Becoming The Muse

Mazvokuda

Mazvokuda is a song by Sane Wav, a breakout Zimbabwean Hip-Hop and Afrobeat artist and producer. Sane Wav is regarded as one of the leading new generation of artistes in the “Zim Hip-Hop” scene due to his unique blend of trap, urban storytelling, and innovative production.

Mazvokuda’s title is derived from the Shona Proverb “Mazvokuda mavanga enyora” which roughly means some scars are asked for, used to reflect on how consequences are a result of one’s choices.

Mazvokuda Lyrics and Translation

Masandibate ndafunga kusenge jira
Don’t stop me am thinking of carrying my blankets
Pamwe pacho ndoda kumuka ndiri ndega
Sometimes you gotta wake up alone
Rega ndivate padivi nemusombodhiya
Let me sleep with a bottle of moonshine
Hapana paichamuka iri jaeger
It wont wake up a Jaeger

Mangwana kuchayedza
Tomorrow will dawn
Asi mama ini ndayedza
But mum I have tried
Kumabasa avaiti vachandisheedza
All the jobs that said would call back
Havangafonera dzavasina kusaver
Cant call if they never saved
Kuma dhiri ese avaisandisheedza
All the deals they never call me for

Ndini shiri yakazongoenda further
I’m the bird that just went further
Backspin
Kumhiri kwacho ‘kune weather
Abroad there’s weather
Rexin
Pashamwari ndaida leather
For friends I wanted leather
Kuma dhiriri ese avaisandisheedza
All the deals they never called me for
Ndini shiri yakazongoenda further
I’m the bird that just went further
Backspin
Kumhiri kwacho ‘kune weather
Abroad there’s weather
Rexin
Pashamwari ndaida leather
For friends I wanted leather

Mavanga andiinawo mazvokuda
The scars I have are asked for
Mazvokuda aya
These are my fault
Mavanga andinawo mazvokuda
The scars I have are asked for
Mwari vakanditi ndinokuda
God said I’m cared for
Pandanga ndiri paya ndakuzobuda
I managed to leave where I was
Mavanga andiinawo mazvokuda
The scars I have are asked
Mazvokuda aya
These are my fault
Mavanga andinawo mazvokuda
The scars I have are my fault
Mwari vakanditi ndinokuda
God said I am cared for
Pandanga ndiri paya ndakuzobuda
I managed to leave where I was

Nyangwe parinombouya kuno ririshoma amai
Even when its little, mother
Sadza harirambwe
Sadza isn’t refused
Zvaitomboenda lower
Sometimes things got lower
Tatove nani
We are better
Chaunodyara chese uchakohwa
Everything you sow you reap
Yangu ndimi iri papi?
Where is my portion?
The grass is greener pacho pataka mower
The grass is greener where you mow it
Hapana ndingori mushandi
I am just a worker
One chance
Ukangobhayiza kufa
If you mess up you die
Love yacho ndeyekungobayisa nguva
Love is just to push time
Ndakamuvimbisa ndichazokuda
I promised her I’d love her
Zvaaida zvacho handina kuzomupa
What she wanted I never gave her
Pandaiti mavanga mazvokuda
I said my scars are asked
Vaifunga kuti kubhayiza kuda
They thought messing up was intentional
Pamusika pavaindinyora kumusana
At the market where I got credit
Ndikapfura dhiri futi zvaisabuda
Yet I’d shoot my shot and it wouldnt work out

Asi mama ini ndayedza
But mum I tried
Kumabasa avaiti vachandisheedza
All the jobs promised to call back
Havangafonera dzavasina kusaver
They cant call if they never saved
Kuma dhiri ese avaisandisheedza
All the deals they never called me for
Ndini shiri yakazongoenda further
I am the bird that went further
Backspin
Kumhiri kwacho kune weather
Abroad there’s weather
Rexin
Pashamwari ndaida leather
For friends I wanted leather
Mavanga andiinawo mazvokuda
The scars I have are asked for
Mazvokuda aya
These are asked for
Mavanga andinawo mazvokuda
The scars I have are asked for
Mwari vakanditi ndinokuda
God said I am cared for
Pandanga ndiri paya ndakuzobuda
I left where I was
Mavanga andiinawo mazvokuda
My scars are asked for
Mazvokuda aya
These are asked for
Mavanga andinawo mazvokuda
The scars I have are asked for
Mwari vakanditi ndinokuda
God said I am cared for
Pandanga ndiri paya ndakuzobuda
I left where I was

Masandibate ndafunga kusenge jira
Don’t stop me am thinking of carrying my blankets
Pamwe pacho ndoda kumuka ndiri ndega
Sometimes you gotta wake up alone
Rega ndivate padivi nemusombodhiya
Let me sleep with a bottle of moonshine
Hapana paichamuka iri jaeger
It wont wake up a Jaeger
Mangwana kuchayedza
Tomorrow will dawn
Asi mama ini ndayedza
But mum I have tried
Kumabasa avaiti vachandisheedza
All the jobs that said would call back
Havangafonera dzavasina kusaver
Cant call if they never saved

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Directed by Tayvisuals Tanaka Chari
Written & performed by Sane Wav
Produced by Nasper