MAMBO YA NASIB

MWANUKUZI..
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Across the iron barsOutside the windowIt is full of iceDread cold is running To a minus degreeCelciusStanding Inside this babylon cageWatching with a sharpClear visionIs a person in colour BlackIn the white senseOf this wordWings flapping Like an summer birdPeace and cool'pon the blue sky high With the nerves of the deepest Ocean waves

A mahogany soul In a long searchIn a long marchA blood trailDemanding freedomSo real! Picking the flowers of survival Along the wayOn one handA fertile seed Carrying the sprouting spiritsOf African roots on the other Not losing sightOn each passing nightAnd a fastly clearing dayDespite three Solid decades In a white man Oppressor jail!

This poem was composed and a thousand times performed by Ras Nas aka Nasibu Mwanukuzi either solo or with the band.