It's 2023 and I'm still listening to this. This is a spiritual song and always brings tears to my eyes.

Best song … 2024 who’s here

I heard this song when one LP record costed roughly half months salary of an agricultural worker. Only a few could afford record player. I was longing to hear this song some where some time during early 70s. Thanks to legendary trumpeter Teddy Osi and his band , I still hear this song with the same appreciation i had 50 years before

This song is a time machine for me,it takes me back to 1973, just got released from the army in Hungary. Late night, crowded bar next to the Danube river, this song was played 5 times for popular demand. That was the start for my best years. God bless Osibisa, God bless africa.

@benedictletchmanan3995

7 жыл бұрын

Steve Sipos rhyy

@ritaroggs

6 жыл бұрын

Waooh👍👍👍

@georgeadonteng3144

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks alot for appreciating this group from my country Ghana

@Shadow-nz1dm

5 жыл бұрын

Wow just wow

@kamakirinoko

5 жыл бұрын

Jesus . . . for me it was Nairobi, staying at one of my father's friend's houses. I was on holiday from British boarding school (but I'm American.) And I was actually living in Zaire (now DR Congo). I think my brother bought this album because we loved Yes, and Roger Dean had done both Ye and Osibisa's cover art. Later, I was to paint the cover onto my bedroom wall in Dakar. Here I am, in 1975 with the painting behind me, with a copy of the album cover below: 1.bp.blogspot.com/-CkXQTAEbxCE/VjdT63B8BBI/AAAAAAAAHjQ/JHnBz2l6aJc/s1600/painting.jpg

This song never gets old. 2020 and beyond still here. Asonaba Kwabrafoso Obuasi

@greggansah1186

4 жыл бұрын

beyond**

@asonabakwabrafosoobuasi8260

4 жыл бұрын

@@greggansah1186 🙌🙌

@sethyeboah9947

4 жыл бұрын

Also listen to our version of Osibisa's woyaya kzread.info/dash/bejne/inxlr7mDfMnaj84.html

@philominayeboah2034

3 жыл бұрын

You're here again?? 😂😂

@ruebenaguilera771

Жыл бұрын

End if 2022

I was a recruit in the army, it was tough but when I used to hear this song I knew I would make it!

I had the chance to be in the studio when they recorded it. It was amazing 'cause I never heard anything like that before. I will never forget that moment.

@-MigueLRiverA-

7 жыл бұрын

Carmelo La Bionda Lucky you

@nanaedgar4509

5 жыл бұрын

You are so lucky.

@mawutorxorlornu5680

4 жыл бұрын

this man was indeed a great hero

@aafelix3

4 жыл бұрын

You’re so lucky

@bettybaiden5631

4 жыл бұрын

You must be a lucky person. Bless you!!!

To me this is one of the most beautiful songs ever written. A song of hope, of humbleness, a song for never giving up. It brings tears to my eyes. Thank you so much for posting.

@mawutorxorlornu5680

4 жыл бұрын

True

@AlokeshBagchi

3 жыл бұрын

So True.

@antonynjogu8283

6 ай бұрын

Ever green, everlasting

Who's here with me in 2020..place of no return 😭😭

@donkrypton2010

4 жыл бұрын

Am here

@malenywoman

4 жыл бұрын

I saw Osibisa in Canberra, Australia in 1975. I was going out with a Nigerian student at the time and they were friends of his. We all spent a wild night together. I absolutely love this song. It can easily bring me to tears.

@charlesnjogu4228

4 жыл бұрын

I am here

@sethyeboah9947

4 жыл бұрын

Also watch our version of woyaya kzread.info/dash/bejne/inxlr7mDfMnaj84.html

@MsCatM

3 жыл бұрын

2021! Still here! Still going!

We are going.. Heaven knows where we are going. We will get there, Heaven knows how we will get there.. We know we will.. To anyone listening to this fantastic masterpiece, the message is simple.. "NEVER GIVE UP IN LIFE" the road may be muddy and rough but you'll get there.. Rest Well proud sons of Mama Africa and Ghana... 2020 has been a very bad year.. Regardless, we will get there..

