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Bo Ekom

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Song Meaning

Mercy Chinwo sings this one almost entirely in Ibibio, the language of Nigeria's Akwa Ibom region, built around the repeated refrain "bo ekom" — give thanks, give praise — that carries the song more than any single verse does. Titles drawn from Ibibio royal and religious vocabulary appear throughout, including "Edidem," king, and "Ekamba Abasi," great God, which places the praise being offered inside a specifically Ibibio frame of honor rather than a generic worship vocabulary translated from English. The one line that breaks into direct address — naming Jesus outright — anchors the otherwise call-and-response structure to a clear object of the thanksgiving being repeated. Wordless vocalizations and rhythmic chant sections in the second half function the way a bridge would in a more verse-driven song, building intensity through repetition and cadence rather than through new lyrical content. For a song with relatively little translatable text, its power sits almost entirely in performance and repetition — the refrain is less a sentence to be parsed than a phrase meant to be said back, growing weightier each time it returns.

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Oooh oooh oooh oooh

Sia fo mu tieghe nte owo o

Sia for mu tieghe nte owo o

Bo ekom do o

Ayanga owo ke mfon

Bo ekom do o

Ukpono eyene fi

Bo ekom do o

Ayanga owo ke mfon

Bo ekom do o

Ukpono eyene fi

Sia fo mu tieghe nte owo o

Bo ekom do o

Ayanga owo ke mfon

Bo ekom do ooo

Jesus, Bo ekom do o

Ayanga owo ke mfon

Bo ekom do o

Ukpono eyene fi

Ekwo;

Sia fo mu tieghe nte owo o

Bo ekom do o

Ayanga owo ke mfon

Bo ekom do o

Ukpono eyene fi

Bo ekom do o

Ayanga owo ke mfon

Bo ekom do o

Ukpono eyene fi

Edidem me didem

Bo ekom

Ete usen naneyen

Bo ekom

Oh! Ibaha owo si ntie nta fo

Ukpono eyene fi o

Ibaha owo si ntie nta fo

Akara eyon ye esun

Ibaha owo si ntie nta fo

Ekamba abasi

Ibaha owo si ntie nta fo

Sia fo mu tieghe nte owo o

Bo ekom do o

Ayanga owo ke mfon

Bo ekom do o

Ukpono eyene fi

Bo ekom do o

Ayanga owo ke mfon

Bo ekom do o

Ukpono eyene fi

Oh dah de de

Pa di dah di di

Pa pa pa pa dah dah dah

Di di di

Pa di dah di di di

Pa pa pa dah do do do

Pa pa pa bu pa pi di di

Bu di pa pa di di bu

Dah dah di

Pa di dah bu pa pa pa

Bo ekom do o

Ayanga owo ke mfon

Bo ekom do o

UBoro eyene fi

Do do do do do

Do do do

Sia fo mu tieghe nte owo o

(Sia fo, sia fo, sia fo)

Sia fo, sia fo, sia fo

Sia fo my tieghe nte owo o

Oooooooooh

Bo ekom do o

Ayanga owo ke mfon

Bo ekom do o

Ukpono eyene fi

Bo ekom do

Ayanga owo ke mfon

Bo ekom do o

Ukpono eyene fi

Bo ekom do o

Ayanga owo ke mfon

Bo ekom do o

Ukpono eyene fi

Ete usen naneyenee oo

Bo ekom do

Ayanga owo ke mfon

Bo ekom do

Ayanga owo ke mfon

Bo ekom do o

Ukpono eyene fi

Edidem me didem

Bo ekom

Uko ke kong o

Bo ekom

Bo ekom do ooooo

Ayanga owo ke mfon

Bo ekom do o

Ukpono eyene fi

Aye ye

Aya ya

Adododo

Adedede

Aye ye

Aya ya

Adododo

Adodo

Adedede

Adede

Bo ekom do o

Ayanga owo ke mfon

Bo ekom do o

Ukpono eyene fi

Uko ke kong

Uko uko uko

Aye ye

Aya ya

Adododo

Adedede

Aye ye

Aya ya

Adododo

Adodo

Adedede

Adede

Oooh

Bo ekom do

Oooh

Bo ekom do

Oooh

Bo ekom do

Oooh

Bo ekom do

Bo ekom do o

Ete usen naneyen

Jesus

Bo ekom do

Bo Ekom

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