[male
vocals] (
Heavy
reverb
on
pads) (
Deep
distorted 808
s —
slow,
dark) (
Distant
traffic…
heartbeat…)
INTRO
Yeah…
Teacher
Muleya…
Slim
Don…
Lelo
ni
pain,
fuck…
lelo
ni
memories.
Magician…
Kelvin
Bando…
Kelovina…
Mwendaz…
Ba
brother,
mwapita
kale…
Mulungu
awasunge…
Lesa
abapokele
bwino.
Ndayang'ana
pa
ceiling,
mtima
wanga
uli
heavy,
Ma
memories
zikubwera,
every
night,
they
don't
let
me
sleep.
Pamene
ine
ndinalibe,
iwe
ndiwe
unaniona,
Even
when
I
couldn't
see
myself,
iwe
unaniona.
Ndinkagona
pa
pavement,
ndinalibe
direction,
You
opened
your
door,
without
asking
no
question.
Anthu
ankandikana,
iwe
unanena, "
Bwera."
You
treated
me
like
family,
osati
munthu
wa
kunja.
Iwe
unaona
Slim
Don,
when
Slim
Don
wasn't
there,
Ukanena, "
Mwana,
believe
in
yourself,
don't
fear."
Fuck…
mpaka
lero
sindikumvetsa
chifukwa,
Why
the
fuck
did
death
come
and
take
you
away?
They
say
time
heals…
bullshit,
sindikuchira,
Mtima
uli
pa
fire,
memories
zikundizungulira.
Kelovina,
brother,
iwe
unandimanga,
Now
I'm
standing
strong,
koma
mkati
ndagwa.
CHORUS
Oh
Magician…
mwalala
mu
mtima
wanga,
You
believed
in
me
when
I
couldn't
believe
in
myself.
Kelovina,
takwai
brother,
ulendo
wapita,
But
your
name
won't
die,
ayi,
never,
never.
Oh
Magician…
mwalala
mu
mtima
wanga,
You
believed
in
me
when
I
couldn't
believe
in
myself.
Kelovina,
takwai
brother,
ulendo
wapita,
But
your
name
won't
die,
ayi,
never,
never.
Ndeloleni…
ndikulira
usiku,
Mweo!
Mweo!
why
does
goodbye
hurt
like
this?
Fuck
the
tears,
fuck
the
pain,
koma
mtima
ukuwawa,
Slim
Don
standing…
but
part
of
me
wapita.
Then
came
Mwendaz…
another
brother
gone,
One
traffic
accident…
then
everything
was
wrong.
Mwendaz,
iwe
wapita,
sitinali
ready,
Life
said
goodbye
when
our
hearts
weren't
steady.
One
phone
call…
ndipo
nyumba
yasanduka
silence,
Mama
akulira,
abale
ali
mu
violence.
Chabipa!
why
are
we
losing
good
people?
Why
does
death
keep
knocking
on
innocent
people's
doors?
Mwendaz,
brother,
takwai,
twalumba,
Your
name
stays
alive,
no
matter
what
happens.
From
Lusaka
streets
to
every
corner
we
know,
Your
memory
walks
with
us
wherever
we
go.
Bemba
hearts
crying,
Nyanja
hearts
bleeding,
Two
brothers
gone,
but
their
memories
still
breathing.
Magician…
Mwendaz…
ma
name
awiri,
Two
different
stories,
koma
pain
yake
ni
imodzi.
Ee
Mulungu…
chifukwa
chani?
Why
the
fuck
are
good
people
leaving
early?
Mwebantu!
Mwaumfwa?
Life
isn't
fair,
ayi,
life
is
brutal.
Twalumba
pa
bantu
benu,
Twalumba
pa
cikondi,
But
today…
I'm
fucking
angry.
No
more
fake
smiles.
No
more
pretending
I'm
okay.
Mtima
wanga
wapweteka,
Koma
ndipitiriza
kuyenda.
Ububi
bwa
bantu—
enough!
Ubuchende
bwa
bantu—
enough!
Don't
mistake
kindness
for
weakness.
Don't
fuck
with
a
good
heart.
You
can
take
the
man…
but
you
can't
take
the
memory.
FINAL
CHORUS
Oh
Magician…
Kelovina,
mwalila,
Your
spirit
lives
in
every
lesson
you
gave
me.
Mwendaz…
takwai
brother,
Your
memory
rides
with
us
through
every
road
we
travel.
Mwalala
mu
mitima,
simudzaiwalika,
Abale
anga,
mpaka
kale
tidzakumbukira.
You
gave
me
shelter…
you
gave
me
belief,
Now
I
carry
your
names
while
carrying
this
grief.
Magician! —
Kelovina!
Mwendaz! —
Tikwai!
Teacher
Muleya! —
Slim
Don!
Still
standing…
still
remembering.
OUTRO
Kelvin
Bando…
Kelovina…
Magician…
Mwendaz…
Ba
brother…
mwapita,
koma
ma
name
yanu
sitha.
Mulungu
awasunge…
Lesa
abapokele
bwino…
Fuck
death.
Fuck
this
pain.
But
love
never
dies.
Teacher
Muleya…
Slim
Don…
Forever
remembering. (808
fades…
traffic
gets
distant…
heartbeat
slows…
heavy
reverb…
silence.)