@avec-pigeon

Жыл бұрын

And 2020 become one of the worst year in history with COVID-19

@LMan-by6mb

10 ай бұрын

Remember this when I was a boy in elementary school.

@Harmony33-3

2 ай бұрын

Please don't just narrow it down to Africa, we are all one people.

I suffer from the bipolar 11 disorder and sing this using 'I' instead of 'we' - it helps me a lot. I also love Art Garfunkel's version

@jefferychamberlain9808

4 жыл бұрын

try playing with yer nasty snatch while humming this orgasmic tune-try it please!!!

@kryptichands968

3 жыл бұрын

@@jefferychamberlain9808 pure fkn shit bag

@quelmec

3 жыл бұрын

More power to you. Have courage. And you will get there. Osibisa knew so.

@peted7985

2 жыл бұрын

i have had Art Garfunkel's Angel Clare for so many years and just today at Christmas 2021 i have finally got round to listening to Osibisa's original version!

Forgotten how good they were, which is odd since they were my heroes. We were sharing the top billing with them, and I got to join them on stage. All my dreams came true, not only that, I fell in love with Zembi, one of their backing singers, and ended up living with her.

@ikeyeboahasante4080

5 жыл бұрын

i like your comment . i am a proud Ghanaian. could we exchange contact. okurow1010@gmail.com

@alandickens8503

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, lucky man.

The rock group Greta Van Fleet just played a verse or two of this the other night as part of an acoustic feature at their Nashville, Tennessee, show on July 24th, 2023. Their singer (one of 3 biological brothers in the band along with an “adopted” brother, the drummer) loves world music from the 70s, including Mother Africa, Miriam Makeba.❤

@blakel2174

Жыл бұрын

I was there and shocked when they went into this

@johnkowalski7836

10 ай бұрын

U know all :)

My Dad it's in hospital right now, we're facing cancer, this song makes me have hope & faith that things will go well

@misscheek1

2 жыл бұрын

My dad just passed in the hospital from cancer and asked for this song too, I hope things worked out for you

@mattd3826

Жыл бұрын

We will get there...we know we will

Honestly,after almost fifty years,this song is still relevant.

I still have the 3 original albums. I listen to even today. I get the same feelings renewed as in the 70’s. Music lives.

I went to see Osibisa as soon as I landed back in England...I'm supposedly English but lived in the Middle East for most my life, at that time. I was 14. I never felt like I'd returned "home" at all and when I heard this and felt their spiritual love and life, it was so beautiful. Thank you., you were and are amazing.I so deeply appreciated hearing "Woyaya".I'd just been evacuated from a war torn country and lost my beautiful mother.

Saw them in Brighton about 40 years ago. Changed my musical tastes forever.

This song will take us through the Pandemic and beyond...

@akwasiasamoahjnr8971

3 жыл бұрын

It certainly did 👍🏾

OSIBISA & 'Woyaya'.... What a GREAT Band from the early 70's. First heard them from friends when in London in 71-72, fell in love with their happy, spiritual, rhythmic lyrics and beats. 'Wayaya' to me, was their best. Proud to know that Robert Bailey of T&T, was a part of this group. Have not heard their music since mid 70's. Reminds me a lot of Andre Tanker's music as well. Thanks Osibisa for the music, blessings to you all.

@niiarmarh7768

Жыл бұрын

GHANA WITH LESS TRIBALISM AS COMPARE TO 2023 akans tribalism destroy Ghana now no more love

@Shaft1367

7 ай бұрын

​​@@niiarmarh7768are you correct? What sort of stup*d comment is that.

Ghana 🇬🇭.. it’s 2022 and am back here to listen to such a masterpiece 😩

Had such a brilliant time with these guys when they invited us back to their motel for a few drinks and a meal after they played Founders Theatre, Hamilton, New Zealand back around 1974/5.

@chriscondell603

3 жыл бұрын

Nice one mate.

@trevorcoppock5621

3 жыл бұрын

@@chriscondell603 Great show. Brilliant musicians.

