I love this song so much that I decided to attempt a translation of this beautiful song for those who may not understand the language. I have also included notes in bracket to clarify some of the terms in the lyrics. Please note this translation cannot capture the beautiful rhyming and word play used in the original translation. Also, please remember this only an attempt to tell the story so beautifully rendered by Safo Newman. The song is a story being told by a young boy who's living with someone other than his biological parents. He beautifully captures the kind of abuse people like him go through in our society. Title: Akokoa - Child Verse 1: Listen! Boy, I'm running out of breath! She calls me Kwakye Bankye (a derogatory name) But she calls her son "Sweetie". I'm like the millipede, she doesn't like me I have to fill 3 barrels with water everyday Then I scrub the floor of every room in the house. After that, I wash a big heap of dirty clothes I'm not allowed to eat until I'm done with all these chores Bridge How she treats me is not how she treats Joe Boy She pampers him because he's her son This maltreatment is not limited to just me It is a very common practice in society She says she a God worshipper But her love doesn't go beyond her own children Chorus (***for Christian child abusers) In the morning She'll go to church and sing "holy, holy","Praise Him!" (***for Moslem child abusers) She'll bow and touch the ground with her forehead She'll fast during Ramadan at the mosque, "Alahamdilla"! (***for traditional worshipping child abusers) She'll pour libation to the gods And give them mashed yam,"piaaw!" When she's done worshipping her god She'll return home and beat me into a pulp ( *** he uses the word "tosa" to describe what he's subjected to in the hands of this woman. "Tosa" is the bark of a tree beaten repeatedly until it becomes like fibre) Repeat Chorus Oooo Oooo Oooo verse 2 She claims she toughening me up But she's not telling the truth What I'm going through is nothing but slavery What you're saying is just a cover-up Half of my clothes is torn into pieces I sleep on a scratched and bare cement floor She says "you either sleep here or outside" And it's not like I'm disobedient or anything like that Bridge How she treats me is not how she treats Joe Boy She pampers him because he's her son I'm not the only suffering this kind of abuse It is a very common practice in society She says she a God worshipper But her love doesn't go beyond her own children When grandma Dora calls She tells her I'm disrespectful My grandpa Kwakye Barima will chip in some advice He says "She's the one taking care of you, so be patient" Pam pam pa naa, pam pam pa naa (** He's mimicing a trumpet) I'm a only a kid What can I do? Pam pam pa naa, pam pam pa naa I'm a only a kid What can I do? Chorus In the morning She'll go to church and sing "holy, holy","Praise Him!" She'll bow and touch the ground with her forehead She'll fast during Ramadan at the mosque, "Alahamdilla!" She'll pour libation to the gods And give them mashed yam, "piaaw!" When she's done worshipping her god She'll return home and beat me into a pulp Repeat Chorus Outro: Listen to me, you worshipper of God Show love to all people For no one has ever seen the God above Don't love only your children Love others too!!!
Okay so the Tosa thing he said in the song is something that in the olden days our forefathers use in their guns for hunting. They obtained it from coconut or palmnut trees. They hit it millions times for it to become very soft then pour it into the gun to support the bullet.... Guys let's support this guy he's very deep🎉❤ He'll take Ghana music far🙏
I can relate to this song living with my grandma at age 5 and the experience I went through in the hands of my Aunt. The way she treated me and her step daughter is beyond comprehension 😢😢😢
Very Intelligent and mature young man. He is trying as much as possible not to expose the people that maltreated him. His demeanour and mannerisms are empirical evidence that he's been molested before. He is very timid and can hardly even look Code in the eyes. May God bless your hustle Safo! Code, God bless you abundantly for supporting this young man.
Safo Newman, thanks for putting our life stories in this masterpiece. May you rise beyond the skies as you try to solve societal problems with your music.
Tossa is a plant used to make jute sacks(boto). They grow as tall as 2-3yards. When they harvest it, they BEAT it and dry them. Then, they process it through the machine to turn them into threads. Similar to cotton processing.
