In this song, Flavour describes a greatly adored Ada, or first daughter, as she commences her traditional wedding. The lyrics forfeit details of a typical Igbo (a Nigerian tribe) traditional wedding which may not be fully understood by those who don’t know the culture.
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[Verse 1: Flavour]
Have you seen my beautiful baby?
Have you seen my tomato baby ooo? iyele
Baby softly dey cool me temper, Ada
Baby na sugar sugar iyo oh
[Chorus: Flavour]
Everybody dey wait
Puta kene na ogbo
Ife di mma amaka
Better soup na money kill am o
Adanwa ngwa pekem pekem iya
Ada Ada (oyolima)
Ada Ada iyooo
Ooo
Ada Ada (Adanwa)
Ada Ada (Chei Asanwa)
Ada Ada (Hei Ada)
Ada n'idi ora nma
Everybody dey wait
Puta kene na ogbo
Ife di m mma amaka
Better soup na money kill am o
Adanwa ngwa pekem pekem iya
Ada Ada (Hei Adanwa)
Ada Ada iyo
[Verse 2: Flavour]
Ada no dey lack
Ada dey get am for everywhere
Ada no dey lack
Ada dey get am for up and down
Baby na tomato baby
Too fresh like morning wine
Ada welelei
Iyo ko ko ko
[Chorus: Flavour]
Everybody dey wait
Puta kene na ogbo
Ife di mma amaka
Better soup na money kill am o
Adanwa ngwa pekem pekem iya
Ada Ada (Hei Adanwa)
Ada Ada iyooo
Ada Ada (Adanwa)
Ada Ada (Chei Asanwa)
Ada Ada (Hei Ada)
Ada n'idi ora nma
Everybody dey wait
Puta kene na ogbo
Ife di mmma amaka
Better soup na money kill am o
Adanwa ngwa pekem pekem iya
Ada Ada (Hei Adanwa)
Ada Ada iyooo
Ada Ada (Adanwa)
Ada Ada (Chei Asanwa)
Ada Ada (Hei Ada)
Ada n'idi ora nma
Everybody dey wait
Puta kene na ogbo
Ife di m mma amaka
Better soup na money kill am o
Adanwa ngwa pekem pekem iya
Ada Ada (Hei Asanwa)
Ada Ada iyooo
[Bridge: Flavour]
Pekem pekem pekem iya
Pekem pekem pekem pekem pekemkem iya ije
Pekem pekem pekem pekem pekemkem iya ije
Pekem pekem pekem pekem iya ije
Adanwa ngwa weluya ngwa weluya ngwa chobiya
Adanwa ngwa weluya ngwa weluya ngwa chobiya
Adanwa ngwa weluya ngwa weluya ngwa chobiya
Adanwa ngwa weluya ngwa weluya ngwa chobiya
Pekem pekem pekem iya o ka ome
[Outro: Flavour]
Mommy, bye-bye
Daddy, bye-bye
In nine months time
We will come visiting
With a boy and girl
A na kpoo ejima
Ada Ada iyooo