Water No Get Enemy Lyrics
If you wan to go wash, na water you go use
If you wan cook soup, na water you go use
If your head dey hot, na water go cool am
If your child dey grow, na water he go use
T'omi ba p'omo e o omi na lo ma'lo
Nothing without water
Ko s'ohun to'le se k'o ma lo'mi o
Omi o l'ota o
Water, him no get enemy!
If you fight am, unless you wan die
I say water no get enemy
If you fight am, unless you wan die
Omi o l'ota o
I dey talk of Black man power
I dey talk of Black power, I say
I say water no get enemy
If you fight am, unless you wan die
I say water no get enemy
I say water no get enemy
Omi o l'ota o
Omi o l'ota o
Water is essential to human life. Only a fool would dare go without it.
Likewise, the people and the body politic are a nation's lifeblood. They populate the land, power the economy, and preserve its culture. Only a foolish government would fight or antagonize its citizens. Trample on your own people, and your nation will die of thirst.
The song was written back in 1975 for Nigeria, but his message is still worth hearing today, no?
I interpret it as we should be more like water. Water can give life, and it can also take it away. Water doesn't pic and choose who it harms or nurtures. So if we become more like water we become more peaceful, without hatred or fear in the sense that we don't have an enemy.
"Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing? And then they will still not believe."
Beings have an existential fight with themselves and with what they want to achieve or love. It's a game that we need to play and exceed in through behaving our egos.
Always remember that 60% of the human body consists of water and that "If you fight am, unless you wan die"