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Uploaded by Shapelander on Sep 5, 2008
Beautiful song by Sir Victor Uwaifo. Apparently the lyrics come from something that Uwaifo claims happened to him in the 60s.
He saw a mermaid, which he called a mami wata. She said to him, "Guitar boy, if you see mami wata, never never you run away."
He even says his name in the song, haha. "Never run away Victor Uwaifo."
It's hilarious, and by that I mean incredible, refreshing, etc.
I call this my "freedom song."
There's also a video someone uploaded of Uwaifo performing this song live, with some awesome dancing in it. I just figured I'd upload the recorded version as well, for good measure.
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if you see mami wata ooo,if you see mami wata ooo, neva neva you run away.
Victor Uwaifo.....
osayapapaya 4 months ago in playlist Nigeria
wow! This music was way before my time but I remember growing up hearing my dad play them!
ninaqueena1 4 months ago
As sampled by The Very Best in Warm Heart of Africa…
olivianewtonjones 7 months ago
God bless u long live Uwaifo
RadiantSun478 7 months ago
Hey Shapelander do you happen to have a the version of James Brown's .".Hey Hey I Feel Alright" Re done by Victor Uwaifo? I think he did a very good job on that recording.
sonwhip 7 months ago
Choi, this song dey burst ma dada. Good Nigerians, good creativity, good people, good talents, good every, I hail. Edo, Naija plus AFRICAN boy for LIFE!!
justwanna007 7 months ago in playlist mixed yoruba oldies
I read in some liner notes that when this song came out it was the biggest hit in many countries in Africa. I can only find two of this guy's songs, he's got this killer song on the "Nigeria 70" compilation.
Upload more songs by this man!
ogamidub 8 months ago
thank you modern day technology! and thank you mother africa!
primordialhumandwarf 8 months ago
@figaroatl no it was something I had found online that would have been even better if it was an actual record though!....I have a few compilation CD's with a lot of this type of music from Nigeria and some other African countries if you would like I can upload some of them for you online :)
rutaloot 9 months ago
@rutaloot How did you get your hands on something that awesome?! Are we talking like an actual record or something? I'll check it out on your channel :)
figaroatl 9 months ago