Indeed, we're going somewhere. Hmmm this song always brings tears to my eyes. Rest on Osibisa. Listening in May 2019

My love for Santana led me to Osibisa in 1973. Ironic that African-influenced latin-rock led me to the roots!

My first love when it’s comes to music! God bless Africa

@neilcarlson661

4 жыл бұрын

Muddy and rough,but we'll get there.👬

My parents used to play this album on vinyl when I was kid. Great times! I wish I was born in 50s and have witnessed all the great music of 70s and 80s!

this song brings memories of the good old days (particularly, the Osofo Dadzie show back home in Ghana) and always bring tears to my eyes each time i listen.............a masterpiece!!!! Great Osibisa!!!!!!!!!

I used to sing this to my grumpy old running partner Ed Fisher at the start of marathons...I loved the song & how he used to cuss me out. Miss you Ed.

I had this album in the 70's...I loved it. It has so much spirit in it! It's so great to hear it again.

Hearing this for the first time. In lockdown thanks to Coronavirus April 2020. The world will never be the same.

I use to have this album in 1971 when I was in the Army... listening to this brings back memories.

@henrycota172

8 жыл бұрын

I was in the Air Force in England when this came out! great song

@henrycota172

8 жыл бұрын

I was in the Air Force in England when this came out! great song

@henrycota172

8 жыл бұрын

I was in the Air Force in England when this came out! great song

The Song that connects the Brain, Spirit, Body and Soul together. The Song that awakens my spirit and thoughts. The song that gives me hope, Strength and Faith. I shed tears whenever this song is played. I don't know if I'm the only one. My Best Ghanaian Song of all time, if not Africa. It's 2020 and I'm Still Here::: Let's Love One Another. Long Live Osibisa

This song reminds me of the struggle of the soul defeating the minds treacherous hold The confidence of faith and experience in meditation on the sound current Lost our mum in 1971 this band lifted up our spirits... Woyaya Woya Eh Radha Soami

Only just discovered this song. Where have i been? OMG..❤❤❤

I was playing this song on a loud speaker at the Tempelhofer Feld and one old man approached me. Where are you from and I said GHANA. He said wow.. I know this song when they came to Newcastle. I started crying 😢.

@RockDove5212

3 жыл бұрын

👌😁😁😁 wonderful And Lacazette an Aubameyang 😁

@teddymills4528

3 жыл бұрын

like the first bird 🥰

I loved this song Woyaya in 1971 when Osibisa personally gave me the lp "Osibisa" when they were in The Hague. I loved it then and I it still gives me goosebumps today (and of course singing my heart out with them)!

Every Osibisa song gives you goosebumps.

first heard about osibisa during my school days in 1975 in a function, and finally got the entire album thru my friends in college. Still love the songs, use mostly while long driving, even shared with my friends...

Also covered by the Fifth Dimension. So, I put both versions in my 5D playlist. Thanks for the upload!

❤😂I was overseas in Germany, when I first got introduced to one of the Greatest bands I have ever heard

A song of struggle from our African cousins, like the civil rights songs sang by Dr. King and others during the hard days.

Wonderful song! Never heard this band before... I love their african progressive sound!

@laelpeters580

9 жыл бұрын

This great band deserves much credit for bringing the African sound to the North American market. Ah, 70's > Beautiful 70's.

My beloved dad passed away a year ago today. Australia is in lockdown so we are having a celebration of his life a year on via zoom. I was on YT trying to find some music to play and recognised this cover! He loved Osibisa! I was only five or six but the memories came flooding back! Thank you for uploading this! Beyond grateful 🙏🏾

Brings back great memories our song in South African

saw osibisa live in 1973 in London still love woyaya always will

This was my first Osibisa album, even though there was one (I think) before it. I was captivated by the Roger Dean cover art of the flying Elephant even before I had heard their music. From the opening jungle sounds of Beautiful Seven through to the haunting lyrics of Woyaya, I was a captive. The strength of the drums, the driving bass, the brass, keyboards, it was all magical! When the band came to Australia I went to the Melbourne concert twice and it was one of the most exciting nights of my life. Osibisa came ALIVE on the stage and even better than their records, which I still own. Woyaya - the promise of a life that is better than what we have now. Is it a new homeland, or is it heaven above? Anyway, it's a future that we can all look forward to. Thank you for sharing this beautiful song.

