**(Intro - Mellow synth pad, slow, deep bassline kicks in, gentle shakers)**
(Dera DX, voice a bit husky, reflective)
Yeah...
Na Aguleri street, we dey so...
Mama, bros... dis one for una.
Mmm-hmm...
**(Verse 1)**
Sun don rise again, for Aguleri dust
Another day, another hustle, we just dey trust
Open eye see morning, but belle still dey rumble
Mama don wake, she dey pray, make we no stumble
Small shop for corner, she dey try make ends meet
But market slow, people no get money to chop sweet
Me and my brothers, we just dey look up to sky
Weytin we go do, Lord? Mama tears, e no dey dry.
See as street life hard, e dey make man dey reason
How we go survive, for dis suffer-suffer season?
**(Chorus - Beat swells slightly, more prominent synth melody)**
**Mama Dera DX, Timothy still waiting for the money to bless you**
**Mama Dera DX, Dera dx still waiting for the money to bless you**
**Mama Dera DX, me your pikin, I dey pray make you no go**
**Chineke biko, keep my mama for me, make she dey see as we grow.**
**(Verse 2)**
Night don come, mosquitoes dey sing their song
Small candle light, for room wey no too strong
Bros for corner, dey draw something for floor
Say one day we go blow, we no go suffer no more
He dey tell me say, "Dera, no lose hope my brother"
"God go answer our prayers, one day we go shine brighter."
But sometimes mind dey fear, e dey feel like say na lie
When hunger dey bite hard, you just want to cry.
Remember mama words, "My pickin, no forget your root"
"Even if e hard, God go surely bear us good fruit."
**(Chorus - More emotional, slightly more ad-libs)**
**Mama Dera DX, Timothy still waiting for the money to bless you**
**Mama Dera DX Dera DX still waiting for the money to bless you**
**Mama Dera DX, me your pikin, I dey pray make you no go**
**Chineke biko, keep my mama for me, make she dey see as we grow.**
**(Bridge - Beat softens, almost to just bass and pads, Dera DX's voice more raw)**
I see other pickin dem, dem mama dey enjoy life
But my mama sacrifice, endure all the strife.
No fine market wrapper, no shoe wey dey shine well
Just pure hard labour, stories wey she fit tell.
Every single day, na prayer for her lips
Say God abeg, shine your light, make we no eclipse.
Mama, your strength dey ginger me, e dey make me dey strong
To fight for better life, where we all belong.
**(Guitar line comes in subtly here if used, melancholic and flowing)**
**(Chorus - Full energy, more layered vocals, ad-libs prominent, slight echo on "bless you")**
**Mama Dera DX, Timothy still waiting for the money to bless you (For the money to bless you, mama!)**
**Mama Dera DX, Dera dx still waiting for the money to bless you (Yes oh!)**
**Mama Dera DX, me your pikin, I dey pray make you no go (No go anywhere, mama!)**
**Chineke biko, keep my mama for me, make she dey see as we grow.**
**(Outro - Beat slowly fades, synth pad lingers, Dera DX ad-libs)**
Yeah... Aguleri...
We dey pray...
For Mama...
Dera DX... Timothy...chidera..
We go make am... One day...
Mama, we promise you...
Mmm-hmm... (Beat fades completely)
