Maga No Need Pay

I so much loved this song and the message it passes across, that I decided to transcribe it.
The song was sung by artists: Banky W, Bez, Cobhams, MI, Modele, Omawumi, Rooftop MCs, Wordsmith.
I know Gbenga Sesan, Deolu Akinyemi, Fela Durotoye, and Dele Momodu had a lot to do with it.

I'm an Internet Enthusiast and Entrepreneur and I know the power of Image, and also the benefits of online businesses without having to do the wrong thing. As a part of the song goes:

But Maga no need Pay for me to live correct
They call me Mr. Capable, I got my self respect
No need to do Yahoo Yahoo for me to cash a cheque
I dont need no Maga, just work hard enough.

Here is the video:



and here are the lyrics.

Instrumentals..
Eh Eh Eh Ehh Eh

Maga No Need Pay
For me to buy correct moto, for me to take make my dough
Maga No Need Pay
Eh Eh
Maga No Need Pay, Pay, Pay, Pay, Pay

Reminiscing as I walked to my Car
Thinking about how it used to be
For Ekpoma, I dey ride Okada
And most times I dey soak Garri
I wanted to change the way I live
But I dont have to do those things
Now I'm rolling VIP, and other girls wanna be like me, yeah

You asked me how I deal, my reality, and I tell you truly, it aint easy. No.
I feel the pressure to find something wrong to do, and I remember you reap what you sow.
Now I'm sitting, staring at the screen of my computer.
Thinking really hard about what truly matters.
What with all these data, just to catch a maga,
It could have been my father, or someone else’s brother

Maga No Need Pay
For me to buy correct moto, for me to take make my dough
Maga No Need Pay
No need for me to go Cafe
I hussle hard to make my Pay
Maga No Need Pay
No need to do Yahoo Yahoo, to do Yahoo Yahoo
Maga No Need Pay
Eh Eh
Maga No Need Pay, Pay, Pay, Pay

Seven in the morning is a brand new Day
Eyes still swollen, still at the cafe
Hussling real hard from Sunday to Sunday
Hoping someday that Maga will Pay
But Maga no need Pay for me to live correct
They call me Mr. Capable, I got my self respect
No need to do Yahoo Yahoo for me to cash a cheque
I dont need no Maga, just work hard enough.

Tell me what a boy like me should do
thought I got the guts to do Yahoo Yahoo
and if I do not do it, I am not cool
I'll be a fool to the girls in school
But Maga no need pay to get a good degree
You have a great opportunity
Dont have to hack and attack
Make use of CD cracks
We’re keepin’ it original, now you know my swag

Maga no need pay
For me to buy correct moto, for me to take make my dough
Maga No Need Pay
No need for me to go Cafe
I hussle hard to make my Pay
Maga No Need Pay
No need to do Yahoo Yahoo, to do Yahoo Yahoo
Maga No Need Pay
Eh Eh
Maga No Need Pay, Pay, Pay, Pay

Twale officer!
What's the problem Sir?
Or there is a law against cruising in a Range Sir?
I dont know what you think we are
cos' we roll in a fancy car
We're making the sweet money
I call it the candy bar
All those wey Maga Pay, wey dem dey today?
I'm straight, no deceit, my money get Receipt
I dont mess with Cybercrime, but I make the cypher-rhyme
I get paid for my time, I dont need to scam a dime

I'm your role model's role model
There's no second guessing whom
Wordsmith was made to make you change like a dressing room.
I’m living proof that there’s dignity in labour,
My bars is life imprisonment and this is hard labour.

My father said I was a star before I ever spit a bar,
He said when you travel far, dont forget who you are.
Represent Nigeria, represent for Africa
Even when the things were hard, I place my future in my God
See my nation's reputation suffers much condemnation
This is our situation; Are we cybercrime criminals? No.
We are the mineral resources of our fatherland, we must rise and take the stand.
Everyday, heroes are born, All stereotypes are torn
Things we did to cause us harm, We off that and now we on,

Hardwork, Positivity
Truth, Reliability
Expose your Ability, Change our reality. That's right.

Maga no need pay
For me to buy correct moto, for me to take make my dough
Maga No Need Pay
No need for me to go Cafe
I hussle hard to make my Pay
Maga No Need Pay
No need to do Yahoo Yahoo, I swear, I'm telling you the truth
Maga No Need Pay
Eh Eh
Maga No Need Pay, Pay, Pay, Pay

Maga no need pay
For me to buy correct moto, for me to take make my dough
Maga No Need Pay
No need for me to go Cafe
I hussle hard to make my Pay
Maga No Need Pay
No need to do Yahoo Yahoo, to do Yahoo Yahoo
Maga No Need Pay
Eh Eh
Maga No Need Pay, Pay, Pay, Pay

... While Chorus Playing
Nigeria
Yeah, Yeah
Listen everybody
Put your BLING up right now
BLING in this case means
We are Brilliant
We are Legitimate
We are Inspired
We are Nigerian
We are Great

It means that, we do not have to do anything that we ought not to do to make money y'all
We just gotta to pride ourselves, and work hard, and be creative, and innovative
Be truly Nigerian.
We will get there, y’all!

Maga no need pay
For me to buy correct moto, for me to take make my dough
Maga No Need Pay
No need for me to go Cafe
I hussle hard to make my Pay
Maga No Need Pay
No need to do Yahoo Yahoo, to do Yahoo Yahoo
Maga No Need Pay
Eh Eh
Maga No Need Pay, Pay, Pay, Pay

















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AppEngine for Java Presentation

It's not everyday that you get to make a presentation or a speech on what you know. And even if it is, not on a platform like Google's

Here are my pictures, slides and source-codes for my presentation at the Google Nigeria Day 3, at Afebabalola Hall, University of Lagos.

The slides are pretty comprehensive

so I dont want to repeat all the information here. Attached is also sample source code for a twitter-youtube mashup. Thanks to Chewy Trewhella for coming up with the original Phython version.
You can also download the sample code and go through it.
The code is pretty documented, so there shouldn't be a problem with it.
Sorry I had to yank out the jars in the lib folder, it was to conserve space, at least removing the jars reduced the file-size from ~5MB to a little above 100KB.
Copying the jars from another project's lib folder into these one will do the trick

I think you might want to take a look at these:

Presentation (32 Slides)

Source Code



You can leave a comment if you want to.

Head Start

Well, I think I probably stumbled on this name for my blog.
I tried "notsofast", then "headstart", then "headstarting", then headstartups.

Well, I'm gonna be blogging about myself, and how I got my headstart, and also how I got my head to startup.

So, let's get started. Oh, see you later.

Anyway, for the record. I gave a presentation at the Google Nigeria Conference at unilag on the Google AppEngine for Java, and the GWT (Google Web Toolkit) thing.

Think was kinda cool, and some others said it was too.

I'm gonna be giving a lot more details and pictures, and youtube links soon.

So stay in touch.

I dont expect anyone to have a comment on this post, but you can show your kindness, and put a comment. Anyway, Have a good time.