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Sampa The Great – Mwana (2019) | Track profile | Dork

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Sampa The Great
The Return
Mwana

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Sampa The Great

Mwana

Release date: 13th September 2019

From The Return

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About This Track

"Mwana" is a track by Sampa The Great, from the album The Return, released 13th September 2019. It's filed under Hip-Hop/Rap. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Sampa The Great.

About the Artist

Sampa The Great

Sampa The Great

Lyrics

Mwana

We mwana

Ndi naiwe

We mwana wandi

Ndi naiwe

Ulemfwaya elyo ndi naiwe

Naba naiwe inshita yonse

Ndi naiwe

(My child

I’ve been with you all this time

You’re looking for me but I am with you)

[Chorus]

Ayeh

Mwana wandi ikala panshi

Ikala panshi ikala panshi

Ndi naiwe

(My child sit down, sit down, sit down

I am with you)

Ayeh

Mwana wandi ikala panshi

Ikala panshi ikala panshi

Ndi naiwe

I can see them right beside me

I cannot tell

Why can’t I tell?

I can feel them

Right beside me

All through the hell

I cannot fail

Don’t give up on me

[Chorus]

Ayeh

Mwana wandi ikala panshi

Ikala panshi ikala panshi

Ndi naiwe *2

I guess I found my fortune

I don’t need home to feel important

But I need a feeling of peace

I’m not broken

Searching but soft spoken

Leaning up to the ether

Wonder if ancestors been living

On through my ugh

My DNA

Been searching for what’s inside of me

Physically displaced

And spiritually erased

Unceded space

This is a war about face

Physically sentenced us

Spiritual exodus

Kidnapped

I’m in space

But my own don’t recognise voice

Don’t know my face

Pace

This is a war about face

Physically sentenced us

Spiritual exodus

[Chorus]

Ayeh

Mwana wandi ikala panshi

Ikala panshi ikala panshi

Ndi naiwe *2

Mwanje

All the tears I felt

All the pain I felt

To find myself

I found myself again

All the strength I found

Feet are on the ground

They walked this ground again

I walk this ground again

Don’t cry again

Don’t be afraid

The voice I’ve found has said

Don’t cry again

Don’t be afraid

[Chorus]

Ayeh

Mwana wandi ikala panshi

Ikala panshi ikala panshi

Ndi naiwe *8

We mwana wandi

Naba naiwe inshita yonse

Ulemfwaya elyo ndi naiwe

Sampa!

(My child

I’ve been with you all this time

You’re looking for me but I am with you)

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Track details

From The Return

2019

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Album

Sampa The Great

13th September 2019

Release year

2019

1Mwana (feat. Mwanje Tembo, Theresa Mutale Tembo & Sunburnt Soul Choir)
4:28
2Freedom
4:06
3Wake Up (Interlude)
0:54
4Time’s Up (feat. Krown)
2:34
5Grass Is Greener
3:32
6Dare to Fly (feat. Ecca Vandal)
4:23
7Any Day (feat. Whosane)
4:18
8OMG
2:34
9Light It Up (Interlude)
2:16
10Final Form
3:37
11Heaven (feat. Whosane)
2:56
12Diamond in the Ruff (feat. Thando & Krown)
4:55
13Leading Us Home
4:06
14Summer (feat. Steam Down)
4:25
15Brand New (feat. SILENTJAY)
3:49
16Give Love (Interlude)
2:22
17The Return (feat. Thando, Jace XL, Alien & Whosane)
9:18
18Don’t Give Up (feat. Mandarin Dreams)
7:04
19Made Us Better (feat. Blue Lab Beats, Boadi & Lori)
6:21
—Diamond in the Ruff
—Don’t Give Up
—Heaven
—Made Us Better
—Summer
—Any Day
—Dare to Fly
—Time’s Up
—Brand New
—The Return
—Mwana

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Mwanjé, Perrin Moss, Sampa The Great
Producer: Perrin Moss