After Listening To His Decoding With Code Mickey. I noticed one thing. He's A Talented Young Guy With Intelligence Because All His Words In The Songs Has Two Or More Meaning ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I now understand why Safo Newman flows the twi language. Once he's from Kwamang die3 forget. Kwamang people speaks undiluted elective twi ankasa. Kudos to him 👏
Thanks to Safo Newman for opening our understanding to a mystory and giving us something so powerful for many of us to relate. The tosa here that he's refering to; in the olden days was commonly used by hunters for hunting They mix it with a whole lot example of which is "atuduro" At times they look for old roofing sheet after cutting them to a prefered shapes and sizes, the beat it hard, thwy would open a bullet and spread it with the cutting "iron, atuduro and what ever into their guns and the aim is to kill more and faster especially in grass-cutter hunting. "It's very deadly. The name depicts how cruel and inhumane Joe boy's mother treated him Safo to the world❤
This song is highly and extremely deep. So far we have two guys in Ghana that sings deep songs, Kofi Kinata and now we have Safo Newma. Good jobs guys.
This music is talking to a lot of young Ghanaians who have been maltreated by ones they thought loved them.I love the message and the weight it carries!We can all relate
Story of my life bro. I have been going through this same thing for years and a few years back I got a message from the Lord to turn my pain into song writing. I’m so inspired by you and I know. Keep up the good work I know God will use you to bring light onto the darkness people like us have been facing in silence. God bless you brother.
The music gurus in Ghana should know that it is not all talents that can perform. Newman is a talent to need the help of Ghanaians to get him some sort of international awards. His songs should be pushed to some int. Music libraries. The UN need to adopt the song...
I think he explained the ‘’in one of his interviews as the bark of a plant pounded into fibre” I think those of us who had very terrible beginning and suffered discrimination among our peers turn out to be the leaders of the families. that'show God works. The pains leave marks on your mind and strengthen you to never give up. Highly intelligent and cultured young man ❤❤❤❤ the pains in his heart remain unexposed. Go highest brother
Me too! The boy has gone for several interviews, but this the only interview i want. The boy himself is a little boring so he needs someone who is interesting to interview him and The only coded micky is the best person hahaha
Code has been talking about street observance. Safo has observe what has been going on in the street 😢😢. Real life story song. Hmmm, i don't want to say it here but some of us has been through a lot 😭😭😭
I once asked my mother if indeed the woman she asked me stay with is her sister Monday to Friday no pocket money for school but you'll be given money to buy food to prepare for farm on Sundays because she worship on Saturdays I'll be the last to go to school because the woman who I get food from (after supplying her with firewood the previous day) comes late December 1996 - January 2000, Akumadan Thanks, Sister Grace, for given me the opportunity to pound your fufu to enjoy your sweet soups
Safo don't have step mother he was raise by his father Newman his father was a teacher and a banker his father is very talented man no wonder Safo is out there with this song❤❤❤
Tossa is a plant for making treads for bags. Bofore u get the threads u have to apply heat, beat it hard to smoothing and loosing it just before u can get the treads from it (meaning goung tru trauma)
22:16 I was listening to Kwaadee obiara ba nny3 in my late dads home and my step mum reported me to my father that I’m being disrespectful to her 😂 the matter of the fact is I happened to passively hear the song that day while I was out in town and was singing it all day and kept on singing when I got home without no ill intentions though 😂😂😂😂
I love this song so much that I decided to attempt a translation of this beautiful song for those who may not understand the language. I have also included notes in bracket to clarify some of the terms in the lyrics. Please note this translation cannot capture the beautiful rhyming and word play used in the original translation. Also, please remember this only an attempt to tell the story so beautifully rendered by Safo Newman.
The song is a story being told by a young boy who's living with someone other than his biological parents. He beautifully captures the kind of abuse people like him go through in our society.
Title: Akokoa - Child
Verse 1:
Listen!
Boy, I'm running out of breath!
She calls me Kwakye Bankye (a derogatory name)
But she calls her son "Sweetie".
