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Ekeseni

Tabu Ley Rochereau
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About this song

Tabu Ley Rochereau turns inequality into aching drama: lives are so unequal (ekeseni) here on God's earth — some have everything, others must beg. That gap is why Aimé (DA) walked out: with no money, the girl ran off. He begs her to come home and not push him to desperate measures — the witch doctors, sacrificing his own family, burying the dead for cash in the night-life of Kisangani, just to draw money and win love back. A stark parable on wealth, poverty and temptation.

Tabu Ley Rochereau1960s–1990sWatch on YouTube
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Verse

Ekeseni ekeseni nzoka la vie ya bato

So unequal, so unequal — the lives of people

Ekabwana ekabwana awa na se ya mokili ya Nzambe

it divides and divides here below, on God's earth

Basusu bazwaka

some receive plenty

Ba susu ba zangaka mama

others go without, mama

Basusu ba tonda na bomengo

some overflow with wealth

Ba susu ba sengaka mama

others have to beg, mama

Boyoka nde tina ya likambu

listen to the heart of the matter

Di Aimé eh aboyi ngai

dear Aimé has left me

Na zangi falanga awa na mokili

because I have no money in this world

Mwana ngo akimi ngai

and so the girl ran off from me

Chorus

Ekeseni ekeseni mama ah Nzambe

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Ekabwana ekabwana Nzambe atinda

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Oh Di Aimé eh zonga na ndako fanda

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Date na biso ya ko zwa

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Ekomi nayino te mama

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Ekeseni ekeseni Nzambe mama

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Ekabwana ekabwana oh Nzambe ah Yaweh

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Verse

Cherie na nga Da

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Nayoki pasi awa na sima na yo zonga mama

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Na ndako bana bako tungisa nga zonga mama

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Cherie ko zela te nga na kota ka ndako ya nganga

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Ngai na luka mbongo po obeta ntolo

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Na lekisa bana baleki mpe famille mobimba

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Na kangaka kombo ya baninga kati ya kisi oh mama ah

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Chorus

Ekeseni ekeseni mama ah Nzambe

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Ekabwana ekabwana Nzambe atinda

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Oh Di Aimé eh zonga na ndako fanda

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Date na biso ya ko zwa

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Ekomi nayino te mama

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Ekeseni ekeseni Nzambe mama

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Ekabwana ekabwana oh Nzambe ah Yaweh

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Verse

Cherie na nga Da

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Zonga na ndako nayebi tolingani solo mama ah

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Ba pasi nionso awa na mokili supporter na nga mama

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Cherie ko luka te nga na kundaka nzoto ya bato

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Na vie oyo ya butu butu na kisangani

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Na kangaka kombo ya ba ninga na oyo ya ba konzi

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Mpo ba linga nga ah na tokaka mbongo oh mama

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Outro

Ekeseni ekeseni nzambe oh mama

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Ekabwana ekabwana oh Nzambe ah yaweh

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Oh ma Utshudi kombo ya bana ya bato oh keba

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