"Anga (Natural Colour)": Ishmeal Walad's Alleged Controversial Single

This New release has a lot of controversies and hearsays surrounding it. The artiste Ishmeal walad who is know for his melodious voice in the industry has talked about a lot of things concerning complexion and naturality in this new song. Let dive into the depths of the song and digest it to our better understanding.

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A picture showing a cover art of ishmeal walad new song "Anga". In the picture you may see three beautiful ladies, two of them being westerners like European skin tone and the one in the middle being African with an natural African Colour

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The Lyrics

The song expresses the greatness of maintaining the Natural Colour of one's skin as an African.

"Anga" which can mean "You will Ruin" referring to distorting one's natural color in the process of trying to make it lighter. So he says in the song that, you should be proud of your skin no matter how it is. In fact, he advice his fans to like the natural Colour.

"An bi Chɛli Anga" in the song means "If you don't stop, You will ruin it". If you're trying to alter the skin color, you will ruin it. The message is Very important to everyone and may also be quiet disturbing to others who deemed the act as Normal.

The Controversies

Before Walad's release of this song, the fans already speculated that the artiste will drop a song that will be a refute Or a reply to LazzyBwoy's song Di Nye'a Ya.

In Lazzbwoy's song, there is a verse which says "O ʒeri Kpaam Ka di nyɛ ya" which actually means "If He/she Smears pomade, how does it concern you?"

One may not comprehend what this means on the first glance. The verses in the song talks about people who interfere or poke their nose in other people's matters. But that particular line "O ʒeri Kpaam Ka di nyɛ ya" deeply means "How does someone bleaching their skin concern you?".

So Ishmeal Walad says in this new song that, "Mani Ka a bɔhiri ni o ʒe kpaam di nyɛ ma yaa?" Which means "Are you telling me when someone bleaches, it doesn't concern me?". - [ This was the words of walad ] Which is a reply to LazzyBwoy's "Di Nye'a ya".