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Danama

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    Danama includes 12 songs and a booklet with explanations about the album and each track. The booklet also includes the lyrics for each song! All written in French and English !

    Danama comprend 12 chansons ainsi qu'un livret contenant des explications sur l'album et sur chaque titre. Le livret comporte aussi les lyrics de chacune des chansons ! Le tout rédigé en français et en anglais !

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1.
Nahel 03:55
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Apologies we can start again The bridge ain't burnt so we can start again Don’t know what I learned but this ain't the end But when it is, I'll leave it all open I was driving in the ghetto all day last week Didn’t see one husk of a bus or a burnt out street, If you ain’t really looking you’d be surprised by what ain’t seen When the state is slick they keep Main Street clean When Nanterre was burning, Central Paris was pristine and that shit's obscene When Nahel got shot it didn’t mean nothing & it definitely didn’t stop the machine. This civil war is subterranean despite everybody that be gaming it With thumbs instead of guns until all them guns finally become available. Where I am is Parcheesi and Yahtzee but as predictable as this line is there’s a deep mine of Nazis chipping at excuses goose stepping way beyond shocking Pause for me Kamalenia toumala djossi ti la bandon Soungourounia toumala djossi ti la bandon Demiseninia toumala djossi ti la bandon Djossi ti la bandon djossi ti la bandon Incredible How we so predictable Despicable Fear is a dirigible About to explode Populist modes Simplest code Governing trolls Will never let go So stay out the fold To hate we say no Cuz if we don’t We go up in smoke Loose all the hope Humanity chokes Stand up to calamity make Humanity float Save the planet damnit come and hand me my coat Rise with me Yeah fly with me Come on rise with me Yeah fly with me Come on rise with me Kamalenia toumaye djossi ti la bandon Soungourounia toumaye djossi ti la bandon Demiseninia toumala djossi ti la bandon Djossi ti la bandon djossi ti la bandon Apologies we can start again The bridge ain't burnt so we can start again Don’t know what I learned but this ain't the end But when it is, we leave it all open
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Nbendia 03:37
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Mike: Hey Mamani you're all right? Mamani: Hey Mike, kobedi? Nbendia, Arat kilo, on est a l'aise! Nbendia Nbendia la foroba sanou la ne nbendia Nbendia la foroba fini la ne nbendia Nbendia kandia kandia kandia Laid back like a commodore Keep it easy like a Sunday morn' Threadgill’s red pompadour When I chill, I chill off shore I sleep eight despite the war That way I can fight some more Fight for peace seeps out my pores I put in work before the score Nbendia la foroba wari la ne nbendia Nbendia la foroba sanou la ne nbendia Nbendia la foroba fini la ne nbendia Nbendia kandia kandia Kandia Nbendia kandia kandia kandia Nbendia la foroba wari la ne nbendia Nbendia la foroba sanou la ne nbendia Nbendia kone bendia la ne nbendia la konetara Laid back like a commodore Keep it easy like a Sunday morn' Threadgill’s red pompadour When I chill, I chill off shore I sleep eight despite the war That way I can fight some more Fight for peace seeps out my pores I put in work before the score Nbendia la foroba wari la ne nbendia Nbendia la foroba sanou la ne nbendia Nbendia la foroba fini la ne nbendia Nbendia kandia kandia kandia
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Bang Rails 03:44
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Bang rails from the belfry Rails from the belfry Rails from the belfry Bang rails from the belfry Rails from the belfry Rails from the belfry Bang rails from the belfry Rails from the belfry Maloya se ne yorola Maloya geni yorola Maloya moni yorola Maloya maloya Ecclesiastical heralds Choking on corn dogs at the Cathedral mall mega scroll The sea been dead Awash with severed thumbs Where we live now They murdered priests for tyranny Health care and a pass on hypocrisy From where they kill They kill with unity Let alone black humanity Circle the world enough it will turn upside down You will need roach-oil Snake skin from 186 & GCC To climb these bars Maloya se ne ke yorola Maloya moni ke yorola Maloya geni ye yorola Maloya maloya Maloya se ne yorola Maloya geni yorola Maloya moni yorola Maloya maloya Cathartic bombarders and cheerleaders Convene at the megachurch Slash pizza hut and pillow store Direct descendants of pogrom pushers The real architects behind zionist rhetoric The sorry history of eurocentics Sick Christians plague infested Small pox injectors If civilization is electric Pull the plug I’ll reject it Candle light collectives My elective Can’t trust it less you surf it So work it Disaster you can’t flirt with it Maloya se ne yorola Maloya geni yorola Maloya moni yorola Maloya maloya
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Eternity 04:30
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Fademaouyo bademaouyo sindimaouyo Yeredon touma sera Fademaouyo bademaouyo sindimaouyo Yeredon touma sera Betting on eternity Rolling for eternity Ninko touma sera Fasoyo touma la Yeredon touma sera Betting on eternity Betting on eternity Raw bridge down deep Filament alight Mamal got a number Human beings we be parasites If I was Frances Cress Sipping whiskey and water cress Blowing out the Buddah bless My theory would be like this White aliens landed on the plains Of Ukraine Poland and russia mostly slavic terrain That's why it’s all flat now Neanderthal codes how We made excuses for them They will devour the whole planet while I can’t shake my dogmatic bigotisms It could be racism If it was me that ran the system Give me 50 more years and 75 divisions Retribution crash collision Retribution crash collision Retribution crash collision Fademaouyo bademaouyo sindimaouyo Yeredon touma sera Fademaouyo bademaouyo sindimaouyo Yeredon touma sera Ninko touma sera Fasoyo touma la Yeredon touma sera Light rails travel so in years To the gold sphere The plain They descend from The celestial nape One duplicates Two accelerate To the inverse apex If only my nephew and father were here to explain this These physics, optics The light in motion like Delany stories What will be our strategy? Will people even want to restore democracy? Or is every single side so sick of hypocrisy They'd rather go to war Cuz it confirms reality All facts seem false except for mortality All fake news except for blood On your bally's b We up against a wall of Assad mentalities And none of these people are attractive in real life I'm still betting on eternity Betting on eternity I'm still betting on eternity Rolling for Eternity I'm still betting on eternity
