"Nikakuona (When I See You)"...

 New song dropping tomorrow and I got a few requests for lyrics...that put a huge smile on this face, no lie...

I am known for writing love songs...pretty words...but this time around, the words are coming so deeply from my heart that its almost dangerous to put them out there. But I have.

So I'm not gonna talk too much about where the song came from. I'll just say that it was raining the day I wrote this song about four days after my first date with the most amazing man I have ever met in my entire life and I've met a bunch hey...don't judge me, he made a HUGE impression! Lol! :)

I just want to say thankyou to him, for inspiring so many beautiful feelings in me.

I also want to say thankyou to Israel, Lazarus, Nzovwa, Kasonde, Eston, Mapalo, Mwila and Suzanna for making this music with me and to Ben for making sure this song sounded so good.  Also many thanks to Carl Hovind for giving me permission to make my own version of the song he originally produced for the ZedWay project. Thankyou to James for never missing a big moment. I love you guys...

And now, the lyrics...

Nikakuona (When I See You)

"They don't understand

  The way you make my heart race

  And my knees shake

  When you touch my hand

  There's no place I'd rather be

  We live in a world

  Where love is so polluted

  Where a boy and a girl

  Is the sum total of confusion

 

  But I know nobody like you

  Your magic makes me move

  Your heart becomes my truth

  Nikakuona

  Mutima wanga uma tunta monga ngoma

  Nikakuona

  Your light shines so bright

  Like love in the moonlight

  I got nothing to lose

  You've got nothing to prove

  We've got something that no one else can deny

  I'll tell the story of us

  To your son as he grows inside me

  A seed that grew out of love

  So strong like the mukwa tree

  How you came out of nowhere

  And swept me off my feet

  Kuliye chinga wele pa kati pa weo na neo

  Mutima wangu ni wako

  I know nobody like you

  Your magic makes me move

  Your heart becomes my truth

  Nikakuona

  Mutima wanga uma tunta monga ngoma

  Nikakuona

  Your light shines so bright

  Like love in the moonlight

  I got nothing to lose

  You've got nothing to prove

  We've got something that no one else can deny..."

For those wondering what the vernacular means...

"Nikakuona..." - When I see you

"Mutima wanga uma tunta monga ngoma..." - My heart beats like a drum

"Kuliye chinga wele pa kati pa weo na neo, mutima wangu ni wako..." - There's nothing that can come between you and I, my heart is yours

I am really really really proud of this song...and for the emotions that it represents. The power to love after pain. The truth in the assumption that rain brings new life and growth and washes away the old, dead and decayed. Belief in possibility because that's all this is...I believe...and so should all of you...

And to you, L.G.N...this journey is already so beautiful with you...thankyou Mudiwa...

Hope you all love the song as much as we do...

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Miss Mahogany...