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Artist: Yemi Alade
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Nakupenda
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Nakupenda
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Since you came into my life baby
You've given me so much joy
I'm feeling like a child baby
I want to be your toy, boy
You tell me jump, I go jump
You tell me dance, I go dance
Tell me skip to my lou
Anything to be with you boy
Oh you've given me so much more, sugar
Everything that I want and more
I will dance oh, dance
I wanna be with you, boy that's the truth
Nakupenda
Oh what a joy (oh what a joy)
You give me boy (you give me boy)
Nakupenda, eh eh eh, yeah yeah yeah
Nakupenda, penda, penda, pendaaaa
Arigi rigi rigi ran'da eh
Araga raga rigi ran'da eh
Wanna saw you to play me like Spanish guitar
I be African guitar now
Arigi rigi rigi ran'da eh
Araga raga rigi ran'da eh
Swing my head like you're playing my guitar
You're playing my piano now
You tell me jump, I go jump
You tell me dance, I go dance
Tell me skip to my lou
Anything to be with you boy
Nakupenda
Oh what a joy (oh what a joy)
You give me boy (you give me boy)
Nakupenda, eh eh eh, yeah yeah yeah
Nakupenda, penda, oh boy, I surrender
Baby, you remind me of my favorite of father
Remember, remember, now stay up the stand now
When I introduced you to my mama and my papa
My mama no gree, my papa no gree
The thing wey I love out of you, them no see
My mama no gree, my papa no gree
Last last, them go gree say
Naaakupenda
Oh what a joy (oh what a joy)
You give me boy (you give me boy)
Nakupenda, yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
Naaakupenda, woo
Oh what a joy (oh what a joy)
You give me boy (you give me boy)
Nakupenda, yeah yeah yeah, woh-oh-oh
Wo-oh-oh-oh
Yeah-eah-eah-eah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Wo-oh-oh-oh
Yeah-eah-eah-eah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
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