Koi (pron. Koh-EE) is Setswana for skipping rope/jump rope.
lyrics
Koi, ke mathibatsela
Koi, ke mathibatsela
Echoes ring back
In caves depressed in my mind
Voices of my brothers
Working hard in the fields
Unknown, Unwanted
They came cloaked by the night
Our hope they told us
They had hearts fuelled by love
The songs we sang in the streets with abandon
Without a clue of what was happening
The games we played in the streets with abandon
Housed by our naivety
Koi, ke mathibatsela
Koi, ke mathibatsela
Big smoke came sweeping
As the messenger called
No way, nowhere to run
No fortresses built
Iyo, Iyo our cries
Engulfed in waves ten feet high
The skies a shade
We’d never seen till that day.
The songs we sang in the streets with abandon
Without a clue of what was happening
The games we played in the streets with abandon
Housed by our naivety
Koi, ke mathibatsela
Koi, ke mathibatsela
Unknown, Unwanted
They came cloaked by the night
Iyo, Iyo our cries
Engulfed in waves ten feet high
The songs we sang in the streets with abandon
Without a clue of what was happening
The games we played in the streets with abandon
Housed by our naivety
Koi, ke mathibatsela
Koi, ke mathibatsela
credits
from Bongo Country EP,
track released January 13, 2015
Writer, Composer, Vocalist: Kat Kai Kol-Kes
Producer: Maleho Makgothi
Recorded at Pumi Soundz
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