Becoming The Muse

Makuruku is a track by Saintfloew (real name Tawanda Mambo) a multi-award nominated Zimbabwean hip hop artist. Its the 9th track on his 2024 album Trap yeVafundisi.

The soulful ballad carries a profound message about the predatory nature of men. Its almost uncharacteristic given how the hip hop industry has had an infamous reputation built on rapping about fame, riches and a general disrespect for women and has been blamed for enabling the rap culture by its derogatory references to women.

Makuruku by Saintfloew Lyrics and Translation

Blessings to the man selector name
Jamal
Ziva Tinashe Ndo
Ndenge ndamwa tea tea tea
I will have drank tea tea tea
Ziva Tinashe Ndo

Ini ndayenda zvasarira iwe
I’m gone its left to you
Mwanasikana avharirwa panze
Young girl closed outside
Nerimwe guru ratiza jere mwana rabira njere
With a dude evading jail stealing innocence
kuramwira perwere
beguiling a minor
Hanzi iyo mota
Says see that motor car
Hombe yafambira iwe
Big it came for you
Mwanasikana uyu haangarambe
The girl cant refuse
Kwavo havazvizive
Hasnt been familiarised
Saka tsamba iyo kuvakuru
So a letter to the elders
Muzive varume makuruku
Notifying you men are crooks
Kuti Ehee
Like yes

Tsamba kuvakurukuru
A letter to the elders
Ndati tikurukure
I thought we should talk
Ndawona rume ziguru
I saw an old man
Nechana chindumurwe
With a child a minor
Makuruku aya
These are crooks
Ndichiti tsamba kuma tateguru
I said a letter to my ancestors
Mwanasikana haangade busy nemabhuru
Girl child wouldn’t want to be busy with bulls
Ko anozivei wee
What does she know
Kuti makuruku aya
That these are crooks

Vanokweva humhandara
They suck the maidens
Kusakara
Aging them
Vanomusiya mwana ati hwarara
Leaving them empty
Kuparara
devastated
Vanokuruka
They crook
Gaba huchi vanokurunga
Stirring the the honey jar
Kuturura michero yacho isati yati nga nga nga kusvika
Harvesting fruit yet to mature
Vanofemera vepedyo
Whispering to those close
Zvino rava gaba yava hezvo
Its now an empty jar huh
Hanzi hezvoko
They say huh now

Asi iyo tsamba kuvakurukuru
A letter to the elders
Ndati tikurukure
I thought we should talk
Ndaona ndawona rume ziguru
I saw an old man
Nechana chindumurwe
With a child a minor
Makuruku aya
These are crooks
Makuruku aya
These are crooks
Ndichiti tsamba kuma tateguru
I say a letter to my ancestors
Mwanasikana haangade busy nemabhuru
Girl child wouldn’t want to be busy with bulls
Ko anozivei wee
Whats does she know
kuti makuruku aya
that they are crooks
Vanokuruka
They crook
Makuruku aya
These crooks
Vachakuruka
They will crook
Makuruku aya
These are crooks
Iwe vanokuruka
They will crook.

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Makuruku
Performed by SaintFloew
Written by Brian Chimuka, Leo Kanyongo, Spice Jnr Tawanda Mambo