I'm like the millipede, she doesn't like me
I have to fill 3 barrels with water everyday
Then I scrub the floor of every room in the house.
After that, I wash a big heap of dirty clothes
I'm not allowed to eat until I'm done with all these chores
Bridge
How she treats me is not how she treats Joe Boy
She pampers him because he's her son
This maltreatment is not limited to just me
It is a very common practice in society
She says she a God worshipper
But her love doesn't go beyond her own children
Chorus
(***for Christian child abusers)
In the morning
She'll go to church and sing "holy, holy","Praise Him!"
(***for Moslem child abusers)
She'll bow and touch the ground with her forehead
She'll fast during Ramadan at the mosque, "Alahamdilla"!
(***for traditional worshipping child abusers)
She'll pour libation to the gods
And give them mashed yam,"piaaw!"
When she's done worshipping her god
She'll return home and beat me into a pulp
( *** he uses the word "tosa" to describe what he's subjected to
in the hands of this woman. "Tosa" is the bark of a tree
beaten repeatedly until it becomes like fibre)
Repeat Chorus
Oooo Oooo Oooo
verse 2
She claims she toughening me up
But she's not telling the truth
What I'm going through is nothing but slavery
What you're saying is just a cover-up
Half of my clothes is torn into pieces
I sleep on a scratched and bare cement floor
She says "you either sleep here or outside"
And it's not like I'm disobedient or anything like that
Bridge
How she treats me is not how she treats Joe Boy
She pampers him because he's her son
I'm not the only suffering this kind of abuse
It is a very common practice in society
She says she a God worshipper
But her love doesn't go beyond her own children
When grandma Dora calls
She tells her I'm disrespectful
My grandpa Kwakye Barima will chip in some advice
He says "She's the one taking care of you, so be patient"
Pam pam pa naa, pam pam pa naa (** He's mimicing a trumpet)
I'm a only a kid
What can I do?
Pam pam pa naa, pam pam pa naa
I'm a only a kid
What can I do?
Chorus
In the morning
She'll go to church and sing "holy, holy","Praise Him!"
She'll bow and touch the ground with her forehead
She'll fast during Ramadan at the mosque, "Alahamdilla!"
She'll pour libation to the gods
And give them mashed yam, "piaaw!"
When she's done worshipping her god
She'll return home and beat me into a pulp
Repeat Chorus
Outro:
Listen to me, you worshipper of God
Show love to all people
For no one has ever seen the God above
Don't love only your children
Love others too!!!
You've done more than marvelous... well done
Well done
waaaaw😮
Excellent
You nailed it. more love
Safo Newman you will go far in Jesus Name. Amen
Amen
I now understand Sarkodie. He doesn’t endorse just songs. He respects sense.
The guy is very respectful he doesn’t even want to throw shades on his past feelings 😢😢
Okay so the Tosa thing he said in the song is something that in the olden days our forefathers use in their guns for hunting. They obtained it from coconut or palmnut trees. They hit it millions times for it to become very soft then pour it into the gun to support the bullet.... Guys let's support this guy he's very deep🎉❤ He'll take Ghana music far🙏
Enkew...aka thank you.
@@mastereben 😅 You're welcome
Well decoded!
The wise men of old met, deliberated, and sent this guy to preach sense!
This guy will go far in Jesus name, amen and amen 💪🙏
In Jesus name means he won’t go far 😢😢
In fact, this guy has told the world the real-life living some of us have passed through 😭😭😭
"Holy Holy"..."Praise him."
"AKyiriwia,Masalakyi"....."Alhamdulillah,"
"Nananom bosom mma no di"......"Wieo"
This guy is creative 👏🏾 👌🏾
Hard Hard
Serious play
Yeah that was great backings there ❤👌
I can relate to this song living with my grandma at age 5 and the experience I went through in the hands of my Aunt. The way she treated me and her step daughter is beyond comprehension 😢😢😢
This song must be play in all churches..........10000000000%
God bless you
Code , this guys song is my complete childhood story, this song hit hard for me, many of us relate to this song. You will go far my brother
Aww you make cry so sadly. We all can relate to this song from our childhood.
