Santa Sightings Everywhere
savoring the view
Santa's surfing Hawaii
what the O-a-hu
ride tides kangaroos
boogieboarding Sidney plays
the didgeridoos
beach boy Santa Clause
surfs up California
let's give him applause
sheaves saw ya'll
the spirt of the fodder gonna get ya'll!
heathens and transgressers!
the people of sata!
the devil is yo' God!
and ya'll live in shame.
But the real God, Of Moochie Pecha, I s gonna send
the spirt of Bifer in the body of the scarecrow
to make you, transgressing
fornicates repent!
When the Scarecrow rises
we are gonna point out these devils!
The Devil, The Devil, The Devil !
Black mantis and lex luther, will
Chant from the Cootin Gia, and all you
Satans shall see the Scarecrow
and shall bow, to worship the
rightful God
Bizarro!
MULALE MUMTENDELE
The sun slept but
failed to rise from October's bottom
Darkness has covered
Our motherland
The bright light which
Was leading our
Way to the promised land
Has faded out
We will never hearken to
The sky's plea with us
To stop pinching her ears
With thunderous wails
Infa has driven spears into
Our hearts
He has incarcerated
The bearer of our sorrows
Behind the bars of Kumanda
And it's only cold tears that
Can calm the pain
Comrades, Let's
Wallow to the baobab of time
And take rest at her feet
Let's invoke the name of Lesa
To Install a new light
To heal our wounded hearts
Another bright light to
Lead us on our journey
Yea the wounds will heal
But the scars will live on
In our hearts
A trait we'll pass to all
Generations to come ...
Sing with Zambia all of Africa
The unending dirge:
Batata mulale muchibote!
mulale muchibote!
O mulale muchibote!
Batata ba Sata Mulale muchibote!
© Sarpong Kumankoma 2014
Infa....death
Kumanda....the underworld
mulale muchibote .....RIP
Batata ......daddy
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