We don't say I know..... We say mi know (neem) seh
We don't call it avacado....We call it pear
We don't say "Oh my God"... We say "Awurade Yeh Kupon"
We don't say you look real nice...We say heh charley you look goodooo
We don't call it dollars.... We call it cedis
We don't don't dance to low life... We dance to highlife
We don't call you white... We call you abroni
We don't say your real stupid...We say wu yeh stupid paa
We don't drink beer....We drink Guiness or Heineken
We don't call it fried plaintain & beans..We call it red red or cocoh cocoh & beans
We don't say do you understand?...We say Wu teyaseh?
We don't call it rice & beans... We call it wachet
We sport that !Gye Nyame ! symbol to the fullest
When fustrated we suck our teeth and say ahh!!
We beat the U.S. in the World Cup 06
Because of our name we know which day of the week we were born
Our elders always speak in parables
And most of all we hold up the Red Gold & Green and the beautiful black starr

Ur Ghanaian when.......
1.U’ve drank Malt Before
2.Uve gotten money from tha adults 4 dancin at a party.
3.Ur parents still dance 2 tha electric slide at parties
4.Ur parents add “O” to tha end of every sntence: Shutup-O! Get me water O!
5.U’ve been told “Gyae Saa!”(stop that) or “Ko Na Ko Dware!"(go and bath)
6.U’ve been slapped 4 not greetin someone
7.U’ve gotten in trouble for giving an elder something wit ur left hand
8.U gotta call all tha older Ghanians u kno uncle or auntie even if they not related!
9.Ur parents talk HELLA loud on tha phone 'specially if its long distance
10.U get calls at 3 in tha morning from relatives askin 4 money
11.Ur parents ask “Why don’t u bring ur friends to ur own house?”
12.U kno who Daddy Lumba is
13.U been scared watchin the movies ur parents bring from back hme
14.There is always rice, fufu, or kenke' in ur house
15.Ur parents gt they,re he and she mixed up
16.If u find Cedis in ur wallet once in a while
17.Ur parents wanna call ur name but they call all ur siblings first b4 they get it rite!
18.A party starts at 6 and u sho up at 10
19.Uve had a family member stayin ova 4 long (like movein.....but not really)
20.U always hear ur parents say “Ah ah!”
21.When ur parents threaten to send u “back home” when u misbehave
22.U know exactly wut a "knock" is and how it feels
23.U always have maggi cubes in ur house
24.U gotta pronounce ur first or last name 20 times for people n they still don’t get it rite!
25.Ur laughin at this stuff cuz some of its happened 2 u




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