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HIP HOP HALISI

Nimechoose maneno ya kukuconfuse,
Ndani ya ubeti kukulose,
Ndo niko used to,
Full kueneza upendo kwote,
Kiupepo napita sehemu zote,
Sisare kivuli,
Echo imeshaskika toka Soweto,
Mchezo ni on your marks,
Get set, imesikika shot,
Nimekumake ulook,
Hapa hivi bila aibu,
Bila kuwatch out for
Misumaa inasinzia mchana kutwa,
Zisipoeducate,
watafunzwa na ulimwengu,
Ambapo kipofu anasikia
usichokiona,
Na kiziwi anaona,
usichokisikia,
Sasa, inakuwaje?
Sisi tulishatafsiri,
tukafanya mambo,
Na still kiDre chronically
kwenya mic
kuna jambo
mbiu ni ya mgambo,
imebaki kila time ni wakati
wa kuweka senti kwenye beti,
zijaze benki, sura ikiwa,
ni ya kuchora ukutani,
kwa graffiti.

© L-Ness
Audioproduktion: Literaturwerkstatt Berlin, 2015

REAL HIP HOP

I have chosen confusing words,
to lose you in the verse,
that’s what I am used to,
spreading love everywhere,
like the wind I pass everywhere,
and leave no shadow,
the echo is from Soweto,
the game is on your marks,
get set, and hear the shot,
I made you look,
over here with no shame,
without watching out for,
candles dozing during the day,
if your words don’t educate,
they will be taught by the world,
where a blind hears,
what you can not see,
and a deaf can see,
what you can not hear,
So, what is it going to be?
we have already translated,
we have done wonders,
and still like Dr, Dre chronically
on the microphone
we have something to say,
the siren is loud,
so now every time is time,
to put money on the verses,
to fill up banks, the face being,
one to be drawn on the wall,
in graffiti.

Translated by L-Ness