Economy

01.
MBIRI
Intro: Maka
Hi. So I'm really excited about this because I get a chance to spill all the tea like, you
know, the little things that everybody else doesn't know that I happen to know. So
first of all, let's just start by (giggles) introducing you. You are Malcom Takurira
Mufunde.
Verse 1:
My lines are well-rounded, it's like I jot 'em up with a compass
I paint a picture using a Mike beat as a canvas
And the day I met Mike, I began another chapter
I'm grateful he didn't judge a book by its cover, nah
It's just a part of my looks
That I never look the part of my verses and hooks
But they get hooked to my verses, it was always like that
Congenital disease; I was sick from the start
We played the game with love for the love of the game
And had every rapper filing an insurance claim
I sent the fear of God down the spines of these devils
Was simultaneously making records and breaking records
A nuclear threat were my lyrics
For my pen was bomb like James Bond when he clicks his
I'd a list of demands, I demanded the list
Of the GOATs to always include me
Chorus:
Chekutanga ndaida mbiri
I messed up the number line
Ndaida kutanga nembiri
I was already number one
But wekutanga anoda mbiri
Asi vakanditangira kuwana mbiri
Verse 2:
Always been Zim's best rapper
If I'm 10 in your Top Ten, the list goes backwards
Yet I'll never rest
I've to work hard for the paper through hard work not paperwork
I was trynna get rich outta the words I spit
Such an expensive dream since talk is cheap
In a world where they say we need more doctors than rappers
I couldn't refute coz I'm such a sick rapper
But see, these words been therapeutic
Way before MJ could heal the world with his music
From the start, I always wanted to be a champ
So like the other MJ, I did this from the jump
This timeless music will be here forever
Though I might never sell gold, I'm still a national treasure
So Mike and I made our mark on the street
He made the beat to this record, I made the record to beat
Chorus:
Ndaida mbiri
I messed up the number line
Ndaida kutanga nembiri
I was already number one
But wekutanga anoda mbiri
Outro: Maka
Do you know what? I feel like in everybody, everybody who was at school the time
that we were at school and you were at school...like, you know how these, uh, in
these movies they do these yearbooks and they write who's most likely to succeed,
who's most likely to get in prison first, who's most likely to get married first, who's
most likely to do this and that and that? In everyone's books, Malcom was the one
who was most likely to succeed because you were the smartest. Yeah. Everybody
was always like Malcom is definitely going to...to succeed, definitely. So...thank you
for disappointing us (giggles). I'm just joking.
02. MARI
Intro: Maka
How dare he say something like this? But then I realized you know what? This guy is
so talented and he is going to be so rich and...he's just going to be so rich. So I
remember that's when I introduced this thing that we've always had. I told him,
"Malcom, whoever makes a million dollars first between the two of us, we should
make a promise that we'll split it in half (giggles) - give the other person half then
they'll remain with half." Then he was just like, "Yeah, let's do that." So it's always
been a thing like, "You owe me half a million dollars so don't just disappear on me."
