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Kifo Sukari

Kifo Sukari (Death Sugar)


Tamu kwa onja,
asali siagi laana busu

Sweet to taste,
honey butter curse kiss

Kifo sukari binti tamaa ... 
death sugar daughter avarice

Honey bee got sugar daddy greed,
fly girl gon be the take queen

Old men desiring to be young again,
get pocket stung by hip sway ogling

Kijivujivu babu penda ain’t what 
a upepo mwanamke is looking for

A wind woman don’t want gray grandfather love ... 
only kijani sukari do she green sugar want more of

Meri Soch Nu Le Dil Kehna

Meri soch nu padle dil kehnda
Lakh duri sajna per tuhi mrre 
vich
rehnda
MAi hasdi bus nal
Tere khamoshi na dil sehnda
Tu mra sab kuj ve sajna
Kyu barr menu eh kehna 
penda
Tre nal mai jeundi aa na tu 
mre vich
khon ban vehnda
Lyf tere nl he meri jaan tera 
na
japda dill rehda
I love uh so much keh skun 
milda
jaan sun dil has penda
Tre nal ek pal b na bola
Mar mar nilkle o pal mra
Tu beshak mre bin reh sakda
Dil mra duri na sehnda
Meri soch nu padlr dil kehnda

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