I absolutely had to share this video with you guys. Juliani is the absolute best lyricist I have ever had. EVER. This song is called Utawala and I love the video. It highlights the bad times in Kenya where corruption, hunger, mismanagement etc. have wrecked us, but it also shows people along our history who've stood up against it. I especially love the part where he shows how Wangari Mathai was attacked defending the forests and had her hair ripped out and later she was the first woman and first Kenyan to ever win the Nobel Peace Prize. The message of the video is that we should stand up to corruption, from the huge aspects like protecting our wildlife from poachers to the little things like buying pirated movies. I'm not perfect and this definitely opened my eyes. Hope you like it. (And for my non-kiswahili speaking friends, I hope the images in the video speak to you, you never know God might reveal it to you)
CHORUS:Niko njaaa hata siezi karanga
hoehae shaghala bhaghala niko tayari kulipa gharama
sitasimamaa maovu yakitawala sitasimama maovu yakitawala
Ufisadi, ibinafsi ukabila
kuuza sura wataki kuuza sera
Undugu nikufaana
sitasimama maovu yakitawala siatasimama maovu yakitawala
Hard ku get wadhifa una deserve bila cash ama kashfa
hii society kenye wanaeza share ni nyungu ya busa ama kettle ya shisha
Mfuko unasikia echo
utajua thamani ya mali na size ya kifuli
hujaibiwa juu hauna ka kitu worth risking jail time, police bullets for
unaeza argue crime doesn't pay lakini huezi dismiss justice ina bei
mwizi ana fourty days, 365 days later anaendelea ku grow fatter
Do anything for power, ready to loose their head for presidency bora waione kwa currency
sababu gani siko affected na turbulance nikifly angani
nimezoea the same feeling matatu zikipitia pothole mtaani
CHORUS:
Ndio wa raise funds itabidi u raise hands
growing concerns
breakfast za croissants
hatutaki upunguze bei ya bidhaa
tunataka opportunities ndio tu afford hizo bidhaa
walisema kutembea kwingi ndio kuona mengi
nimeshinda nikitembea ma ofisi nasijawai ona kazi
siezi cheza Golf venye tiger would
mambo si bara bara chin wu
Naomba journey mercies chakula ifike tumboni ikitoka kwa sahani
Policeman anapiga rungu mwalimu, daktari anamrushia teargas
na mtoto wake anarudishwa nyumbani hana school fees analipwa peanuts.
CHORUS:
Sewer za state house na latrine za ghetto ziupatana Nairobi river
No more nita live by hand to mouth
ushawai sikia maskini anaugua gout
Nikiwa na nguvu ya kung'oa reli definately kuinua kura si nzito ukiingiza kwa ballot box
chagua kiongozi wa kweli
Moha, John Allan Namu jicho pevu wakianika mkono refu inapick pocket wanyonge
Navaa mask ka goal keeper wa Hockey waezi ni kerubo
Kenya ni kama Boxing hakuna sub
work with what we have.
CHORUS:
All owed and copyrighted to Juliani. Lyrics provided for educational purposes only.
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