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Rukuvhute (ft Vusa Mkhaya)

from A Travel Guide For The Broken by Synik

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The first song of the album, captures the complex emotions of leaving home (the motherland) to face the unknown. The chorus speaks on going far from where ones umbilical cord is buried and the song describes a separation from the motherland. The intro contains an excerpt of a poem of the same name by Chirikure Chirikure.

lyrics

Chiripo chinondisunganidza neivhu rababa Africa
Nezuro, nhasi, mangwana, nekumhepo

Zvino topinda mumasango kure nerukuvhute
Makatigura nayo nhamo, ko nhaimi vakuruwe
Zvatinosangana nazvo, zvimwe hazvibvunzwe
Musha wamera meno, tapararira kwose

I left a journal by the road
Weathered by the storms
Filled with letters that I wrote
For those severed from their homes
To lands that are unknown
Fences, razors, wires on
Sentries at the entrances to whatever lies beyond
For centuries scorned
So the path is laid with thorns
We navigate across this globe subject to controls
But we trudging on despite the fatigue clutching these bones
Its more than dust that was involved when we were formed
It was fire and resolve
The power to absorb
The pressure and depression cause we are stronger than we know
But I wonder if the ancestors hear us when we call
Cause we strayed from the lands where they died to be recalled
Far from the shrines where the elders would speak to God
Far from the lines that they left us when we were robbed
And the drums where we danced and our spirits were warmed
And the soils where they planted our umbilical cords

Zvino topinda mumasango kure nerukuvhute
Makatigura nayo nhamo, ko nhaimi vakuruwe
Zvatinosangana nazvo, zvimwe hazvibvunzwe
Musha wamera meno, tapararira kwose

Ukuhamba yikubona
Batsho Abadala
Sashiya imizi yabo baba
Sashiya imizi yabo mama
Safik’ emazweni khashana
Sabona safund’ imikhuba yabo
Kodw’ ayikho indawo efana lase khaya

Every path is a catalyst for change
Theres growth in the steps and theres strength in mastering the pain
In the process became broken, a part of you remains
Yet hoping to be restored to wholeness once again
Plodding through the hardest of terrains
Conscious of the strain
Of being estranged from where you came
Uncertainty contained in the refrain that we sang
To the rhythm of the march and pace we maintained
As children, used to travel on the backs of our mothers
Now we flying with the wings of the prayers that they utter
Hoping that theres a prize for the days when we suffered
The warriors in us preparing to claim and discover

Zvino topinda mumasango kure nerukuvhute, kure kure
Makatigura nayo nhamo, ko nhaimi vakuruwe, nhaimi vakuru kani
Zvatinosangana nazvo, zvimwe hazvibvunzwe, ko ungabvunze ani
Musha wamera meno, taparira kwese, honai
Zvino topinda mumasango kure nerukuvhute, kure kure
Makatigura nayo nhamo, ko nhaimi vakuruwe, nhaimi vakuru kani
Zvatinosangana nazvo, zvimwe hazvibvunzwe, ko ungabvunze ani
Musha wamera meno, taparira kwese, honai

credits

from A Travel Guide For The Broken, released March 10, 2022
Featuring : Vusa Mkhaya
Additional lyrics : Vusa Mkhaya
Arrangement and co-production : Tayob J
Arrangement and co-production : Synik
Guitar : Tiago Paiva
Additional vocals : Aurra Kawanzura
Additional programming and production : Aaron Isaak
Trumpet : Chris Purkis
Trombone : Iris Ceulemans

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