Dhahabu

from IaM by Athieno

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$0.99 USD or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

Dhahabu (Gold)

Kuikinga ni taabu (Guarding it brings trouble)

Umri wa kumi na tatu (Thirteen years old)

All she wants it to explore her youth

Excited by the buzz that age brings

Daddy did the best that he could do

Kulea msichana ni kazi ngumu (Raising a girl is hard work)

Especially when there’s no mother with

But she wasn’t satisfied with the ground that she stood

So she thought that she would try on someone else’s shoes

Walking ‘round like a grown woman

With a grown man

Situation out of hand

Na sasa amevunja moyo wa baba (Now she has broken her father's heart)

Msichana ameambukizwa (The girl has been infected)

Tena na mimba (And with child)

Dhahabu (Gold)

Kuikinga ni taabu (Guarding it brings trouble)

Mume ana jicho la nje (Husband has a wondering eye)

Likes to spend time with other women

Says he’s lost the spark with wife at home

Mke a’jaribu chochote (Wife tries anything)

Holds the vow that only death should part them

And she doesn’t wanna let him go

But he wasn’t satisfied with the ground that he stood

So he thought that he would try on another woman’s shoes

Na sasa ameanza kukonda (Now he has started losing weight)

Mwilini vidonda (Body riddled with wounds)

Damu anakohoa (Coughing blood)

Na amevunja moyo wa mwana (And he has broken his child's heart)

‘Kamowona mama akifa (Watching mother dying)

‘Kamwacha yatima (Left orphaned)

Dhahabu (Gold)

Kuikinga ni taabu (Guarding it brings trouble)

Be satisfied with the ground that you stand

Because the grass is green right where you are

The neighbours lawn isn’t always better

No need to covet his treasure

Just guard your gold kwa sababu kiuikinga ni taabu

Dhahabu (Gold)

Kuikinga ni taabu (Guarding it brings trouble)

credits

from IaM, released April 4, 2016
Engineered and mixed by Annette Oduor

Electric Guitar – Jacob Sibi-Okumu
Keys - Annette Oduor
Bass – Grant Rudd

license

about

Athieno Nairobi, Kenya

Born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, Athieno is a performing singer, pianist, songwriter, music producer and audio engineer who has skillfully and creatively fused her musical influences in R&B, Jazz, Funk, Hip-Hop, Gospel and African music into her signature African-infused urban music. ... more