Gift for Galadriel by Kass (District 9)

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Title of vid: Mshini Wam
Recipient: Galadriel
Vidder: Kass
Fandom: District 9
Music: Mshini Wam by Spoek Mathambo featuring Avuyile Tosa and Yolanda Fyrus Xashi
Summary: The hunter becomes the hunted.
Content notes: No standardized notes apply
Signed length: 03:02

Link to signed vid post.

Lyrics
Mshini Wam Lyrics

Note: this track has been trimmed from its original length, so these lyrics are truncated. Also, I apologize for any places where I've mis-heard the lyrics, and welcome corrections from anyone whose ability to parse South African hip-hop is better than mine!


What's in your boy with kalashnikov gun
AK-47 like a toy for the fun
shoot you where you stand if you want to act dumb
pa-rum-pum-pum-pum pum-pum-pum pum-pum-pum

BFG, that's big fucking gun
Township jive like fee fo fi fum
Burn down the slum to the ground if it burn
pa-rum-pum-pum-pum pum-pum-pum pum-pum-pum

Girls!
What's in your boy with kalashnikov gun
AK-47 like a toy for the fun
shoot you where you stand if you want to act dumb
pa-rum-pum-pum-pum pum-pum-pum pum-pum-pum

Sing: rum-pum, rum-pum, rum-pm-pum pum-pum
rum-pum, rum-pum, rum-pm-pum pum-pum
rum-pum, rum-pum, rum-pm-pum pum-pum
rum-pum, rum-pum, rum-pm-pum pum-pum...

(Bang) (Bang)

How we went from a young boy to a big man!

Parley big man, Mr. Cabinet Seeker
Mr. Chief Speaker still packing the heat-ah
Drove real fast, too fast for the cheetah
Now we run an army, roll that much deeper

Mr. my majesty, you can take a seat, sir
Couldn't give a fuck if you're J, Paul, or Peter
Pumping these fists with a ANC t-shirt
Funny got so man can I take him as I see sir

Township boy, fourteen, so militant
Bow to the molotov, throw so diligent
Accurate marksman, got good vision
Cool well he got to be, neckaline, finishing

pa-rum-pum-pum-pum pum-pum-pum what finishing
collaborators, traitors, centipede
Give this boy religious, so much that's suspicious
Hunt the man down, know too many businesses

rum-pum, rum-pum, rum-pm-pum pum-pum
rum-pum, rum-pum, rum-pm-pum pum-pum
rum-pum, rum-pum, rum-pm-pum pum-pum
rum-pum, rum-pum, rum-pm-pum pum-pum

What's in your boy with kalashnikov gun
AK-47 like a toy for the fun
shoot you where you stand if you want to act dumb
pa-rum-pum-pum-pum pum-pum-pum pum-pum-pum

Comments

[echan]

OMG THIS VID. The song is really well chosen, and the story, you translated it from the film into the vid just brilliantly. I just want to take Wikus out for a beer to share a depressing laugh about how crazy everything got.

ETA: I had to add to my comment and say, I am so impressed you managed to make this vid happy while still having the same story as the film. I have Feelings about the themes and issues in the film, and it always makes me cry when I see it. This vid still had those elements, but magically, without cheapening them or glossing over, you made it happy, I was able to giggle at the absurdity in places. This is a masterpiece, to me, for that trick of tone you pulled off. Very well done, festividder.