African Woman
Onyeka Onwenu Lyrics

Izunwane love is all you ever wanted Izunwane
Izunwane, you wanted nothing but love

Simple life with simple joy
You wanted a simple life filled with simple joy

House and two kids with a man that you need
You wanted a house, two kids and a caring man by your side

Woh Izunwane life is never how we want it Izunwane
Oh, Izunwane, life is never exactly as we want it

Lost a man at twentyone to six master feet and room that you live
You lost a man to death at twenty-one, toiling for the master and living in a cramped room

Oh Izunwane
Oh, Izunwane

You are a woman an African woman
You are a woman, an African woman

Giving it all you've got
You are giving everything you have

You are woman living in a world that's so hard
You are a woman living in a world that is so challenging

If you care
If you are committed

Izunwane
Izunwane

You know how lonely your life can be
You know how lonely life can become

Izunwane lonely days and lonely nights
Izunwane, facing days and nights all alone

No one in your bed crying to know end
No one is there to cry with you in bed until the end

Uhm Izunwane living life not like you want it Izunwane
Uhm, Izunwane, life is being lived not according to your desire

Trying to understand this is your fate there's no one to blame
You try to comprehend that this fate was written for you, and there is no one to blame

Oh Izunwane
Oh, Izunwane

Let us go
Let us go

Let us go Nwanem nwayi
Let us go, my sister

Let us go let us go
Let us go, let us go

Let us go o let us go nwanem nwoke
Let us go, oh let us go, my brother

Let us go hey let us go
Let us go, hey, let us go

Ne nu kai naba ne nu kai naba
Come, let us go, come, let us go

Nwanem nwayi ne nu kai naba ne nu kai naba
My sister, come, let us go, come, let us go

Ne nu kai naba ne nu kai naba nwanem nwoke
Come, let us go, come, let us go, my brother

Ne nu kai naba ne nu kai naba
Come, let us go, come, let us go

E je ka lo e je ka lo nwanem nwayi e je ka lo
Let's go, my sister, let's go, let's go

E je ka lo e je ka lo e ja ka lo nwanem nwoke
Let's go, let's go, my brother, let's go

E je ka lo hey e je ka lo
Let's go, hey, let's go

Zo mu je zo mu je
Let's go, let's go

Nwanem 'nwayi zo mu je zo mu je
My sister, let's go, let's go