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Gwada Lyrics by Olivia Murray

2018

Gwada — Written by Richard 'Barkely' Roberts

[Interlude]
Barkley: My friend
You doh know bout the dance-o?
Kick you foot four times and swing yuh hand-o
Oh-Oh…

[Intro]
Aye-yeyeyeyeye-yay
(Prince, Barkley & Micro13eatz: Oh yo-yo-yo)
Aye-yeyeyeyeye-yay
(Prince, Barkley & Micro13eatz: Oh yo-yo-yo)
Aye-yeyeyeyeye-yay
(Prince, Barkley & Micro13eatz: Oh yo-yo-yo)
Aye-yeyeyeyeye-yay
(Prince, Barkley & Micro13eatz: Woah yo-yo-yo)

[Chorus]
Swinging yuh hand in the front and yuh doing the
Gwada
(Barkley: Doing the gwada)
You put on a face when yuh feeling the pace in the gwada
(Barkley: The Gwada, The Gwada)
Sticking yuh leg while you counting to 4 do the gwada
(Barkley: Sticking it, Sticking it)
You moving yuh waist or yuh stand in one place
Wuh you rather?

[Verse A]
You tell me you want me to dance all the time na
Well I coming out with my African style na (Aye-Aye)
I know how to tic and toc on the time na
When you hear this one is just pull up and rewind na

Want to
1, 2
Want to
Shanta mele
Shanta mele
Want to
1, 2
Want to
Shanta mele
Shanta mele
Want to
1, 2
Want to
Shanta mele
Shanta mele
Want to
1, 2
Want to
Shanta mele
Shanta mele

[Chorus]
Swinging yuh hand in the front and yuh doing the
Gwada
(Barkley: Doing the gwada)
You put on a face when yuh feeling the pace in the gwada
(Barkley: The Gwada, The Gwada)
Sticking yuh leg while you counting to 4 do the gwada
(Barkley: Sticking it, Sticking it)
You moving yuh waist or yuh stand in one place
Wuh you rather?

[Hook]
We Doing the gwada
We Doing the gwada
(Barkley: The Gwada, The Gwada)
We Doing the gwada
Sticking and doing
The Gwada
(Barkley: The Gwada, The Gwada)
We Doing the gwada
We Doing the gwada
(Barkley: The Gwada, The Gwada)
We Doing the gwada
Sticking and doing
The Gwada
(Barkley: The Gwada, The Gwada)

[Verse B]
Yuh say yuh wuh dance, doh know what to do...
Out of all ah the girls I’m the one that you choose
(Barkley: The one that you choose Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh)
When I give a give yuh the gwada yuh feel it for true
(Barkley: True)
Now yuh standing behind me doh know what to do

When I give yuh gwada
Me give yuh the gwada
(Barkley: Le-Le-Le-Le-Le)
I give yuh the gwada
Yuh make up yuh face like iguana
(Barkley: La-La-La-La-La)
When I give yuh gwada
Me give yuh the gwada
(Barkley: Gwada, Gwada, Gwada-Oh)
I give yuh the gwada
Yuh make up yuh face like iguana (Aye!)

[Chorus]
Swinging yuh hand in the front and yuh doing the
Gwada
(Barkley: Doing the gwada)
You put on a face when yuh feeling the pace in the gwada
(Barkley: The Gwada, The Gwada)
Sticking yuh leg while you counting to 4 do the gwada
(Barkley: Sticking it, Sticking it)
You moving yuh waist or yuh stand in one place
Wuh you rather?

[Hook]
We Doing the gwada
We Doing the gwada
(Barkley: The Gwada, The Gwada)
We Doing the gwada
Sticking and doing
The Gwada
(Barkley: The Gwada, The Gwada)
We Doing the gwada
We Doing the gwada
(Barkley: The Gwada, The Gwada)
We Doing the gwada
Sticking and doing
The Gwada
(Barkley: The Gwada, The Gwada)

[Outro]
Aye-yeyeyeyeye-yay
(Prince, Barkley & Micro13eatz: Oh yo-yo-yo)
Aye-yeyeyeyeye-yay
(Prince, Barkley & Micro13eatz: Oh yo-yo-yo)
Aye-yeyeyeyeye-yay
(Prince, Barkley & Micro13eatz: Oh yo-yo-yo)
Aye-yeyeyeyeye-yay
(Prince, Barkley & Micro13eatz: Woah yo-yo-yo)


[Post-Conversation]
Barkley: My friend, I tell you already-o
The Gwada dance is the best dance-o
Micro13beatz: Haha, I realize my friend
It is the best dance
Barkley: Oh-Oh

[Reprise]
We Doing the gwada
We Doing the gwada
We Doing the gwada
Sticking and doing
The Gwada

About “Gwada” by Olivia Murray

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