Likambo Ya Ngana | Other People's Affairs [Song]

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Likambo Ya Ngana
By Franco Luambo

Bomba makambo ey-ey | Be discreet.
Bomba makambo ey-ey | Be discreet.
Bomba makambo ey-ey | Be discreet.
Bomba makambo ey-ey | Be discreet.
Bomba makambo ey-ey | Be discreet.
Bomba makambo ey-ey | Be discreet.

Likambo ya ngana soki omoni | If you become aware of other people's affairs
Bombaka na motema | Keep it to yourself
Ekoluka ndongo, bandeko. | The fallout could be serious, brothers and sisters.

Bomba makambo ey-ey | Be discreet.
Bomba makambo ey-ey | Be discreet.

Likambo eboma mboka | The stuff that destroys a place -
Bilobaloba | Gossip 
Likambo eboma mboka | The stuff that destroys a place -
Songisongi, bandeko | Rumours, brothers and sisters.

Bomba makambo ey-ey | Be discreet.
Bomba makambo ey-ey | Be discreet.

Zala na mayele soki oyoki likambo | Be wise if you happen to hear stuff
Zala na mayele tango bakotuna yo, bandeko. | Be wise during discussions, bothers and sisters.

Bomba makambo ey-ey | Be discreet.
Bomba makambo ey-ey. | Be discreet.

Obimi, yo na moninga, bandeko | You go out, you and a friend, bothers and sisters
Bosali ndoki | You do 'sorcery'
Bombaka na motema | Be discreet about it
Ekoluka matata, bandeko. | You are inviting trouble, brothers and sisters.

Bomba makambo ey-ey | Be discreet.
Bomba makambo ey-ey. | Be discreet.

Okei mboka ya bato okuti likambo | You witness something at another person's place 
Soki ozongi, bandeko | When you leave, brothers and sisters. 
Bombaka na motema, bandeko. | Be discreet, brothers and sisters.

Bomba makambo ey-ey | Be discreet.
Bomba makambo ey-ey. | Be discreet.

Spoken words...

Ah,
Likambo eboma mboka  | The stuff that destoys a place -
Bilobaloba | Gossip
Songisongi | Rumours
Bikumbakumba | Carrying news
Bimemamema | Carrying [stuff] to and fro
Bikundolakundola | Digging here and there
Likambo bakundaki | Stuff that was buried,
Yo oke kokundola | You go and dig it up.

Ah,
Soki oke na ndako ya moninga | When you go to a friend's home
Soki okendeki kolia, lia. | If you went to eat, eat.
Soki okendeki kosenga, senga | If you went to beg, beg.
Soki okendaki po ozangi | If you went there because you are in need
Vanda. Tala | Sit. Look around
Tika kokumba makambo ya ngana | Don't carry someone's issues.

Singer: .........................
Chorus: .........................

Bomba makambo ey-ey | Be discreet.
Bomba makambo ey-ey. | Be discreet.

Likambo eboma mboka | The stuff that destroys a place -
Bilobaloba | Gossip
Likambo eboma mboka | The stuff that destroys a place -
Songisongi, bandeko. | Rumours, brothers and sisters.

Bomba makambo ey-ey | Be discreet.
Bomba makambo ey-ey. | Be discreet.

Zala na mayele soki oyoki likambo | Be wise if you happen to hear stuff
Zala na mayele | Be wise
Tango okofunda moninga, bandeko. | When you accuse your friend, brothers and sisters.

Bomba makambo ey-ey | Be discreet.
Bomba makambo ey-ey. | Be discreet.

Obimi, yo na moninga, bandeko | You go out, you and a friend, bothers and sisters
Bosali ndoki | You do 'sorcery'
Bombaka na motema | Be discreet about it
Koyebisaka te, bandeko, ah. | Keep it to yourselves, brothers and sisters.

Lyrics source and translation with minor alterations.
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A Note From The Gull

Thank you, Franco Luambo, for the words of wisdom wrapped in this beautiful song. If you find songs in the Lingala language as interesting as I do, this Lingala translator/dictionary will be useful for discovering the meanings of the lyrics.     

"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.

Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare

Gossiper [Song]

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GOSSIPER
By Shadow

Yada yada yada yada, yada yada yada yada

Rosemary came down in her nightgown
Telling Eunice people's business
Eunice, gyal, you don't know
Angie's husband beat off her big toe
The sweet man does give doggie bone
He get wag tail when he come home
The husband don't give doggie none
So the doggie bite off his bunion
It was a bacchanal, it was like Carnival
Let me tell yuh, gyal, she in the hospital.

This woman could gossip, she really could gossip
This woman could bad talk, she really could bad talk.

Her pot on the fie, the pigtail burn
Her child have a cold, the nostril stop up.

But she gossiping, yes, she gossiping

She know about Jean and she know about Merle
But she don't know her shoe have a hole in the sole

She gossiping, she gossiping.

She know about the neighbour with the brown skin child
Don't you see the way the little boy does smile?
He looking like the fella with the roti shop
Don't you see the way the boy does hold the cup?
The big head man that he calling Daddy
The child have nothing for the family
But she would never ever say how much she man does drink
She would never ever say her husband sneakers stink.

But she gossiping, yes, she gossiping
She gossiping, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, she gossiping

If you tell she a little secret about Jack
How he kiss up Imelda down in the track
She run down the road to tell Rosemary
I go tell you something, don't tell nobody
She tell and she tell and she tell and she tell
She tell and she tell 'til she forget who she tell
She come back to you with the same story
I go tell you something, don't tell nobody
She forget is you who gave her them news
But she tell so much that she head confused.

She gossiping, yes, she gossiping
She gossiping, oh yeah, yeah, she gossiping.

She put on she pot on the fire
And she come down to talk to Delilah
I hearing her voice round the corner
She forget to peel the banana
Somebody dis, somebody dat
Somebody background getting fat
Somebody daughter belly big
Somebody slaughter somebody pig.

She gossiping, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, she gossiping
She gossiping, she gossiping
She is a gossiper, she is a gossiper
She is a gossiper, she is a gossiper.

She bad talk a dog, how de tail too long
She said that the dog is a real pothound
She bad talk the pussin by Tanty place
She say that the cat have a tiefing face
You wouldn't believe, she bad talk a cock
She say that the cock have a beak like a duck
Dey cook up the cock and dey gave her a piece
She bad talk the meat, she said, too much ah grease.

She gossiping, yes, she gossiping
She gossiping, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, she gossiping
That's a gossiper, oh-oh, she is a gossiper
She is a gossiper, she is a gossiper...yeah
She gossiping, uhmmm, she gossiping
She gossiping, she gossiping.

And if a dog have a pup too close to a mop
On her way to the shop, she'll pause and stop
She gossiping, she gossiping
She gossiping, yeah, yeah yeah yeah, she gossiping

Gossiping, gossiping, gossiping, gossiping lady
She's a gossiping, gossiping, gossiping lady
Gossiper gossiping, gossiper gossiping, gossiper.....

Source: The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance!

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"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.

Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare