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Mukalenga

from Kaleidoscope by Mapumba

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Father God
With many children
Where should they go
You've left them suffering
Please Help them in all their deeds
Please Help them in all their deeds



Everyday
Please help them

He is now 19 years old
All the money was spent on his education
Now it's his turn to go out and earn
The country has no employment
What is he to do?
Where is he to go?
Everybody is saying to him go abroad
He sells everything he owns to buy his visa and a ticket
He believes he will become rich abroad


Dear God
Father
Where will your children go
You've left them in suffering
All that they are doing,
Please Help them


Every day
Please help them

Arriving abroad he sees the truth
He doesn't know where to begin, it's concrete jungle
Living abroad is like living high up a tree, very good proverb
His name is recognisable where he comes from
Here (abroad) he is invisible, He has no face
Twenty years later he is still searching for a dignified way to return home

lyrics

Tatu nzambie
Mwena bane
Benda kwepi e
Wewa kubalekela mu makenga e
Bionsu baji benda mbu bajimina mu matunge
Bionsu mbiji mbu benza
Mukalenga mbambulushe x2

Kila Siku
Ubasaidiye

Ana enesha sasa 19 ans
Makuta yote ilienda kumasomo
Sasa Tour yake wende ukatafute
Mukini nayo aina na kazi
Ata fanya je
Ata panda wapi
Bote beko nasema Bulaya njo fasi ya kwenda
Auzishe kyote nju ya visa na ticket
Kubulaya atakuja mutajiri

Tatu nzambi e
Mwena bana e
Benda kwepi e
Wewa mubalekela mu makenga e
Bionsu mbiji mbu benza
Mukalenga ubambulushe x2

Kila Siku
Ubasaidiye

Kufika bulaya Anaona verite
Asijuwe pakwanziya, Jungle de beton
Kwabenywe ni yulu ya mti, proverb trés bon
Kwabo atasema jina yake, banaijuwa
Uku abamuone sa muntu, ana nsura
20 ans après ekopaka na tafuta namna yakurudi kwabo

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from Kaleidoscope, released January 16, 2019

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Mapumba Cape Town, South Africa

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