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WATU

by Just a Band

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about

WATU is inspired by that era in Kenyan music when every hood and every town had its own sound and genre, and the rival camps had to battle it out for the airwaves!

That time when we were all excited about our digital futures, and we didn't know what was really on the other side of that coin.

That time when last we could dance with wild abandon!

WATU...

lyrics

Watu...
Watu...

Eh-heh, eh-heh! Kudun, kudun
You got to get, to read the room,
Another day, to start again...

Toka kutafuta unga, pesa haitoshi
Washa hiyo moto, kula hiyo moshi
Ka ninakudai, oya toa hiyo pesa
Ka unanidai, kata hiyo kesi
Hii ni rat race, na ni fast pace
Tukika-blaze tukika-bless
Jah bless this hot mess
Thinking of a masterplan, believe me...

Watu...
(Jamani vigelegele)

Twende hivi now, twende tuziget
Kuwapita tu, na si-indicate
Chapa mziki hapa, no ku-complicate
I don't know, mikono zitoke
Sema dush, kududunkudush!
Eh, eh, eh, kududun-kudush
Sema rah, kududun-kudush!
Nyuro one, nyuro two, nyuro three, let's go!

Watu...
(Jamani vigelegele)

Niko tu, niko tu: wapi!
Chafua tu, chafua tu: mad ting!
Leo kushikisha wapi
Tubakishie ka-something
Pande hii, pande ile, one time: pause!
Guy is never on time, ey!
Mara hio, mara hio, that that
Tuma ya kutoa on top

Hiyo pesa, haitoshi...
(Jamani vigelegele)
Watu...

Toa pesa bro, tuomoke jo
Vile tunakam through ni original
Sukuma wiki dry, bila Royco
Hapa tu mahewa ndio soy sauce!
(repeats x3)

Eh-heh, eh-heh! Kudun, kudun
Watu...
Another day, to start again...
Watu...

(Jamani vigelegele)
Watu...

Pande hii, pande ile, one time: pause!

credits

released September 22, 2022
Performed by Blinky Bill, with additional vocals by Daniel Muli, Jim Chuchu and Mbithi Masya.
Lyrics by Blinky Bill, with additional lyrics by Daniel Muli and Mbithi Masya.
Music by Blinky Bill and Jim Chuchu, with additional guitars by Sedar Malaki.

A Just A Band production.
©℗Just A Band, 2022.

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Just a Band Nairobi, Kenya

Just a Band are Blinky Bill, Dan Muli, Jim Chuchu and Mbithi Masya. The Kenyan outfit began making music in 2008, coming to be known for their genre-bending sounds and playful music videos. In 2016, after almost a decade of gigs and exhibitions around the world, the group went on a hiatus. Just a Band reunited in 2020; older, still starry-eyed, charging forward on new voyages in sound and sight. ... more

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