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Ohangla Man

from Ohanglaman by Makadem

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Ohangla man is an Ohangla player (a traditional Luo drum, usually made of crocodile skin wrapped on top of a hollow wooden cylinder). he decides to leave his home country for America and Europe in search of wealth. but things end up differently due to the difference in culture, climate and racism. Finally, his visa expires and he is deported back home, penniless.

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This is the story of Ohangla Man, who was used to eating at his neighbours' and drinking free beer, free chang'aa, free busaa, free munzai and free muratina and always seducing vilaage women so he goes away hoping for the same in America
Listen:

Nikweli Ma Sipendi
Kejeli Ma Sipendi
Nikweli Ma Sipendi
Sipendi Ma Sipendi x 2

Sitarudi naenda Amerika kutafuta
Dola
Sitarudi naenda Uingereza
Kutafuta Pauni
Sitarudi naenda Japani kutafuta
Yeni
Sitarudi naenda Uropa kutafuta
Yuro
Sitarudi naenda zanguwe
kutafuta Shillingi

Bye bye Afrika, ma mama land
Bye bye Kenya we, ma homeland
Bye bye bye bye, aah ah! Bye bye!

Just like euku ng'aa lilo ng'aa
Loki ji oyaro yamo n'ali kede jame
So is Makadem wuod gi aboke

Life olokore na ataro
Ing'ong' wang'l - yawa ing'ong'wang'i x2

Ol' ma bags are packed and intact,
I'm out of here for big money,
Ji oola gi wachona gik moromo atim,
Nobody helps you nobody cares,
Ing'ong wang'l yawa ing'ong' wang'i

Chorus

Ohangla man goes to suffer,
The visa was for three months is expired
The man has no friends
The man realizes that he needs to live there with money
And the place is very very hard to deal with
Very very cold, very far away from his mother, his friends

Nikilia yelele - wanansema wololo
Nikicheka yekeke - inakuwa ni wololo

Order, I tell you that Ohangla man in America
He is stranded; he has no visa and no green card
You know what he has overstayed his visa
So he decides to go underground
But they catch up with him
Andy they've decided to deport him back home
Back to Africa the poor fellow has practically nothing to return to

Akitaka wembe mtoto amaze apewe dawa x3

Obusama othire
Amatoke othire
Kuon re thire
Sukama wiki othire
Everything othire, everything is money
Urafiki othire x2

Emawe mawe!! Natamani kwetuwe x4
Goodbye America
Bye bye Deutschland
Goodbye England,
Bye bye Italia x2

Sitarudi Amerika jamani ni wananfiki,
Sitarudi Uingereza jamani ushoga mwingi,
Sitarudi Japani jamani kuna ubaguzi,
Sitarudi Uropa jamani ni kubaridi x2
Goodbye Amerika....
Good bye, Good bye!

credits

from Ohanglaman, released January 1, 2005
Song Written and Composed by Charles Odero Ademson
(Olovo Makadem)

Lead Vocals: Makadem
Backup Vocals: Makadem, Olith and Monica
Guitars: Mobb Otieno
Live Percussion: Dennis Inyani
Saxophone: Chris Bitok

Produced by Jesse Bikindu

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