Kazi

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Translation:

Everything god gives us
Is what comes out of our hard work
Work my brother
If you plant a seed today
It will days before you see your fruits
Now why are you looking for the fast life?
And start to steal, fraud and drugs?
Brother that is no life
Work
You’ve got to work
God said work and you'll be blessed work
You’ve got to work
Leave the bad and you'll see your fruits
Work
You’ve got to work
Work and you'll get respect
Work
You’ve got to work
Even if you go to South Africa
Or go to Europe, America or Asia
Any where you should know you will need to work
Don’t think in Europe you’ll get there
And start picking up money on the streets
Think brother, the beauty of Europe came out of work
That’s why I say, hey brother
Away is like being up a tree you know
Listen you can stay away
But remember where you come from
Go back and built or do something to keep
your roots there
And that means work

lyrics

Original:

Yote mungu ana tupa,
ni ile inatoka Mukazi yetu, tumika ndugu
Ukilime leo, pata pita siku pakusema
Uone matunda yako wewe
Sasa nju yanini
Utataka kwacha masomo we wanze Mambo mubaya kuyiba, ma drogue
Ma fraude, ndugu ile siyo maisha eh !
Kazi, tumika Kazi
Mungu alisema tumika na utabarikiwa eh Kazi, tumika kazi
Acha bubaya utaona matunda eh
Kazi, tumika kazi
tumika, wewe tumika ndugu utapata eshima eh, kazi, tumika kazi
Ata ukuje Sud apa, wende na Europe America na Asie, fazi yote ujuwe kama ni kazi eh
Ushiwazi kama mubulaya
Utafika unanza kulokota makuta mubalabala eh
Waza buzuri ya bulaya ni kazi eh
Salongo eh
Salongo tolinga mosala
Njokile na sema, wendugu
kwabenda nkulu kwamuchi
unajuwa njokile na sema
Wendugu, kwabenda nkulu kwamuchi Unajuwa, sikiya wikale kwabenyewe
Sasa ukumbuke kwenu urime ata
Nikuyenga ata nini kumbuka kwenu
Ujuwe kama siku nimoja eheh

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from Mapumba, released June 1, 2006

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