[Intro – Instrumental groove, horns & drums kick in]
(Talking, with light percussion)
🎤 Main Vocalist:
"Yeah-yeah, it's for the queens of the motherland...
Ehn! Let’s go now, lemme tell you something!"
[Verse 1 – Main Vocalist]
She dey waka like lioness o
(🎶 "Lioness o!" – Backup singers)
Graceful like the morning breeze
(🎶 "Morning breeze!")
Melanin skin, golden glow
Natural beauty, can’t you see?
She no dey fake, no silicone
(🎶 "No fake, no fake!")
From Lagos down to Accra town
(🎶 "Accra town!")
When she enter, the place dey shake
(🎶 "Boom-boom-boom, make dem shout now!")
[Chorus – Many voices interjecting rhythmically]
🎤 All:
My African queen — hey! (Hey!)
You dey shine like the sun — eh! (Eh!)
You no dey follow crowd — no! (No!)
You be number one! — yeah! (Yeah!)
🎤 Main Vocalist (underneath):
You be the fire inna my soul,
You make this heart beat steady o!
🎤 All:
My African queen — ah! (Ah!)
Beauty full of pride — oh! (Oh!)
From the roots, you rise — rise! (Rise!)
Stand tall, no compromise! (No compromise!)
[Verse 2 – Main Vocalist]
She sabi cook, she sabi build
(🎶 "Woman of the soil!")
She go speak truth with gentle will
(🎶 "Tell dem!")
Warrior spirit in her eyes
Can’t deny, no disguise
She carry culture, carry grace
(🎶 "Carry grace!")
No be rush, she set the pace
(🎶 "Queen of place!")
When I see her, I dey freeze
She bring me peace, I dey believe
[Chorus – Repeated with more energy]
🎤 All:
My African queen — hey! (Hey!)
You dey shine like the sun — eh! (Eh!)
You no dey follow crowd — no! (No!)
You be number one! — yeah! (Yeah!)
🎤 Main Vocalist:
Eyo, you fine pass all the rest
Na you I go protect!
🎤 All:
My African queen — ah! (Ah!)
Beauty full of pride — oh! (Oh!)
From the roots, you rise — rise! (Rise!)
Stand tall, no compromise! (No compromise!)
[Bridge – Call and response]
🎤 Main Vocalist:
Omo na you, na you!
🎤 Backups:
("Na you! Na you!")
🎤 Main:
Queen wey dey break taboo
🎤 Backups:
("Break am! Break am!")
🎤 Main:
You be the moon for my midnight
🎤 Backups:
("Shine bright!")
🎤 Main:
And I go stand with you for life
🎤 Backups:
("For life!")
[Instrumental break – horns, percussion, dancing moment]
(Let the band groove, space for dancers or audience chant)
🎤 Chants from crowd:
"My Queen! My Queen!"
"African Queen!"
[Final Chorus – Everyone together, big finish]
🎤 All:
My African queen — hey! (Hey!)
You dey shine like the sun — eh! (Eh!)
You no dey follow crowd — no! (No!)
You be number one! — yeah! (Yeah!)
🎤 All (shouting):
Stand tall! (Stand tall!)
Shine bright! (Shine bright!)
My Queen! My Light!
African Queen for life!
[Outro – Main Vocalist (speaking softly)]
"You no need crown to be royalty…
Na your heart, your strength, your soul…
That’s the crown, my African queen."