Verse 1:
Money talks but it gave us the silent treatment
We invested our love but she never showed us interest
So we imitated the richest
Didn't know you make more profit if you mind your own business
We had broke pockets and our hearts broken
Disappointed like the burglars that had our house broken
Just life and unfairness
Had a handful to deal with but always left empty-handed
The bills in our wallets couldn't pay all our bills
But we learnt to drive forward without automobiles
I'm from the underground, ten storeys up was the basement
Had to come up with a story every time we missed a payment
I had a silver spoon but it meant something else though
Utensils was the most we could bring to the table
The idea was to be cheap at all costs
It wasn't in our price range if we could buy it in notes
Chorus:
Ndoda mari, Mwari
Wani makati tichasimukira gare gare
Zvamhanjemhanje ndarangarira makarekare
Mutongo wangu ndewei, nhasi ndagara dare
Ndipeiwo rugare
Ndoda mari, Mwari
Ndipeiwo rugare
Verse 2:
We lived in numbers so we learnt to budget
There's a dime a dozen ways a dime will feed a dozen
If my back against the wall, I was taught to break the wall
So even without a balance, I could never fall
See, our hassle was to hustle every hour for the family
So we couldn't entertain the thought of entertainment
While other kids stayed close to the television
I was trynna avoid the closed-circuit television
So my kids will never play Cops & Robbers with me
I'mma tell them Daddy avoiding the PTSD
Of my daddy slaving full time to catch a break
But because of unemployment, couldn't make it work
I'm from a city where money meant love
Coz women had love for money, men had money for love
I never had the sweet dollar so I grew up salty
I didn't drive a Phantom so all the women would ghost me
Chorus:
Ndoda mari, Mwari
Ndipeiwo rugare
Ndoda mari, Mwari
Ndipeiwo rugare
Verse 3:
So before I meet my end, may I make my ends meet
May they say I rode something else other than a beat
I'm just trynna look fly before I get my angel wings
In school I did shine but now I need a different bling
I'm from below the poverty line
That's why I chronicle poverty as I'm writing these lines
I lead a life where my life is not in the lead
Coz without any assets, you can't assert anything
Most of my cousins had capital, I never had that
And since I never got a start, I wonder where I'll end up
Life ain't just but I learnt to adjust
Now we speak in past tense how it was tense in the past
Coz I overcame what came over our way
So even without the money, there's respect that I pay
To the ones that still believe I'm the one
For you're the reason that I never fell short in the long run
Chorus:
Ndoda mari, Mwari
Ndipeiwo rugare
Ndoda mari, Mwari
Ndipeiwo rugare
Outro: Maka
And I'm just glad I got to meet those three guys- the versions of them. I got to, like,
experience them musically coz I'd always get the music for free and I hope I
continue to get the music for free like uh...I hope I do. For life.
03. DENGA
NENYIKA
Intro: Maka
Inini I have this idea that we are going to be super rich very soon and we are just
going... I was just going to, you know, be there (giggles) so that you don't run away
with the money. Then Malcom Mufunde comes along and Malcom just does this
underground thing.
Verse 1:
Let me speak truth to power, that's the power of truth
And connect with the geriatric that govern the youth
They call us born free yet we pay a price for the freedom
But we just roll with the crap like a dung beetle
Coz I can claim that our lives are at stake in this land
Since we lose our lives once we stake our claim in this land
In our head, we believe we might have a shot at this
But you get shot in the head the minute you utter this
So we just keep our heads low before His Highness
Who wouldn't give an F if he failed all his subjects
'Tis the land where they rig and they coup
And rule the majority without the majority rule
I got an empty tummy not an empty head
So don't take me for a dummy when I ask for bread
We're left dead in the streets when we ask for our rights, right?
But we keep bringing placards to a gunfight
Chorus:
Kuna Nyadenga vakasika
Denga nenyika
Pane vari kurarama mudenga panyika
Samatenga dai madzika vasaenda nenyika
Ko iro denga vachapinda here?
Denga nenyika
Verse 2:
I'm a Zim product, I was produced in Zimbabwe
But that's the only thing that we produce in Zimbabwe
Kids and kids and kids and never the keys
That could allow me to open more doors for my kids
They have Ferraris, Maybachs and other smooth rides
I complain and they tell me life ain't a smooth ride
I understand these are the cards I was dealt
But in the next round, allow me to reshuffle the deck
Just because you let me win doesn't mean you gon lose
I don't even want the wheels, I'm just looking for shoes
You can let me have a meal and still have plenty of food
I don't want a hundred mil, I just wanna live good
See, some get gold and leave the silver for others
But these ones get gold on a silver platter
Fair enough, I'm fairly aware that life is unfair
So my relationship with life is no romantic affair
Chorus:
Denga nenyika
Denga nenyika
Verse 3:
Yah, I know I'm a hard nut to crack
But sometimes it gets so hard, it's hard not to crack
Like them fiends on the streets, we just hold on to crack
Coz life is a joke that we just go on to crack
And lately, man, I been lacking the cognitive will
To continue knowing that I'm just a cog in the wheel
You know the feeling, when they all say they hoping you heal
But if a precipice were nearby, you'd hop from a hill
Stuck in a valley of indecisions
Thoughts going back and forth like I'm volleying decisions
Woke up feeling just a little green around the gills
Prolly coz I lost a lot of green around the bills
Those who done made it done said it's easier
But I done say it's easier said than done
See, I'm trynna make a dollar out of fifteen cents
So those born with fifteen dollars could never relate
They say, "Hey Malcom, just give it a shot"
I say you got the privilege of even getting a shot
Where I'm from, we can never be richer than our fathers
And it hurts coz we ain't even got rich fathers
I heard the poor say enough is enough
While the rich get richer; when will enough be enough?
