Music Video created by Jarreth Merz
Editor: Héjja Piros
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6th March, Ghana’s Independence Day. The day Ghanaians stop and ask themselves if they’re better off since gaining Independence from their colonial masters or if it’s all just a farce. And more often than not the answer is the latter.
This is not because they would rather suffer under colonial rule, but because they mostly feel let down by their own chosen leaders.
For the rest of the year there’s no time for the average person to stop and deliberate over the state of the country because the constant battle with power crises, lack of running water, access to basic social amenities, and health care is enough to keep your hands full until next March, This is the 59th year. Happy Independence day Ghana.
RedRed, made up of Ghanaian musician and one half of the FOKN Bois M3NSA. And Budapest based producer and DJ ELO, celebrate this month with their edgiest effort yet.
How Far pushes boundaries in terms of sound, subject matter and it’s striking visuals. It’s certainly a very political song coming from an African dance electronic group but it’s not far fetched. Look through M3nsa’s catalog as a solo artist and with FOKN Bois and you’ll recognise there’s a theme here and this is no surprise.
Lyrics (In English)
Verse1:
Where is this saviour we're all looking for?
Is he some guy in the sky or is it up to us to solve our own problems?
When will we have running water? And when does will "dumsor"(power outage) cease?
Their response is always "just keep praying to God and one day he'll listen"
What kind of foundation are we building for the children's future?
Tomorrow they will bear the brunt of what we're doing right now.
And that's a fact!
Pre chorus:
How far(bad) do things have to go? We can't just sit around and say nothing like a bunch of mutes.
And as far as the people know, are leaders are meant to LEAD us, and stop treating us like idiots. This is some bullshit!
Chorus: God bless our homeland Ghana,
God bless our homeland Ghana
( And make our nation great and strong) 2x
Verse 2:
We love Jesus even more than our colonisers who introduced him to us.
Our teachers and doctors are on strike cos they're fed up!
If we don't use our 'God given' minds we'll never be 'cursed' forever.
Let's not forget our history and what we've learnt from it
Gone are the days when you could impress me with your Big English (elitism)
Why would we send you to parliament so you can just sleep? What the fuck for??
Pre chorus:
Pre chorus:
How far(bad) do things have to go? We can't just sit around and say nothing like a bunch of mutes.
And as far as the people know, are leaders are meant to LEAD us, and stop treating us like idiots. This is some bullshit!
Chorus: God bless our homeland Ghana,
God bless our homeland Ghana
( And make our nation great and strong) 2x
Beat switch chorus:
How messed up do things have to be before we realise we need to act quickly?
We're already in a tricky situation
And as far as all the people know,
You just need to your job or just leave!
There's no way we're allowing you to just empty the nations coffers!
Oh no!
