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Eyi

from Roots by Mapumba

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I was sleeping, me the son of Tshilombo
In my bed
I felt tears flow from my eyes
My heart cried for my mother Ndaya
I felt the tears flow from my eyes
My heart cried for my father Tshisenga
Eyiwe

I was sleeping
In my bed
I felt tears flow from my eyes
My heart cried for my mother
I felt the tears flow from my eyes
My heart cried for my father
Eyiwe

It's taken so long
It's taken so many years
There's now way of returning home and starting afresh
We now have children abroad and this is their home
But
Missing the place of my childhood

I was sleeping
In my bed
I felt tears flow from my eyes
My heart cried for my mother
I felt the tears flow from my eyes
My heart cried for my father
Eyiwe


So many years have past
I still dreaming about my place of birth
Kolwezi the place I was born
I remember so much about the place I was born
Eyiwe

I was sleeping
In my bed
I felt tears flow from my eyes
My heart cried for my mother
I felt the tears flow from my eyes
My heart cried for my home
Eyiwe

Those that are still living back home
Your home will always be your home
Some of us had a chance to go into the world
and have other experiences
There's nothing wrong with that we are grateful
Eyiwe

lyrics

Nyiva mulale mema mwana Tshilombo
Pabulalu panyi mema
Kunvwanu bisonji bimpweka
Moyi ujjnga Ndaya wanyi
Kunvwa bisonji bimpweka eh
Moyi ujinga Tshisenga
Eyiwe

Nyiva mulale
Pabulalu panyi mema
Kunvwanu bisonji bimpweka eh
Moyi ujjnga mamu wanyi
Kunvwa bisonji bimpweka eh
Moyi ujinga kwetu
Eyiwe

Uku tunafika nimbari mame eh
Myaka mingi isha kupita sasa wewewe
Akuna namuna yakuridiya tena kwanzulula kwetu
Batoto tunazala kwabenyewe iyi njo sasa fashi yetu
Lakini ye ye
Kukumbukwetu kwa butoo

Nyiva mulale
Pabulalu panyi mema
Kunvwanu bisonji bimpweka eh
Moyi ujnga mamu wanyi
Kunvwa bisonji bimpweka eh
Moyi ujinga tatu
Eyiwe


Matukuyabunyi mapite
Mema kulota kwetu eh mamu
Ku Kolwezi fazi milizalikwa mamu wanyi eh
Nji njivuluka kwetu byabunyi we Zambi wanyi mona
Eyiwe

Nyiva mulale
Pabulalu panyi mema
Kunvwanu bisonji bimpweka eh
Moyi ujjnga Congo wanyi
Kunvwa bisonji bimpweka eh
Moyi ujinga kwetu
Eyiwe

Sikiliza ndugu weye ukokwetu
Kwenu njo paka kwenu eh
Lakini mungu anatupa siye bati yakuona mambo ingine
Kile atutakatala kuku mungu tna piga aksante
Eyiwe

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from Roots, released February 15, 2021

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