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MACHAMPEZ WA WAKS

Kazi kurripen wasanii
Design ya ethylene kwa matunda,
Naadsia rangi ndani ya fani,
Niite beta-carotene,
Kazi ya rebel
kushika kalamu,
Dunia saa hii ni thots
na wasia,
Coast hadi wajia chapa waks,
Kazi ni kuadsia spice kwa rap,
Design ya cinnamon,
Kilingoti kusimama,
kama cedar za Lebanon,
na cypress za Mt. Hermon,
kazi nakutafuta wisdom,
in any form legal,
kusaka legal tender,
kwa Christ nimesurrender,
kazi ni messenger ndani ya manger,
usinione nakula nyasi,
ukadhani ni bull,
ukikaribia utakuta,
ni minotaur, nusu nyati,
nusu mtu jitu,
champez ana zana za mziki
kazi mistari,
kazi mizani,
vina visivyo vinakam
na longterm effects
za gulf war,
kuangusha recital,
kazi ya verbal vocabulary
videtrimental.

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Produção de áudio: Literaturwerkstatt Berlin, 2015

CHAMPIONS OF WORK

Work is ripening rappers,
like ethylene on fruits,
I add color to the game,
call me beta-carotene,
the work of a rebel is
to hold the pen,
the world right now is about thoughts
and wise words,
from the coast to wajia I have worked,
work is adding spice to rap,
like cinnamon,
standing tall,
like cedars of Lebanon,
and the cypress of Mt. Hermon,
work is me looking for you wisdom,
in any form legal,
searching for the legal tender,
to Christ I have surrendered,
work is a messenger in a manger,
so don’t see me eating greens,
and you think it is a bull,
when you come closer you find,
it is a minotaur, half buffalo,
half man giant,
the champion has got tools of music,
work is to rhyme lyrics,
work is to spit metaphors,
lyrics you never thought of are coming
with long term effects
of the gulf war,
to drop recitals,
the works of detrimental verbal vocabulary.

Translated by L-Ness