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Gari ya moshi

from Changanya by Nabalayo

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It is a song that addresses feelings of longing. The longing for a place that we have made up in our minds, a place that may or may not exist.

lyrics

Tamaa, (desire)
Taswira yake imenizidi, (the thought of it overwhelms me)
Labda safari itanifaa , (maybe a journey will be good for me)
labda itanipa utulivu, (maybe it will give me peace)

Nasikia sauti, (I hear a sound)

Gari ya moshi, (train)
Inaenda sana, (moving with momentum)
Nibebe, (carry me)
nirudishe nyumbani, (take me back home)

Rudi rudi rudia, (Go back, go back, repeat)
rudia nipate usalama, (Repeat so that I feel safety)
Nilidhani Upweke unanifaa, (I thought loneliness suited me)
lakini upweke umenizidi, ( but loneliness has overwhelmed me)

Nasikia sauti,

Gari ya moshi,
Inaenda sana,
Nibebe,
nirudishe nyumbani,

Lia, lia, tulia, (cry, cry , calm down)
Dunia kafanana jahanamu, (the world now resembles hell)
Kovu nazo zajifichua, (and scars are now revealing themselves)
Labda safari itanifaa (maybe a journey will be good for me)

Nasikia sauti,

Gari ya moshi,
Inaenda sana,
Nibebe,
nirudishe nyumbani,

Gari ya moshi inaenda sana,
Nibebe! (carry me)

credits

from Changanya, released November 9, 2020
Written performed and produced by Nabalayo.
Mixed and mastered by Thumbs Music.

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Nabalayo Nairobi, Kenya

Nabalayo is a Nairobi-based music maker, illustrator and East African Griot.

Her music is composed in the Changanya genre that she pioneered.

The music she makes is ethereal, combining light airy vocals with complex African idioms and heavy electronic sounds to give her listeners an experience that is out of this world.
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