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Maisha (my life)

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    Jamali
    Yours fatally
    2006
    Liesl Penniken, Mariechan Luiters, Jacqui Carpede
    English, Zulu, Swahili
    2
    4:10
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1HJ0XO0ybU

Maisha, it’s my life
For all those people who want to go around
And go on about other people’s lives

Something's going on you love me, hate me
Something's going on you always irritate me
Something's going on you always playa hater me
Something's going on
Can’t you just play the game with me

Tell them baby girl

Chorus
This is my maisha, maisha
Don’t you mess with my maisha, maisha
Coz if you mess with my maisha, maisha
I will mess with your maisha, maisha

Verse 1
Sister, sister, why you hating me
Don’t you see you are just a wannabe
Don’t you see you can’t get rid of me
So shake it out of here eh
Now you wanna go and playa hater on me
Now you wanna go and talk and talk on me
Now you wanna go and be my enemy

Repeat Chorus

Verse 2
….
Look who’s here now
Looks like you cannot hold it down
It takes two to tango
Me and you baby, on the dancefloor
Sister, sister, what you want from me
You are nothing compared to me
Sister, sister, get on out of here
Pass the courvoiseir
Come on, tell them
Pass the courvoiseir (2x)
Hmm
Pass the courvoiseir (2x)

You’ve been hating on me for a long, long time
And you won’t let go
No, no, no
You don’t know who I am inside
You’ve been hating on me for a long, long time
And you won’t let go
No, no, no
You don’t know who I am inside

Repeat Chorus
Hold on girl (2x)

Pupa Sepher Rap

Jamali (2x)
Pass the courvoiseir
Jamali (2x)
Pass the courvoiseir
We wey we we run things
Jamali (2x)
Pass the courvoiseir

Some people will love me, hate me
Some people will always irritate me
Some people will try to playa hater me
Some people will always
Can’t you just play the game with me

Repeat Chorus

© Jamali

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Thandi's picture

These girls are copycats of the highest order but I still be digging their music. Nice video too.

Anonymous's picture

Kenya is the origin of this song. Everything else is a weak copy. Nameless is the man!

Chale's picture

nameless is the man! but it seems Maisha is a popular song all over East Africa and even though Nameless and E-Sir may have released a song called Maisha commercially, they probably don't own lyrics?
Either way, Jamali's version cuts close to copying so I can see the issues arising.
Love this song anyway, Pupa Sepher makes a great addition

Anonymous's picture

What a thief!!! This South African "artist" just blatantly ripped this song from a Kenyan artist called Nameless Total rip off...pay up!!

Swazibella's picture

Look at the bright side... Atleast they copied Nameless and not 50 cent. It all stays within the fam, right?
Anyhow, give them a break, the story has been outdrawn and over stretched, we get the point. And I'm sure they do too.
:-)

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