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Keep My Heart Awake / Wanakaa Mbali

by Sauti Sha

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Leo leo siku yako Leo leo siku yako Tuimbe pamoja siku yako Tucheze pamoja siku yako Tufurai pamoja siku yako Leo leo siku yako, leo leo siku yako Siku yako, siku yako, siku yako (Today, today, your day Today, today, your day Let's sing together, it's your day Let's dance together, it's your day Let's be happy together, it's your day Let's sing together, it's your day, your day, your day) Leo leo siku yako Leo leo siku yako, siku yako, siku yako (Today, today, your day Today, today, your day, It's your day, your day, your day) I keep my heart awake, I keep my heart awake I keep my heart awake, I keep my heart awake I walk where I pray, that's the good way I walk where I pray, that's the good way I walk where I pray, that's the good way I keep my heart awake, I keep my heart awake I keep my heart awake, I keep my heart awake Leo leo siku yako Leo leo siku yako Tuimbe pamoja siku yako Tucheze pamoja siku yako Tufurai pamoja siku yako Leo leo siku yako, leo leo siku yako Siku yako, siku yako, siku yako (Today, today, your day Today, today, your day Let's sing together, it's your day Let's dance together, it's your day Let's be happy together, it's your day Let's sing together, it's your day, your day, your day) Huu ndio uhai leo, huu ndio uhai leo Huu ndio uhai leo, huu ndio uhai leo Huu ndio uhai leo, huu ndio uhai (This is the life today, this is the life today This is the life today, this is the life today This is the life today, this is the life) I keep my heart awake, I keep my heart awake I keep my heart awake, I keep my heart awake I keep my heart awake, I keep my heart awake
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Wanakaa mbalinao Wanakaa mbalinao Wanakaa mbalinao na familiazao Ona tulivyo waona hawanapakuwenda hao Ona tulivyo waona wanadai hakizao (They are far from their family When we saw them, they had nowhere to go When we saw them, they were fighting for their rights) Oh children of the night Your feet sunk into fallen moons on the roadside You honor life for you speak to death In the city of lights No one to hear no want to hear no one to hear No one to hear no want to hear no one to hear No one to hear no want to hear no one to hear Wanakaa mbalinao Wanakaa mbalinao Wanakaa mbalinao na familiazao Ona tulivyo waona hawanapakuwenda hao Ona tulivyo waona wanadai hakizao (They are far from their family When we saw them, they had nowhere to go When we saw them, they were fighting for their rights) Kula kwao shida Kulala shida Wanatesekaa (Eating wasn't easy for them As they slept in terrible places They are suffering)

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released March 6, 2019

with deepest thanks to our mothers, our first teachers, who taught us to dance with life.

written by matiga koba & nehemiah stark

matiga koba - vocals, percussion, rhythm guitar
nehemiah stark - vocals, lead guitar
jake fader - bass, lead guitar
jacob wynne - trumpet
neil chastain - kit drums

engineered and mixed by jake fader, fader music & sound
trumpet session engineered by dave kasper
mastered by adam boose, cauliflower audio

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We are a Cleveland-based, trans-African band making music for strugglers.

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