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Ke Januwari

A collective, not a person

style

  • amapiano
  • gqom
  • heavy log drum
  • shakers
  • sparse dark synths
  • male vocal chants
  • hypnotic repetition
  • township energy
  • south african accent
  • concise arrangement

the numbers

bpm
112
key
A# major
energy
0.77
dance
0.94
valence
0.53
vocal at
7.7s
length
3:05
language
En

lyrics

(eish)

Ten days into January and the street is a different country
Same corners, same people, nobody making a sound
The speaker that ran for three weeks is back in its box
(in its box)
And nobody mentions the box, that is the etiquette

December is a promise (a promise)
January is the invoice, and we all signed it

Ke Januwari
(Januwari)
The quietest month in the loudest neighbourhood
Ke Januwari
We spent it all and we would do it again

The lady who fed forty people is eating alone now
We greet her twice as loud so she does not feel it
That is the whole system, that is how it works here
(how it works here)
Nobody has money and nobody is alone, we chose that trade

(claps, no drums)
Eleven months... eleven months...
(DROP)

Ke Januwari
(Januwari)
The quietest month in the loudest neighbourhood
Ke Januwari
We spent it all and we would do it again

(Januwari...)
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