Those might be the most hardcore lyrics in the history of song "May whomever my sh.. pisses off die from being pissed off". OK, it's really "my thing", not "my sh..", but that just doesn't carry, seen? So the words are from this song particularly enjoyed by young Igbo girls on the playground (and if anyone thinks there is a species with a sharper tongue than young Igbo girls on the playground, I've got a wager for ya). And one of those young girls grew up to be the lovely Onyeka Owenu who worked bits of that playground song into the pan-African hit "Ekwe" (a "talk to the hand, ya'll" to the jealous). Good song, if you can find it, these days.
I can't find the Owenu version, but I came across Omawumi Megbele, a pretty fly lawyer from Delta State, doing a hearty, if overwrought version on Idols West Africa. Ekwe! Ekwe O! Ekwe O! Ekwe O! Ekwe O! Ekwe! Ekwe mbadikwe, ekwe (2X) Anu kwa ebe m i jeru biaE we na ebe akwa, m we ju,
E we na ario m, m we ju
Ina ebe akwa ? onye na egbu gi? ekwe!
Ekwe mbadikwe, ekwe (2X) Onye ifem na ewe iwe, ya biko we gbuo ya (selense)
Osukwa su nwa nkpi, ya biko sugbo ya (selense)
E kpota papa gi, ma kpota mama mu (selense)
E kpota mama gi, ma kpota papa mu (selense)
Mama, mama, obu na ni gi nywere mama? (selense)
Papa, papa, obu na ni gi nywere papa? (selense) Osisi kporo nku, egbe eligwe gba gbuo ya (selense)
Anum nga m na eri nri, ndi iro mu na ele m anya (selense)
Anum nga m na asu ahu, ndi iro mu na ele m anya (selense) E lecha mu anya , onye hu ihe i ga eme mu (selense)
I hu kwa m na uzo, mu na gi aluwaya (selense) "Selense!" "See if I care!" Really, "selense" is pretty much untranslatable. Closest thing would be the AAVE "What'd I say?" and even then not exactly in the Ray Charles sense. "See if I care!" is probably close enough. Selense!