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Identity Apples iam a fat skeleton, resurrecting from the sad memories of dada and dark mysteries of aminism iam buganda i bleed hope i drip the honey of fortune makerere, think tank of africa i dance with you wakimbizi dance iam tanganyika i smell and fester with the smoke of african genesis iam the beginning kilimanjaro the anthill of rituals iam the smile of africa my glee erase the deception of sadness my tooth bling freedom iam myself, iam gambia when others seep with bullets stuck in their stomachs i sneeze copper spoons from my mouth every dawn iam the colombia of africa iam the cinderella of africa where mediums feast with the ghost of kamuzu in mulange trees here spirits walk naked and free iam the land of sensations iam the land of reactions coughing forex blues squandermania i still smell the scent of nehanda’ breath iam african renaissance blooming i stink the soot of chimurenga iam the mute laughter of njelele hills iam soweto swallowed by kwaito and gong iam a decade of wrong and gong iam blister of freedom vomited from the belly of apartheid i see the dawn of the coming sun in madiba ‘s eyebrows iam abuja blast furnace of corruption nigeria, the jerusalem of noblemen, priests, professors and prophets iam guinea i bling with african floridization iam blessed with many tongues my thighs washed by river nile iam the mystery of pyramids iam the graffiti of nefertiti i am the rich breast of nzinga iam switzerland of africa the rhythm of kalahari sunset the rhyme of sahara, yapping, yelping iam damara, iam herero, iam nama, iam lozi, iam vambo iam bitterness, iam sweetness iam liberia iam king kongo mobutu roasted my diamonds into the stink of deep brown blisters frying daughters in corruption microwaves souls swallowed by the beat of ndombolo and the wind of rhumba iam the paris of africa i see my wounds iam rhythm of beauty iam congo iam bantu iam jola iam mandinga i sing of you i sing thixo i sing of ogun i sing of god i sing of tshaka i sing of jesus i sing of children of garangaja and banyamulenge whose sun is dozing in the mist of poverty iam the ghost of mombasa iam the virginity of nyanza iam scarlet face of mandinga iam cherry lips of buganda come sankara, come wagadugu iam msiri of garangadze kingdom my heart beat under rhythm of words and dance iam the dead in the trees blowing with wind, i can not be deleted by civilization. iam not kaffir, iam not khoisun iam the sun breaking from the villages of the east with great inspiration of revolutions its fingers caressing the bloom of hibiscus liberation! Identitätsäpfel ichbin ein fettes Skelett, das wieder aufersteht aus traurigen Erinn'rungen an dada und dunklen Mysterien des Aminismus (1) ichbin buganda (2) ich blute Hoffnung ich tropfe den Honig des Schicksals makerere, Think-tank von Afrika (3) ich tanze mit dir wakimbizi(4) tanz ichbin tanganyika ich stinke und eit're mit dem Rauch afrikanischer Genesis ich bin der Anfang kilimanjaro der Ameisenhügel der Rituale ichbin das Lächeln Afrikas meine Freude tilgt die Täuschung der Traurigkeit mein Zahn blingt(5) Freiheit ichbin ichselbst, ichbin gambia wenn andere aussickern während Kugeln stecken in ihren Mägen schneuze ich Kupferlöffel aus meinem Mund bei jedem Tagesanbruch ich bin das Kolumbien von Afrika ichbin das Aschenputtel von Afrika wo Medien schmausen mit dem Geist von kamuzu in mulange Bäumen (6) hier gehn Geister nackt und frei ichbin das Land der Sinneseindrücke ichbin das Land der Reaktionen huste Forex Blaus Verschwendungssucht ich rieche noch den Duft von nehanda Atem (7) ichbin Afrikanische Renaissance die blüht ich stinke den Ruß von chimurenga (8) ichbin das stumme Lachen von njelele Hügeln (9) ich bin Soweto verschluckt von kwaito(10) und gong ichbin ein Jahrzehnt von wrong/falsch und gong ichbin Blasen der Freiheit gekotzt aus dem Bauch der Apartheid ich sehe den Anbruch des kommenden Sonne in madiba ‘s Augenbrauen (11) ichbin Abuja Hochofen der Korruption Nigeria, das Jerusalem der Edelmänner, Priester, Professoren und Propheten ich bin Guinea ich “bling” mit afrikanischer Floridisierung ichbin gesegnet mit vielen Zungen meine Schenkel, gewaschen vom Nil ichbin das Geheimnis der Pyramiden ich bin das graffito of Nefertiti ich bin die reiche Brust von nzinga (12) ichbin die Schweiz Afrikas der Rhythmus of Kalahari Sonnenuntergang der Reim der Sahara, kläffend, jaulend ichbin damara, ichbin herero, ichbin nama, ichbin lozi, ichbin vambo (13) ichbin Bitterkeit, ichbin Süße ichbin Liberia ichbin König Kongo mobutu röstete meine Diamanten im Gestank von tiefbraunen Blasen briet Töchter in Korruptions-Mikrowellen Seelen geschluckt vom Beat des ndombolo(14) und dem Wind des rhumba ichbin das Paris von Afrika ich seh meine Wunden ichbin Rhythmus der Schönheit ichbin Kongo ichbin Bantu ichbin Jola ich bin Mandinga (15) ich sing von dir ich singe thixo (16) ich sing von ogun (17) ich sing von Gott ich sing von tshaka (18) ich sing von Jesus ich sing von Kindern von garangaja und banyamulenge deren Sonne döst im Nebel der Armut ichbin der Geist von Mombasa ich bin die Jungfräulichkeit von nyanza ichbin scharlachrotes Gesicht von mandinga ichbin Kirschenlippen von buganda Komm Sankara, komm Wagadugu ichbin Msiri vom Garangadse Reich mein Herz schlag unterm Rhythmus von Worten und Tanz ichbin die Toten in den Bäumen die wehen im Wind, ich kann nicht ausgestrichen werden von Zivilisation. Ichbin nicht Kaffer, ich bin nicht Khoisun ichbin die Sonne die anbricht in den Dörfern des Ostens mit großer Inspiration von Revolutionen ihre Finger liebkosen das Blüh'n des Hibiskus
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