Lagbaja - Suuru Lere

Lagbaja - Suuru Lere.
Album: We
2000
Nigeria.
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[@Dayorichard_]

Who’s here in 2024❤

[@itsthehumor95]

I just learned of Lagbaja two weeks ago and now I'm addicted 😩

[@oluwakayodeojo882]

Democracy day I dey here

[@cia7800]

I am here

[@danielayobamisamuel8404]

We’re back

[@pleunmaarleveld959]

@@itsthehumor95 Same for me !!

[@fatigunsubomi8162]

Who’s here in 2024?

[@akorediousperfectsucces3713]

More than hear

[@Pfc-Wishingwell]

Vibes dat lives forever

[@ai-oo7]

Lagbaja is closet thing we have to Fela

[@kuntahzkave]

Very correct ☑️ honestly said too.

[@mustaphamuritala653]

Who's here 2020🙋🏽‍♂️

[@ijustdey]

I am!

[@rebel4721]

Present

[@nikkyshamz2696]

Meee

[@fosimuboolubo8891]

I dey oo

[@chinedumokereafor170]

i am

[@victorekea]

This song brings tears to my eyes because it is a reminder that nothing will change if we don't come together and fix this country. I'm an Igbo man currently in Surulere listening to this masterpiece. Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, no matter your tribe we are all brothers. Ki la wa se

[@darmson2]

Who’s here in 2024

[@wisdomenake242]

We dey

[@wisdomenake242]

We dey

[@okaforchukwuemeka6615]

We dey

[@King_Cassidy]

We dey

[@BaraqCodes]

This man deserves a national recognition, I use to watch this for fun then, sad thing is nothing has changed😢😢

[@olajohn1031]

Lagbaja is a a complete artist. This is who Burna boy thinks he is.

[@ladelami3974]

Who's here 2022...this brought tears to my eyes...Nigeria, wake up

[@dukeedoho9933]

Here in 2023.. Same feeling..

[@simmiesanya6003]

@@dukeedoho9933Hi there from 2024. Tinubu is our president.

[@chigozieenemuoh1780]

I'm here 24

[@dukeedoho9933]

@@simmiesanya6003 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tysondrh7100]

2024 bro🥲

[@EdwardFrank-yl1tq]

I’m still listening to this masterpiece ❤ in 2024 & I cried cuz I used to watch this song with my late dad 😢

[@AsherAsher-pi1er]

Who is here 2024 and Nigeria still did not change and bring tears to many people 😭😭😭

[@temmymaree1328]

Who else is here after the Lekki Tollgate massacre?? Am in 😭

[@fosimuboolubo8891]

So painful that things are even worse now 😔

[@franklynnd6588]

This song needs to be played during this election season

[@deebrazen]

one of the most politcally explosive musical performance and videos of the 2000s. Only Fela beats this.

[@obiomonkelvinemuata]

11 years since you made this comment, and Nigeria hasn't changed.

[@osas5211]

Nah i say is there same level

[@osas5211]

It made it easy for kids to enjoy too

[@olaleyekemi]

Still very relevant today

[@joshuaowie7783]

Wait o people used. KZbin In 2007?

[@obinnaobioma3100]

Even in 2019, this is still the story of Nigeria. May God help us

[@adetunjiakintonde211]

Very sad bro!!

[@matthewakian2]

And 2020; although streets are quiet because of Covid19

[@adeolafelix583]

Still true in 2020. Why can't we just get our acts together???

[@matthewakian2]

@@adeolafelix583 Because of corruption and greed.

[@kingejiro]

Even worse in 2021.

[@andreogara]

many years later in 2023 this song is still relevant 💔

[@shaquaghez]

Surulere brings feelings of nostalgia, patriotism, despair, and hope that I feel for Nigeria. I remember enjoying Surulere as a kid in 2001 even when I did not understand the lyrics. My father, also not a Yoruba speaker, was a big fan at the time and had a couple of Lagbaja’s CD albums, including “Lagbaja - We”. Over the years, after asking my Yoruba-speaking friends for translations, the song has become one of my all-time favourites. It has been 20 years since Surulere was released and many of the issues he mentioned are still prevalent. I think it would have been unrealistic to expect a perfect democracy in Nigeria given our history of military rule and ethnic heterogeneity. However, Lagbaga's main message - patience - is what we need, and is indeed practicable. We need the patience to build and consolidate democratic ideals because democracy is not an outcome or destination, it really is a journey. I cannot think of a better song about Nigeria and I hope that this masterpiece continues to remind us all of our political history and our democratic goals. If we do not heed, then "mo sorry fun gbogbo yin o!" God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria!

