Music Review: “Common Person,” by Burnaboy
“Common Person” is a song by a Nigerian Grammy Award winner, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu aka Burnaboy.
The song “Common Person” premiered on July 8, 2022. It is one of the songs in Burnaboy’s just-released 19-track album titled “Love, Damini.”
What language did Burnaboy speak in the song Common Person?
The artist sang in Pidgin
What is the song “Common Person” by Burnaboy all about?
A common person is a regular kind of person with no influence. A common person is always under a person that is superior and takes others from such a person.
In the song “Common Person,” by Burnaboy, the artist says even though he may be a commoner and he may be under someone or control, his happiness isn’t. His happiness is solely his responsibility and no one can take that away from him.
In essence, it is your right to make yourself happy; no one can make you happy better than yourself.
He also points out the importance of humility regardless of the position one may find him or herself.
What do you all think?
“Common Person,” by Burnaboy Lyrics Translation
Intro
Instrumental
Funkula
Verse 1
Na me wey dey clean una house (I am the person that cleans your house.)
Na me wey dey wash una car (I am the person that washes your car.)
Na me wey dey cook ununu (I am the person that cooks ununu)
Na me wey dey wash una cloth (I am the person that washes your cloths.)
Na me wey dey work for your shop (I am the person that works in your shop.)
Na me wey dey hawk ununu (I am the one that hawks ununu.)
Chorus
I be common person, but my happiness, oh, still be my own (I am a common person, but, my happiness is mine.)
Everybody get role, no mean say your own role pass my own (The fact that everybody has a role doesn’t mean your role exceeds mine.)
Repeat chorus
I be common person, but my happiness, oh, still be my own (I am a common person, but, my happiness is mine.)
Everybody get role, no mean say your own role pass my own (The fact that everybody has a role doesn’t mean your role exceeds mine.)
Verse 2
Because na God, I dey put all my faith, food for my plate (Because of God, I put all my faith, food on the plate.)
Fit no do me jo (It may not be enough for me)
Hmm, agbanoso (Don’t run away.)
Even as things no dey go my way (Even as things are not going my way.)
Even in days where no get nothing at all (Even days when I had nothing at all.)
Hmm, agbanoso (Don’t run away.)
Na me wey dey drive your bus (I am the person that drives your bus.)
Na me wey drive your keke (I am the person that drives your tricycle.)
Hmm, agbanoso (Don’t run away.)
Na me wey dey run around (I am the person that does the running around.)
Na me do the job (I did the job.)
Hmm, agbanoso (Don’t run away.)
Chorus/Outro
I be common person, but my happiness, oh, still be my own (I am a common person, but, my happiness is mine.)
Everybody get role, no mean say your own role pass my own (The fact that everybody has a role doesn’t mean your role exceeds mine.)
Outro
Instrumental
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Watch the video for the song “Common Person,” by Burnaboy below
Duration: 3 minutes 34 seconds
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