The indigenous Nigeria musician, QDot, has released the official music video for his song “Desperate Journey.”
The 2022 song is an interesting record that talks about the Desperate Journey Qdot wanted to embark on during the early years of his life just for greener pasture. The singer sings about how a group of people collected money from him and his friends with promises of taking them to America, only to find out that the route leads to Libya.
Watch the video, Listen to the song and Enjoy with Lyrics;
DESPERATE JOURNEY LYRICS
America oh
How we go cross the ocean?
We want to go to America but we no get ah visa
Dem say “dem go carry us go there lai ni visa oh”
Oh, oh-oh
Qdot l’oruko mi
Emi ati Bola, Tobi Adefuyi, Bolaji Adekola Kazeem (Kazeem)
Won ni t’aba tife lo, “k’ama soh fun enikan kan”
Egberun marun ni form ori kankan, mio soh ni’le (soh ni’le)
Mofe de America kin toh pe ile
Kin pe ile pe “mo ma ko’rebo wa sile”
A shey Libya lon kowa lo
We want to cross to America but we no get ah visa (no get ah visa)
Dem say “dem go carry us go there lai ni visa oh”
We want to go to America but we no get ah visa (America oh)
Dem say “dem go carry us go lai ni visa oh” (aun lo America)
Desperate journey (desperate, desperate, desperate oh)
Desperate journey (desperate, desperate, desperate oh)
Desperate journey (desperate, desperate, desperate oh)
Desperate journey (desperate, desperate, boys are desperate)
Damilare mio gbagbe, ojo Jimoh l’obo si
Ankara t’ofi sin Iya Baba mi, mo ko si
Kazeem tin pe mi oh “pe ibo mowa?”
Moti wa ‘nu motor Ikorodu t’oun lo Surulere
Brother, find your way down to National Theater
O ni, “iwo sha ma bo, passport no matter oh”
To cut the story short oh, a gbera
Mo ranti Baba Ibeji l’oloko toh gbewa
Lati Eko a de Ibadan (lati Eko a de Ibadan)
Ogbomoso de Ilorin, a de Pako, Jeba de Iganna
A sinmi Tegina, jeun ni Kagawa k’ato de Kaduna
B’ashey koja Kano, okan mi o ba le mo (ba le mo)
Ibi oun she’bi ti mo mo
Mo ti jina si’le, mio lo mo oh (ohh)
Shebi ori l’omo bimo shey de’le pada
Oko t’oun k’ata r’Eko mo pada ta mo
We want to go to America but we no get ah visa
Dem say “dem go carry us go oh lai ni visa oh”
A shey Libya lon kowa lo
(Yeah, who’s here?)
O ma shey oh
