Monday, January 9, 2012

Ties That Bind. . .Leila Djansi's Movie


This is Africa. We do not adopt children. A woman must make her own else she will not be woman enough. Her husband will be ridiculed and he may be pressured to have children with another woman. The childless woman will be considered a witch. Childlessness could be a barren woman, or a woman whose children keep dying for one reason or the other. She is a doctor, and has had two miscarriages for a reason only known to her and a friend. She lets her partner suffer too because they have a situation none of them can help. Because of this condition, and society, she wanted to stop marriage despite the heart throbbing love she feels for her man. She knew the pressure of constantly losing her children could swallow her.

There is this American woman living in Ghana. She came here to heal. She had a bad childhood and grew up to become a spiteful mother to her own child despite not ever wanting to be so. She could care less about her own crying baby. Her own childhood was tormenting her and she had no control. She did something back in the States which she now regrets. She has to however live with it and yet find courage to face her demons. She has to go back to the States and face her twelve year old “nightmare.” Through her two other friends, she finds courage, embraces herself and decides to go back.

Then there is a woman, who has long been suffering from a health condition which neither she nor her husband knew how bad it is. She does get pregnant but for some reason, the society still considers her barren. Coincidentally, the piece of land she inherited from her parents is as barren as her womb. Her mother in law gave her no peace, called her a witch at any opportunity and made her feel bad. But she had a husband who loved her. A man who chose her over his mother and stood up to put his mother out of his home so his wife will have peace.

These are the stories of the three main women in Leila Djansi’s new movie, Ties That Bind. The premiere was held at the National Theater on the 30th of December and the turnout was very impressive. As the movie film rolled, and judging from the audience response, it was clear that indeed people were enjoying the movie. Women, childbirth, African customs and tradition, beliefs and love are the themes that intertwined beautifully to tell this story.

The set for the movie was very much like we will see in most of our villages and smaller towns and even in parts of the bigger towns. The language was comical and engaged a brilliant mix of some local languages with English. The subtitles were definite and without flamboyance. A lot of emotions came to play as the movie rolled with the most emotional part being when one of the characters run so fast that her friend had to struggle to keep up. Where was she going? I heard people ask. The next scene and her language got the entire auditorium to be quite, very quiet. As her friend complained about her sorrows, she took her to the barren land that carried the secret of her scorn and her bitterness.

Ghanaian, Ama K Abebrese, Nigerian, Omotola Jolade Ekeinde and American Kimberly Eliseare the three main leads in the movie. With captivating acting skills and beautiful directing by Leila Djansi, they played their roles and told the story of how some, and infact most women suffer from child-related issues. Hw ignorant some of our cultural practices are and how we even mistreat the sick and women in labor by taking them to churches, The Holy Fire Church, in this instance, while we downplay the effectiveness of orthodox medicine.

Leila, who triples as the writer and producer of this movie also made use of a beautiful array of old Ghanaian actors. Indeed one does not need recurrent scenes to make an impact in a movie. Grace Nortey’s one scene and barely two line language accompanied with her facial and bodily expressions were too effective to be ignored. Kofi Middleton-Mends and Kofi Adjololo also had cameo roles. John Dumelo, David Dontoh and musician Paulina Oduro had recurrent roles. Rapper Okyeame Quame also had a cameo role as a comedian.

Ties That Bind is what I classify as a fiction but too real to be so. Such situations are still happening and am grateful that this director chose to tell our story as is happening without flowery and poetic language and over glamorous costumes, which by the way hardly exist now, even in our palaces.

Leila Afua Djansi, kudos. Indeed, am bound by your Ties That Bind!

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

My Mind Dey!!!


Some say good girls fall in love with bad boys. Some say good boys cannot take care of their women because they are often boring. Some, and I dare say majority of women would love a mix of these two. But yet, the number of good girls who keep falling for bad boys seemingly keeps growing. For this, and on this subject is the entire theme of Irene Logan’s “My mind dey” track.

With the piano and guiter starting and the drums joining in, this beautiful jazzy love tune has been replaying in my head ever since I heard it in Adams’ Apples Chapter six.

The lyrics begin with Irene’s sultry voice singing, “Boy I love you. . . I no dey lie. . . boy I need you. . . cant deny. . . when you no dey. . . my heart dey go. . . when am with you. . . I don’t wanna go. . . I don’t wanna go my baby. . . ooooohhhh. . . . boy I feel you. . . I no dey lie. . . boy I need you. . . cant deny. . . when we kiss. . . it feels like heaven . . .when we touch. . . I don’t wanna go. . . I don’t wanna go my baby. . . .Boy my mind dey for you boy my heart dey I no fit how I miss you my baby boy my mind dey for you boy my heart dey I no fit how I miss you my baby. . . . . .

