Kgafela oa Magogodi
dinigganyana / i mike what i like
e jetswe ke diphepheng tsa teng e tswa mo mpeng ya mmu o ithwele ngwana bo madingwana ba tiisa phogwana bo mphakate ba e baa botsetse e tsalwa ke dikatse bo tladimotwana. bo mothlabane le bo fikile bone ba e takile. o ka nyatsa shoti kgosietsile o leleme mashetla maloba o rwele ka magetla. a e kgwatla a e tlodisa mawatle. e tswa fere raeme e fofa ka dipere bo mattera. bula diferkeikere o mpone ke mona mona. ga o le mamina ke go kwela yone. nna ka go mena mena. ka go paka ka riverse. ka go tšhentšha digere. ka go tima dikerese. ka go laeta mabone. o mpone. ga ke rapele rap. nka e repa ke repile. ka e nepa senepe. ka e seka. ka e polotika. ka e fagakaka ka baraka. ka e loka kalakuta. ke sa raeme fela. makwete ke lathlela. mgabolo ke go jesa. ka faya ke go tshesa. ke go kgwisa mongwanyana wa go kgwatlwa ke sekgoanyana sa bo motherfuckernyana. dinigganyana tse tsa mo gae tse.
i mike what i like i am not a lick-ass poet i give no blowjobs to politicians. my tongue can’t be bought to dance in the rot of the king’s court. i don’t even rap. call me the unwrapper. i unwrap the napkins of this baby nation to show you slime of the times. i am nobody’s official poet or puppet. i mike what i like. i dis what i dislike.
i carry the spirit of graffiti. i obey no law of religious gravity. spoken word is my shepherd i shall not want shit however sweet the sound. my song grows from the ground. where marechera rose to write in the middle of a scream. i mike what i like i sink the censorship. i buy no skelm when i drop a poem. never mind the head of state or the state of his head. i soak in the word of the sage who asked why swim in the same soup warmed all over. lefifi tladi i sample sounds of your soul for azania’s children to hear the troubled coughs of history’s echoes around us. Inside us. in the stink of my ink. when i sink the censorship.