[male vocals] LIFE
TAYANGUKA
Uncle
B
[INTRO – SPOKEN] Lintu
nali
umwaice,
Batata
balinjebele
ati: “
Mwana
wandi,
life
tayanguka.
Nga
ufwaya
ukwikala
bwino,
kubombeshe
respect
the
elder,
ukatemwe
abalwani
bobe,
nokupala
abakutipa,
and
love
your
neighbours,
help
the
poor ,
give
food
to
those
who
are
hungry.
Lesa
akakupala.
Aya
eyali
amashiwi
ya
Batata,
nanomba
yacili
mu
mutima
wandi.
Life
tayanguka.
[VERSE 1] Mu
mwaka
wa 1997,
mu
mwezi
wa
November,
Batata
balitusha.
Nalifye
wumwaice ,
ulyo
Batata
batushule,
I
didnt
cry
and
never
felt
the
pain
as
I
feel
it
now
that
now
am
grown
and
I
can't
have
a
conversation
with
him,
chilankalipa
Batata
balitusha,
Nomba
balinshilekele
amashiwi
yabo
na
mano
yabo: “
Life
tayanguka,
mwana
wandi,
nomba
ushingalekele.”
Imyaka
yapita,
nomba
ndewumfwa
ishiwi
lyabo:
Life
tayanguka. ---
[CHORUS] Life
tayanguka,
Life
tayanguka,
mwana
wandi.
Lelo
Lesa
wandi
alinsunga,
Life
tayanguka. ---
[CHORUS] Life
tayanguka,
Life
tayanguka,
mwana
wandi.
Lelo
Lesa
wandi
alinsunga,
alenchingilila
lyonse.
Nangu
inshila
yakosa,
nangu
umutima
wafina,
nshafikile
apa
ku
maka
yandi.
Ni
ku
cikuku
ca
Mfumu
Lesa!
Ni
ku
cikuku
ca
Mfumu
Lesa! ---
[VERSE 2 – MAYO ESTHER & STRUGGLE] Ku
luse
lwakwa
Lesa,
Ba
Mayo
Esther
balintwala
ku
sukulu.
Balinsambilisha
ukubomba,
balindangile
ukwikala
na
bantu
in 2014
I
finished
school
and
I
became
a
street
hustler,
Nabombele
ku
PEP,
ku
CLIMAX,
na
ku
Emmies
Shops.
Nshakwete
ifingi,
nomba
nali
na
dream
na
vision
nshaletina
pantu
Lesa
alinjebele
ati: “
Twalilila,
mwana
wandi.” ---
[CHORUS] Life
tayanguka,
Life
tayanguka,
mwana
wandi.
Lelo
Lesa
wandi
alinsunga,
amashiwi
yenu
yacili
mu
mutima
wandi:
Ukatemwe
abantu.
respect
the
elders,
Ukafye
abalanda.
ukabe
nechikuku
Lelo
ndeshiba:
Mwalempangila
ubwikashi
bwandi. ---
[FINAL CHORUS – BIG GOSPEL] Life
tayanguka!
Life
tayanguka,
mwana
wandi!
Lelo
Lesa
wandi
alinsunga!
alanchema
lyonse!
Kufuma
mu 1997
ukufika
lelo,
mu
misoshi
na
mu
kuseka,
Lesa
wandi
tanshapo
neka,
Ni
cikuku!
Ni
cikuku!
Ni
cikuku
ca
Mfumu
Lesa!
Life
tayanguka…
lelo
Lesa
talinshileka.
Ni
ku
cikuku
ca
Mfumu
Lesa.
Life
tayanguka.
Ni
ku
cikuku
ca
Mfumu
Lesa.