Isẹ́ Lòògùn ìsẹ́

 Isẹ́ Lòògùn ìsẹ́ [Work is the remedy for poverty]
 Múra si isẹ́ ọrẹ mi [My friend, do your work in haste]
 isẹ́ la fi ndẹni giga [Success only comes through work]
 Bi a ko ba r’ẹni fẹhinti [When there is no one to rely on]
 Bi ọlẹ làá ri [Its like we are lazy]
 Bi a kò ba r’ẹni gbẹkẹle, [When there is no one to trust]
 A tẹra m’ọsẹ ẹni. [We focus more on our works]
 Iya rẹ lè l’ówó l’ọ́wọ́ [Your mother may be rich]
 Baba rẹ lè l’ẹ́sin léèkàn [Your father may own a thousand and one horses tied down]
 Ti o ba gboju le wọn [If you rely on them]
 O tẹ tan ni mo sọ fun ọ [You are sinking fast to your shame.]

 Apá l’ará ìgúpá ni iyèkan [Family are the arms and elbow are your fellows]
 B'aiye ba fẹ o l’oni [If you are loved by the society today]
 Ti o ba l’ówó l’ọ́wọ́, wọn a tun fẹ ọ lọla [If you are still rich, they will love you tomorrow as well.]
 Abi ko wa nipo atata [Imagine you in an esteem position]
 Aiye a yẹ ọ si tẹ̀rín tẹ̀rín [You will be regarded and laugh with you]
 Jẹ ki o d’ẹni ti n rágó [Just wait and become a pauper]
 Ko ri bi wọn ti n yinmu si ọ [And see they goofed you]

 Ìyà nbẹ f’ọmọ ti kò gbọ́n [Punishment dey for pikin wey be mugun]
 Ẹkún nbẹ f’ọ́mọ ti n s’áré kiri [Tear dey for pikin wey run street.]
 Mafowurọ s’eré ọrẹ mi [Dont play with your morning my friend]
 Mura s’isẹ ọjọ nlọ [Make hay while the sun shines.] 



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