| Mi mwenzenu tena basi
| Mi mate again then
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| Oh mapenzi sitaki
| Oh I will not
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| Oh mwenzenu tena basi
| Oh fellow again then
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| Basi sitaki
| Then I do not want to
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| Yalinifanya nikaugua
| It made me sick
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| Mara napanga napangua
| I immediately plan and cut
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| Mwili ukakonda nikapungua
| The body thinner and thinner
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| Ah sikulala, sikulala
| Ah we do not sleep, we do not sleep
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| Oh maradhi nikaugua oh
| Oh the disease I got sick oh
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| Yakanichoma na kuungua roho
| It burned me and burned my soul
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| Kutwa nawaza na kuwazua
| I think about them all day long
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| Sikulala
| We are not sleeping
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| Hayo mapenzi bwana, hayana maana
| That will sir, is meaningless
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| Yalinifanya mi nichekwe
| It made me laugh
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| Sababu yake nshagombana, nikatukanwa
| The reason I did not argue, I was insulted
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| Lakini akanipiga teke
| But he kicked me
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| Ai haya mapenzi bwana, hayana maana
| Ai these will sir, they are meaningless
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| Yalinifanya mi nichekwe
| It made me laugh
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| Sababu yake nkagombana, usiku mchana
| The reason I argued, night and day
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| Yeye
| He
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| Mi mwenzenu tena basi
| Mi mate again then
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| Oh mapenzi sitaki
| Oh I will not
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| Oh mwenzenu tena basi
| Oh fellow again then
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| Basi sitaki
| Then I do not want to
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| Oh nilishagombana na mama mzazi
| Oh I had an argument with a parent
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| Akataka nimwagia radhi
| He wanted me to apologize
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| Sababu yule fulani, yule wa moyo wangu
| Some reason, that one of my heart
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| Yakaleta zengwe kwa kazi
| It brought the leopard to work
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| Ugomvi wa simba na panzi
| The quarrel of lions and grasshoppers
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| Vurugu kwa majirani
| Violence against neighbors
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| Ah, ee Mola wangu
| Ah, my Lord
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| Hayo mapenzi bwana, hayana maana
| That will sir, is meaningless
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| Yalinifanya mi nichekwe
| It made me laugh
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| Sababu yake nshagombana, nikatukanwa
| The reason I did not argue, I was insulted
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| Lakini akanipiga teke
| But he kicked me
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| Ai haya mapenzi bwana, hayana maana
| Ai these will sir, they are meaningless
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| Yalinifanya mi nichekwe
| It made me laugh
|
| Sababu yake nkagombana, usiku mchana
| The reason I argued, night and day
|
| Yeye
| He
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| Mi mwenzenu tena basi
| Mi mate again then
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| Oh mapenzi sitaki
| Oh I will not
|
| Oh mwenzenu tena basi
| Oh fellow again then
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| Basi sitaki | Then I do not want to |