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Barala 04:30
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The world is rugged And we just been surfing Everybody at work But nothing is working The grind is the grind Until the end times Keep ya head up We deep in the mines Nah it ain’t about paper Don’t put me on paper I read all your papers The ledgers of slavers There won’t be a sequel I’m threading the needle So tear down the steeple Humanity’s traitors I’m fighting for equal I know how to reach you I don’t wanna teach you But now there’s no later Bara bara aonbe barala Bara bara aonbe barala Aonbe barala tielou be barala Aonbe barala mousso be barala Aonbe barala demisin be barala Bara bara aonbe barala Papa we done with the bombs Mama we sung all the songs Gimme one more Barala Barala Papa we done with the bombs Mama we sung all the songs Gimme one more We are a people And we been a people And we’ll be a people When you’re out of favor Your murder was legal Our labor illegal You raider we regal We lava in creators This is the time It’s all on the line No quarters & dimes We taking these mines There won’t be a sequel I’m threading the needle So tear down the steeple Humanity’s traitors I’m fighting for equal I know how to reach you I don’t wanna teach you But now there’s no later Let the other side get its shine Stay out the way when we unwind Like a dervish spin sublime Stay out the way when we unwind Barala Barala Barala Barala Bump kick we grinding Bump kick we grinding…
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Suntight 05:01
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Kora ne niana Sou makoroba dougou kora ne niana Kora ne niana Kile makoroba dougou kora ne niana Kora ne niana Sou makoroba dougou kora ne niana Kora ne niana dougou djera ne niana We gonna break it till it’s day Yeah, it was something that you said You coulda kept it to yourself Now the horizon is red This a fire glow This is fire snow Watch the embers show What we could have been Kora ne niana dougou djera ne niana That’s the sun right there Be quiet and listen It will rise right here So hold your position Kora ne niana dougou djera ne niana Out all night Club light fused with daylight Shoes too tight The haze just right Kora ne niana dougou djera ne niana That’ll work from back in the day Speaking of which Let’s walk to the river Wash in the water Like ancient women Who build a nation With conversation Sun rays landing on my land Every play need a change of plan Sunrise landing on my land Every play need a change of plan Sun rays landing on my land Kera ne niana dougou djera ne niana Kera ne niana dougou djera ne niana Kera ne niana dougou djera ne niana These days I’m more poly with my gods Monotheists they been playing with the odds Historically you cross Europe you get robbed We in the wake of their destruction Every bomb still get dropped I’ve said it before I’ll say it again This might not help cuz it’s all revenge Christians get the the sharp end of my pen As the odds go on earth I’ve been in heaven If you live better and you don’t get it Then you stuck with the devil Kora ne niana Sou makoroba dougou kora ne niana Kora ne niana Kile makoroba dougou kora ne niana Kora ne niana Sou makoroba dougou kora ne niana Kora ne niana Sou makoroba dougou kora ne niana Kera ne niana dougou djera ne niana Kora ne niana dougou djera ne niana Sunrise landing on my land Kora ne niana dougou djera ne niana Every play need a change of plan Kora ne niana dougou djera ne niana
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Danama 04:01
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We in a time of murder A time of hunger A time of long slow genocide The blame is simple It’s always been there It's never hidden Like the Pope when on parade Display of riches Display of power But riches and power are a fragile state Urban the II Straight to Richard Edward longshanks and all of his hate borrow to murder then kill the lender All the pogroms that paid for the Crusades Let alone intimate animosity Of neighbors and cousins That leads to atrocities All throughout history It don’t occur naturally It’s sick & slick choreography Did I mention the pope ? Did I mention the king ? Did I mention the East India company ? Did I mention the opium ? Did I mention the tea ? Right let’s not forget 500 years of slavery Did I mention the stock price ? Did I mention the oil ? Did I mention my phone My car my home And all of the batteries ? From Switzerland to Non-zion The power adjacent been banking on Hugging the devil and hanging on Yeah invest in the devil And see what could go wrong Oh dear Capital pawns The most radical wrongs Been beaten Then the beaten beat others American bombs The colony’s falling The emperor’s gone Ko bimoko be danala Ko bimoko be danala Ko bimoko be danala Ko bimoko be danala Danama danama danama bidenou danama I used to sneak in Eqbal Ahmad's class to hear him speak Danama danama danama bidenou danama What was the exchange between Paulette Nardal and Marcus Garvey? How would they see Gaza up in flames? Danama danama danama bidenou danama I read Rashid Khalidi as I walk for miles and miles I read Rashid Khalidi as I walk for miles and miles Ngo tieya ye danaye Moussoya ye danaye Demisenya ye danaye Makoroba ye danaye Sky’s red Turn blue Back to red Then purple at the end Danama danama danama bidenou danama Sky’s blue Turn red Back to blue Then purple once again
