Left For Good is no
doubt a brilliant song put together by Waje featuring Patoranking. It was
however, remixed excellently well by Bayelsa’s rising star – Jah Wondah. From
all indication, it’s an unusual love song that celebrates relationship break up
as its chorus reads “thought you left me
for bad but you left for good. Please don’t come back in my life I don’t mean
to be rude… since you’ve been gone I’ve been doing fine and nobody can take
what is mine…” other than relationship make up.
Sadly, in most developing
nations with no exception to Nigeria, the music industry is characterised with
mediocrity. To this end we hear a lot of musical rubbish circulating within the
airwaves. However it would take an astute music investor or stakeholder with a
high dose of INTEGRITY to negate worthless songs and embrace quality
songs. And by this I mean songs that are
properly produced with thought provoking lyrics, “exceptional vocal delivery ‘no
auto tunes’ and consumable visuals”.
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| Jah Wondah |
The song Left For Good
is an outstanding song with exceptionally good consumable visuals. From the
Nigeria reggae dancehall music perspective, this song by my accounts is the only
Nigeria reggae song with a reggae cover done by a Nigerian reggae singer who
goes by the name – Jah Wondah.
Without any shard of sentiment, Jah Wondah’s
lyrics as captioned here - “Waje you
pretty like a princess in a palace… me go buy you Range Rover, Rolls Royce… man
feel better seeing your face full of joy… Waje I’m not the one to ever make you
cry, every day I want to be the one to make you smile…” was punchy with
panache to say the least.
On the other hand,
Nigeria’s reggae dancehall sensation – Patoranking contributed immensely with
his lyrical delivery as captured here - “I’ve
been waiting for this moment so long but I hope you understand, I’ve been trying not to make things go
wrong, but I’m only just a man… we meant to be like Jack and Jane...”
From my analysis these
two artistes (Patoranking and Jah Wondah) displayed remarkable creativity and
uniqueness in this song. However, Empress Waje on the flip side remains the
incorruptible judge to give judgement between Patoranking and Jah Wondah whom
she will accept IF there is ever going to be a choice to be made by her between
these two wicked piece of artistes (borrowing a leaf from Jamaican patois).
These crop of reggae
dancehall artistes are every inch gifted and talented I say keep the flame Jah
Wondah for this heart felt remix (refix) and I pray you do not relent in your
stride to uplift your state and Nigeria intentionally as it concerns reggae
dancehall music globally.
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