legba
Open the door, Papa Legba
Open the door for I and I
Open the door, Papa Legba
When I return, I will thank the Loa..
Legba nan baye-a
Legba nan baye-a
Legba nan baye-a
You carry the flag and shade the sun for the lwa
Guardian of the crossroad and the entrances Jah villa
Known by many names
Exu, Eleggua, Papa Labas and Limba
Loved and revered always
Youngest sons of Mawu and Liza
Old man with a crooked staff
Master lingua
Warrior and messenger of destiny
You provide opportunity
Legba nan baye-a
Legba nan baye-a
Legba nan baye-a
You carry the flag and shade the sun for the lwa
Power to remove every obstacle
Ceremonies begin and end with you
It is you who opens the gates to the spirit world
Much like St Peter world
Walk with the black sun St Michael and St Martine
Great healer and master magician yeah coming in
Your amulets are impossible to destroy within
3 red beads and 3 black beads accomplishing
Legba nan baye-a
Legba nan baye-a
Legba nan baye-a
You carry the flag and shade the sun for the lwa
She chants in time
With the rolling drumbeat
Dancing for the rite
As the goat bleats
Round and round she turns in time
Stomping bare feet
Sweat salty sweet and lime
Papa Legba
She cries into the sky
Papa Legba come to us tonight
As she grinds her feet into the dust outside
Can’t communicate with any other kind
Without consulting Papa Legba first in time
Papa Legba
Shade darker than night
Smiling teeth, yeah pearly and white
Speak my child what is your desire
Eyes glow with inner fire…
Legba nan baye-a
Legba nan baye-a
Legba nan baye-a
You carry the flag and shade the sun for the lwa
obatala
God of purity, oldest saint. Creator of everything pure and the Supreme Justice. Protect us from all evil, Father almighty, give thanks…
Obatala ye babo
Ye ye oba
Obatala ye alabo (re re)
O Ho Ho
King of Peace, White Cloth
Father of Humanity, Bringer of the Law
May your life be clear as the water is drawn
Symbol of peace where purity is born
Messenger to Oloti
Rule the intellect
Governing the mind
Equilibrium cosmic
King of the Ife
From you came everything next
All Orishas sent by Olodumare
Obatala ye babo
Ye ye oba
Obatala ye alabo (re re)
O Ho Ho
Ruling the head
Keeping the peace
Maintaining balance
With the number 8 ease
Jupiter manifest
In the silver white breeze
Ever single color can be found within these
Gifts of benevolence
Power and the wise
Value is the ethics
From the reason, death came life
Straight from the north
Moral conscious light
Robe is unblemished like Nazareth of Christ
For peace of mind
For peace within myself
For peace of heart
For peace my past can tell
For peace of spirit yo
For peace of home as well
Peace with my present future karma break the spell
For peace at work
For peace my family
For peace at school
Peace for those who love me
For peace with those who do not love me
Gain peace and mental clarity
Obatala ye babo
Ye ye oba
Obatala ye alabo (re re)
O Ho Ho
yemaya
The Great One who gives good things, the Great One who gives good
things. Give me Good Things from the Great One who gives Good Things
Ache! So be it…
Yemaya assessu, Assessu Yemaya
Yemaya Olodo, Olodo Yemaya
Yemaya assessu, Assessu Yemaya
Kai kai kai Yemaya Olodo, Kai kai kai Assessu Olodo
Originated in Kemet as Isis
Nubians spread her throughout the African continent
She gave birth to 14 gods and goddess
Her water broke and made the oceans
From her womb came the first man and woman
Creation goddess with mercy, compassion
Ruling dreamtime over seas and moon abyss
Sea shell collective wisdom water unconscious
Ocean Mother, Mother of fishes
Mother of dreams and all the secrets
Mother of pearl, mama watta exists
Lemanja, La Sirene, cane syrup
Grant us beauty good fortune all of it
Good health and rain, dream magic blessings, affection
Full moon or crescent moon your vigil we keep it
Yemaya assessu, Assessu Yemaya
Yemaya Olodo, Olodo Yemaya
Yemaya assessu, Assessu Yemaya
Kai kai kai Yemaya Olodo, Kai kai kai Assessu Olodo
Oh Yemaya, Protector of the Sea
With all respect, I come before thee
Admiring thy power and thy blessed energy
I wish to one day, be set free
Oh beloved Mother all powerful so kind
Radiating beauty, love and peace divine
Filling my soul with the purest of love
You make me feel like the purest of doves
Smiling upon I from the womb of Iration
I remember you in ritual, song and celebration
Oh Almighty, Queen of the Sea
With my heart and soul, I beseech thee…
Yemaya assessu, Assessu Yemaya
Yemaya Olodo, Olodo Yemaya
Yemaya assessu, Assessu Yemaya
Kai kai kai Yemaya Olodo, Kai kai kai Assessu Olodo
oya
Praise to the Spirit of the Wind. The Winds of Earth and Heaven are wondrous. May there always be a Mother of Nine. Aché. So be it..
