I agree with Tope Alabi, The Song ‘Oniduro mi’ is trash.

I can vividly remember the first time I heard The ‘Oniduro mi” song I cringed so hard, wondering what kind of selfish song it was.

This last weekend, the popular Yoruba gospel singer, Tope Alabi was under fire for criticising the song, with many claiming that she was just jealous of her colleague Adeyinka Alaseyori, who made her fame from the said song.

The Veteran singer stated that she was previously a fan of the song until the Holy Spirit told her to shut up when she tried singing the song on a certain day.

According to Tope Alabi, Adeyinka Alaseyori would have understood that God is more than a guarantor and will not say such a word if she had sung the song from the Holy Spirit’s leading.

However many social media users were quick to crucify the singer for publicly criticising the song but none could constructively counter the argument and disposition of the veteran singer.

Truth be told, my perspective on the song is different from that of Tope Alabi, she is obviously speaking from a spiritual and religious perspective while I speak from a moral and human perspective.

I would like to translate every lyric of the chorus before stating my reason on why the song is trash

Oni duro mi e seun o
Agbejoro mi ema seun o
Bo jeniyan lo n duro ni wa ti ma soro
Bo jeniyan lo n duro ni wa ti salo
Bo jeniyan lo n duro ni wa ti ma siregun
Oni duro me e seun o

Translated to english it says:

Thank you, my guarantor (referring to God as the guarantor)
Thank you, my lawyer (referring to God as a mediator)
Humans would have complained if they were to be my guarantor
Humans would have run away if they were to be my guarantor
Humans would have thrown it in my face if they were to be my guarantor.
Thank you, my guarantor (referring to God as the guarantor)

Going through the translated version of the chorus, the singer was obviously trying to belittle human effort when it comes to providing security or help, asserting her sustainability to a superior being.

Sincerely speaking I don’t have a problem with the singer asserting her sustainability to God, but I have issues with her sense of entitlement and her criticizing the imperfect nature of man.

According to the singer, Humans would complain, run away or throw it in her face if there were to be her guarantor but God will always remain.

This shows that the singer is selfish and arrogant, Humans are weak so if they can stand by you for the moment they can, you should appreciate that and not overwhelm them with your selfishness and sense of entitlement.

If you expect people to leave their own private battle to face yours then you need to check on yourself.

If the singer has never being a perfect guarantor to anyone, let her accord her sustainability to God, without blaming the imperfect nature of man.