I wish my bomboclaat stepmum can hear this song.
I will vote this song for best writer . Any day anytime 🥺 Im sad rough
We hope he submits the song for vgma. He will win
Dude have go through a lot indeed his face tells it all
Nanka
Very Intelligent and mature young man. He is trying as much as possible not to expose the people that maltreated him. His demeanour and mannerisms are empirical evidence that he's been molested before. He is very timid and can hardly even look Code in the eyes.
May God bless your hustle Safo!
Code, God bless you abundantly for supporting this young man.
you said it all bro!
Facts
Great observation 😭
Don’t you think it can be his natural demeanour not that he’s been maltreated by anyone?
You have said it all.. You dey barb ble ooo
God Richly Bless you Code..u are really trying hard for Ghanaian Youth to Shine 🎊🇬🇭Keep it up Champ 🎧🍾
This is a spiritual song... It needs to be played in churches. Most of the elders and deaconesses should hear it... Thank you Newman
The mmakuofour and the Deaconesses must hear this. Those who worship God inside churches only and vice versa in town. 😢😢❤
Masa gyae Nsem hunu no. What should be played at Church
This is truly my life story. He's said it all. I'm grown but this song has taken me back to my beginning hmmmmm!! God bless this young boy.
sorry for your pain
Man I’m strong but this song, dare you listen deeply, attentively, emotionally, you’ll cry 😢❤❤❤❤❤
God bless you Safo, it’s very relatable hmm 🥺
After Listening To The Interpretation of the Song
This Guy Will Go Far......
Very Soon He Will Hitz The World 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Amen
Amen
Amen
Safo Newman, thanks for putting our life stories in this masterpiece. May you rise beyond the skies as you try to solve societal problems with your music.
Tossa is a plant used to make jute sacks(boto). They grow as tall as 2-3yards. When they harvest it, they BEAT it and dry them. Then, they process it through the machine to turn them into threads. Similar to cotton processing.
Is use to bath corpse too
Wow
@@NteaseMedia oh ok. Didn't know that.
Sapowie too
Right!
He’s really Talented, may God help and give him the wisdom to write such music . Code Mickey facial expression is so interesting 😊
After Listening To His Decoding With Code Mickey. I noticed one thing. He's A Talented Young Guy With Intelligence Because All His Words In The Songs Has Two Or More Meaning ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
😊
I felt so emotional ❤ go far bro
He has graduated from KNUST
I see, i listened to his english song and His Vocabularies were on point 💯@BrightTv123
@@onumaisaac8566he graduated from knust in 2013
In-depth Lyrical prowess, I wish Safo Newman the maximum Success.......🎣🎣✊✊🇬🇭🤜🤛
That is it!
That’s a great lyricist right there. He’s very talented
Sarfo, you are a blessed child I love your humility, and your soft spoken, King Sark God bless you.
The place i like is when he says if he hasn’t finished posa he doesn’t eat… kwɛɛɛɛ
This dude was literally telling my childhood story
The song is deep,
It deserves an AWARDS ❤
I hope he gets to somewhere. He’s just a pure soul.
Safo Newman is him wai. The guy is talented, calm and very Intelligent. He's going to blow big.
Code has a good soul. God will bless him
I now understand why Safo Newman flows the twi language. Once he's from Kwamang die3 forget. Kwamang people speaks undiluted elective twi ankasa. Kudos to him 👏
Is it Nsuta Kwaman if yes then he has gone through alot
@@efyapokuaa7721 Yeah, that's the place he comes from, Sekyere Kwaman
Code just took the right words outta my mouth....this guy's twi is elective twi paa
Heeer true
Shouts to the producer too🔥🔥🔥🔥
This guy should be culture and tourism ambassador
haha🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mode3 gyimii saa😂😂😂😂😂
@@EFLIXGAMINGHUB🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@EFLIXGAMINGHUB me siii 😂😂 na president kraa f))n na Ambassador k3k3 na wo ani abre hu 🤣🤣
Mo dier mo 😂😂😂gyimie no dorso dodo ooo….yooo😂😂😂😂
His humbleness alone
May God take him far ❤😢
I listen all day…. Akokoa
Amsterdam Effah Boachie 💯🔥🥂
When I first heard the song,I thought it was Raskuku. The song be lit and emotional,bless you man,Safo Newman
When I heard dis song I cried 😢😢I remember my step mother wat ever the daughter says will go against me.😢😢😢
Great talent !!!! I hope Okraku will not discourage this boy.
