[Nigerian Pidgin] What Remains

Lyrics

[Intro – Soft Piano, Strings, Distant Choir]

Hmmmm...

Before dem sabi our name...

Before we talk our first word...

Before we dream our first dream...

Dem dash us gift...

Small time.

And chance to love.

[Verse 1]

We show like morning sun,
Quietly touch this earth,
Breath turn to heartbeat,
Life dey find im worth.

We gather moments, memories,
Learn to laugh, to cry,
We hold stranger hand,
Dem become why we try.

Some go stay for many seasons,
Some journey dey brief,
But every soul wey touch us
Leave something underneath.

[Pre-Chorus]

Years fit waka like river,
Days fit fade from sight,

But love dey write story
Long after goodnight.

[Chorus]

🌍 Nothing wey we love dey lost,
Nothing wey we give go disappear.

Every laugh,
Every lesson,
Dey live beyond passing years.

Even if hand go one day part,
Voice fade like view,

Love go waka through this world
In the lives we touch and knew.

🌍 Nothing wey we love dey lost,
Not dream,
Not song.

For heart dey remember forever
Wetim soul carry along.

[Verse 2]

Mama voice,
Papa wisdom,
Friend smile wey we sabi well,

The small things wey we think ordinary
Dey travel every mile.

Empty chair fit still hold story,
Photograph fit still dey speak,

And somewhere for another life
The love we give still dey breathe.

For every kindness wey we share,
Every burden wey we help along,

E go become light inside another
Long after we don waka go.

[Pre-Chorus]

Star dey shine after sunset,
Ocean dey sing after tide,

And love dey find way to live
On the other side.

[Chorus]

🌍 Nothing wey we love dey lost,
Nothing wey we give go disappear.

Every laugh,
Every lesson,
Dey live beyond passing years.

Even if hand go one day part,
Voice fade like view,

Love go waka through this world
In the lives we touch and knew.

🌍 Nothing wey we love dey lost,
Not dream,
Not song.

For heart dey remember forever
Wetim soul carry along.

[Bridge – Choir Rising]

Maybe life and death no be opposite.

Maybe dem be chapters
For the same fine story.

One dey teach us how to arrive.

The other dey teach us how to let go.

And between dem...

Dem give us chance

To love deeply.

To forgive freely.

To lift another soul.

To leave world brighter than we find am.

Because wetim we give in love

No dey leave with us.

[Final Chorus – Full Choir]

🌍 Nothing wey we love dey lost,
Nothing wey we give go disappear.

Every laugh,
Every lesson,
Dey live beyond passing years.

Every dream we help awaken,
Every hand wey we hold strong,

Dey live beyond edge of leaving
And carry us along.

🌍 Nothing wey we love dey lost,
Not dream,
Not song.

For heart dey remember forever
Wetim soul carry along.

And every life we touch with kindness
Keep part of us alive.

[Outro – Piano & Choir Fade]

One day...

Person go call your name.

Person go remember your smile.

Person go carry your courage.

Person go pass your kindness.

And somewhere...

Inside heart you help heal...

Part of you go still dey live.

Because love never learn how to die.

Hmmmm...