Deba Uwadiae returns with Water 

After the release of his last studio album titled, Hallelujah Amen, US-based journalist and singer, Deba Uwadiae, has returned to the fore with another goosebump-giving record dubbed, Water.

In Water, Deba Uwadiae employs the richness of Fela’s Afrobeat and Nigeria’s popular street lingo, Pidgin English in a “tell a story lyric format” to produce an easily relatable song.

Produced by Columbus, Ohio-based Theo Odiifo, the song begins with the clattering of percussion accompanied by saxophone to deliver the first line of Pidgin that says, “di water wey you go drink no go pass you.”

As an icing on the cake, however, Uwadiae has promised to perform the new single, today, being Nigeria’s 62nd independence anniversary in Columbus, Ohio.

After listening to the song, an accomplished music critic, Olu James had this to say: “Yes, your own water can never pass you. Nice music. Listened to it again and again. I enjoyed the Afrobeat feel and, most especially, the saxophone riffs.”

Also commenting, veteran television journalist, Chris Ngwu, said: “I like the tell-a-story-lyric format of the song. But the background rhythm from the instruments would have added more value had it been more pronounced behind the vocals, and not equaling or overshadowing the vocals. However, towards the end of the track, when the instruments had a brief up sounding, the overall rhythm became enlivened. Altogether, Water is a good run. I look forward to more of such quality songs from the musician.”