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Show me the way
A confused, young man reminisces about his very first love:
“Oh, poor me, how your love made me strong!”
lyrics
Achako wendi, wendi mora, yie i winjie we- chega yie I bedie buta ka, kiwinja ana nyisi yie I yaona yoo yie I yaona yoo.
Aneno timbegi, timbegi ber na yie I winjie wechega yie ibedie buta ka, kiwinja ananyisi yie I yawna yoo yie I yaona yoo.
Gigomitimo to mora, inemiyaona yoo
Yie I yaona yoo
Yie iyaona yoo inengama winjo kamora
Yie I yaona yoo inengama winjo ka berna
Yie I yaona yoo
Aneno wach moro tobende a kwothni
Jaber imora, jabber imora ka wero
Mor nega kaparo ndalo mane wabedo piny,
kawa wero wendi ka wa buonjo kodi
Aneno dalau, jogi paki, yie I winjie wechega, yie
I bedie buta ka, ki winja ananyisi, yie I yaona yoo yie I yaona yoo
Mornega kaparo ndalo mane wabedo piny
Mornega kaparo ndalo mane waserore
Mornega kaparo ndalo mane waponde mutho
Jaber imora
Mornega kaparo ndalo mane wabuojo kodi
Mornega kaparo ndalo mane waponde mudho
Mornega kaparo ndalo mane waherore
Jaber imora, Jaber iberna
Hera ni ema mora
Osiepna herani ema ero
Janyao hera ni ema konya
Oberana
credits
from Benga Blues,
released September 6, 2012
Written and arranged by Winyo
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