoro.
[Chorus - Bigger] Fanthomas,
woayɛ
adwuma
pa,
you
have
finished
your
assignment,
Born
on
Kwasiada,
left
on
Kwasiada,
Onyame
na
ɔfrɛ
wo!
Gyae
su,
ma
yɛn
to
dwom,
let
we
celebrate
your
life,
A
legend
of
the
road,
a
humble
soul,
gone
to
Zion.
Fanthomas,
da
yie,
Nyame
nfa
wo
kra
nsie,
You
are
always
in
our
hearts,
daa
ara
kwa.
[Outro - Fade] Fan...
Thomas...
nante
yie...
Go
well,
my
brother...
Nana
Nyame
mfa
wo
nsie...
Till
we
meet
again...
on
that
beautiful
shore...
Fanthomas
lives
on...
daa...