Of course while enjoying the love and company of such persons you will have some friends and family advising you against them. The man might not be suitable for society’s expectation and well, your friends and family might mean well and get your head, but seriously, if only they could say that to your heart. . . and so Irene’s beautiful voice continues to indulge in her love professing for her man. . .

“Friends dey talk say. . . make I leave you, . .. Friends dey talk say. . . you will never come, . . but when you are around, . . things dey better. . . hell I miss you, . . oh I don’t want to go my baby. . . Boy my mind dey for you boy my heart dey, . . I no fit how I miss you my baby, . . boy my mind dey for you boy my heart dey . . .I no fit how I miss you my baby. . .”

Irene is so in love with this man she is singing about in this track. I bet a lot more females will find themselves connecting with Irene on this record. He may not fit into your family and friends expectations but heck your heart is chasing him, and so Irene continues and tells him. . . “Baby I want your love, . . I need your love . . .oooooooo don’t leave me out. . . baby baby come closer now, . . put your arms around me baby, . . . don’t leave me out it’s so cold. . . Don’t leave me out it’s so cold. . . don’t leave me out it’s so cold . . .I want you baby. . . baby its so cold don’t leave me out. . . it’s so cold. . . Aw) di me oh, . . .aw) di me oh don’t leave me out it’s so cold. . . put your arms around me. . . show me that you love me only. . . oh baby am tired . . . in the cold. . . . . .

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Derailed Illusions

Common knowledge in the entertainment industry in Ghana is that consumers do not pay entertainers their due. We do not pay royalties. Radio stations, TV stations, the websites, in fact, almost nobody pays royalties in Ghana.

This means common knowledge number two is that we know our artists and actors are generally relatively broke. Please, do not make an example of one artist or actor who has made it. The catch phrase here is “generally relatively broke.”

This piece has been inspired by a number of factors with the most annoying one being entertainers who overrate themselves. Those who just think that so far as their faces and voices are popular, they have to earn a lot of money, from, say, one musical appearance. I have had a lot of annoyance concerning musicians especially and their so-called managers who demand amounts for shows, irrespective of the audience of the show and the rate and venue. They just feel that so far as they have been called for a show, they have to be paid, say, GHC3,000. The show, whether it is to be staged at the Dome of the Conference Center with all the security apparatus that comes with it and an entrance fee of GHC50 per head or whether it is to be staged on the relatively small compound of a junior or senior high school with no entrance fee at all or whether it is to be staged in a small night club or a university hall with an entrance fee of GHC5, these managers feel their rate should be the same. It gets me to shake my head because, for one thing, even one brand of a manufactured consumable commodity is sold at different prices at different places. Managers, I am bidding you to learn about price discrimination. It will go a long way to project your artist’s image and scope.

The second inspiration stems from artists who simply overrate themselves. I mean, come on, you have two or three albums out, none got a single hit. You have this current album with one song that has a catchy chorus which the public hold on to and you start to think event organizers must pay you amounts which, come to think of it, seems like you sometimes want to cover your entire cost of production from your previous album or two from the pocket of the event organizers. Meanwhile, what will you be doing on stage? Will it not be miming? You will start off by singing some excerpts from some other tracks which the audience will seriously not like, then you will do your popular track, get two girls to wine their waist and leave the stage after eight minutes. Mind you, the cheers you get are usually for the girls who inevitably face the audience with their asses.

The third reason is actually a plea. When an artist is called upon to perform on a platform, aside been paid to entertain, I think it will help them a lot if they start to actually realize that it is probably the most effective way for them to know how well the public really appreciate them and their music and to use those platforms to work on their subsequent acts. Aside that, it is also a way for them to build on their fan base. Stop threatening event organizers with “if you do not pay GHCX amount, my artist will not perform.” Ask questions. Ask for venue, entrance fee, time of program and even other artists on the bill. Go in there and win hearts. Build your fan base. Listen to the cheers but do not let it get to your head and if the boos come through, walk off as quickly as you can.

My friend, Nana Kojo Duah of Oxygen once wrote on facebook that if your badly painted photograph is nowhere visible in the city, then your celebrity status is in your head. Well, there is some truth in there, isn’t it?

