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remmy ongala - kifo

kifo, kifo
kifo hakina huruma
kifo, kifo
kifo hakina huruma
kifo, kifo
ukitaka kujua ubaya wa kifo
pita hospitalini
utakuta wengine wanalia eeh
wengine hawana miguu tena
wengine wana vidonda
wengine wana vipele
wengine wana ukurutu
wengine wamezaa watoto wamekufa
shauri yako wewe kifo
kifo kwa nini unatusumbua
umedhaliwa shauri ya kuishi
ulimwengu bila watu sio ulimwengu tena kifo eeh

kifo, kifo
kifo hakina huruma
kifo, kifo
ulikuwa na baba yetu
ulikuwa tu unamtegemea
kifo umemchukua baba yetu
leo tunakwenda tunahangaika
hatuna mahala pa kulala
wakati baba alikuwa yuko
watu walikuwa chungu tele
leo baba hayuko tena
wengine wanatusimanga
wengine wanatufukuza
shauri yako wewe kifo wee

kifo, kifo
kifo hakina huruma
kifo, kifo
alikuwa na mpenzi wangu
alibahatika kwenda ng′ambo
na alikuwa anamsubiri kwa hamu
na amerudi Tanzania eeh
nimefunga mpingo na maisha
mtoto wa kwanza tumezaa
mtoto wa pili angali tumboni
kifo wamjua mke wangu eeh
mwanangu analia kila siku
baba mama yuko wapi
nashindwa la kusema
machozi yananitoka
shauri yako wewe kifo wee

kifo, kifo
kifo hakina huruma
kifo, kifo
kifo ni wa Mbaraka Mwinshehe
amekwenda Nairobi
kutafuta maisha ya baadaye
Mbaraka Mwinshehe alifahamika sana
katika ulimwengu wa mziki
hata Ujerumani wanapiga rekodi za Mbaraka Mwinshehe
hata akicheza Zaire Franco, Tabu Ley anajua Mbaraka Mwinshehe
kifo, kifo
kwa nini umetukatili
ungesubiri arudi Tanzania
tumwone sura ya mwisho
tumzike mwana wetu sisi mwenyewe
lakini kifo wee
kwa nini hauna huruma

kifo, kifo
kifo wee kifo
kifo ni wa Bobby
kifo ni wa Pierre Tito
kifo ni wa Anna Marie
kifo ni wa Papa Romere
kifo ni wa Lucy
kifo ni wa Mercy
kifo ni wa Mwabedi Kipande
kifo ni wa Salumu Abdalla
kifo ni wa Lubanga
kifo, kifo wee
kifo ni wa Likonze Wekala
kifo inaua hata kipofu eeh
kifo siku ya mwisho kweli walimwengu hatukupendi
kwa nini unatuuaua

kifo, kifo
kifo ni wa Lubaba
kifo ni wao kifo wee
kifo ni wa Chinyama Chiyasa
mlezi wa Makwinze
wamekuja wote pamoja kutoka kwao
kifo hataki watu wakipendana
umezoea kututenganisha

kifo wee kifo
kifo hakina huruma
kifo, kifo
kifo wee kifo
kwa nini haonekani
kifo amenificha wapi
ungalikuwa unaonekana
kifo ungalikuwa muungwana kifo
kifo ungalikuwa ooh kifo wee
sijui la kusema kifo wee
kifo tungekupa rushwa
kusudi tuishi milele

kifo, kifo
kifo hakina huruma
kifo, kifo
siku yangu ikifika eeh
kifo niarifu mapema
niage wanangu
niage familia yangu yote
pesa zangu nizigawanye
zimebaki ni zile mwenyewe
kifo nakusubiri kwangu
kifo nakwenda dukani Kariakor
nanunua shati jipya
tai mpya, koti jipya,
suruali mpya, soksi mpya
kiatu kipya
kifo ntanunua sanda yangu mwenyewe
kifo ntalipa watu wanichimbie kaburi yangu ningali hai
staki kuzikwa na mtu ntajizika mimi mwenyewe
kwangu hakuna matata hakuna kilio hakuna kulaumu
kifo nakwenda province
nanunua crate ishirini za bia
mwarubaini kwa wingi
shibuku kwa wingi
negelua kwa wingi
wazuki kwa wingi
kipumu kwa wingi
haya kwa wasela
kifo ntafanya party
ntaita ndugu zangu wote
marafiki zangu wote
washikaji wangu wote
wasela wote
niwape wa mwisho
na bia yangu mkononi
kifo niambie
tukutane wapi
ata mimi nitaenda mwenyewe kwa miguu
sitakulaumu tena kifo wee
nimeacha msimamo nyuma yangu
kifo wee kifo
kifo hakina huruma
kifo, kifo
kifo hajui uzuri wako
kifo hajali ubonia wako
kifo hajali umwamba wako
kifo hajali cheo chako
mbele ya kifo hautambi
kifo ni kiboko yao
kifo, kifo
kifo ni kiboko yako
kifo, kifo
kifo ni kiboko yao
kifo, kifo
kifo hakina huruma
kifo, kifo
kifo hakina huruma

