sTaTe of EMERGEnce

from FolK tOLd Me EP by Folk Told Me

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Oh what a crazy world we live in
Look at all it seems to bear
I can no longer endure it
Tired of singing tired of praying
Apathy has clutched my motivation
And for others it’s done the same
Only be cause we do not carry
The burdens of earth no on wants to claim

Unomkhubulwane uyakhala, unomkhubulwane uyakhala,
Unomkhubulwane uyakhala, unomkhubulwane uyakhala…

Uyakhala, uyakhala, uyakhala, uyakhala…

Wakhala unomkhubulwane, wakhala unomkhubulwane…

The world so unstable it’s a wonder we keep our balance
As we dance in an illusion we are blind
To the decline of the universe 2x

Sekumoshekile manje
Sekumoshekile manje 8x

Don’t let it all fall let it all fall down
Don’t let it all fall let it all fall down
Don’t let it all fall let it all fall down
Don’t let if all fall let it
This is a state of emergency
We in a state of EMERGENCE!! 4x

Translation notes:

LINE1 “UNOMKHUBULWANE UYAKHALA…X4” – (Nomkhubulwane is weeping)

Nomkhubulwane is strictly speaking the Goddess of fertility but in this context we are using her particular name and figure as a general metaphor or a symbol that represents the ‘universal mother/Goddess; mother nature; mother afrika etc)

LINE2 “UYAKHALA, UYAKHALA, UYAKHALA” – (She’s weeping, she’s weeping, she’s weeping)

LINE3 “WAKHALA UNOMKHUBULWANE…WAKHALA UNOMKHUBULWANE” – (She is weeping is Nomkhubulwane, She is weeping is Nomkhubulwane)
LINE 4 SEKUMOSHEKILE MANJE, (Everything is in total chaos and utter disarray)

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from FolK tOLd Me EP, released December 15, 2011

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Folk Told Me is a band of melodic sankofa martians, spinning stories like hip hop griots doomed to this place called earth, traveling in sound sparring with myopic modes of being…freeing. . .

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