Ọrọnfo ro ju orugbo
Di ọrọnfo e lefun do kpe
Di o gha tsitsi iboru
A wa gba re bi wa
Di ee si wo igoru
Ee ne ọnẹ ti o fe gbo
Dẹreke ẹnẹ dede fẹẹ ọrọnfo
O ma kpe
O ma ya
Ọrọnfo dẹ re ka gba ọgua


Translation

Truth is bitter than bitterleaf
It takes time for it to be out
It is like football
It is kicked here and there
Before it enters the goal
Everybody likes it
Nobody wants to hear it
Yet everybody wants it
Long and short

TRUTH IS SUPREME

We ri ẹyẹ we ti ẹnẹ gha
Wo ma ro gin a gbe uwọ sibu rẹn
A daa ọnẹ rẹn
Wo ma gin we nemi ṣee
Wo ka ma gin wẹrẹ rẹn
Wo ma fẹẹ gba ogua dẹ wo ma gin ghin ghin
Wo ka ma gin we wa nemi
O mu ghan gin we wa nemi gba ọgua

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

This life we are in
if you think you are beaten, you are
If you think you can't, so be it
If you want to suceed, and you say you can't so shall it be
It shows you can never

Wo ma ro gin wo ṣuṣu rẹn
Wo ka ma gin wo ghele nọọ
Tori ẹyẹ we o wun a kele rii
Gin uro oniye owun sisan ka lele
Urun dede emi rẹ won gha
Wo ma ro gin irẹye dede san ju uwọ
Wẹrẹ won wa gha
Wo lati mu emi rẹ le ubo ti o go di uwọ
Gba nemi re urarẹ
Wo lati ne ukpe oronfo ni ara rẹ
Di uwo gba nemi gba ọgua
Uja ẹyẹ we di o jolo nii
Ee ṣe ọne ti o nii gba nẹ agbara re ka gba ọgua
De onẹ ti o gba ọgua o ka ṣe ọne ti o nẹ emi
Gin wo lati gba ọgua

If you think you will lose
You are lost
For in this world we observe
Success begins with one's will
All is in the mind
If you think you are nobody. It will
Always aim high for you to be there
Your faith must be strong for you to make it

The battle of life is tough
Not for the strong or fast
But the man who wins is the one who thinks he can