They say we don't work hard enough
But it's more like hard work is not enough
Totanga kubigger mbinga and we give 'em a nuff
You don't understand, we already gave 'em enough
One nyika isina magetsi musolar system
Zuva rese kusina magetsi, voti isai solar system
Chorus:
Nyadenga vakasika
Denga nenyika
04. NZARA
Verse 1:
I can't change that I'm violent, I've made peace with it
But never did time, even if it's a case, I'll beat it
Life at the bottom, death is a cause for celebration
Looking at six feet deep from an angle of elevation
Was avoiding them pigs before the swine flu
I know homies who'd wear a mask before the swine flu
Let me paint a picture for you, I'm the street Picasso
The police didn't knock on doors, they only knocked the hustle
So I used the pen to stay away from the pen
And engaged in a different kinda bars from my friends'
I'd to lead a fair life in order to cheat death
Living life on the edge had an effect on your age
Twenty-five years of life or twenty-five to life?
Decisions I made to stay alive
Some chose the time of their life over their lifetime
I couldn't put my life on the line without a lifeline
So I rapped rather
I feel like rainwater coz I had to flow in the gutter
Should I achieve all my goals, I expect a Golden Boot
Even though I got this far without having to shoot
When they say I'm violent, it's coz I fought for my life
With the odds against me, I proved numbers can lie
Coz everything we demanded was never supplied
So now I rap for the hungry kids fed up with the lies
Chorus:
Mugore renzara
Taiti tarumwa nenzara, taingoruma nzara
Mugore renzara
Taimira mutsara or totaimira kutsara
Verse 2:
This the story of my life and the author's authentic
I put these poets on wax for waxing poetic
The Eric Holders in the system trynna kill our hustle
So what's a rapper if you never rep the struggle?
We in the times of Satan and the future isn't certain
So it's kinda urgent I use my gift in the present
Thus I employ rhythm to rhyme about the system
This time history is gon be written by the victim
Most of my brothers ended up in coffins
It's like Sudoku coz in numbers, we put them in boxes
How could we win the fight if we fighting to lose?
The fight is scripted, these are WWE rules
They trynna break my spirit in this physical war
But The Lord is my cobbler, he gon mend my soul
See, the outline was to keep us in line
But I went outta line when I jotted these lines
Coz the law plays dirty, you need a smart attorney
We had to play and act right without winning a Tony
Coz if you act fishy, they won't let you off the hook
So like a faithful adaptation, we just do this by the book
And since life is a test
We do good to better our grades and hope for the best
It's God Himself who sent me on this mission
I'mma make sure I end up as a Saint on this mission
Chorus:
Mugore renzara
Taiti tarumwa nenzara, taingoruma nzara
Mugore renzara
Taimira mutsara or totaimira kutsara
05. ZVAKAHWANDA
Intro: Maka
Oh, my God. I think that's like the first memory I have of you when I was still in
primary school or in grade school - that's what you call it now. Heh, here we go, OK.
When we were still in primary school...let's just talk about that for a minute. You
have some memories from my-
Verse 1:
This one's for my boys in the hood
Who gon end up as another Ice Cube or Cuba Good
I love you coz we're family too
Before the tree branched out, we came from the same roots
I'm in school but intellectually daft
Coz I got the cap of knowledge but the knowledge was a cap
You ran the streets- it was cool, I was told
But the weather always changes and the streets became cold
So though you wasn't in school, you had to learn something new
We know the rules changed but they also changed you
You might be street smart but the streets play dirty
And they'll have you facing 25 before you turn 20
Then say you had a choice like flipping the coin better
The democratic makeup of an ugly dictator
You chose the fast life coz life is a race
But you could've slowed down coz the finish line is death
Wise words we could have shared
But we went the wrong direction coz we kept our foolish ways
I was in school avoiding becoming you
While you was in the streets avoiding becoming me
Coz I'm an academic and how's that to your benefit?
