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

[condnsdmlk]

Awesome vid! I love this song to bits, cool to see it vidded - and to District 9 no less! :) \o/

I spent ages listening to the song - figuring out the lyrics - as I hope to vid the song in future; hope it's ok to post what I had down for the lyrics - if I don't do it now I'll forget to mention it after reveals! I've bracketed text where I'm still not 100% sure of what is said and cut what was cut for the vid:

14 year old boy with Kalashnikov Gun
AK-47 like a toy for the fun
shoot you where you stand if you want to act dumb
parappapapampapappaapampum
BFG that's Big Fucking Gun
township giant like - fee-fo-fi-fum
burn down this slum to the ground if it burn
parappapapampapappaapampum
girls:

[repeat]

how he went from a young boy to a big man:

[poly-big] man mister cabinet seat
mister chief speaker still packing the heat
hot draw real fast too quick for the cheat
now we run the army, roll that much deeper

mister my majesty you can take a seat sir
couldn't give a fuck if you're Jane or a Peter
pumping his fists with the ANC T-shirt
poly-ghetto man can I take him out like Caesar

township boy 14 so militant
down with the Malatov
throw so diligent
accurate marksman
got good visioning
cool when he got to be
make a lift
finish it
purupupupum
well finish it
collaborators, traitors, sentences
nervous boy defended so much - they're suspicious
hunt the man down - owns too many businesses
rum pum rum ruppupum pum pum

[chorus]

[kass]

Oh, awesome; thank you so much for sharing your version of the lyrics! Let me know if you ever do vid this song; I'd love to see what you do with it.