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DON FOR WKAT OFFICIAL VIDEO
DON FOR KWAT LYRIC - JOVI
written by Nforche Gerald
ask petit dem for kwat
i de for here for helep
early morning time i de veranda with cheleps
bring me cool shark open nam with teeth
when i drink drunk show me any wall for piss
when i finish shark, i di turn chak chak
take yi go for house blowam then i turn start chak
u di talk for kwat say i be banga boy
you di beg mimbo you be langa boy
enough said my enemies are not dead
by the time i am done with them
the boys dem go come frere
you go see blood because you di run mob
you di bark you no di bite
oh boy you be ngong dog
no di high like gari mob di smell like wuarri
i fresh i fresh (-)
my story short e no get part two
don for wkat i say je suis partout
chorus x2
me i be na don fro kwat
oh boy i be na don fro kwat
i di lob,
i do ma thing kwata style
pity yourself
i beg no pity me
the whole club said i di cause epidemie
the with the delivery
i bring much pain
i join your own mind in misery
she kill me
oh feel me
(-) all the park boys di feel me
it's strange
it's change
my money comes things will never be the same
i'll rather kick the bucket
than have an empty pocket
fast way fast money
shield like a rocket
ahead aheah
i go finish my fufu
when the money comes she go give me the tutu
and when i nack am the nkum nkum go tight
we go pound am turn am till the nkum nkum is ripe
massa no be lie
me i be na don
i don don sute strong
what have I never done?
chorus x2
me i be na don fro kwat
oh boy i be na don fro kwat
i di lob,
i do ma thing kwata style
Cameroonian rap sensation Jovi finally unveils to the media and the great public, his official album cover artwork designed by video director February 16th. With his first single Don 4 Kwat currently enjoying heavy rotation on Trace TV, there is now a huge demand for the much talked about H.I.V.
album. The Mumak rapper is reputed for spitting out the most creative
breathtaking lyrics in both English and the native Pidgin English that
relate and connect with his people’s lifestyle.
The H.I.V. album has been tipped by many pundits as the album that will re-brand and revolutionize Kamer hip hop. H.I.V.
is scheduled for release this December 2011 on iTunes and other online
stores under Mumak Records. As for the physical distribution of the
album, fans you will have to wait for a short while!
DON FOR KWT is is my favourite song at the moment.
Jovi's Don for kwat is one of the few camer songs that have met with great succes. but the succes has not gone without bitter criticism from some people many of whom are his friends. some have challenged him to stop plagiarising beats and other artists' style. they query his 'stolen' beat and some even say he is a proud for nothing Cameroonian. let us look at some of these criticisms below:
Remixing is a derivative art-form, meaning music built from a recorded song either by copying the hook, chorus or an element of the instrumental which appeals to you . Remixing instrumentals have become a norm in contemporary urban music with the fluid evolvement of heavily synthesized digital softwares . US artist Girl Talk is the most famous for creating an entire album using sounds from other music and cutting it to his own. Criticism and controversy on P-Square has been outrageous as a majority of their hit songs have been derivative forms of other recorded music or a mere sampling of western songs;, Last night ,Get squared , Game over, ”Bizzy body’, Danger , ”Omoge mi” , just to name a few are quintessences. Remixing and sampling is used by artists as an easy strategy or short-cut to garner quick attention and popularity. As this strategy worked like magic for P-Square and ” now the don di troway”, budding Cameroonian acts seem to have plunged into the same pool . Big Bzy remixed Akon’s ”Belly Dancer” , Steveslil remixed T-Pain’s ”Buy you a drank” to ”Buy you shack” , King Aluan recently remixed ”Chop ma money” to ” mange mon argent” , ”Don 4 kwat to ” Pa 4 kwat ” etc and criticism gets rave as pundits consider this a non-creative aspect or ”gate-scratching” on another’s success. Are these all acts of plagiarism ? . On the other hand, some artists remix or sample songs just to increase fidelity on the older song which may have degraded. Variety of reasons flourish.
But what we should remember is few stars have not copied. Michael Jackson copied something from Manu Dibango and so copying goes to mean that man must depend on another. you cannot succeed in space, can you? so Jovi and the others guys have plugged in a new era of Camer Hip Hop.
The Slave's Tale
-1787-
In long prodigious rows we humans lay
Meditating, some wide-eyed not to say
Tear tracks dry on our black paling cheeks.