In these cold streets, a degree is something negative
But could teach you to read and you'd teach me to move
So before the enemy strikes, we could read their moves
But
Chorus:
Ndandisina kudzidza zvakawanda
Zvino ndadzidza zvakahwanda
Dai takadzidza takawanda
Taidzidzisana zvakahwanda
Vakawanza zvavanga vakavanza zvino ndakazodzidza zvakawanda zvakahwanda
Verse 2:
This for everyone who realized they had a dream
But couldn't live long enough to realize the dream
The stats stated
Your life expectancy was low since your mama expected
But life wasn't a test, more like a hell of a lesson
We'd to map our own thoughts and find a way through the depression
Picked up this hobby to keep away from the can
I had to pen bars to avoid the bars in the pen
But since God's for every man,
He grants the predators prey when the predators pray
Kinda explains why the light never shone in your way
Coz the nights were really much darker back in the day
We was kids and was told that the streets wasn't safe for us
Then we grew old and realized they got worse for us
So you ended up dead before your dad
He won't see his son shine; a solar eclipse occurred
But you was a worker bee, working really hard
So it kinda stings that they took away your buzz
Feeling guilty I couldn't help out
Coz when we was wrong, we'd right each other like penpals
But I'm an academic and how's that to your benefit?
In these cold streets, a degree is something negative
But could teach you to read and you'd teach me to move
So before the enemy strikes, we could read their moves
But
Chorus:
Ndandisina kudzidza zvakawanda
Zvino ndadzidza zvakahwanda
Dai takadzidza takawanda
Taidzidzisana zvakahwanda
06. MANYEPO
Verse 1:
Grew up believing in TV
But if it comes through a screen, it's been screened to deceive me
Thinking it'd be real cool to be in a gang
Like, killing a Crip and having blood on my hands
American dream fired by America's nightmare
Dreams of moving bricks till it hit me like a ton of them
Even fetishized a drug habit
Unknown to me, those who had a crack at it became crack addicts
Always a bunch of black subjects
The victims in real life but on the TV, we're the suspects
The battle between the surreal and what's so real
Your point of view is regulated by the points you view
And televangelism is an act
Why be spiritual when I'm God in the flesh?
Always thought I was Hollywood-bound
Wished on a shooting star that I'd shoot with the stars
But
Chorus:
Takapenyerwa, takanyeperwa
Verse 2:
Grew up believing in social media
But all is picture perfect through a filter
Fun fact: almost all the fun is fake
Half the way she looks is an effect
With every new post, a new face they show
So everyone on the wall is looking off-the-wall
Get ahead or stay in the tail, it's heads or tails
Hop on the bandwagon of those getting derailed
We got trained to follow the trend
Playing ourselves just so we could be part of the band
Nonetheless, we couldn't face the music
We need amusement
A reality show will never show you the reality
You fake it till you make it, but now the fake are making it
So we feed on the poison on the feed
Until we start believing a luxury is a need
But
Chorus:
Verse 3:
Grew up believing in magazines
But People never wrote about people like me
I had no entertainment, I read about it
Flipping through pages of those who never gave a flip about me
Regardless, I started emulating pop culture
A wannabe that could never pop in my culture
Only the rich would ever make the headlines
If you didn't make the paper, you would never make the papers
So we identify with lies
We're never gon be real in their eyes
Need a certain look for my story to be told
My biography depends on the biology I hold
A feature story hides your true features
So till you cover up, you'll never make it up the cover
But I'm proud of myself; content with the Creator
Though it won't impress all these content creators
Coz
Chorus:
07. MARI
NAMWARI
Intro: Maka
It's this...this has been, like, the longest-standing
uh...disagreement/argument/debate between you and me. It's about religion. And I
feel like uhm...
