“Cheap Wine” by Brymo is a song from the album Merchants, Dealers & Slaves that reflects on youth, a lack of clear direction, and finding solace in the present despite hardship. The lyrics describe a group of young people who, unsure of their future and unable to achieve the “good times” they desire, instead “take the bad one” and “drink our cheap wine”. The song uses “cheap wine” as a metaphor for making do with what they have and living in the moment.
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Don't bring me down
I'm floating over the clouds
These greens and stout
Is taking over the house
Shey we no know
Where we dey go
But we no know
Where we're coming from
My teacher say the story long
Aaah, and so we dance all night
I'm just a young man
From a small town
Me and my people
We love the good times
You see the good times
They never come
We take the bad one
We drink our cheap wine
Yo da, Yo da, Yo da fun mi
We're too young to matter
You're too old to bother
So take your history with you
We go borrow from yonder
See we no know
Where we dey go
We no know where we're coming from
My teacher say the story long
And so we dance all night
Just a young man
From a small town
Me and my people
We love the good times
You see the good times
They never come
We take the bad one
We drink our cheap wine
Yo da, Yo da, Yo da fun won
See we no know
Where we dey go
Shey we go know
Where we're coming from
The more we learn, we go fit dey strong
Bring your friends along
Yo da, Yo da, Yo da fun wa
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