ElJay x Swizz - Barako Feat. ST Da Gambian Dream (Official Video)

A song about blessings (barako). Song explains how we came from humble, blessed but poor families, how our parents sweated just so that they could feed us, how they prayed for us every day that we may not stray, and how we refused to take the easy way of poverty but instead hustled to get where we are today.

Song Lyrics:

Ntol bota damin man fen sotor
Womatin nna nang fang tinya
Baa duwa fo barako si nna nang
Maeta katala watoh le sita

Baa duwa fo bararko si nna nang
Baa duwa fo bararko ye nna nang
Faa duwa fo bararko si nna nang
Faa duwa fo bararko ye nna nang
Baa duwa fo bararko si nna nang
Baa duwa fo bararko si nna nang
Womatin nna nang fang tinya yea ye

Barrkeh du jema
Fum fenj woneh katanam
Barrkeh mortah
Mangsi win man hawma nyaka man
Barrkeh la yoreh
Suma yai-ya njeka barrkeh man
Bobou barrkeh tah
Sudon taw man dina tarka man

Problemi chop merr bi nehma am
Problemi problem job ma gena nyeffeh man
Problemi problem yudut jekh nobody gives a damn
Prolemi tekki nyula job lolu morfi am

Mbota damin mang fen sotor
Dhol ni kontongta ih buka simang sotor
Corrigator kotorta sama konor
Nnka potohl lundi saliba konor

Ntol bota damin man fen sotor
Womatin nna ngang fang tinya
Baa duwa fo barako si nna nang
Maeta katala watoh le sita

Baa duwa fo bararko si nna nang
Baa duwa fo bararko ye nna nang
Faa duwa fo bararko si nna nang
Faa duwa fo bararko ye nna nang
Baa duwa fo bararko si nna nang
Baa duwa fo bararko si nna nang
Womatin nna ngang fang tinya yea ye

Pisaal ti jang
Sino ti jang
Hani man nyiningka hustle-lo bi jang
Hani ti jang
Kung jengkeh ti jang
Doku ning tarakoso dama leh bi jang

Hikilo bi jang
wakilo bi jang
Man jiki mola rescue ti jang
Bata bi jang
meta batala jang
ebatu nga falyeh nga min taki jang

Mbota damin mang feng soto
Nna saliba mang sirang soto
Na boliba yeh mano soto
bari na durang ba man suboo soto

Ntol bota damin man fen sotor
Womatin nna ngang fang tinya
Baa duwa fo barako si nna nang
Maeta katala watoh le sita

Baa duwa fo bararko si nna nang
Baa duwa fo bararko ye nna nang
Faa duwa fo bararko si nna nang
Faa duwa fo bararko ye nna nang
Baa duwa fo bararko si nna nang
Baa duwa fo bararko si nna nang
Womatin nna ngang fang tinya yea ye
Womatin nna ngang fang tinya

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Composers: Modou Lamin Marong, Adama Sumbundu