Verse 1:
We're cut from the same cloth but the tailor's biased
Coz men of the cloth is just another term for liars
But while kids without clothes die without an attire
There's a million-dollar closet for a plush Messiah
But what's a savior if he wants my savings?
You preach the gospel of the poor and get rich off the message
I put in my ten percent but what's your percentage?
It's charity for the wealthy, that's my own perception
There's a fascinating correlation
Between your net worth and the size of your congregation
You got the knowledge to preach but you're not preaching knowledge
These are the end times, I can tell from the priest's Rolex
(It's about religion)
And in precisely what scenario
Would the Alpha and Omega need an Alfa Romeo?
It's to the dealership straight from the collection jar
But would Jesus take the wheel in a luxury car?
Now, I'm not hating on your foreign, I'm not xenophobic
But the word is meant to save, not to aid your shopping
If the church is not a business, then the prophet shouldn't profit
If not, put dollar signs in place of crosses
Coz
Hook:
Makapika pamberi paMwari
Hamufe makapicker mari pamberi paMwari
Zvikanzi torai mari, mukati Mwari
Zvino motora mari zvisina Mwari mukati
Makapika pamberi paMwari
Hamufe makapicker mari pamberi paMwari
Zvikanzi torai mari, mukati Mwari
Zvino motora mari zvisina Mwari mukati
Verse 2:
We're cut from the same cloth but the tailor's biased
The man with the holy water should be in unholy fire
The government doesn't tax what he takes
So he takes and he takes and they won't tax what he makes
Is a tax haven all it takes to get to heaven?
The true white-collar crime occurs during collection
He lets us all seed so he can plant a money tree
It's the fruits of our labor that provide his vitamins
The Son of God would split the fortune among five hundred
But now the House of God among the Fortune 500
The man of God is living like a God of men
But he's just a man who made a killing by saying "Amen"
Once he tastes the money, he's gon want an encore
So for more dollars, he returns for the sophomore
Jesus was the rock who'd never let the paper eat us
That's why we believe in the rock and not what's Caesar's
I heard the wealthy may never get to reach heaven
Wise words that I learnt from a rich reverend
So don't tell me the needy are blessed
If miracles only manifest if I pay money first
Outro: Maka
...reverend and all that. Uhm, yeah. That's my view. That's my take on it. And yeah,
we'll see. I feel like it's just pre- like you put it- it's preying on people's desperation.
And that's not right. That's not right. And you can't be living the life when some of
the people that you church with are literally going without food. That's wrong.
Anyway...
08. PFUNGWA
Intro: Maka
So after primary school, we went to high school - that was from 2010. I feel like that
was the most complicated version of Malcom, that one. And for the-- from 2010 to
2015, I honestly didn't even get what was going on like, I didn't get... There were so
many versions of you that I encountered during that time, like, so many. And most
of the times, I'll-- dude would just be like what what what what? So...that was also
the time that, you know, the...what can I call it? Alright, fine. That was like...this is...I
had never encountered, like, somebody who was struggling-- mmm, was it, is it
struggling? This is actually a sensitive topic. It's very difficult t-to put, like, the right
words, you know? But, like, it was my first time encountering someone who was
dealing- let me say dealing, yeah. Who was dealing with mental health issues. And
f-for m-most of the time, I didn't even know how to relate with you. I didn't know
how to, what to say, how to treat you. But at some point, I kinda figured you know
what? Just--
Verse 1:
It's a war in my head as I'm battling depression
The voices in my head have audible conversations
So my brain cells are in a mental prison
My guardian angel just has nothing on my demons
There's a story of pain you might have read in my eyes
Coz I can hide the pain but not the red in my eyes
In the wake of the day, I wish I'd slept in the night
I feel scared in the dark and much worse in the light
Might start believing in God but he has to believe in me first
I might be shallow-minded but I mean this in a deep sense
I'd learnt to hate myself before I ever knew what love is
And it didn't help that my life was always loveless
Not even my reflection reflects what I say
I guess it figures the mirror image is twisting my words
And that's been the story of my life
They don't think I'm inside the struggle but I struggle inside
That's why all I ever wanted was a world of my own
Till I realized I'm on my own in this world
And if life is a test, will I pass, will I fail?
