Most, if not all, of us know Olamide’s most recent song science student. Many of us have heard it or seen our children dancing the popular “shaku shaku” to it. This particular song has gone viral to the extent that a lot of people on social media are recording dance videos for public view and entertainment.
Now, my question is, how many of us have sat down to actually listen to the song? I mean, apart from what you’ve hea rd about it , have you actually heard the lyrics of that song? If you’ve not, you can listen to it here. You can also get a word for word translation here
After getting over the catchy and groovy nature of the song, you begin to pay close attention to the lyrics:
“… kosegbo, kosewe, kosegbo kosewe, kosegbo, kosewe, kosegbo
Won ti po’mi gutter po, oju ti dirty
Won ti po chemical po, awon moscience students…Oya, jedi nab e, ale nab e,
monkey tail nab e, skushis nab e, alomo a wan be
Kerewa owambe, ogidiga owambe, bajinatu owambe”
Controversy surrounding the song is that the lyrics promotes hard drugs, encouraging youths to get high on these drugs.
In a video, Olamide explained that his intention is to impact people positively because he’s part of this generation. And that he wanted to create something groovy and at the same time with a message that isn’t harsh, so hence the comic relief in the very epic hit.
Although the Street rap king himself has said countless times that the song is an attempt to condemn hard drugs, the only way we can agree with him is if by “attempt”, he meant to lecture us on the different types of hard drugs/ weed on the street and the influence it has on people. Because through out the song he forgot to actively dissuade people from drug abuse.
Now, it is no surprise that the The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has issued a ‘Not To Be Broadcast’ (NTBB) warning against rapper Olamide’s hit song ‘Science Student.’
NBC proscribed the song from being broadcast on all radio and television stations and considered it unfit for broadcast
There are a lot of other songs out there that pass the wrong message across. Songs like this make you wonder what our kids are listening to.
This brings me to my question, should we censor the songs our kids listen to? Do you thoroughly go through your children’s party playlist? Do you think it is necessary to do this or can the kids just dance to their hearts content, after all, they’re just children?