[@ogiejames9110]

...we are in the same boat bro..back then when it was released, i had zero idea of what the song was about. What caught my attention more was the funny cartoon charcters, escpecially the scene of abacha's death the way he was poisoned and then the devil snatched him from behind😂😂😂..the song, more especially the video will forever be iconic i swear

[@nikkyshamz2696]

Nostalgia, also was in Surulere around that time. Facts only

[@kimionana2576]

My brother... you write so well.. I would be glad to connect with you.

[@_adeniyi_]

The video first scene was British agents making a contraption out of the three main regions but that still isn't enough for you to know that there's nothing called the Federal republic of Nigeria! Nigeria is a failed state and we will forever keep chasing a non-existent dream as long as we are lumped together with neigbors having different ideas and way of life.

[@THEEMPEROREAD]

Chai. 😢😢😢😢

[@cia7800]

I used to be a kid listening to this song in my closest friend's house 🏡 Akinade Adeniji Kurmin Mashi Kaduna, Nigeria 🇳🇬 God Bless all those wonderful memories ❤️

[@sammyj6077]

This song makes so much sense now. I used to watch it for fun when I was a child.

[@jessrookai9875]

Me too 😞, It really makes me think.

[@mrpoetry6264]

Same here. What a masterpiece

[@3rapp]

I swear

[@ValyrianCode]

Lagbaja is hugely underrated. What a LEGEND. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@OgelekaBlessing-ts6eh]

Honestly speaking good music lasts forever

[@BlueAcidball]

How did this song describe an ENTIRE country?!

[@MrDaggash1]

When Naija music had meaning

[@efe_soulgod5605]

Harsh😂

[@susanpereyeibo7576]

Things have taken a toll for the worse in this country

[@olumayorwa]

These guys were like prophets then... They already sang about the future of Nigeria from a long time ago. God help us

[@adajessica2837]

Lol, they weren't prophets, they spoke about issues in their time that are unfortunately still happening in our time, so we can always relate

[@jafeuniamikogbo9787]

2024!!! the problems still remains but do we continue to be patient!!! Indeed Lagbaja so tomorrow

[@beatzandcoffee]

Listening to this song in 2024 hits differently. It’s even gut-wrenching when you realize that Nigeria has been in a state of “rinse and repeat” as far back as can be imagined.

[@danielngongang9419]

i am cameroonian. I first heard this song in 2004 just a few days after I packed into my room at the university. My friend had an extended family member (a Nigerian) who was visiting. He brought along a Lagbaja VCD. I visited my friend one day and this song was playing. His uncle explained to us what the song is talking. I have loved the song from the very first moment I heard it. It has such a beautiful melody. This along with Fela Kuti's "Shakala" 2face's "African Queen" and Tiwa Savage's "If I start to talk" are some of the most beautiful and timeless Nigerian music I have heard. God bless Naija. It shall be well

[@agbaya5314]

Daniel Ngongang amen brother mi

[@vastdv1507]

AMEN. Thank You.

[@dappyolhomevideo7357]

God bless you too

[@ollaray1]

Thank you bro

[@ibuchijoachinsnwachukwu7991]

Woow.. God bless you bro

[@omonoyangodstime8542]

May god add another year to your age if you are there listen to lagbaja 2022

[@akejuanibire8101]

Lagbaja, if you can read this. Please don't give up, keep singing. You are and will forever be refereed to as a maestro

[@14inc]

Mr Flip, I sight you o

[@AvwerosuoOkpako]

Still relevant in 2023… please let’s get our PVC and vote wisely…. No more letting selfish thieves decide our future. I still believe in Nigeria🇳🇬

[@chinazomchukwuemeka]

I finally found this song thanks to a friend who guessed it from my singing...after I had tried to search for the lyrics using my broken yoruba for sooooo looooonnnngg...finally!!!

