Jackline Malavanu - The Silenced Villain Lyrics

I don't know how it feels to be hungry and have someone hung me
Or look for food and instead have a bomb in
But I know exactly how it feels to be angry have nothing in
I was five when we had our first hustle
Just I and my mom in our little castle
When the Uyoga we used to eat was gone
When the money she had was none
When only one meal was fine
But still couldn't have one
I saw how hard it was to go to school when you have marasmus
When you were shoeless and got tetanus
I know how hard it is to fight for your dreams when food is your only fantasy
Or even dream to be great
When teeth are the only things you can grate
At those times
I would go to the streets with my gang
And yes we were young
From our homes we would run
They called us Watoto wa Mtaani
Because Tulizagaa Barabarani
Smoking the few paper cigarrettes Njiani
And no Hatukugusa Kamjani
We always moved like a fleet
With our shoeless tiny feet
In our clothes that didn't fit
We jogged through the dumpy streets
Once we heard there was a feast
Even though the food couldn't fill a fist
I remember scouting to the wedding at the rivers Ng'ambo
I remember shouting tunaomba ubwabwa
I still remember the black nylons that we called Rambos
In them they'd throw rice to us starting the scrambles
And whoever won the royal ramble
Went home with a full Tumbo
Definitely not me
But thats okay, because now hunger knows me
Because when he tried to catch me I slipped
Every time he tried to hatch me
I made my shell harder
Every time he wanted to paint me weak
I acted bolder
He shouted hold her, bold her, scold her
I was bleeding but I told him,
You will never break me
And when he came up with definitions
I refused to be defined
When he wanted to confine me to poverty
I refused to be confined
When he put me into the mills of sickness
I refused to be refined
I was bleeding but I told him
You will never break me
So ladies, ikikutaka usell your body
Ndo uwe some body
Tell hunger
You will never break me
Vijana, ikikutaka uuze drugs
Ndo uwe drugged into success
Tell hunger
You will never break me
Leaders, ikikutaka ule rushwa kidogo
Ndo uwe kigogo
Tell hunger
You will never break me
And as for you hunger
Shut up
I am talking to my brothers
Who will feed their sisters
Without being twisters
Shut up
I am talking to my leaders
Who will lead us
And not cut us with taxes and bleed us
Shut up
I am talking to the youth who will invest in agriculture,
And help the fragile not to fracture.
Shut up
I am talking to the future Dangotes who will help the needy
Without the need to steal the ballotes
Shut up
I am talking to a strong generation
That will cut off the chains of starvation
Shut up
I am talking to my people who despise you,
And you will never never break them
Shut up
I am talking to my people who despise you,
And you will never never break them
So, shut up
Shut up