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Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo (popularly known as D'banj, born 9 June 1981) is a Nigerian singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and entrepreneur. He has won several music awards, including the awards for Best African Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007,Artist of the Year at the MTV Africa Music Awards 2009, Best International Act: Africa at the 2011 BET Awards, and Best-selling African Artist at the 2014 World Music Awards, Evolution award at the 2015 MTV Africa Music awards.
He adopted the stage name D'banj, a combination of his first name, Dapo, and his surname, Oyebanjo. D'banj is currently best known internationally for his 2012 summer hit "Oliver Twist", an uptempo dance fusion of Afrobeat and electronic dance music that topped the African charts 2011 and was a top 10 hit in the UK singles chart in 2012 reaching No. 2 on the UK R&B chart.
D'banj was born in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria to a military officer who commanded an artillery regiment and a church dignitary mother who hailed from Shagamu in Ogun State. Due to his father's profession he moved several times within Nigeria and later moved to England. D'banj was expected to follow his father's military career and was enrolled to the Nigerian Military School at age eleven. However, D'banj resisted the system and disenrolled from the school after three years. While at the Military school he was a member of the elite drum corp of the Nigerian Army. From the Nigerian Military School he proceeded to another military owned institution Nigerian Navy Secondary School, Ibara, Abeokuta where he completed his secondary school education.
This could be an emergency
But no one's listening to me
I've shown you signs of dependency
But no one's listening to me
This could be an emergency
But you're not convincing me
The sirens have not left your side
The truck's still overturning
It's coming down on top of me
A sight so marvellous
It frightens me
The water's rushing beside of me
I'm scared I'll wash away
What's inside of me
Subliminal hate
Is aiding our minds
Believe in fate
'Cause it's changing our lives
But who's to say it in the morning when I wake up
Things wanna change but I will still remain
I'm losing faith in everything I used to take
Will I wake up again
And I'll see it
When I face it
And I'll change it, I will
This could be an emergency
But no one's listening to me
I'm showing you signs of dependency
But no one's listening to me
Subliminal hate
Is aiding our minds
Believe in fate
'Cause it's changing our lives
But who's to say it in the morning when I wake up
Things wanna change but I will still remain
I'm losing faith in everything I used to take
Will I wake up again
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