[@themickdon2004]

Funny how when lagbaja sang this song, we all could see some glimpse of hope for my country Nigeria. It is almost 12 years now and the hope we had is dead. The condition of my country people is very disheartening-- a country where nothing works, education zero, religious institution zero, political institution zero. things are going from bad to worst. I hope someday soon, we can get things straight. The only thing i know is that it is only the youths that can save that country....

[@agbaya5314]

themickdon2004 na so my brother

[@TosinDFreshPrince]

Speak for yourself. Nigeria is definitely getting better at a snails pace, we are just waiting for the previous generation to pass away so they can stop inhibiting progress

[@alokobaju4626]

you will wait for ever

[@jewelofnashville1771]

themickdon2004 it's 2017 bro 3 yrs from ur lamentation, we are still taking a more dangerous nosedive as a country. it's a pity.

[@emmanueloluga9770]

TosinDFreshPrince just like aloko Baju said, you will wait forever haha... That was the previous generation said about their predecessors and the ones before them

[@lawalhabeebobashola9147]

Situations going on in the country made me search for this video. Some event playing out real time, it's sad

[@adameka9451]

I watched this again with sadness that can’t be put in words. Lord help Nigeria for there was once a country. Thank you Lagbaja for this depiction of my country...Òdí ègwù 😭😭😭.

[@iamthemembrane]

It’s 2023! This is still one of my favorite songs on all time 😢! Can someone get it on DSPs 😫

[@JoeBlaze1989]

And 9ja is still in the same situation in 2023! I remember watching this video as a kid… I gave up. But on the other hand, Lagbaja is a legend give him his flowers!

[@oniwonohiani5591]

20 years after still suffering the same thing. If we don't use ethnicity, we use religion to divide and fight ourselves. We see truth and close our eyes to it cuz of tribal and religious bias. Nigerians still sleeping. We think we are woke but we are a blind nation. It hurts the nepotic and ethnic sentiments our parents ram with has been passed down to the current generation. There's no hope for this country. Our yesterday will always be better than our tomorrow

[@IyiolaSamsonOlusegun]

Lagabaja has always been conscious and woke. God bless him, reminds me of my dad, i miss him so much it drives me crazy. Rest in Peace and see you soon

[@ademolasunday1008]

Still same situation 13 years after

[@danieldongo6361]

i remember watching this music video as a little kid on ITV benin in the early 2000s and it has stuck with me ever since,,,second time of seeing this video but i never forgot the song.....lagbaja did a great number on this.....till now the questions are still unanswered...

[@ilupejujide2479]

2023 still playing out loud 🔊

[@victoriweoha9017]

Lagbaja the most creative artist in Africa.. ur my number one u too much abeg ..oju la alagon fin sori.. GOD PUNISH ANYBODY WEY WAN SPOIL DEMOCRACY🤣🤣🤣

[@tolulopeolagoke2206]

Who else is here in 2023? The 2023 Presidential elections sent me here. All these years, and NOTHING has changed. This is still the story of Nigeria. A sham of a democracy 🥲

[@elijahshodeinde743]

24th April,2018. While thinking about my country,Nigeria...my mind went to this song and came here to watch it again. Amazing how we have gone from bad to worse. Every youth go get your PVC. If things are going to change,we have to initiate. It is time to take back our country. #TakeItBack !

[@Sir_Ben]

The youths are not yet conscious,they're waiting for change,when they're the ones to bring the change. We had an opportunity in sowore or moghalu,yet they looked the other way,because of 10k and bag of rice,until the youths stops SNORING,what we see now will be funfair, compared to the doom looming around nigeria and the entire continent.

[@EmJ300]

@@Sir_Ben all of us don wake

[@_adeniyi_]

What was the result of you taking action? Nigeria was never meant to be for you and me.

