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Dede

Franco Luambo MakiadiT.P. OK Jazz
rumbaheartbreakModerate

About this song

Franco and T.P. OK Jazz sink into obsessive love. Driven half-mad and "smelling death," the singer hunts for Dede on every street corner, finds her at another woman's house, and carries her face to bed each night. So far gone is he that he strikes a bargain with his rival — let's each have her three days at a time. This isn't love anymore, he confesses; it's turned to magic.

Franco Luambo Makiadi1950s–1980sWatch on YouTube
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Dede

Dede

Ngai nakomi zoba

I'm losing my mind

Palado tika ngai moninga

please, let me be, my friend

Okoya ko zua ngambu ya pamba

you'll end up bearing needless blame

Bako afolaka moninga boye te

you don't treat a friend this way

Mingayi mi koti ngai na nzoto pona lamoulou eh

the fever of love has gotten into my body

eleki ngai eh

it's more than I can bear

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Dede

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Ngai nakomi zoba

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Palado tika ngai moninga

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Okoya ko zua ngambu ya pamba

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Bako afolaka moninga boye te

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Mingayi mi koti ngai na nzoto pona lamoulou eh

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eleki ngai eh

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Chorus

Soki ngai nako yebisa

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Boko douter ngai pona nini oh

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Bolingo eleki ngai mekele

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Nakomi ko yoka solo ya liwa, maria, ndimela ngai moninga

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Chorus

Soki ngai nako yebisa

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Boko douter ngai pona nini oh

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Bolingo eleki ngai mekele

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Nakomi ko yoka solo ya liwa, maria, ndimela ngai moninga

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Verse

Dede

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Ngai nakomi zoba

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Palado tika ngai moninga

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Okoya ko zua ngambu ya pamba

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Bako afolaka moninga boye te

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Mingayi mi koti ngai na nzoto pona lamoulou eh

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eleki ngai eh

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Soki ngai nako yebisa

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Boko douter ngai pona nini oh

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Bolingo eleki ngai mekele

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Nakomi ko yoka solo ya liwa, maria, ndimela ngai moninga

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Nako lukaka Dede na ba coin nionso

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Nako zuwaka ye epa ya marie

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Nako lingaka liboso ya ko lala physionomie na ye na motema na ngai

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Nako betaka tangwe na ba coin nionso

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Ba bondela Dede liwa likomeli ngai

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Nako lobaka na makangu na ye oh

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To kabolaka mikolo misatu misatu

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Na bolingo oyo ngai na linga ye oh

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Etiki bolingo ekomi ya magie oh

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Nako lukaka Dede na ba coin nionso

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Nako zuwaka ye epa ya marie

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Nako lingaka liboso ya ko lala physionomie na ye na motema na ngai

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Nako betaka tangwe na ba coin nionso

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Ba bondela Dede liwa likomeli ngai

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Nako lobaka na makangu na ye oh

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To kabolaka mikolo misatu misatu

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Na bolingo oyo ngai na linga ye oh

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Etiki bolingo ekomi ya magie oh

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Nako lukaka Dede na ba coin nionso

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Nako zuwaka ye epa ya marie

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Nako lingaka liboso ya ko lala physionomie na ye na motema na ngai

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Nako betaka tangwe na ba coin nionso

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Ba bondela Dede liwa likomeli ngai

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Nako lobaka na makangu na ye oh

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To kabolaka mikolo misatu misatu

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Na bolingo oyo ngai na linga ye oh

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Etiki bolingo ekomi ya magie oh

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Dede — Franco Luambo Makiadi | Lingala lyrics & translation | Lingala.cd