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Mtwapa Siren

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A folktale spun by the oracle Nabalayo.

lyrics

Come with me
Out to sea
I'll carry you like a baby
I bite, only if you ask me
Nicely
The water is fine

Come with me
(The water is fine)
I'll carry you like a babe

I promise
You will like it here
Uta penda (I promise you will like it here)
Uta penda (uta)
Uta penda (penda)
Uta penda (uta)
Uta penda (penda)

Uta penda

Kuna mtu mmoja
Aliyepotea
Na tukimpata
Tutamtoa kafara

Kuna mtu mmoja
Aliyepotea
Na tukimpata
Tutamtoa kafara

Kuna mtu mmoja
Aliyepotea
Na tukimpata
Tutamtoa kafara

Kuna mtu mmoja
Aliyepotea
Na tukimpata
Tutamtoa kafara

Kuna mtu mmoja
Aliyepotea

Kuna mtu mmoja
Aliyepotea
Na tukimpata
Tutamtoa kafara

Translation -
Uta penda : you will like
Kuna mtu mmoja : There is one person
Aliyepotea : who got lost
Na tukimpata : and when we find them
Tutamtoa kafara : we will sacrifise them

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from IPO, track released October 29, 2022

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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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