Album: Sissala Goddess 2018
Video: When The Lord Get Us Ready
Wiyaala fuses a traditional African incantation with an inspirational gospel pop chorus. The core message being, whoever your God, he, she or nature has blessed you with a special talent empowering you to move forward with. "When The Lord Get Us Ready" was written by Wiyaala and Atongo Zimba.
Wiyaala says: "The beginnings of this song was a studio jam with Atongo in June 2015 in Amsterdam, which we took to the stage of The Hague African Festival two days later. I played the song live at some of my gigs in Accra and decided to record it in 2017. The song is important to me because I didn't just sit in my village and wonder what could have been. I knew I had the talent and felt compelled to begin my journey. A higher power drove me forward and I became my own inspiration."
LYRICS
Wiisi rah tie, wiisi mari, Ooh raah phaa
(God gives, God makes, and shares)
Oow tie nal bulonn
(Gives everyone)
Aber oow wiire
(Their own thing)
N-wiiri yaa din ko tooo yeeyeelaahaa
(Mine is to sing)
I goua gouala
(Mine is to dance)
Tennfeily wia di nala tienfrily
(Mine is to make people happy)
Wiyaala Wiyaala
Wiyaala Wiyaala
Wiyaala Wiyaala
Wiyaala Wiyaala
Wiisi rah tie wiisi
(God gives, God makes)
Mmari nal bulonn ber oow wiri
(Everybody and their thing)
N-wiiri yaa din ko tooo yeeyeelaahaa
(Mine is to come down and sing)
Ema weeri ber?
(What is yours?)
E weeri ber?
(What is your thing?)
E weeri ber?
(What is your thing?)
Gerhriting n-baah
(That's why I say)
Din (1) Lie (2) Tooh (3) Naah (4) Noorh (5) Doou (6)
Babi yaa kirigi
(They are not the same)
N-baah ber
(What did I say)
Din (1) Lie (2) Tooh (3) Naah (4) Noorh (5)
Sala sala dee pan nye x 4 (Fra Fra chant)
Wiisi rah tie, Wiisi mari, Ooh raah phaa
(God gives, God makes, and shares)
Oow tie nal bulonn
(Gives everyone)
Aber oow wiire
(Their own thing)
Din Wiiyaah, din yaa ger bulonn
(If mine is to do whatever)
Dee e ma wii yaah dee yaw ger bulonn
(And yours is to do whatever)
E si yaa ra
(You must do it)
Oow raah tie nal bulonnber oow wiire

because he gave everybody their own thing)
Oow raa tie, oow raah tie, oow raah tie
He gives, he gives, he gives, he gives)
That's why I say
When The Lord get us ready
We will move [We will move yeah] x 3
Wiyaala yeah x 4
That's why I say!
When The Lord get us ready
We will move [We will move yeah] x 3