[@bt9833]

Sounds like the Ancestors are speaking to me through this song. I weep for Nigeria

[@reverendfather7]

This song was a prophecy for 2024 no doubt

[@johnsonboluwatife6517]

Omo baba mukomuko bless you for this ART there’s no changes yet 😢

[@femiabimbola8763]

All our friends have travelled abroad.. hurts so bad

[@pedodi5618]

Nostalgic.. I'm shedding tears...it's so painful nigeria hasn't learnt anything..

[@G.G.C.]

amazing...too many political msg in this video that I didn't realise in my childhood when I first heard this song

[@osas5211]

i enjoyed the video, i knew it was political but never grasp it cuz there was a lot of political cartoons in that era

[@akereleoluwatoyosi6159]

Who is here 2024

[@_adeniyi_]

NIGERIA. The country was formed as a contraption of different civilizations. 0:06 clearly shows this. This is 60 years post-independence, and the reality is even worse than when the colonial -masters- raiders left. Lagbaja was sadly wrong when he said Suuru Lere. Patience is not the solution to the half-century-long problem of Nigeria. Patience was not what Awolowo and Okpara used to build their respective regions during the first republic, it was an almost perfect regionalism and true decentralisation of the central government. If patience was the key, how come two decades of democracy have not achieved one per cent of what was completed in less than 7 years of regionalism during the first republic? No single successful nation on earth has three dominant ethnic groups. Nigeria will forever be stuck in a loop of infinite power tussle among the three groups with different agendas and ways of life. Nigeria is a clash of civilisation and realities.

[@susanpereyeibo7576]

Agreed

[@DARELASISI]

Lagbaja, the revolutionary masked musician of our generation @60. COVID-19 cannot touch you since you're permanently masked.

[@adamevel4409]

Relevant in 2024💔 it's saddening

[@saheedolabanji]

Lagbaja!!! What a musician 👏legendary content 👏

[@emekauche1333]

I love this song. Heard it for the first time in 2002 after the bomb last it ikeja cantonment. I really loved lagbaja's songs.

[@paulcee6103]

Up till date 2023 this song is still relevant.. God help Nigeria oo.

[@Tomi_janet15]

❤❤❤

[@scar383]

This song needs a remake

[@agbosojeffery6643]

I will read this comment in the next 20years and I will continue to do so. Nigeria is 63 today 1/10/2023 and i didn’t care,God help us.

[@editorodennis3799]

'To destroy, very easy/ but to build nko?' captivating lines there. Nigeria has always been senile when it comes to learning from history.

[@tsjrhillremodellersassocia5633]

I am the indomie Generation kid but I love histories, I cried watching this video today to think he did this song that year and still relevant till now makes me sad

[@jewelofnashville1771]

we are definitely worst than when this song was released. what a country.

[@saxywale2]

Oshiomole too has joined the looters. Lagbaja did not see that coming.

[@patrickbest6432]

Shame to we alll

[@tawakalituelela1487]

I can't help but feel bitter after listening to this song again after many years. The issues it addressed are still on. The only major change here is that songs these days are only about bed room romance.

[@ambassadorTAI]

OMG This music speaks to many years of corruption and all other form of political injustice, i am glad to be blessed of being a witness to the works this musical legend,,, Lagbaja Musical Taliban

[@michaelkolawoleerunkulu6364]

Gaming With Alex Igbax our part time

[@chuksekechukwu3621]

2021 and this song is still very much relevant to the situation of the country. What a pity.

[@Aoip708]

notice fuel was sold N30 per litre and we complained, little did we know it could get worse

[@nothingmuch44]

30 naira then was big.

[@rafaelc4ojo507]

It's even worse now that it's 750 in 2024

[@danos3253]

6:00.. those drums though!!

[@ajaoseyi9440]

The state of the country brought me here, not much has changed still

[@ifeanyismoothjerry2723]

God, this never gets old. Timeless piece of art. Growing up listening o this was legit nostalgia, the animation was also new in the Nigerian scene then, everyone was hooked to this. till my favorite lagbaja song.

[@captainmichael3098]

who is listening to this song in 2018 like me? just imagine fuel was sold only 30 naira when he sang this song. what a life...

