Franco : Mamou (translation of lyrics)

afro rap asili thats what i thought when i first heard this song in 1991 mombasa kenya.Then the story started to build its a congalese artist,singing in lingala,but i hear it in every bar i go into either early evening or late nearly morning and this is kenya land of swahili na english,i love the sax motif the guitar rif,the rythimic spoken word when young wanna be rap an ragga artists came to the studio, keen to do there take on shabba ranks,bennie man shaun paul,dr dre,snoop,tupac i used to suggest sampling the sax for a track do a homage/ respect track eventually a couple of lads did do something risasi and suzuki used the melody but thet wasnt really the point i was trying to make.too much like just copying. anyway came across this translation and the music is still so sweet after all these years

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• franco
• madilu
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• mamou
• afro
• rap

[Oshoify]

A very BIG Respeck to you my friend for posting this one. The song has blown me ti piecies even though I did not understand a word from it. Now with the translation! And a full version! Jah Know all the while. Thanks a million times.

[munonye5]

Am here again. Understood nothing of what they say - but sh\urely this is music from the bottom of the hearts of men who were born with music. All knowing God knew when best to send suchmen to his people. And these men were in East Africa when we needed them most. Even now they live in our hearts - Africans all of us. Thanks boy for this post.

[OmwanaX]

I had always listened to this song and liked it but I had no idea whatsoever was being said. I thought it was a man crying out his love to this woman called Mamou. Wow, what a different story it turns out to be! Another great song from Africa over the ages.

[anuarite1986]

reminds me when i was young and my daddy used to play it all the time. the good old days.

[irurakn]

beautiful song reminds me of dad Eddie Nyaga Karuri...

[jsmackdat]

10 minutes of pure niceness and thanks for the translation

[sabukeny]

Good music I wonder what lads listen to this days

[KokoShannel]

kitalifa: thanx for sharring the translation. I lways wondered what the message was!

[seppmat]

massive respect to francoo an le tp ok jazz,ur stuff r just incredible!!!!!

[mike55475]

we miss you Franco so much kudos good work you did i learn t how to play guitar from your inspiration

[stephenouma24]

Exactly 22 years since Franco Luambo Makiadi died. R.I.P Franco!

[pr1nceish]

Thank you sooooooooo much whoever uploaded this with the translation too, it takes me way back, when I was still a little boy.