Lyrics
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, aladoye oh
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
I feel mi spirit travelling into space and time
When a voice command me say, "seek and ye shall find"
Beauty all around me, pretty water for miles and miles
Then the voice inform me say, "son, you watching the river Nile"
And this land is sacred, seen by very few
And you for bear us knowledge, now I pass unto you
I am the orisha, the sacred god of the Yoruba
Use these words to call me where you are
Whether near or far, just say
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Repeat that
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Beat the drums
Beat, beat, beat
Aladoye, aladoye oh
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Now mi spirit drifting, floating like a cloud
Hearing voices calling, I look down, I see a crowd
Drumming and they chanting in a different tongue
Music so enchanting, I had to go down
Watching what they're doing, trying to understand
It was so amazing since I came from another land
The high priest approach me, hold and shake me hand
"Welcome home mi pickney, welcome back to shango land, yeah"
Aladoye, he say
Aladoye oh
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, aladoye oh
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Now I know shango is mi culture, Yoruba mi tongue
Mi gods, mi orisha, Oshun and Oban
Mi calabash, mi obi, mi candle and mi oil
That is what they hand me and say, "son, go back now and toil"
You may laugh and shun me and treat me with scorn
I know who go help me since I was reborn
So when you hear me chanting and knocking mi drum
All who stay there mocking, wait 'til mi power come
Aladoye, aladoye oh
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, aladoye oh
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
I feel mi spirit travelling into space and time
When a voice command me say, "seek and ye shall find"
Beauty all around me, pretty water for miles and miles
Then the voice inform me say, "son, you watching the river Nile"
And this land is sacred, seen by very few
And you for bear us knowledge, now I pass unto you
I am the orisha, the sacred god of the Yoruba
Use these words to call me where you are
Whether near or far, just say
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Repeat that
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Beat the drums
Beat, beat, beat
Aladoye, aladoye oh
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Now mi spirit drifting, floating like a cloud
Hearing voices calling, I look down, I see a crowd
Drumming and they chanting in a different tongue
Music so enchanting, I had to go down
Watching what they're doing, trying to understand
It was so amazing since I came from another land
The high priest approach me, hold and shake me hand
"Welcome home mi pickney, welcome back to shango land, yeah"
Aladoye, he say
Aladoye oh
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, aladoye oh
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Now I know shango is mi culture, Yoruba mi tongue
Mi gods, mi orisha, Oshun and Oban
Mi calabash, mi obi, mi candle and mi oil
That is what they hand me and say, "son, go back now and toil"
You may laugh and shun me and treat me with scorn
I know who go help me since I was reborn
So when you hear me chanting and knocking mi drum
All who stay there mocking, wait 'til mi power come
Aladoye, aladoye oh
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Aladoye, aladoye
Aladoye, ayaba, shango woriloye
Aladoye, aladoye