Coz I'll be damned should it ever come to pass that I fail
Hook:
Zviri mupfungwa
Zviri mupfungwa ndozvazviri
Sometimes ndozvazviri mupfungwa
Zviri mupfungwa
Verse 2:
My friends ghost me, so I made friends with them ghosts
To those who thought I was lost, yeah, I'm lost in my thoughts
I'm not talking to myself, I'm in touch with the spirits
And they help me write my story, these are ghostwritten lyrics
And that's my life in a capsule
In the night, I think of taking my own life with a capsule
Just overdose on them pills
Painkillers don't understand the pain I want killed
Had it been a little problem, I'd ignore it all
But it's not a small feeling that I'm feeling this small
I gotta fill the void that I fail to avoid
Coz ain't no earplugs made for this kind of a noise
And I could never face an enemy that don't have a face
But I'm trynna end this chapter with a positive verse
So bad that I lie I'm feeling good tonight
Though on this bed that I lie, I won't sleep good tonight
And when the going gets tough, they say the tough get going
But for me, going tough is already a tough going
I'm two-faced, I smile in the sunlight
But I can't be as heroic as Bruce in the dark night
Hook:
Zviri mupfungwa
Zviri mupfungwa
Verse 3:
I've been depressed ever since I reached puberty
So my depression's old enough to have reached puberty
And I'm not friendly therefore
I keep reducing the circumference of my social circle
I need a way to take a breath without my breath taken away
Coz my freedom's in the noose and it gets tighter everyday
And ardent spirits couldn't save me from these other spirits
My spirit needs a break but instead, they break my spirit
It's been like this from start to finish
And lately, I've started feeling like I just might be finished
There's a lot on my mind but I mind my own lot
And I ain't got no one to tell, I'm by my own a lot
I'm in hell and I'm burning
This the point of no return and there's no point in returning
With no external solution, I've to make mine for me
So maybe eating a bullet is the best diet for me
What's the light if I'm sightless?
My version of color-blindness is from light in the darkness
To live or die's not a multiple-choice question
When living just means dying slower from depression
Hook:
Zviri mupfungwa
Zviri mupfungwa
Outro:
We learn and we grow and (giggles). You don't like it when I'm speaking like this but
for me, it was really, like, a positive experience - however negative it was. It, like, it
bore some positive outcomes. So yeah, that's that. I'm done with my lunch. I've to go
back inside. I've to go back to work so...yeah, there's something that I wanted to say.
Oh, yeah—
09. NEWE
Intro: Maka
I don't know how this happened and I stapled my finger, like, nestapler so the pin
yakabva yaramba iri pa my thumb and it was so painful and I remember I started
crying and I ran to where you were seated. You were seated at this table. Then I
came to you and I was like, "I stapled myself." And at first, you laughed coz...I don't
know why you-- you were always so mean to me, by the way. At first, you laughed.
Then you literally took my-my thumb and you, you pulled the pin with your teeth.
That was really nice. That was awkward but, like, for everyone who was watching, it
was a bit awkward, I'm sure. But that was really nice of you. I remember that.
Verse 1:
You got an apple bottom, your apples make me go bananas
It strikes me when they jiggle, they're just trynna strike a balance
Body like a bottle, babe, you got me sipping lagers
Are you single? Coz see, I'm putting together an album
Let me figure your code
Once I put two and two together, I'll have you on all fours
I'm not good with numbers but I recall my math teacher
Telling me about ya coz, babe, you've a round figure
I can't take you for a spin, I got no car to ride 'round
But if there's something you're spinning, it's my head right round
So we can talk all night, nobody closing this bar
It's just me trynna get close to you with these bars
But it's confusing, you see
Coz we're a match made in heaven but hell, you're outta my league
And I've been hearing there might be four other guys into you
See, I might not be four in one but I'm the one for you
Chorus:
Neiwe uchidada, ini ndodada newe
But nyangwe ukanyara, handimbonyara newe
Mira, usamhanya, ndoda kumhanya newe
Uri chiedza, unospaka, ini ndospakwa newe
Verse 2:
See, I'm not stalking you; I'm just following my dreams
I love your long legs, can you kick it with me?
