MUKAZI (03:21) —pronounced: Moo-KA-Zee, Nyanja to English: “Woman”
lyrics
[VERSE 1]
I wanna tell you that you made it alive
I wanna tell you no more places to hide
I wanna tell you that even though it was hard
You really know who you are, no need to don a facade
Some people think you a star, they listening to your bars
The vision’s plastered on walls, the pictionary involved
The dictionary that you studied, then ripped apart, in a scrawl
The jeans felt so muddy but still sagged to the draws
The fears of your buddy with beef-battling woes
The periods where the static was real after it all
The tears weren't happy but still rapping with all
Your peers got so active but didn’t happen at all
I was young and depressed with hunger no less
The fun that I get was rapping with abundance in check
Just me and Izu styling with the punch of the best
Til my Dad got upset and a bunch of yall left
In the cypher rapping, that is where I found my passion
Almost like time stood still when the rhymes are blasted
Started doing way less, when the time was passing
Then did so much shit that I might need rhinoplasty
It’s a shame that the spark that I had was gone
Where’s the light in the darkness I had
I spent money on helium, not to get me high though
I had suicidal thoughts really suicidal
I mean less these days,
It’s like my life means something,
Less stressed these days
Tell uncle Abel I miss him,
Tell dad he’s forgiven
I’ll never talk to him but with all the sadness and wisdom
Tell my homies I love them, even though I don’t trust em
Tell _____ fuck him, I hope you upped and you punched him
Thank my brother for saving me, almost left in a hazy dream
I punched my chest like I’ll be here if he needs me
And to Chachi my love,
I thank you for everything that you’ve done
I keep falling in love, and
And to the hood that raised me
This my goodbye, shoutout AV!
[OUTRO]
Every little thing in my heart (everything little thing)
Every little thing in my heart is for you now (is for you now)
Every little thing in my heart (everything little thing)
Every little thing in my heart is for you now (is for you now)
Every little thing in my heart (everything little thing)
Every little thing in my heart is for you now (is for you now)
Every little thing in my heart (everything little thing)
Every little thing in my heart is for you now (is for you now)
credits
from HIS HAPPINESS SHALL COME FIRST EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SUFFERING,
released October 31, 2022
Produced and Performed by Backxwash, Mixed by Will Owen Bennett, Mastered by Richard Addison / Trillium Sound Mastering, Main vocals recorded in Montreal by Chachi Revah
