Konko Below is one of the hits released by Bisade Ologunde popularly known as Lagbaja at the peak of his music career. The song was included in his album titled “Me,” which he released in 2005. Bisade Ologunde adopted the name Lagbaja (Yoruba for ”anonymous” or “faceless”) and began his career in the early 1990s.
His name is reflected in the choice of stage costume: muddy fabric and rubber, which the artist used to portray the ”common man” according to the carnival tradition of his Yoruba ethnicity.
Konko Below, a song Nigerians danced wildly to. You can stream Konko Below by Lagbaja and read the lyrics below.
Konko Below Lyrics
Pade mi ni’sale ele le le le
Arigi di, arigi di
Ah, thunder, Atoto pato
Atoto pato pato wo
Ah thunder
Ose bata,
E pade Mi ni’sale e le le
E pade mi ni’sale e e
E pade Mi ni sale
E pade mi ni
Konko below x 4
Ah, thunder
Ah onibata yi o kare, eee
Sebi Naija ni e o
Sisi O se wa n gb’ese
Bi oyinbo o
O sa mo’ru e Sisi O se wa npajo lekun
Bi oyinbo o
Owo gba’lesha
Ese gba Port Har
Ori wa Nfi dugbe dugbe Bi agama
Konko below x2
Ah, thunder
Ibadi ni’jo wa
E gbe jo, Ibadi ni’jo wa
E gbe, e gbe
E gbe jo o, Bere mo’le
E gbe jo , Isaleele
Ele gangan gangan E gbe jo o
Konko below x 2
Ah, Pade mi ni’sale
People are you ready
To do something freaky
To get busy
Better watch your waist now, ‘cos we’re
Going right down
To the floor now, Meet me right down
Down x 8
Get into the groove, baby
Let me see you move honey
Let me see you dance
See you move x 2
Aaaaa Ijo ya o, Ijo ya o, Lagbaja
Konko Below x 4
Get on down (Under)
Omoge Campus Je’n r’owo e loke
Na’ka e s’oke
Owo kan pere
E ko mo’le x 2
Omoge campus
Ah, Get on down, (Under)
Ijo ti ya
Konko below
Pade mi ni’sale
Aaa, pade mi ni’sale
E pade mi ni konko below
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