Da ne bješe Nikšićana

"Da ne bješe Nikšićana" (Serbian Cyrillic: "Да не бјеше Никшићана", lit. "If it wasn't for the people of Nikšić") is a song written and performed by prominent Serb war singer Baja Mali Knindža. Unlike most songs on the album, this one is dedicated to the Montenegrins who were allies with Yugoslavia during the war. A clip of Baja singing "oj ha" in the music video is featured in one edition of Četnovizija.

"Да не бјеше Никшићана"
A still from the official music video
Song by Баја Мали Книнџа
from the album Још се ништа не зна
English title	If it wasn't for the people of Nikšić
Released	1993 (1993)
Genre	Novokompovana
Length	2:25
Label	SuperTon
Producer(s)	Цветин Тодоровић

Music and lyrics

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Music video

The video starts off with a man in traditional attire playing Gusle. When the melody starts, a woman comes to this man and kisses his hand. The camera then pans to Baja who is smiling, singing, and joyfully gesturing, showing the power of Montenegrins. After the first chorus camera zooms to Baja and he says "Oj ha!". He then uses a poker to play with fire in the fireplace and starts singing the next verse. When he finishes the verse with "Oj ha", the camera zooms out and starts panning to the two girls, sitting at the table with Baja. After the next verse, video switches to a bronze sculpture of Petar II Petrović Njegoš. The video ends with the camera zooming on the fire unfocused.

Lyrics

Lyrics: Tamo pored plavog mora, borila se Crna Gora Kad je bilo stani pani, stizali su Nikšićani Kada ono borba poče kod Goražda i kod Foče Reci sestro, gorska vilo, kako li je tamo bilo I po kiši i po blatu, Dubrovniku i Cavtatu I Konavli i Čilipi, Crnogorci kad zaškripi Da ne bješe Nikšićana i momaka iz Berana Uvelo bi naše cvijeće kod Trebinja i Bileće Sa ne bješe div-junaka sa Lovćena i Žabljaka Po granama palo inje, ajmo braćo na Cetinje Kolašinci moji mili, junačine vazda bili Đe najlepša sviće zora, tamo ispod Durmitora

Lyrics (English): There by the blue sea, Montenegro fought, When there was a stand or fall, the people from Nikšić arrived, When the battle began near Goražde and Foča. Tell me, sister, mountain fairy, how was it there, Both in the rain and in the mud, in Dubrovnik and Cavtat, In Konavle and Čilipi, when the Montenegrins creaked. If it weren't for the Nikšić people and the lads from Berane, Our flowers would have withered near Trebinje and Bileća, If it weren't for the mighty heroes from Lovćen and Žabljak. Frost fell on the branches, let’s go brothers to Cetinje, My dear Kolašinci, always brave, Where the most beautiful dawn shines, there beneath Durmitor.