Music Video by Chiwoniso performing “Madame 20 Cents” (P) 1998 Lusafrica.
iTunes: http://apple.co/2aKkYOo
From album “Ancient Voices” originaly released on 9 November 1998.
(P) 1998 Lusafrica
(C) 1998 Lusafrica
source
Music Video by Chiwoniso performing “Madame 20 Cents” (P) 1998 Lusafrica.
iTunes: http://apple.co/2aKkYOo
From album “Ancient Voices” originaly released on 9 November 1998.
(P) 1998 Lusafrica
(C) 1998 Lusafrica
source
Andy's devil's chord on this track is massive wooooowest….
Lyrics
Hama ndtambura,
Hama ndanetseka
Hama ndtambura,
Hama ndibatsirai
Hama ndtambura,
Hama ndarasika
Hama ndtambura,
Hama ndibatsirai (*2)
Translation (complaint heard in the street):
Brothers and sisters,
Brothers, I am distressed,
Brothers and sisters,
Brothers, help me,
Brothers and sisters,
My brothers, I am lost.
Brothers and sisters,
Brothers, help me…
O' just another story of the crying people
O',o', just another story of the dying people (*2)
Madame, just 20 cents please
I have no money today
See my mother is sick and
disabled, and my father,
He ran away
To the city five years ago
He was looking for a job
He never returned
And now we are all alone
O', we are all alone (*4)
Five sisters and three
brothers, none of them
going to school
See they lie awake at night
Because they are never full
Madame, just 20 cents please,
I have no money today
See my mother is sick and
disabled, and my father,
He ran away.
O', he ran away (*8)
And now we are all alone
Oh, just another story of the
sighing people,
O',o' just another story of the
trying people (*2)
First Andy Brown's solo
All she sees is his dirty skin
and his hair that lies uncombed
Ignoring his please from within
This Madame wants to go home
Revulsion overwhelmes her
at the sight of his dirty feet
He is just another problem
she encounters in the street
So, you are alone
But it's nothing to do with
me
Sadness overwhelmes him
as she merely walks on
Will he ever be respected,
Will they give him a chance
to belong ?
Madame, I was only asking
For a little of your time
Don't you know there are
many others with a
Sad story like mine
There are many others who
suffer as I (*4)
Madame, just 20 cents, please
just 20 cents (*6)
Just 20 cents, a-a-h
Two bobo chete (*2)
Two bobo chete shuwa
Two bobo chete
Kana ka shereni (*3)
Translation:
Just 20 cents
or even 10 cents
Second Andy Brown solo
What a tune ! Lyrics are so accurate, the voice so hauntingly empathic and powerful, the music so beautiful and inspired, mbira music perfectly blended with modern arrangements (Andy Brown is phenomenal as all along the album)
Amazing