Safo Newman, all the best.
🤣😂🤣😂🤣
We should learn our local languages very well, that’s our only hope.
What do we do with those who strictly let their kids speak only English? 😂😂😂 fuushi lifestyle nkoaa for this country inside
@@apegraham9819I’ve a problem with this thing. They feel kids who speak English are intelligent which is a big lie
@@michaeloppong1240 I always fight people on this issue and I lose all the time 🥹
Thanks to Safo Newman for opening our understanding to a mystory and giving us something so powerful for many of us to relate.
The tosa here that he's refering to; in the olden days was commonly used by hunters for hunting
They mix it with a whole lot example of which is "atuduro"
At times they look for old roofing sheet after cutting them to a prefered shapes and sizes, the beat it hard, thwy would open a bullet and spread it with the cutting "iron, atuduro and what ever into their guns and the aim is to kill more and faster especially in grass-cutter hunting.
"It's very deadly. The name depicts how cruel and inhumane Joe boy's mother treated him
Safo to the world❤
Awww the guy is soo cool humble lovely and kind,to him he is jst doing his thing
kyeresɛ sekyere central produces unique talents. From DL to Safo.
Nsuta Kwaman fo) 😅😅😅 sekyere central fo)
God bless you Code Micky 🙌🙌. This boy will go far. He should consistently drop Good tunes.
This Track is above all tracks..waaaat come on👏👏👏👍🙌
This song is highly and extremely deep. So far we have two guys in Ghana that sings deep songs, Kofi Kinata and now we have Safo Newma. Good jobs guys.
This music is talking to a lot of young Ghanaians who have been maltreated by ones they thought loved them.I love the message and the weight it carries!We can all relate
Its nice to see youngsters like Blacko and this guy making strides and giving us soulful music. We have hope for our nusic. The future is bright❤🎉
Yes very bright
junior osei Boateng. Very intelligent young man. Not surprised he's a school teacher.
Big ups Safo newman .your songs are really inspirational
Apart from he being talented, he's simply brilliant 👏.
He has graduated from KNUST
@@BrightTv123do you genuinely think he graduating from Tech made him this brilliant? Just asking.
@@apegraham9819 he's brilliant and that's why he's a graduate of that University
Dropping world plays and rhymes like a pro🙌🙌
Tosa is when the back of a tree is beaten to soften it or something like sponge
Story of my life bro. I have been going through this same thing for years and a few years back I got a message from the Lord to turn my pain into song writing. I’m so inspired by you and I know. Keep up the good work I know God will use you to bring light onto the darkness people like us have been facing in silence. God bless you brother.
Sarfo is going to be great. Code, the way you dey do your face nor dey bee me waaa, too serious 😂😂
AM THOMAS FROM UK LIL BRO UR LYRICS ARE HEAVY PUNCH TO THE WOLRD UR BLESSD U BROUGHT IT TEARS TO MILLIONS EYES 😇
Special request for our politicians. Big ups Safo. Sweet talk the masses and pepper them after.
I think I second this 😂
Buh this track should win for the guy 'song writer of the year'
Exactly
Bro I think the Politicians needs words of wisdom like this put together in a track. Them mess up keep 😅👍
God bless you code for promoting this man
Code is the only person in Ghana with 0 haters😂😂😂
Aswear 😀😀
hw3. Bongo dey hate am pass😂
@@felcy505bongo dey do eye red
The age part really cracks me 😂😂😂 Heeer Code Mickey Nyɛ nipa papa😂😂
Aswear 😂
The music gurus in Ghana should know that it is not all talents that can perform. Newman is a talent to need the help of Ghanaians to get him some sort of international awards. His songs should be pushed to some int. Music libraries. The UN need to adopt the song...
