Bazazi
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Sister Prostitutes,
Wherever you are,
I salute You
Wealth and Health,
To us all.
Hold your heads High,
My sister,
The entire arena of the night and day,
Is yours ............
Walk softly like a cat, My Sister,
But ready to wield,
The deadliest stroke,
With your Smile!
The open simple Smile; For the egg-headed scholar.
The hot devil Smile; For the priests and their kinds.
The cool confident Smile; For the faint-hearted and the unsure.
The innocent infant Smile; For the fatherly and the senile.
The pious shy Smile; For the thieves and the diseased.
The poverty-stricken Smile; For the pot-belled rich.
The haughty deceitful Smile; For the politicians and robbers.
The girlish foolish Smile; For the schoolboy and the middle -aged nit-wit.
The frozen secret Smile; For the dark-suited simpleton.
The quick winged Smile; For the chief messenger and reporter.
The fearful savage Smile; For the poor white bastard.
The monkey town Smile; For the opportunist get-rich-quick.
Sister Harlots,
Wherever you are,
Wake up,
Wash up.
Sister Wh*res,
Wherever you are,
Come out.
Sister Prostitutes,
Wherever you are,
Listen to the call,
Loud.......clear
Sister Malayas,
Wherever you are,
Wealth and Health,
To us all.
Source: Okot p'Bitek (1971) Two songs; Song of a Prisoner. Song of Malaya. East African Publishing House. Nairobi. 183p
Wherever you are,
I salute You
Wealth and Health,
To us all.
Hold your heads High,
My sister,
The entire arena of the night and day,
Is yours ............
Walk softly like a cat, My Sister,
But ready to wield,
The deadliest stroke,
With your Smile!
The open simple Smile; For the egg-headed scholar.
The hot devil Smile; For the priests and their kinds.
The cool confident Smile; For the faint-hearted and the unsure.
The innocent infant Smile; For the fatherly and the senile.
The pious shy Smile; For the thieves and the diseased.
The poverty-stricken Smile; For the pot-belled rich.
The haughty deceitful Smile; For the politicians and robbers.
The girlish foolish Smile; For the schoolboy and the middle -aged nit-wit.
The frozen secret Smile; For the dark-suited simpleton.
The quick winged Smile; For the chief messenger and reporter.
The fearful savage Smile; For the poor white bastard.
The monkey town Smile; For the opportunist get-rich-quick.
Sister Harlots,
Wherever you are,
Wake up,
Wash up.
Sister Wh*res,
Wherever you are,
Come out.
Sister Prostitutes,
Wherever you are,
Listen to the call,
Loud.......clear
Sister Malayas,
Wherever you are,
Wealth and Health,
To us all.
Source: Okot p'Bitek (1971) Two songs; Song of a Prisoner. Song of Malaya. East African Publishing House. Nairobi. 183p