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ENGLISH:

The trouble I encountered last year
Reminds me of my mother
Reminds me of my mother, Shikobe
At times I see some people praising their wives
Saying that they’re better than their mothers
Ayooooooooooooooooooooo
At times I see some people praising their wives
Saying that they’re better than their mothers
But let them remember that a mother
Is the best of them all!
For she carried you in her womb
Til nine months
Had ended
And she gave birth to you
She gave birth to you
And then she stood the cost of your education
And when you finished
That is how you managed to get a wife!
And so remember
A mother of anyone is the best of them all!
Oh, Shikobe!
Let’s take the example of Joshua Kochwa
Up to now he still laments his mother Esther
That she died when he was at a tender age
He underwent many difficulties
And even when he got married
When he thought the wife
Would come to solve all his problems
But she did not!
So we should keep in our mind:
A mother of anyone is the best of them all!
And so remember our mothers are the foundation
And today we are crying [complaining]
About our mother-in-laws

SWAHILI:

Iletaabu nilipata mwaka uliopita
Ilinikumbusha jina la mama yangu
Ilinikumbusha jina la mama Shikobe
Naona watu wengi wanasifu bibi zao
Eti wanasema: anashinda mama yake
Ayooooooooooooooooooooo
Naona watu wengi wanasifu bibi zao
Eti wanasema: anashinda mama yake
Lakini kumbuka
Kweli ndiye mama yako
Alikubeba kwa tumbo
Mpaka miezi tisa
Zilipokwisha
Ndipo alikuzaa
Alikuzaa
Tena akakusomesha
Ulipomaliza
Ndipo ukaoa bibi
Kwa hivyo kumbuka
Mama ndiye mzuri
Oh, Shikobe!
Joshua kochwa analia mama Esther
Alimwacha
Akiwa angali mdogo
Alikuwa na bibi
Alipata taabu sana
Tena bibi
Hakumaliza taabu
Kwa hivyo kumbuka
Mama ndiye mzuri!
Kwa hivyo kumbuka
mama ndiye msingi,
Leo tunalia yule mama mkwe

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from Furaha Wenye Gita (Happiness with Guitar), released October 12, 2017

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