Red Mud and Coral (Extended 1)

Verse 1

Palace gates

Brass on the heavy wood

Heavy wood

Ancient dust on the stone

Old ways

New days

Walking through the red mud

I bend low

I stand tall

Respect to the crown

Respect to the land

Respect to the man

Chorus

Oba gha tokpere

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Oba gha tokpere

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Long life for the lion

Great king of the pride

Long life for the lion

Great king of the pride

Post-Chorus

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Verse 2

Coral beads

Red like the morning sun

Morning sun

Carved in ivory bone

Stiff collar

He wears the weight well

Power

Grace

Wisdom in the silence

Heavy head

Steady hand

Steady heart

Gold on the hem of his robe

Chorus

Oba gha tokpere

Ise

Oba gha tokpere

Ise

Long life for the lion

Great king of the pride

Long life for the lion

Great king of the pride

Post-Chorus

Ise

Ise

Ise

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Bridge

He hears the drums

He hears the people

He hears the truth

Legacy in the blood

Ancestors in the room

Ancestors in the wind

Ancestors in the prayer

Chorus

Oba gha tokpere

Ise

Oba gha tokpere

Ise

Long life for the lion

Great king of the pride

Long life for the lion

Great king of the pride

Outro

Ise

Kingdom lives on

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The line never ends

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The sun stays high

Verse 3

Another king on the throne

Same fire in the soul

We carry the flame

From the river to the wall

Watch the way he move

Watch the way he lead

Planting the seed

For the children to see

Iron in the grip

Silk in the talk

History moves

When he start to walk

Chorus

Oba gha tokpere

Ise

Oba gha tokpere

Ise

Long life for the lion

Great king of the pride

Long life for the lion

Great king of the pride

Post-Chorus

Ise

Ise

Ise

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Outro

Seven hundred years

Still we standing here

Bini boy with the crown

Never let it touch the ground

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