[@CatherineUgochi-pn1ms]

Labaja 😢😢😢😢chai Nigerian where u dey😭😭😭

[@fxnngboss6547]

2024 and things are much worse from when this song was released... We must protect our democracy

[@nwamegbukom]

2023, the song is immortal.

[@olumideolatunji8376]

omo, this song pass a strong message

[@oluwatobidurotola5189]

I don't get the 31 people who disliked this video. I'll just assume it was a mistake. Timeless piece of art. 2019

[@ogiejames9110]

I just came back here to remind myself of childhood, but more, i heard "konko below" playing on my father's android tab and then i quickly remembered this master piece which was my fave back then. This song, especially the video will forever be iconic,i used to play it on repeat mainly because of the funny cartoon characters and the part where abacha was poisoned and the devil snatched him from behind😂. Sad part of all these is that nothing changed in reality since the release of this song. Everything depicted on this video is as it is today 4/7/2020

[@jobinhovic]

Incredible. Watched this almost everyday on vcd when I was about 8. Now things are far worse than we could have fathomed back then.

[@mosthated.e.2422]

America needs to hear this today lol

[@idowuadedipe6992]

Lagbaja and Baba fela music, no comparable, with the other music, they are genuis

[@ollaray1]

One of the greatest piece of music/message to ever come out of this country

[@lidoprojects6362]

I came back here today 17.06.2024. Tomatoes and pepper N9000, a paint of beans is N10,000, garri has decided to join them at N3700. I wonder what is happening to those who cannot handle it.

[@kolawolesomade287]

so many years and this song is still relevant

[@adebowaleadenowo4042]

Even in 2023, we have still not gotten it right. Nigeria which way?

[@dariomiguel18]

Dos melhores artistas africanos... recomendo pra todos!!!

[@Tonymontee]

Lagbaja the "Masked prophet" This an anthem for Save Nigeria -----GOOD and responsible and proud leadership. Lagbaja CARRY GO!

[@bimsballad]

i remember watching this vid so many times back in secondary school on NTA and never grasped the meaning...wow what a genius!

[@stanleyjegede8017]

Confirmed 👌👌👌

[@lawrenceslsko1391]

20 years later, we're still in the same situation.

[@olusolafalore]

As in, we never saw it coming

[@susanpereyeibo7576]

May Jehovah help this country

[@olaleyeamos7289]

During this time Nigeria is still healthy

[@opeyemidavid7752]

2024 the still same old stories😢

[@moyoabiola8335]

Nigeria is in your hands Lord

[@usommanwoyeocha6684]

Nostalgia😍☺☺😍Labaja can possibly do a remix of this song because Nigeria has not changed since.

[@ogedengbegodson7377]

I keep coming back here🔥

[@segundavid2681]

How time flies.....This is 2023 and shit hasn't changed

[@ida5067]

The power of music. I do not understand a damn word coming out of his mouth, but this visual and the beats gives me chills every time. I have so little hope for Nigeria.

[@niniolaadegboyega9964]

Believe in Nigeria. And if you aren't Nigerian, believe in us to make it through. Things were a lot worse, and when Lagbaja did this, we had gotten past the worst days but it's been bad for a while. It's all better- but we would hope to have changed our mindsets and petty differences far quicker. A new age is around the corner and the younger ones are pushing for it....like the last line of our national pledge "....so help us God"

[@osinbajosamuel9166]

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[@alvynj6000]

Is it better in 2017?

[@Sir_Ben]

@@niniolaadegboyega9964 how market!?we've touched the depth of poverty and hardship, it's 2019 and it's going to get worse,our weapons(the youths) are sapless,feeble,etiolated,lackadaisical,it will take divine grace to wake them to action,they're waiting for change,when it's them,who are suppose to bring and be the change...smh

[@nelo8456]

@@niniolaadegboyega9964 hmmmm 😢

[@chinelookudo5071]

2019 and I wonder if any of our present artists would be this brilliant and passionate about music.I was just in primary school when this music came to light and it brings hard tears whenever I listen to it..truth infused with the sound of the drums

[@joeanselm]

Listening to dis in 2022 got me really teary...