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Watch This Woman

from Masauko by Masauko

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Watch This Woman- This is a song I wrote while living in South Africa with my wife, back when she was my girlfriend. South Africa, at that time, had the highest rate of rape in the world. The song is a prayer for the protection of women as they walk out into the world every day; a world full of men who have been trained to insult women's bodies, minds and spirits. The song is calling on the ancestors to protect each woman as she tries to do what she has to do. The words in Chewa, "yenda, limbikani mtima" mean go forward and take courage. It was written specifically for my wife and my mother but is dedicated to all women.

lyrics

Watch This Woman
(By Masauko)


Watch this woman walk outside
into a world that's hard at heart

Watch this woman walk outside
with ancestral gifts of light

Watch this woman walk outside
knowing her own potential
knowing love is elemental
it's the feeling that you put
into your song
it's her song

Yenda yenda yenda (go forward)
Limbikani mtima (take courage)
(Chorus)

Watch this woman walk outside
without the fear of pain to lead her

Watch this woman walk outside
into a world that knows it needs her

Watch this woman walk outside
a history with no future,
step into the now with posture,
live the truth that frees her spirit
through her song
it's her song

(Chorus)


Watch this woman coming
with the force that fuels the flower
bringing balance to the hour
it's the consciousness she wears
that is her song
it's her song

(Chorus)

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from Masauko, released June 16, 2019

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Masauko is Malawian-American singer/songwriter, born in Los Angeles while his parents were in political exile. His music is a bridge between his African past and his American present. His primary instruments are the acoustic guitar and the voice. His music has allowed him to work in Los Angeles, South Africa, Malawi, New York and currently Costa Rica.

His new LP is called Masauko. ... more

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