english

death, death
death has no mercy
death, death
death has no mercy
death, death
if you want to know the evil of death
go to the hospital
you will find others crying eeh
some no longer have legs
some have ulcers
some have rashes
some have eczema
some have given birth to children who died
your advice you death
death why do you bother us
you have been humiliated advice to live
a world without people is no longer a world death eeh
death, death
death has no mercy
death, death
you had our father
you were just relying on him
death has taken our father
today we are going we are struggling
we have no place to sleep
when father was there
people were in great pain
today father is no more
some are mocking us
some are driving us away
your advice you death wee
death, death
death has no mercy
death, death
he had my lover
he was lucky to go abroad
and he was eagerly waiting for him
and he has returned to Tanzania eeh
I have tied the knot with life
We have given birth to our first child
The second child is still in the womb
Death knows my wife eehb
Where is father and mother
I am at a loss for words
Tears are flowing from me
Your advice, death, death
Death, death
Death has no mercy
Death, death
Death belongs to Mbaraka Mwinshehe
He has gone to Nairobi
To seek a future life
Mbaraka Mwinshehe was very well known
In the music world
Even in Germany they record Mbaraka Mwinshehe
Even when he plays Zaire Franco, Tabu Ley knows Mbaraka Mwinshehe
Death, death
Why have you treated us?
You should have waited for him to return to Tanzania
Let's see the final chapter
Let's bury our son ourselves
But death, why don't you have mercy
Death, death
Death belongs to Bobby
Death belongs to Pierre Tito
Death belongs to Anna Marie
Death belongs to Papa Romere
Death belongs to Lucy
Death belongs to Mercy
Death belongs to Mwabedi Kipande
death is for Salumu Abdalla
death is for Lubanga
death, death is for Likonze Wekala
death kills even the blind man
oh, death
on the last day, the world really doesn't love us
why are you killing us
death, death
death is for Lubaba
death is for them, death is for Chinyama Chiyasa
the guardian of Makwinze
they have all come together from them
death doesn't want people to love each other
you are used to separating us
death, death, death
death has no mercy
death, death, death, death
why is he not visible
death has hidden me where?
If you were visible death,
you would have been a gentleman death
death, you would have been ooh death, death
I don't know what to say death
death, we would have bribed you
so that we could live forever
death, death, death has no mercy
death, death
when my day comes, oh, death, let me know in advance
say goodbye to my children
say goodbye to all my family
my money I will divide them
the rest are mine
death is waiting for me
death I am going to the Kariakor store
I am buying a new shirt
a new tie, a new jacket,
new pants, new socks
a new shoe
death I will buy my own shroud
death I will pay people to dig my grave for me I still don't want to be buried by someone I will bury myself
for me there is no trouble no crying no blaming
death I am going to the province
I am buying twenty crates of beer
mwarubaini in bulk
shibuku in bulk
negelua in bulk
wazuki in bulk
kipu in bulk
this is for the wasela
death I will not throw a party
I will call all my brothers
all my friends
all my followers
all the wasela
I will give them the last one
with my beer in hand
death tell me
where to meet
even if I go myself on foot
I will not blame you anymore death oh my
I have left my position behind me
death oh my death
death has no mercy
death, death
death does not know your beauty
death does not care about your kindness
death does not care your rock
death doesn't care about your rank
in front of death you don't bow
death is their whip
death, death
death is your whip
death, death
death is their whip
death, death
death has no mercy
death, death
death has no mercy

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