Odaw River Song

[Verse 1]
(A cappella) You dey patch the roof with the last of the tar, eh?
(A cappella) Before the water come claim your new car, eh?
(Beat drops)
June second, the sky was a clean blue sheet.
You dey argue with the tro-tro mate on Oxford Street.
The scaffolding hold the new bank up for Osu.
Nobody know say the foundation go soon lose.

[Chorus]
You just dey sleep, Odaw River, you dey sleep.
You hold the city's secrets down too deep.
Tomorrow the rain go fall, the fire go creep.
Tonight you dey promise what you no fit keep.

[Verse 2]
The waakye seller at Circle, she serve you the last.
She tell you, "'Chale, relax, the forecast go pass.'"
The welder's torch make a quick star in the dark.
He dey build a new gate for the rich man's park.
That wall he dey mend get a crack like a sad smile.
You never think say it go fall in a while.

[Chorus]
You just dey sleep, Odaw River, you dey sleep.
You hold the city's secrets down too deep.
Tomorrow the rain go fall, the fire go creep.
Tonight you dey promise what you no fit keep.

[Bridge]
The air get that petrol smell from the Goil station spill.
Just a small thing, a nuisance, until...
You turn the radio up, the highlife dey play sweet.
A whole city living on one borrowed heartbeat.

[Outro]
The last blue sky over Accra town.
Before the water come wash the walls down.