Jiayou

[Verse 1 - vocal starts immediately, no instrumental opening]

Ah! Jiayou!

I land for Guilin

where the mountain dey stand for water,

shanshui, shanshui,

stone wey God carve with him hand,

Zhangjiajie dey rise like finger

wey point for sky,

Huangshan yunhai,

cloud dey pass under my eye,

I no get word for this one,

so I go use their own,

hao mei, hao mei,

beauty wey stand alone.

[Pre Chorus]

Zhongguo, Zhongguo,

zhan qilai,

bowl wey empty before

don full again today.

[Chorus]

Jiayou, jiayou,

bu ting, no dey stop,

jiayou, jiayou,

manman lai, e go work,

zhi, huoyao, zhinanzhen,

paper, powder, needle for sea,

jiayou, jiayou,

look wetin dem build for we.

[Verse 2]

Dem write for paper

before paper reach the world,

dem print am, dem sail am,

dem point am north for the girl,

hunger been sit for the table

like family wey no dey leave,

now the table full of steam

and the train dey fly for eve,

no be magic, na morning,

na the same hand every day,

manman lai, manman lai,

brick by brick dem lay.

[Chorus]

Jiayou, jiayou,

bu ting, no dey stop,

jiayou, jiayou,

manman lai, e go work,

zhi, huoyao, zhinanzhen,

paper, powder, needle for sea,

jiayou, jiayou,

look wetin dem build for we.

[Instrumental Break One]

[Chant]

guangchang, guangchang,

ayi tiao wu,

yi qi, yi qi,

tiao wu, tiao wu,

guangchang, guangchang,

ayi tiao wu,

yi qi, yi qi,

bu ting, bu ting.

bu ting, bu ting.

[Instrumental Break Two]

[Bridge]

For here dem no dey ask you

how you dey,

dem go ask you

chi fan le ma,

you don chop today?

one round table,

one hot pot,

everybody hand inside,

na so love dey talk

when e no wan hide.

[Final Chorus]

Jiayou, jiayou,

bu ting, no dey stop,

jiayou, jiayou,

manman lai, e go work,

zhi, huoyao, zhinanzhen,

paper, powder, needle for sea,

jiayou, jiayou,

look wetin dem build for we.

[Outro]

hao mei,

Zhongguo,

jiayou, jiayou,

jiayou,

jiayou,

jiayou,

jiayou!