CELEBRITY CENTRAL: D’BANJ

D’Banj was born as Dapo Daniel Oyebanjo in the Northern Kaduna State, Nigeria to an artillery Officer and a church dignitary on June 9th 1980. Due to his father’s job, D’Banj moved several times within Nigeria as well as abroad to India. He was sent to Nigerian military school at age 11 and was expected to enter the military like his father, but at 14 D’Banj picked up a weapon of different kind and altogether more peaceful; the harmonica. He was introduced to this instrument by his late elder brother, Femi Oyebanjo who tragically died in a plane crash at age 17 on his way en route Lagos from Nigerian Military School, Zaria. His brother’s harmonica was one of his possessions recovered after the incidence and D’BANJ started to cherish it. His incredible harmonica skills are self taught; he says, “I play the harmonica like it was built for me”.D’Banj became more and more involved in music and he cannot see himself doing anything else with the same passion. His song “All The Way” is about the struggles he has faced with his parents over his chosen career. Dapo adopted the elegant, almost French-sounding name “D’Banj”, a combination of his first name Dapo and his surname Oyebanjo. He has performed alongside many international artistes and was Named African Michael Jackson by Wycliffe Jean when they met at the 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards. Apart from music he is also Nigeria’s first United Nations Youth Ambassador for Peace. LYRICS TO THE SONG ‘FALL IN LOVE’IntroDon’t get it twisted, love is a beautiful thingIt’s Don Jazzy againI’m D’Banj When Koko master fall in loveYou know say water don pass gariI’m in love, are you in love? ChorusOmo, you don make me fall in loveFall in love o (2x)We suppose marry because you don make me fall in loveFall in love o (2x) VerseMy sweet potatoI wanna tell you my mind, wanna tell you my mind oI no understand oCause I dey see well well when they say love is blind oYou see as you dey soYou are the love of my life, you are the love of my life oI cannot deny oI wanna make you my wife, wanna make you wife oSee, I never thought that I will find someone like youThat will capture my heart and there’s nothing I can doI used to brag to my friends that I will always be a playerBut since I set my eyes on you Repeat Chorus VerseMy sugar bananaAs I don get you ebe say I make hammerMe, I no fit wait oMake you come follow me make we go see my mamaFor better for worse oWe go dey together in any kind of weatherSee I no dey joke oSay na true I I dey talk o, na true I dey talk oMy friends dey ask me sayOboy, what is the matter?Me I dey tell them sayYou dey make my head scatterSee I used to lie to myself that I’ll always be a playerBut since I set my eyes on you Repeat Chorus Repeat Chorus till fade dedantos2002@yahoo.com Ends