The Reign of Zara

REIGN OF ZARA

[Intro: Solo Oja flute, haunting traditional Igbo royal melody, soft female autotune vocal]

Zara ooo…
Zara ooo…
Ada eze Zara…
Ada ike Zara...
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Verse 1: Female autotune vocal

Ọ bụ ada eze
Ọ bụ nwa eze
Okpueze dị n’isi ya
Ike dị n’aka ya
Mgbe Zara bịara
Ụwa niile na-ele ya
Aha ya na-ada
N’ụlọ eze niile

Chorus: Powerful female autotune vocal

Zara! Zara!
Ada eze!
Zara! Zara!
Ada ike!

Okpueze dị ya n’isi
Ike dị ya n’aka
Zara agaghị ada
Zara ga-achị!

[Choir: Deep traditional Igbo choir, call and response]

Lead: Zara!
Choir: Zara!

Lead: Ada eze!
Choir: Ada eze!

Lead: Ada ike!
Choir: Ada ike!

All: Zara ooo…
Ada eze Zara!
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Verse 2: Female autotune vocal

Ọ dịghị atụ egwu
Ọ dịghị ala azụ
Ọ bụrụ na ụzọ mechie
Ọ ga-emepe ụzọ
Ọ bụrụ na nsogbu bilie
Ọ ga-eguzo ike
N’ihi na ọ bụ Zara
Nwanyị nwere ike

Chorus: Powerful female autotune vocal

Zara! Zara!
Ada eze!
Zara! Zara!
Ada ike!

Okpueze dị ya n’isi
Ike dị ya n’aka
Zara agaghị ada
Zara ga-achị!

Choir: Grand Igbo royal choir

Zara ooo…
Zara ooo…
Ada eze ooo…
Ada ike ooo…

Zara!
Zara!
Ada eze!
Ada ike!
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[Verse 3: Emotional but powerful female autotune vocal]

Ha nwere ike ikwu okwu
Ha nwere ike kpọọ ya asị
Ma Zara agaghị atụ egwu
Ọ ga-aga n’ihu
Ọ maara onye ọ bụ
Ọ maara ebe o si bịa
Nwa eze nke nwere ike
Ada eze nke agaghị ada

[Bridge: Soft female vocal with distant choir]

Zara…
Aha gị ga-adị ndụ…
Zara…
Okpueze gị agaghị ada…

Choir: Slowly building

Ada eze…
Ada ike…
Zara…
Zara…

[Final Chorus: Powerful female autotune lead with full Igbo choir]

Zara! Zara!
Ada eze!
Zara! Zara!
Ada ike!

Ọ bụ Zara!
Ọ bụ Zara!
Nwa eze nke ike!
Nwanyị nke okpueze!

Zara! Zara!
Ada eze!
Zara! Zara!
Ada ike!

Outro: Female autotune vocal and choir

Zara ooo…
Zara ooo…
Ada eze Zara…
Ada ike Zara…
Zara…