As we all appreciate that royalties are not paid in Ghana, relatively, and as we can only hope that MUSIGHA is working feverishly on getting this anomaly corrected, may I suggest again, that these artists and musicians should think of other ways of making money aside demanding annoying payments and getting on stage to mime. If business will affect their creativity, as is usually the case, they should get other persons to run their businesses for them. With their status, getting even one shop somewhere and stocking it with perfume or shoes or clothes and telling the public about it via the social networks will definitely ensure a good source of income for them. Jay Z’s riches is not just from music, is it?

We have had a number of popular persons who have made so much money in one point in time but have been so broke that some have died pitiful shameful deaths with less than a dollar in their name at the time of death. There are others who have had to sell off their possessions and have come out, rather courageously to tell the public that indeed they are broke. With all these forerunners of riches to rags performers, the younger ones now should take cue and realize that the truth is –entertainment alone in Ghana can ruin you. Mind you, there is the pressure of the public expecting you to appear in good clothes, cars and what have you. Meanwhile, this same public is not paying you your due.

People, come on. . . this truth is common sense. You will go broke if you should depend on arts alone in Ghana. It will kill you. When you are able to make some money from your one moment hit singles, save, invest, and make more money.

Unfortunately for you, your trade has barriers. As you age, you will be called upon less and less for performances. You need to plan for your future. Above all, the public will never forgive you if you mess up.

Reason folks. Knowledge is easy to acquire now. Do not be fooled by the plenty coins you are making today. They can wither!

Monday, September 12, 2011

Decisions. Maturity. New Venture - Kwaku David Photography


Ace photographers Steve Ababio, Nana Asihene and Emmanuel Bobbie helped him believe in himself. Ababio taught David Sakyi about making considerable business out of photography. As he already had a camera, a gift given him by his brother-in-law, Steve advised him to start his career with five free weddings. Reasons were that he could use those to learn faster and no one could hold him responsible, should there be a loss of data. He shot his first wedding on 31st January2009 in Tamale. His first wedding in Accra was on 11thSeptember 2010. Nana Asihene taught him about flair and creativity and capturing moments while Emmanuel Bobbie taught him about lighting, the essence of all photography.

David Sakyi stumbled into photography. He was given a camera as a gift. He was not so enthused about it but as his then pregnant wife was about to deliver, he decided to learn more about the camera so he could use it to document his baby’s growth by way of photographs. From using the camera at home and outdoors, he started shooting church activities and later got advised by a Reverend Minister friend to take photography seriously. Now, the brain behind Kwaku David Photography is one of strength, determination and a basic believe that anyone can do anything they set their mind to.

David Sakyi could not get into the medical schools of both University of Ghana and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. After his training as a Biochemist, he went into missionary work and was transported to Nairobi, Kenya, to start a branch of the Lighthouse Chapel International in 2002. Later in 2008, in a search for a new career direction, he decided to start his own business, doing CD labeling and businesses related to video production here in Ghana.

While still searching, David had a chat with a friend who had started a consultancy after having been in a similar situation. David wanted to become a motivational speaker but lacked one thing; a wealth of personal examples. This friend, a Reverend Minister, suggested that he focus on photography as he had started taking shots in the church. Very disappointed at the suggestion, it was on his drive back home that it hit him that his good friend, Steve Ababio was into full time photography and was doing exceptionally well. He thus conditioned his mind to get as much help as he could to enable him start on his own.

Born in August 1973, David attended the Ridge Church School. Just before his Common Entrance examination, his father’s job relocated him to Malawi. The family went together and young David stayed there from age twelve till twenty. He returned to Ghana in 1993 but could not gain admission into the Medical school of the University of Ghana, Legon. He stayed out for a year, did a diploma course in management of information systems at the time and applied again to the Kwame Nkrumah University Science and Technology Medical School the following year. He still could not get it and was offered Biochemistry which he pursued. He graduated in 2001 and is a Spartan (a member of the Independence Hall of KNUST).

David also free-lances with the media department of the Lighthouse Chapel International from time to time and holds two words of counsel he got from the Right Reverend Dag Heward-Mills close to his heart. He was tutored on the principle of emulation which equipped him to copy from those who were ahead of him in his chosen field and be sure to copy well as that was the only way any person coming from behind could catch-up and possibly overtake the forerunners. The second advice was for him to learn to break protocol in formal settings, so he could be able to take certain shots fast enough before anyone could come and walk him off the restricted area.