I've been told you can change the temperature over and over
You look hot and sound cool but don't gimme a cold shoulder
Got me feeling high, girl, you sent me to heaven
But then you're heaven-sent; ain't that the opposite direction?
Come on, I know you don't like 'em other boys
But I'm not like 'em other boys
I'll be there for you in bed whenever you're lonely
We could break the springs off till we get another offspring
Baby, I'mma deliver till you deliver a baby
I can only crush if you keep driving me crazy
And Geography says
That Earth is a rock, maybe coz you rock my world
And if you follow your dreams like I do
I'll make your dreams come true and then you come too
Chorus:
Verse 3:
I'll keep it straight with ya, you got me feeling real gay
You direct my emotions and got me feeling this way
See, I might have a good game but none of this is for play
Oh, you such a dirty girl, I didn't say foreplay
Heard you like 'em men that go to work and also work out
I'm currently out of work but we can make it work out
If you ain't feeling good, I'll give you that good feeling
I'm a recidivist for the looks I keep stealing
And I can tell that you're high maintenance
Well, my heart can give you that eight-star accommodation
Like I said, I hate math but division is fun
Aren't you a 10 over 10? That should make you the one
You need a plan for the weekend, I'm into architecture
And I can perfectly fit in you, I can be your factor
So can you hand me your number or write your number in my hand
If you can smell all the love that's in the air
Coz
Chorus:
Outro: Maka
...in town! Yeah, we went in town. And walked all the way to Auntie Mary's house.
And to be honest, I don't even recall us dancing, you know? All I remember is we
would go there and—
10. MARARA
Intro: Maka
And then we had to get in town. So my mom really knew kuti zvoni Maka can't get in
town by herself. You know when you're in Chitungwiza, the only t-- you don't really
get to go into town when you're at that age. Usually it's just Town Centre or Makoni
and that's it. But my mom was like, "Malcom, can you go with Maka in town and go
to Waterfalls?" and all that. And you were like, "OK."
Verse 1:
I'm from the city of the movers and the shakers
When we move, they shake their heads; they love to hate us
The city that makes legends for fun
So we have fun with the legends coz that's almost everyone
Chitown, Chitown
Down in defeat and still, we put the feet down
From a nation that lacked pride in its very essence
We made our essence to become the pride of a nation
And we raise the bar high like it's the flag of this town
And we ain't stopping for nobody who's flagging us down
Lost count of the sick rappers that come from this land
Tell the World Health Org we've a pandemic at hand
Footballers, sculptors, painters, musicians
Santa Claus don't come here, we already gifted
We're the best at what we do and we'll keep doing our best
Until the world ends, we gon have the world in our hands
We had no silver spoon in our mouths
So to make our stars rich, we'd to reach for the stars
And we learnt to fly by jumping from the sky
I bet we shot the angels by aiming high
Chorus:
Tikati, "Mamuka sei?" vaiti, "Sei mamuka?"
Toti, "Marara sei?" voti, "Varasei marara"
Zvino takazomuka vakarara iwe
Chitown takazomuka vakarara iwe
Verse 2:
We said the future is ours
Then we claimed the future in hours
East to West, North to South
We made Chitown fly from every wing of the town
Men and women all working together
Coz no matter our gender, we all have the same agenda
Outnumber our haters, they'll see God in our numbers
We're like exponents; we introduce 'em to a higher power
No raw materials, can't manufacture anything
But with raw talent, we made history
We screamed when they destroyed our buildings
Now they scream when we shout, "It's Chitown in the building!"
We've never stayed down through our stay in this town
It's like lift-off, coz we made it plain off the ground
And we learnt to fly by jumping from the sky
I bet we shot the angels by aiming high
Chorus:
Outro: Maka
And I realized, you know what? If you want to be underground, I'm going to be
underground with you. So yeah, that's it. We are still going to (giggles). But yeah,
that's-that's how it is. That's how it is. That's the, that's the story. That's the journey.
The journey. So...bye.

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