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Bada Bada 04:11
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Lolan bani fana lolan bismillah Okadi lolanie Adi nima lolan fana nia bismillah Okadi lolanie Bada Bada I’ll take it when I got it I prefer it without a fight Lolan bani fana lolan bismillah Okadi lolanie Adi nima lolan fana nia bismillah Okadi lolanie Bada Bada I'd rather earn than burn And right now that feels right Lolan balou nana kaban lolan bismillah Okadi lolanie Lolan balou nana kaban lolan bismillah Okadi lolanie Faso denou nana kaban douna bismillah Okadi lolanie Adi nima lolan fana nia bismillah Okadi lolanie Bada Bada Bada bada okadi bada bada Bada bada lolan bismillah bada bada Bada bada okadi bada bada Bada bada lolan bismillah bada bada Ay it was right here when the day got bright When the clouds rolled back and felt alright Only for a minute but that was some good sunlight I’ll take it when I got it I prefer it without a fight I'd rather earn than burn And right now that feels right On the bridge above the river Every river here forever Even when it dries up Nah… I won’t forget it Like when you bummed a cigarette But the lighter got wet But the sun shot through Even just for a second But it was cool to be with you Never saw you again But your glow came through So we shared we open Lolan bani fana lolan bismillah Okadi lolanie Adi nima lolan fana nia bismillah Okadi lolanie Bada Bada Lolan balou nana kaban lolan bismillah Okadi lolanie Lolan balou nana kaban lolan bismillah Okadi lolanie Faso denou nana kaban douna bismillah Okadi lolanie Adi nima lolan fana nia bismillah Okadi lolanie Bada Bada Bada bada okadi bada bada Bada bada lolan bismillah bada bada…
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Dead Wood 04:42
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There’s a garden There’s a gown Hold that gown In the time of Duke & Satch The whole band would roll Out the bus to buy new white Shirts every morning if lucky The night before soaked through after 3 sets minimum They came out of pocket The price of dignity Or self tolerance It’s not lost on me that this is Another afrobeat band with two and half black people in it Oh but what about the gowns Far too precious to think of throwing Poets are always talking to dead Talking to trees Entire countries The Gods A universe But how often Do we say- Excuse me, am I interrupting something? Is this a good time? Don’t get me wrong there are exceptions But mostly we feel we are Doing the world a favor Barging in verse a blazing For all we know The mountain is in the middle of lunch Since I was young The Ash Would give me voice To all my small world Making it larger Than the deep blue above When I converted to Islam I was alone in the woods With dear friends drunk on whiskey and herb The maple was my minaret I climbed to the top Where the branches bend The banter and bottles Far below Until an angel followed Me to the branch above The angel drunk The wood dead It broke and she fell past me So far past For a moment everything was still Except for eternity Except for The Ash Screaming in wind Screaming in wind Screaming in wind
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Kele 05:08
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Oube kele mina Fadenia kele te Oube kele mina Badenia kele te Oube kele mina Djoyorou ko kele do Iye mankanba kone te mankanba Iye mankanba kone te mankanba Iye mankanba kone te mankanba… Yelema douna kele la Yelema douna kele la Yelema douna kele la Fadenia kele kaban Yelema douna kele la Yelema douna kele la Yelema douna kele la Badenia kele kaban O kaban fadenia kele kaban O kaban badenia kele kaban O kaban teria kele kaban O kaban sindia kele kaban O kaban siginion kele kaban O kaban badenia kele kaban O kaban dougou ni dougou tielala O kaban terima fila tiela O kaban sindima fila tiela O kaban badema fila tiela Iye mankanyo mankanba Iye mankanyo mankanba… O kaban terima fila tiela O kaban kanou nyo fila tiela O kaban terima kele kaban O kaban sindia kele kaban O kaban badenia kele kaban fe O kaban teria kele kaban
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Calamity 03:55
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Sparkle the evidence Criminal element Sand it all down, yeah Enable those selling it Battery credit check We built for collecting it Hunting and gathering Just with a point and click Scavenging meta chips Onlyfans saving tips Simply spreading it Same circuit same crap Just drop AMs Fuck all the DMs I roll space station Sporadic communication Savoring all my thumbs Dodging zeros and ones Yeah I'm here this time But maybe just for once On the bench's corner Saint Joseph and Saint Denis Djigia oyene djigiye Korona mabaou ko oyene djigiye Kilebi mabaou ko oyene djigiye Iye djigiya iye djigiya We beyond satire We beyond irony We beyond sci-fi We beyond harmony We beyond story We beyond truth We beyond matter What matters to you Matter is hammers And hammers they hurt Man pulling hammers And putting in work You feel what matters When your ass hits the floor Djigia oyene djigiye Fallacy Fallacy Fallacy Fallacy Korona mabaou ko Tragedy Tragedy Tragedy Oyene djigiye Malice be Malice be Malice be Kilebi mabaou ko Calamity Tragedy Oyene djigiye Fallacy Fallacy Fallacy Fallacy Iye djigiya Tragedy Tragedy Tragedy Iye djigiya Malice be Malice be Malice be Calamity Tragedy Korona mabaou ko oyene djigiye Kilebi mabaou ko oyene djigiye Iye djigiya iye djigiya Molecules part of you That’s a reality They can't afford this truth Examine finality The bullet is real Stop fuckin playing be You still won’t believe me when you die in front of me Your corpse is as stupid as you be Fallacy Fallacy Fallacy Fallacy Tragedy Tragedy Tragedy Malice be Malice be Malice be Calamity Tragedy
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Broken Tezeta (Remember Bidou) 03:32
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Arat Kilo’s Ethio-Jazz, magnified by the powerful dialogue of Mamani Keita and Mike Ladd, navigates between songs of hope and conscious rap, Danama is a lesson in life, calling for solidarity and trust.