Currently, Kwaku David Photography is one of the growing benchmark photography professionals in Ghana. He sees the entire world as his studio and takes shots anywhere he finds interesting enough. He can be reached on +233-266-609474.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

AWWWWW I MET THE GIRLS!!!

Upon real time pressure from my friend, Jay “Crab” Gyebi, and an invitation from Nana Hemaa, the Director, I made my way to one of the Silverbird cinema halls at the Accra Mall on Monday evening. The occasion was the official launch of the new exciting and captivating television series, Meet The Girls, which is scheduled to start showing on ETV this Thursday, 11th August at 9.30pm and a repeat on Sundays at 12noon.

The show is basically about four friends, each with a unique character and their own drama who live together. Once in a while they get guests either at home or at different locations. They meet these guests, or rather, these guests meet them and they get chatty with them. The conversation flows and the guest may not even realise that it can pass for an interview. These girls are Nana Ayesua Tham, the mother figure who loves to cook and yes, she is confident of her delicious sexy self and does not agree with Lisa, the Diva figure amongst them that being bigger does not exude sexiness. Alisa Sowah, the diva, is the self conscious always-have-to-look-good madam who spends hours in the bathroom, obviously polishing up. She cannot do without make-up and even though yesterday’s screening had Stephanie Benson as their guest, obviously the diva diva amongst them, Lisa still prepped up enough to match up.

Now to Jay Gyebi, that annoying friend of mine! Forgive me if I sound negatively biased but yes, Jay is annoying. In the series, she is the zealous executive who obviously has her nose tied down in work. Refreshingly, she is the idea developer of the show. At the launch, she was posing shy, but I know better!!!. Then we have the seemingly fun to have around, you-cant-hate-you-cant-love Pinnock Frost Asiedu. By size she is the smallest, and by character, I will say she is the baby amongst them.

Stephanie Benson, the Ghanaian international singing sensation was the guest. She agreed to meet the girls on condition that they will go jogging first before settling to have a chat. After she commanded the jogging session, she sat to have breakfast with the girls. The conversation started amongst all five of them. obviously not scripted, the conversation veered from her personal self, upbringing, her marriage at twenty years, her faithfulness to her husband, her five pregnancies with her still unbelievable body, her chocolate factory in London, her mine in the Ashanti Region, her very hot first son, and her last baby who she says is a good kisser!

Obviously a lot of fun to chat with, Stephanie let go, said what she felt like saying, talked admiringly about her husband and adoringly about her kids. They spoke about food, being healthy and loving yourself. I would say Stephanie made the girls’ work easier because she gave out a lot of information. She held a conversation with the girls, not an interview.

It is my hope that when they get a boring guest, they will be able to manoeuvre around the person and still be able to bring entertainment to bear.

Stephanie Benson was at the launch herself, and so was Okyeame Kwame who admonished the producers for not crediting Richie, whose beat they used throughout the show.

Let’s hold on, relax, and prepare feverishly to meet the girls.

Saturday, July 30, 2011

The Shabo Crew Sings - It Is Love


The saxophone starts the record, then a symphony of other instruments, a rhythmic danceable tune is heard, then comes the lead singer with his powerful definite professing of his want for his love and then the nodding and mild movement of parts of the body which cannot be hidden from this moment on.

Musically, I fall in and in of love so much that I think I am most probably the world’s best flirt when it comes to music. Hi life, that is my main love. But any other genre that gives a soothing relaxation and especially one that all the words can be heard is my kind of music as well.

My new love, “Eye Odo”, which literally translates as “It Is Love” is the very first single by the Shabo Crew. This band has been in existence for a little over four years and have backed and shared stages with as many Ghanaian acts who have done live performances as possible. They were also the resident band of the Stars Of The Future reality show seasons one to four. Am stating all these so that, well, maybe you remember a number of beautiful well orchestrated live performances but as it happens a lot of the time, the band that provided the groove is sort of forgotten as soon as the gig is over. The front liners take all the credit most of the time.

Eye Odo tells of how a man, undeniably the lead singer wants to love his partner. He so wants her to be a part of his life. It seems he has been pestering the woman who has apparently not accepted him yet. Their meeting was by chance, in a club. With all the vibes in the world, it is as if he is re-emphasizing the love he will show this woman once she accepts to be a part of his life. This man is smitten. He is in love. Oh love is a beautiful thing, obviously. He cannot do without this woman. Some say partners are necessary devils. I say get the right one and that will be your necessary blessing!