Oya O
Mi ariwo
Oya o ma ru o
Oya o
Mi ariwo
Yaa mama lo
Mistress of the marketplace
Mother of nine
Ruler of the hurricanes
Stingray of the isle
Protect me from the strong wind and all the elements
Help I in business, economic relevance
Protect I with ancestral spirit resonance
From the Niger you brought fire and magic evidence
Oya Yansan
Ogun negligent
Into your arsenal went his tools, first genesis
Swept away by Chango yea
Battle perilous
Your ferocity like any male alpha regiment
Mother of disguise many masks eloquence
Revolution and efficient never carelessness
Oya O
Mi ariwo
Oya o ma ru o
Oya o
Mi ariwo
Yaa mama lo
You grant I transformation
Yeah lightning buffalo
Known for using magic yo the knowledge never know
One of the greatest elders so we go tell dem so
When change is needed call upon her so
Increase in business and success conquer vertigo
Winds of Earth and Heaven topple like a domino
Bring I well being Iba Oya stereo
Praise to the mother of nine no cameo
Isnt she lovely, yeah
When we are free
To love and choose
Our destiny
I’m burning bridges
Run through storms in deed
Into the mountains
Where your form is breeze
Risen from ashes
Beneath the trees
In the upper tier
You set me free
From fear thats forged
Let go and see
I will not stay not me…
Oya O
Mi ariwo
Oya o ma ru o
Oya o
Mi ariwo
Yaa mama lo
oshun
Oshun I call to you. You are very rich. Digging in the sand. To hide money there. Oshun, I come to you. With your coral hair…
Mbe Ma Yeye
Oshun Oshun Yeye mi oga
Mbe L’Oro
Oshun Oshun Yeye mi oga
Yeye kari
Oshun Oshun yeye mi oga
Yeye ‘jo
Oshun Oshun yeye
Spirit of love
And intimacy
Spirit of beauty
My wealth increase
Spirit of diplomacy
And the mysteries
Your cloud conceal
Enshrouding
Changing and surreal
So enticing
Spun from heaven's wheel still spinning
In near stillness dusk unfolding
And the sunlight disappearing
Force of harmony
Felt as love, seen as beauty
Yeah, experienced as ecstasy
One elevated female ancestor being
Among the 401 sent from the spirit world in
To create the world
(YeYe) mother of us all
Iration could not begin until she bore a son
Oh Papa Legba, great vessel of Ache
Laketi, who has ears
My prayers answering
Prayers answering…
Mbe Ma Yeye
Oshun Oshun Yeye mi oga
Mbe L’Oro
Oshun Oshun Yeye mi oga
Yeye kari
Oshun Oshun yeye mi oga
Yeye ‘jo
Oshun Oshun yeye
What causes you to dance
What causes you to play
Upon the mortal instruments of bone and clay
What secrets do you hide away
To rust in restless ruin yeah all the day
Pulling strings, plucking tunes out there in space
Amid the hushed whispers in the dark room always
Unseen mother felt every single day
Water, moisture and attraction yeah you stay
Mbe Ma Yeye
Oshun Oshun Yeye mi oga
Mbe L’Oro
Oshun Oshun Yeye mi oga
Yeye kari
Oshun Oshun yeye mi oga
Yeye ‘jo
Oshun Oshun yeye
shango
Shango, I beseech you, grant me a good life. I want what is in your hand. I want a good thing from you. Grant me my own gift today…
Shango, Obatilemi Shango oba o so
Shango, Obatilemi Kabiosile
Orisha of fire, passion and thunder
Orisha of lightning, dance and power
All things Alpha, dispenser
Defeating my enemies, power to win war
Victory over difficulties, power over other
Once a Yoruban King, none other
Hurl bolts of lightning imprint of stone Iyah
Can be seen after the heavy rain and flood
Great deal of power love
Justice is needed so the court it needs a touch
When courage is needed when the lion haffi up
Do not fight me, give me a child of my own
Yeah, That I can call my own…
Shango, Obatilemi Shango oba o so
Shango, Obatilemi Kabiosile
The man who tells lies will die inna his home
He strike dem down the stupidness the one who has no throne
He wrinkles up his nose and the liar run off
Even when he does not fight, we used to fear him tuff
Son of a leopard, man who died just woke up
He is the one, Shango waking up
Took his neighbor’s roof to cover his headtop
Lent out money never want it ripped it up
The king who knows today and tomorrow
Never fade
The one who turns a bad day into good days
I beg you, give me more children along the way…
Shango, Obatilemi Shango oba o so
Shango, Obatilemi Kabiosile
Anybody who waits for the elephant waits for death
Anybody who waits for the buffalo waits for a fight
Anybody who waits for the railway waits for trouble
We must avoid the thing that will kill us
ogun
Ogun Obi rere o
Fun wa ni alaafia
Ma da wahale silu
Ase
Ogu ma rosho ogu ro
A saraja ogu ro
Ogu ma rosho jaba le lau
A saraja ogu ro
Father of technology
Wild man of the Woods
Traditional warrior, known as Ares inna the bush
Mighty and powerful
Destructive and ragefull
Prophecy and magic plant the seed revolution Haitian
Son of yemaya and Orungan
Like Saint Peter, St James the Greater
St George, Anthony
Fiery spirit martial
Linked with blood, heals disease of the heart
Presiding over fire, iron, hunting and war
Politics and family we’ll never hunger more
Patron of the smiths
Machete on the arm
Rum and tobacco offering fi the general
Ogu ma rosho ogu ro
A saraja ogu ro
Ogu ma rosho jaba le lau
A saraja ogu ro
Papa Ogun do see what I have made for you
Do you see this wonderful food and everything for you
Do you see me? Give me yeah
This blood is not for you not for you
There pon the right yeah destroying pon the right
Suddenly in the house and in the field where there was life
No partiality in silence you thrive
Dealing with the thief and the coward one time
Owner of the house yeah no one can hide
You are the forest god
No clothes no time
Your laughter is no joke
Innocent child
Enemies scatter and the leopard step aside
Ogu ma rosho ogu ro
A saraja ogu ro
Ogu ma rosho jaba le lau
A saraja ogu ro
Do not reject me
Have pity on me
Don’t ask me anything
Do not reject me