L'Ethio-Jazz d'Arat Kilo, magnifié par les dialogues puissants de Mamani Keita et Mike Ladd, navigue entre chansons d'espoir et rap conscient, Danama est une leçon de vie, appelant à la solidarité et à la confiance.

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released March 7, 2025

Paroles (Lyrics) : Mamani Keïta, Mike Ladd
Musique (Music) : Michaël Havard, Fabien Girard, Samuel Hirsch, Gérald Bonnegrace, Aristide Gonçalves, Florent Berteau

Choeurs (Backing Vocals) "Bada Bada" : Djoane & Kim Bonnegrace
Sample :“Barala” contains a sample excerpted from “Wumbanzanga”, performed by Konono N°1 and written by Pauline Mbuka Nsiala.
By kind permission of Crammed Discs/ [PIAS], Concord Publishing /Les Editions de la Bascule.

Enregistrement (Recording) : Laurent de Boisgisson @ Onetwopassit Bagnolet / Samuel Hirsch & Fabien Girard @ Studio Gong & Studio Fabien Girard Toucy
Mixage (Mix) : Mathieu Gibert @ Onetwopassit Marseille
Mastering : Benjamin Joubert Biduloscope
Artistic direction & arrangements : Arat Kilo

Artwork : Clément Laurentin
Graphisme livret (Design booklet) : Vaadigm
Photos : Pierrick Guidou
Textes (Texts) : Richard Gaitet
Traductions en anglais (English translations) : Manuela Massé

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