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“Rhumba Japani” is a party anthem that features as the penultimate song off Sauti Sol’s fourth studio album Midnight Train. It is the second major collaborative effort from artists on the band’s record label Sol Generation Records (after “Extravaganza” in May 2019) with the exception of Xenia Manass...
[Intro: Wuod Omollo]
Ooh, ooooh
Ooh, ooooh
Ooh, ooooh
Ooh, ooooh
[Verse 1: Kaskazini]
Kuna rhumba ya Juja, na ni ya ma-boy
Ukisaka mitumba, nenda rhumba ya Toi
Kuna rhumba ya Kibich, utajua hujui
Kuna rhumba for all you niggas, ila rhumba Japani
Ndio rhumba
[Verse 2: Bensoul]
Kuna rhumba ya State House, iko chini ya maji (Yeah, okay)
Kuna rhumba ya bunge, yeah, ya majambazi (Yo, yo)
Ukileta ujinga, utalala ndani (Wueh!)
Kuna rhumba for all you niggas, lakini rhumba Japani
Ndio rhumba
[Chorus 1: Sauti Sol, Kaskazini and Bensoul]
Hapa ni wapi? (Ni wapi?)
Tumezungukwa na shisha na shashamani (Oh, no, no)
Mapochopocho na vinywaji mbalimbali
Wengine wanatapika wakizirai (Wakizirai, yeah)
Hapa ni wapi? (Sol Generation)
Wanatutwanga mapicha, ni paparazzi (Oh, no, no)
Tumezungukwa na warembo geti kali
Tunazitoka na style za kizamani
[Post-Chorus: Bensoul]
Ah! Ah
Zoom!
Skrr! skrr!
[Verse 3: Xenia Manasseh]
Kuna rhumba ya Westie, ya mabeshte
Kwa mashinani, sheki your waisti
Rhumba ni nyepesi, isikuwe kesi
Kuna rhumba for all my niggas, ila rhumba Japani
Ndio rhumba
[Verse 4: Nviiri the Storyteller]
Kuna rhumba Karura, ya kupanda miti
Ukiwa Koinange, hakunanga risiti, eh, ai
Rhumba Oyole, hiyo ni ya mangwati
To all of my hoes and all of my niggas, rhumba Japani
Ndio rhumba, ohh
[Chorus 2: Sauti Sol, Kaskazini and Xenia Manasseh]
Hapa ni wapi?
Tumezungukwa na ma-bouncer na machuani
Kuna mapedi, mapoko, pia mapinji (Eh, eh, yeah, eh)
Na wanaseti michele kwenye vinywaji (Kwenye vinywaji)
Hapa ni wapi?
Kuna visanga, vioja mahakamani (Vioja mahakamani)
Wapenzi wapigana mate hadharani (Oh, ohh, oh, oh)
Wengine wanatekana nyuma ya taxi (Nyuma ya taxi)
[Post-Chorus: Bensoul]
Zoom!
Skrr! skrr!
[Verse 5: Okello Max and Bensoul]
Nitie rhumba obunga, mano mar jothurwa (Ah, zoom!)
To kidwa bilo mbuta, rieri yo manyatta (Okay! Yeba!)
Yawuoi orwaka akala, to nyiwa ondiso avunja (Skrr! skrr! Avunja!)
Kuna rhumba for all you niggas, lakini rhumba Japani
Ndio rhumba, ahh
[Interlude: Bien-Aimé and Chris Kiomo]
Ahh
Sol Generation, you know
Hii shit imeniweka zone, inatamba
Ahh
[Chorus 3: Sauti Sol and Kaskazini]
Hapa ni wapi?
Waheshimiwa wako nje kwa foleni
Na raia wako ndani, wajivinjari
Wanazitoka na style, ni za kiodi
Hapa ni wapi?
Ma-watchie wote wameleta utiaji
Wakafungia wakubwa nje ya party
Wakawachia ofisi wafanyikazi
Rhumba Japani was written by Savara Mudigi & Willis Chimano & Polycarp Otieno & Bien (Kenya) & Nviiri the Storyteller & Xenia Manasseh & Bensoul.
Rhumba Japani was produced by Wuodomollo Beats & Piapod Jamie & Kagwe Mungai & Mutoriah & Sauti Sol.
Sauti Sol released Rhumba Japani on Fri Jun 05 2020.
There's a Congolose band called Rhumba Japan. We used to go watch them play at a pub in Nairobi after our practice to avoid rush hour bus fare because that's when it was affordable to go home. The jam is an ode to them and the significance of those times in our journey. https://t.co/TQfVtxY6Im— SAUT...