“Baby I can make you change your mind to love me like you do others, cos I cant live without love, your love is my life come give it to me baby, it is love. . .I wanna know you, I wanna love you, show you respect yeah, I need your loving, show me your loving, open your heart girl. . .” Lines of some of the lyrics in the record. Now who is thinking love is sour?

With well composed lyrics, good story telling and a generally good flow, this record is enough to push the Shabo Crew into the minds of people as not just a good band, but good composers as well. The beat is danceable, so much that I bet anyone who hears this will inevitably find themselves moving slightly to it. It has this punch I cannot pin point. The kind of punch that makes your brain recollect and keep singing a line or two in retrospect.

The lyrics and beat composition was done by the members of the Shabo Crew with inputs from each person. The sax begins, goes off at some points, comes in again at points when it will surely catch your attention and later signs off the record.

You can contact the Shabo Crew via tacogroove@yahoo.com or on 0264461955. They do play for private functions as well. For now, however, love rules. It Is Love!!!

Eye Odo can be downloaded via
http://limelinx.com/files/4c804b1bfa0a8434f76a398347619c61

Saturday, July 23, 2011

My Name Is Romanus; R for Romanus, O for Omanus. . .


The advertisements run wild on radio and facebook. The poster was a popular one on the social network site. I listened to an excerpt of the play on Joy 99.7FM on Friday, July 22nd 2010 and that was enough to get me to go watch them. The line that did it for me was the spelling of Romanus, the name of one of the characters in the production. The spelling was, R for Romanus, O for Omanus, M for Manus, A for Anus, N for Nus, U for Us and S for s!

The energy with which he spelt the name was all too hilarious.
So I made my way to the National Theater today, July 23rd 2010 to watch the 4pm showing of the drama. The second showing will be at 8pm tonight and the next showings will be tomorrow, Sunday July 24th 2010 at 4pm and 8pm. The Producers are the same ones who produced Romantic Nonsense and You May Kiss The Corpse.

High voltage comedy. Hilarity at a high. Beautiful replicas in a comedic way. Beautiful directing and a brilliant storyline that ensured that daily happenings were pointed out to us in an amusing way.

The drama started off in the auditorium of the Virgin Church, where the Pastor, a very shady character believed that it was his power and doing that had healed a lot of people. He was so anointed that he knew the situations of his congregation yet he preferred that they told him their problems themselves. For not being able to heal an impotent man, he declared that he came to heal the sick and not to raise the dead.

The next scene introduced us to the home of Professor Chibere, his wife and daughter, Shaniqua. This Professor makes too much qualms about every little pesewa and cedi. He gave a warning to his wife and daughter that they can bath twice daily but they should use soap on only one occasion!

Next, we were introduced to the classroom setting, Professor Chibere's class. The new Professor was meeting his new class for the first time. On the same day, he asked them to make presentations of an assignment their former Lecturer had asked them to do. One was about the incessant use of pidgin language on our campuses now in relation to a future year by which pidgin would have been banned from campuses. This means that students would not really talk to each other. This touched heavily on the fact that the dependence on pidgin is so much that if the students are asked not to use it again, grammatically correct English will be burdensome, hence the silence.

While in class, Professor Chibere’s daughter came to him for money. The class, all guys, started admiring her. It was Romanus’ turn to make his presentation and he asked permission from the Professor to use his daughter. He gave the weather forcast with the girls’s body. Her hair and head represented Northern Ghana, her chest(breast) was some hilly areas and her lower abdomen and thigh areas represented the Forest areas. One of them also teased girls who wear wigs and end up hitting their heads in a bid to stop an itch. Imagine if the girls happen to wear wigs on every part of their bodies with hair!!!

Did you know that a woman who sings in a bar is called a barrister and one who sells kube(coconut) is an incubator?

All who made this production possible deserve a lot of kudos.

No Rizzla No Ganja But We Roll!


Metaphorical! I got an education upon hearing Ayigbe Edem’s new single. He says “no rizzla no ganja me and my girl we still rolling.” I did not understand what he meant so I asked and the education is, rizzla is the white paper which is used to roll wee and ganja is another name for wee. This line is metaphorical in the sense that rizzla is used to roll wee. He and his girl do not have any yet they are still rolling.

I chanced on a link on twitter and facebook both talking about Ayigbe Edem’s new single titled Anything. I checked and downloaded, listened and eureka!!! Edem had produced yet another beautiful track.

