Transcript · Italian → English
Congolese Song Lyrics Analysis
Ah yes, I ask myself.
Ah yes, I ask myself.
God, I ask myself.
Yahweh, I ask myself.
Black skin, where does it come from?
Black skin, where does it come from?
Who was our ancient ancestor?
Jesus, the Son of God, is white.
Adam and Eve are white.
All the saints are white.
Why is that?
Ah yes, I ask myself.
I ask myself.
Ah yes, I ask myself.
God, I ask myself.
Yahweh, I ask myself.
In the holy books that we see,
all the saints are white. Eh,
all the angels are also white.
But if it is the Devil, he is a Black person.
Where did this injustice come from,
oh mother?
Ah yes, I ask myself.
I ask myself.
Ah yes, I ask myself.
Oh God, I ask myself.
Where does black skin come from?
Where does the Black person come from?
The colonizers locked up our minds like this.
They rejected the statues of our ancestors.
Yet our ancestors, they do not accept.
But in the house of God, we see:
We pray with rosaries in our hands.
We pray before statues filling the house.
Yet they are all statues of white people. Why,
God?
Ah, I ask myself.
Eh, eh, eh, eh.
Ah, I ask myself.
Oh God, I ask myself.
Oh God, I ask myself.
White prophets, we believe in them.
But black people, they don't believe in them.
Why, God, did you make us like this?
Africa, our eyes are open.
Africa, let us not fall behind,
mama.
Ah, I ask myself.
I ask myself.
Oh, oh,
oh, oh.
Ah, I ask myself.
Ah, I ask myself.
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Original transcript (Italian)
Ah eee, nako mituna kao. Ah eee, nako mituna kao. Nzambe nako mituna kao. Yawe nako mituna kao. Poso mwindo, ewutande wapi o?
Poso mwindo, ewutande wapi o? Koko na biso ya kala ye nani ye. Yesu Mwana Nzambe ye ndemondele. Adamu na Eva bango ndemindele. Basantu nyonso bango ndemindele.
Pona nini o? Ah eee, nako mituna kao. Naa, mituna kao. Ah eee, nako mituna kao. Nzambe nako mituna kao.
Yawe nako mituna kao. Ba bukwa Nzambe tomonaka boye. Basantu nyonso potosemindele. Eh, ba njelu nyonso bango semindele. Sokiza bulu oto moto moyindo.
Injustice utande wapi o na mama? Ah eee, nako mituna kao. Nako mituna kao. Ah eee, nako mituna kao.
Nzambe oh nako mituna kao. Poso mwindo ewutande wapi o? Moto mwindo awutande wapi o? Banoko bakanga biso maye boye. Bikekwa bakoko bango baboyaka.
Kisa bakoko bango bandimaka te. Kasi nanda kwa Nzambe biso tomonaka. Tokosambela chapelle na maboko. Tokosambela bikeko bitondindako. Kasi bikeko ya ndose mindele. Pona
nini Nzambe? Ah eee, nako mituna kao. Eh, eh, eh, eh. Ah eee, nako mituna kao. Nzambe oh nako mituna kao.
Nzambe oh nako mituna kao. Ba prophètes ya mindele biso bandimaka. Kasi abato mwindo bango bandimaka te. Pona nini Nzambe osala biso boye? Africa biso efungwi ami.
Africa tiasamba nsima te na mama. Ah eee, nako mituna kao. Nako mituna kao. Oh, oh,
oh, oh. Ah eee, nako mituna kao. Ah eee, nako mituna kao.
