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Oct 2015
jinga, jinga my sister
it's a true- vex world
jinga my sister
nothing makes sense
jinga my sister
it's a shake-your-head fix
where we're headed
i don't know jinga
oh the aches in my heart
jinga my little sister
what a drag it is
feeling so helpless
watching you get mauled
by the drooling wolves of suburbia
oh jinga i'm hurting inside
but time sometimes does wait
so show them jinga
a daughter saving a nation
Inspired by the lyrics of 'Jinga' a song done by Biggie Tembo one-time frontman of Zimbabwe's inimitable jit jive outfit, The Bundu Boys. He did this song as part of an album called 'Out of Africa' done with The Ocean City Band. Biggie was singing about bewilderment in a world that was changing too much for his liking. One day they found him dead hanging from the beam in a psychiatric ward. Ooh Biggie!
david mungoshi
Written by
david mungoshi  Gweru, Zimbabwe
(Gweru, Zimbabwe)   
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