What a masterpiece .This song became a household song for all kids in Ghana because of osofo dadzie. Thanks for their dedication for promoting this song.

Saw them in 1972 at the Queens Hotel Westcliff (Southend, Essex) (since burnt down)... I can remember that show like it was yesterday!

Africa will get there, woyaya.

Men I just listened to the song, its a real Great songs and as I listen to it, it brings memories of when we were young and had Great ambitions. Lets reconnect people

This song reminds me of Ghana tv series cantata in the early 2000s❤❤

Loved this back in the day. I was around 11 years old and my parents bought this album.

@mercurywoodrose

4 жыл бұрын

me too. mom would dance to it by herself. she was a dancer. this was a very important album

Thumbs up all listening to we are going up till now 2020. Long live Osibisa ✌❤

Back in the late 80s, bought this album in a used record store for the Roger Dean artwork. What a treat to drop it on the turntable and find all these gems! Wonderful, wonderful music. Wish I had caught it when it was new. My younger life may have been different. :)

Oh boy, this song reminds me being a teenager and 4 of us hitchhiking on a sunny highway surrendered by rolling hills and beautiful very green forrest throwing the frisbee across this 2 lane road and just laughing and smiling feeling very FREE.

Indeed this song is so spiritual.

saw them live in Hamburg - loved the albums and covers... good times indeed

Met these beautiful people in Surfers Paradise 1976, very cool dudes!

Also for me this song-prayer is a time machine for me, it takes me back to the 70s' memories of the university and my friends from that time, especially my dear and great friend-brother Willy ... Wow !!! what times, what expariencias of youth. Thanks The JPDM

My very first album back in the seventies...How appropriate in these challenging times..Inspiring.

Such a masterpiece. Listening to this from 2021. I wish musicians these days could make such classical music.💕🥺

This song is one of the most beautiful songs ever I heard again Osibisa Woyaya bought in 1971 when it first came out. It made me feel at home in Africa. Listen to all the different musical instruments and sounds of voices and human made sounds. I never heard so much love and music like this before. Truly amazing. Big up to all in making this song.

Takes me back to 1973. God bless Africa

@jamama2go

6 жыл бұрын

Yes Stan ...YES God bless Africa

Bought the LP when it first came out - still put it on the turntable on a regular basis

I first heard this song in 1971 when I returned home from vietnam

@evyatararbell7317

8 жыл бұрын

+Aldred Warren wow i guess im the only 15 year old that listens to this, my dad let me hear this when i was 4 and since then this song gives me hope

@awuduallhasan9993

5 жыл бұрын

Nice song from the group, It reminds me of Osofo Dadzie group

...can anybody say Cantata..frm Gh. soo much memories..

@richmondampah7707

6 жыл бұрын

Osofo Dadzie!!

@nathanielacquah6513

4 жыл бұрын

Haha...memories

@hornamowusuanyanyo7141

3 жыл бұрын

I tell you😂

@Candywine970

3 жыл бұрын

Days are gone 😭😭🇬🇭

@kevinodonkor4123

2 ай бұрын

​​@@Candywine970 Gone,my friend. Gone 😌 .... along with the many good people who have a hand in the memories, and the tears we shed when the memories come flooding 😔😔 🎶it will be hard we know,and the road will be muddy and rough but we'll get there... heaven knows how we will get there. We know we will. 🎶 It is well 😔😌🇬🇭

Great band, seen them a few times back in the 70s, I have this album.

When I was a child...I used to watch my father listen to this...I couldn't appreciate it then but I do now. Classic. We will get there

First great african hit.