Classic tune forever ❤❤❤safo newman #code micky ❤❤
This is what we call gospel
this song talks about child labor. needs full promotion
I think he explained the ‘’in one of his interviews as the bark of a plant pounded into fibre”
I think those of us who had very terrible beginning and suffered discrimination among our peers turn out to be the leaders of the families. that'show God works. The pains leave marks on your mind and strengthen you to never give up. Highly intelligent and cultured young man ❤❤❤❤ the pains in his heart remain unexposed. Go highest brother
This song takes me bacķ in 1999 when lost my dad. 😢
😢
Sorry bro may his soul rest in peace
Great lyricist 🎉❤
This the kind of songs that should sweep awards🎉
You can depict maturity in the arrangement of his songs. Well done bro.
I don't know, but the moment I see code mickey's face and his gestures I start laughing. That's what makes me watch his videos. He makes me happy
Me too! The boy has gone for several interviews, but this the only interview i want. The boy himself is a little boring so he needs someone who is interesting to interview him and The only coded micky is the best person hahaha
I like code too
When the song is good you feel happy to the extent that you just keep liking everyone's comment with No too waste
Woooow, this guy is too deep ❤️
This is Powerful!! Song writer of the year!!
Song writer of the year no doubt
I can't hold my tears 😢 💔 😭.
Safo Newman was preaching😞🙏🏾
Code has been talking about street observance. Safo has observe what has been going on in the street 😢😢. Real life story song. Hmmm, i don't want to say it here but some of us has been through a lot 😭😭😭
I once asked my mother if indeed the woman she asked me stay with is her sister
Monday to Friday no pocket money for school but you'll be given money to buy food to prepare for farm on Sundays because she worship on Saturdays
I'll be the last to go to school because the woman who I get food from (after supplying her with firewood the previous day) comes late
December 1996 - January 2000, Akumadan
Thanks, Sister Grace, for given me the opportunity to pound your fufu to enjoy your sweet soups
Music is Arts…..Excellent work
Love this song ❤
Code the first time i hard this song i cry the whole night 😢😢😢❤
Code dey feel the holy holy part paa oo ❤❤😂
Aswear you. You too see am err😂😂😂
Safo don't have step mother he was raise by his father Newman his father was a teacher and a banker his father is very talented man no wonder Safo is out there with this song❤❤❤
Me maame maame Dora fer3 no ahh, na wa kas3 mena menbu ade3, me nana kwaakyi b33ma de3 )tofu ohh.. 😢😢🥹🥺😔
This dude is great..eishhh ..
TOSHA means basa basa
Beating him, treating him bad🇬🇭🇬🇭❤️❤️
The codes code. Thanks for the good work done. God bless you
Micky I love the way you are supporting the guy
His time is up to shine, let's it shine, brighten up the corner, and thanks to the Land Lord Sark for supporting
Naa this guy dey write ✍️
Tossa is a plant for making treads for bags. Bofore u get the threads u have to apply heat, beat it hard to smoothing and loosing it just before u can get the treads from it (meaning goung tru trauma)
Song writer of the year ❤. Safo Newman
22:16 I was listening to Kwaadee obiara ba nny3 in my late dads home and my step mum reported me to my father that I’m being disrespectful to her 😂 the matter of the fact is I happened to passively hear the song that day while I was out in town and was singing it all day and kept on singing when I got home without no ill intentions though 😂😂😂😂
Yɛ tan woa, wo di paanoo koraa yɛ se wo yɛ nwura 😂😂😂
Next time sing Mmobrowa by Lord Kenya 😂😂😂😂
First time here sent by LucasTrendz
Well decoded👍🏽Micky
Keep flying Champ✊🏽
Codest code. High on the Highway. Jah bless you. You created more awareness than many bloggers
Tosa is something like back of a tree that you get and pound it into a form of sponch