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Obon'go Bless Me
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bong'o bless me,
Bless me bless me
Obong'o bless me,bless me
Apandra e buo lowo richo ng'eeny e chunya osiko mana e buta!
Awoth awotha kajuoke epiny ka to laktare runda.
Ase ywaka ywaka abedo obera to onge gi ma Konya !
Awok e moon mba adonjo e kong'o ma njaga dwa nega.
Seche moko richo omaka maliich agombo mana neko,
Richo opong'o denda,omiyo aywagi nyakalaga obong'o yawa!
(Chorus)
Abet piny aywak kose achung' malo acham ng'wench ka jajuok ma yiido !
Paro opong'o wiya malichu, agana gana kaka sigana!
Pile pile ka nyasaye arundra arundra e piny ka ni amanyo otongolo
Athagra athaaga gi ngima ma bende adong' tangalale!
Aum mama aum baba aumo ma aumra auma,piny otama wang'a nyakalaga yie ibeet decha matuomoga yawa!
Translation
I'm hiding under the ground with a lot of deceit always around me and in my heart
I have visited traditional healers all over the world as doctors take me back and forth
I have cried severally and tried being a good person but nothing helps me
I stopped being a womanizer then I became a drunk to the point that weed almost killed me
Sometimes am so deceitful that I just want to kill somebody
I am so full of sins that's why I am crying unto you lord the almighty creator!
Chorus
Do I sit down and wail or do I get up and run like a sorcerer ?
My mind is full of thoughts I repeatedly narrate them like tales.
On each day of our lord I twist and toil on earth here in search of cash
Am just suffering with life that i am left empty and desolate
Should I call my mum should I call my dad, I call calls that just come back to me
Life has beaten me my creator please be the granary where I fetch from!
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Life Gonna Be OK
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Dagoretti Records Ann Arbor, Michigan
"Dagoretti" is the confluence of three large pathways in Nairobi connecting all of Kenya together. It is also the Swahilified pronounciation of "The great." We like to think that we put out great records that connect distant places together.
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