MI, Flavour, others support Eagles with Glo songs

The songs are ‘Power to Win’, by Flavour and MI; ‘Raise Your Voiceý’ anchored by the Glo All Stars, as well as a medley of popular Nigerian Supporters’ Club chants which are already being downloaded as ring back tunes.The refrain ‘no lele, no yawa’ in the ‘Raise Your Voice’ song which in popular Nigerian Pidgin […]

The songs are ‘Power to Win’, by Flavour and MI; ‘Raise Your Voiceý’ anchored by the Glo All Stars, as well as a medley of popular Nigerian Supporters’ Club chants which are already being downloaded as ring back tunes.
The refrain ‘no lele, no yawa’ in the ‘Raise Your Voice’ song which in popular Nigerian Pidgin English means ‘no worries’ is resonating with Nigerians who love the re-assuring words in the song. The lyrics say  among others, that “we would raise our flag, we would shine our eyes, we would raise our voices and defend our name. No dulling Naija!” The artistes encourage Nigerians to join their voices to support the Eagles’ World Cup campaign.
Choruses rendered in Hausa were anchored by Bez Idakula with the other ambassadors backing him up, sang the universal ‘Ole, Ole!’, a celebratory chorus that inspires teams to victory.
‘When Nigeria beat Brazil in the I996 Olympics soccer event, reminds Nigerians of the golden moment when the country won the Olympic gold medal   at the expense of football giants   Brazil and Argentina. 
The Supporters’ Club chant is a medley of folkloric and religious songs in Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba. These songs are prayers to God, meant to serve as rallying appeal to Nigerians to support the Eagles with prayers and positive comments.  Indeed, the ‘Raise Your Voice’ song seeks to achieve this by catching the attention of all.
The Supporters’ Club chants which begin with a call for fair officiating in Yoruba language, anchored by Wande Coal, urges the referee to be impartial. This is closely followed by other prayerful Yoruba songs tagged ‘Baba ti bawa se’ and ‘Sa ma sinwalo’, expressing the hope that God would see the Super Eagles through the World Cup campaign. 
The Igbo choruses, led by Flavour and Naeto C, have great danceable instrumentations that create a picture of football action on the field of play in the peoples’ minds when the song is played.  The beats also elicit interminable thirst and hunger for victory for the Super Eagles each time they take to the field during the World Cup matches.
‘Otitikpokpotikpo’ is an Igbo exhortative chant and Onye n’eme nma which exalts the goodness of God.
For Globacom the essence of the songs was to create the belief in the Super Eagles and Nigerians that with hard work, dedication and the support of 160 million passionate Nigerians, the team can excel in Brazil.