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L-R: Sarkodie and Kuami Eugene in a screenshot from the Happy Day music video

Singer-songwriter and sound engineer Kuami Eugene has said “I’m still suffering” from working with rapper Sarkodie on Happy Day.

“I still have to explain myself for the rest of my life, I guess – that I’m not part of it when it comes to it being an NPP song,” the Highlife/Afrobeats star told Hitz FM’s Andy Dosty.

He bemoaned not having a conversation about the song’s political undertones before its release.

“I just felt a little disappointed about it because I’m still paying for it,” he said.

Happy Day, produced by MOG Beatz, was seen by many as a campaign song for President Nana Akufo-Addo’s 2020 reelection. For support, members of the public pointed to the second rap verse by Sarkodie where he saluted the government for constant light and the Free Senior High School (FSHS) policy.

Secondly, Sarkodie categorically said, “Nana, toaso” to conclude the verse, right after which Kuami Eugene came back in with his chorus. The controversial sentence, delivered in Akan (Twi) was interpreted to mean Sarkodie was saying Nana Akufo-Addo deserved to be reelected to continue what Sarkodie deemed to be laudable work done in his first four years, even though it could also be interpreted to mean Sarkodie was inviting Kuami Eugene back on to perform his catchy chorus.