Starting with a beat that seems to have Asian and Oriental influences, this track is set in the RnB genre, very different from Edem’s trademark hiphop tunes. The beat is very relaxed and it has this drumbeats that adds up to its awesomeness. The chorus is soothing as well. Very romantic and was produced by Papu, a Congolese artist.

‘Anything” has Edem singing to his woman and basically telling her that he will do anything she needs and anything she wants.

This time around, I got the opportunity to talk to Edem himself and ask him if this record was another single from his upcoming long awaited album. He answered in the negative and explained that it was supposed to be on the album but for a reason, it was dropped. Apparently, while it was still under production, it got leaked onto the internet somehow. Him and his management traced the leakage and asked that it be withdrawn from online. It must have been downloaded by persons just when it was loaded because this same record appeared on a site very different from the site it was leaked on.

Fortunately, his friends and followers on facebook and twitter started appreciating the record so he decided to let it go. It is not one of the official singles on his second album and that makes me wonder in awe. If this beautiful record did not make it to the selected songs for the album, and the first two official singles, “too much” and ‘the legacy” are this good, then we have a hotter package than we must be anticipating. Edem, we patiently await your full second album.

Listen and download "Anything" via
http://mp3twit.com/eRE

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

This Is "The Legacy"


Maybe I need to take an Ewe language course. Even pidgin Ewe will be comforting for me at this stage. I need the lesson because Ayigbe Edem’s music keeps making me go to others for explanation.

The first time, I had to book my neighbor for an explanation of his “Too Much” single. This time around, I pinned my friend, Mina down to listen and interpret “The Legacy”, his second single off his Mass Production Album. It features the sensational Ga rapper whose physique and name are in common, Tinny, the Aletse Kankpe man.

Listening intently, Mina took me through the meanings of what the record says. In summary, Edem and Tinny have orchestrated this beautiful piece at their enemies. They have warnings for those who keep thinking that they are joking with what they do. They just do not realize or rather fail to admit that what they do is actually the real deal.

Like a typical Hammer Last Two beat, it starts with a few instruments and graduates steadily to a symphony of instruments with a bit of talks before the actual rapping begins. My favorite line here is “parental guidance. This is an adult picture. Listen responsibly.” Tinny starts off with a strong one word intro, Edem comes through with a line, there is a seeming conversation between the two and then a feel of aggression as Edem launches into his rap. Tinny’s rap has a more relaxed feel.
Edem sings as well on this record and manages to conquer the aggression felt in his rap. Some people said Becca made the Ga language sound so romantic with her “Daa ke Daa” record. Ayigbe Edem sings in Ewe and does it for me on this record.

The accompanying video does well by portraying the story in the music. Samad Davis od Davis Media Group, the Film Director responsible for the directing of the American movie, Three Can Play That Game fused his movie techniques and the meaning of the record well enough. It has a movie feel.

I have said before that good music surpasses language understanding. Edem is a good artist, emcee and a great story teller but above all, he is a good musician, brilliant composer and yes, an authentic rapper.

I need Ewe lessons. Seriously. Someone please inform Ayigbe Edem for me. I want him for my private tuition. Am ready. Where is my teacher???

Sunday, June 12, 2011

The Little Things That You Do - Efya


. . .When you say “cook the food let me wash the bowls, . . .come here baby let me touch your toes, . . .makes me love you more. . .When you suggest “wash the clothes let me clean the house.”. . . makes me wanna be a star. . . It’s the little things that you do that makes me love you more. . .

Truly it is the little things. Over and over again I have heard men complain about the complexities of women, their wish to understand our intricacies and wants especially in love situations. Men, Efya is telling you all there is for you to know and do. It should not be hard to please a woman. It is in the little things that you do. . .

. . . When you forget yourself and you pick your nose, . . .get drunk fall asleep in your clothes. . .makes me love you more. . . When you do something really gross like the way you fart when am really close, . . it’s the little things that you do that makes me love you more. . .

The track is set in a slow tempo instrumentation with Efya’s voice coming out strong and clear. “Little Things” is a single that has been released off her yet to be released album. The second runner up of the first edition of the Stars of the Future reality show can sing. She can sing. Efya sings!!!

. . . Love shouldn’t be so complicated. You’re the best man I ever dated. It’s the way you do the things you do that makes you you. I love you, love you more . . .oh yeeeeeeeeeeee