They now submissive despite the reeks.
A cough here, a huff there. A groan here
A croak there.A curse far afield, a stifle near.
A prayer whimpered here, a shiver rippling
There. A horrid sight it was, a grappling.
Nforche
Gerald's poetry shows a mastery of his subject matter-slavery, the evils of such a period and the
trade itself in the 17 and 18 centuries through his efficeint use of the first person point of view. He takes us back to the slave
period through the aid of Ali Loé, a young boy from Duala Cameroon, captured in his village by whites. He tells his
story- his birth, capture, transportation, sale and slavery. This terrible narration will bring tears to every eyes as the poet paints a vivid picture through images-
…I weeping for myself; fathers lamenting
Their arid bodies wrinkled from shrieking
Their voices screeching in ancestral pledge
Causing our hold to climax to a piteous dirge.
and it shouldd be noted that the slaves are cruelly treated. They have no decent beds and are always shackled to the walls. their food is terrible and we are told the rats eat from their bodies and bugs habour them.
Light strained in through rat nibbled openings
Else we would have left the hold like blind goblins
Vicious to the point of abandonment
Scuffling for blood, mokala’s disbursement.
Aided by the scurrying light, my head worked
East, west, south and north, on shoulders, rocked-
Acquainting itself with the crampy hold
Taking in every detail for any bolt.
In long prodigious rows we humans lay
Meditating, some wide-eyed not to say
Tear tracks dry on our black paling cheeks.
They now submissive despite the reeks.
A cough here, a huff there. A groan here
A croak there.A curse far afield, a stifle near.
A prayer whimpered here, a shiver rippling
There. A horrid sight it was, a grappling.
Water poured from everybody pore
The heat, baking us dead, bringing every sore.
Merrying with itches that chewed our lean bodies.
The bugs tickling us to great agonies.
That pungent stench, from decaying beings:
Men awake whilst parts decayed in rings.
I was nauseated, my eyes reeling, pained
My stomach flaring to throw up content.
"Another collection enters the African poetry / Anglophone Cameroon Poetry shelf with a punch of brilliance… a touch of originality…a voice with unique effervescence… a mind clear and untainted by cruel poetic fevers, a poetic style with refreshing vivacity… Gerald Nforche comes out forcibly and convincingly as a poet with an independent creative acuity.
"A soul searching probe into individual and collective consciousness which is by turns melancholic, neoclassical, farcical, candid, conversational, and amorous, exposing the poet's quest for fulfillment and comprehension as he attempts to decode his society."
Dzekashu MacViban
PHANTOMS OF SOMNOLENCE
FOREWORD
In
this collection of forty poems, the voice of a young poet (probably the
youngest on the Cameroonian poetry landscape) unleashes a soulful cry
against the phantoms that have invaded and taken control of the African
continent. The collection shows that the poet has an expansive
consciousness which allows him to stride across different forms of evil
(phantoms) that bedevil his society. While confronting the forces that
continually rape the African continent, Nforche is also concerned with
his plight as an African child. He daringly questions the demons of his
childhood ranging from the existential problem of being born without a
choice, and growing under strict (or do I say abusive?) parenthood.
The poems seem to be the product of a consciousness that has suffered
repression in varied forms. Nforche seems to have encountered too many
phantoms in his rather short life. He uses his poetry therefore as a
means of standing up to these challenges. One of such is the questioning
of his art or ability to write poetry especially because he is not a
scholar. He takes a controversial position by playing back to his
critics that art is “shaped” not “learned”.
Another
collection enters the African poetry / Anglophone Cameroon Poetry shelf
with a punch of brilliance… a touch of originality… a voice with unique
effervescence… a mind clear and untainted by cruel poetic fevers, a
poetic style with refreshing vivacity… Gerald Nforche comes out forcibly
and convincingly as a poet with an independent creative acuity."Another collection enters the African poetry / Anglophone Cameroon Poetry shelf with a punch of brilliance… a touch of originality…a voice with unique effervescence… a mind clear and untainted by cruel poetic fevers, a poetic style with refreshing vivacity… Gerald Nforche comes out forcibly and convincingly as a poet with an independent creative acuity.
"A soul searching probe into individual and collective consciousness which is by turns melancholic, neoclassical, farcical, candid, conversational, and amorous, exposing the poet's quest for fulfillment and comprehension as he attempts to decode his society."
Dzekashu MacViban
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