@jeffjacksonylb

7 жыл бұрын

respect Peter, but no way. Merriam Makeba "Pata Pata", and Hugh Masekela "Grazin in the Grass" were huge hits in the U.S. and worldwide in '65-'66. And this is my favorite sing by one of my favorite bands. Saw Osibisa at the spectrum in Philly in '72-'73, all 7 members of the band jumped on the drums at one point. So funky that when headliner came on (think it was War) the crowd was still chanting Osi-bisa,Osi-bisa. Incredible

@kimbozw1808

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffjacksonylb first big african hit was SKOKIAAN. Then ZAMBESI. Then TOM HARK.

Who’s still listen to this 2021

It's 2022 and the song still gives me hope there's a better tomorrow

One of the best songs ever. Beautiful lyrics from a fantastic group. Listen to Art Garfunkels version from the record Angel Clare, incredible.

I've sung this several times this year with virtual choirs - so appropriate at the moment

@Oh_I_Will

3 жыл бұрын

Post a video then and quit talking about it everywhere

Wooow finally got this song here. So it’s already 52 years but it such a great masterpiece. I used to listen to it back in Cantata days when I was young. It brings so many memories

My ultimate gym music. We will get there. Heaven knows how. The road will be mudy and rough but we will get there. #Motivation.

To my Dad....great memories...

Cette chanson passait à la radio les matins dans les années 70. On l'entendait sur le chemin de l'école à Cocody-Abidjan..... Mes plus grands respects ..... OSBISA grands musiciens chanteurs talentueux que le Ghana et l'Afrique aient jamais connu.....

Born & bred in a British Protectorate Southern Rhodesia at that time - Britain in the sun & wild ...then Northern Rhodesia - halcyon days of Sadsa & brisket & onions next to huge dugout trench fireplace in ground outside Fernando & Mary's khaya...being told African folklore stories by Fernando...whilst he ironed my dad's army uniform (he was our Housekeeper)...what a wonderful man - often wonder what happened to him... The indigeny - Shona, Ndebele, Zulu, Zambian, Mozambican, Swahili...showed this little malungu what true African ubuntu ("I AM because YOU are") was in all it's generosity... Then 1961 my parents moved to the Union which was SA...Cape Town... From mans humanity to his fellow man it took on the form of mans' inhumanity to his fellow man in the form of the hateful Apartheid system...

Music that spark the mind to remember again ,

We will GET THERE! Thanks for a beautiful song

What a wonderful song! It is so uplifting!!! Cheers to Osibisa!!!!!!!

Saw them play this at The Lyceum (London UK) in '71, they were great. Still love this

I still have 3 LP:s of great O.S.I.B.I.S.A. . I will never sell my Soul of Africa. .. Beautifull Seven for Ya`ALL - L.O.V.E.

Thanks for leaving this heritage, you are a hero. This song connect the whole body

'we know we will! ' THANKS for a wonderful anthem!!!!!

I remember this lovely song from the '70s

I just discovered these guys for the first time. I am quite pleased :) .... Their album artwork reminds me of YES

Always like to listen to it... triggers memories from my teenager time... :) - and makes me a bit sad, because in Germany I had that on an old vinyl record which got lost when I emigrated... :(

Such a beautiful song ! There's so much life inside, something missing in the songs they write nowadays.

Ushering 2019 with this wonderful so. Ooh what a wonderful message

Time machine. Rocking it in the 2020's and beyond.God be your helper

really this song brings back old memories and it makes me cry. its a song for the hopeless to get hope and weaks to be strong.thanks for these posting, you really make my day. again thanks

Fantastica musica degli Osibisa molto ritmica e molto professionali siete tutti Bravi ciao !!!!!!!

50 years are gone since I bought the LP - and still it's so awfully relevant. Best wishes to all of you

always loved to hear these guys thank you for posting

It had reminds in my early time when i was studying music it had motivated me so much mainly the lyrics.

Very inspirational,motivational,spiritual...❤

The good old days.. #Cantata great respect Osibisa!!

Like sunshine to flowers... so life affirming so beautiful...

ecouter WOYAYA de OSIBISA rappelle notre jeunesse estudiantine ; ce groupe fait la fierté de la musique africaine vue sa reprise par différents .