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Trouble in The Streets' new song, Mother’s Tongue, features an upbeat and inviting melody infused with a fun bass line. The choral lyrics sung in Nnedi’s native tongue of Igbo, cries out in sincerity, “Onye ga-enye m/Onye ga-ewepu” meaning, “Who will give me?/Who will be excluded?”.
lyrics
Mother’s Tongue Lyrics
Wondering what it’ll take to get my own x 2
Nwa nne m if I must sing it all alone
I’ll sing in my mother’s tongue x 2
Baka baka in my mind
Utu utu in my soul I know
I walk through the unknown
Baka baka in my mind
Utu utu in my soul I know
I walk through the unknown
I walk through the unknown
Oooo ehhh
Onye ga-enye m (Who will give me?)
Onye ga-ewepu (Who will take away?)
We won’t wait any longer
We can do it much stronger
Won’t wait any longer
We can do it much stronger together
Onye ga-enye m (Who will give me?)
Onye ga-ewepu (Who will take away?)
Wondering what it will take to get my own x 2
Nwa nne m if I must sing it all alone
I’ll sing in my mother’s tongue
I'll dance in my mother’s tongue
I’ll fight in my mother’s tongue
I love in my mother’s tongue
Oooo ehhh x 2
credits
released March 3, 2023
Music - Trouble In The Streets (Andy Leonard, Nnedi Agbaroji & Kenny Schwartz)
Engineer/Mixer/Master: Michael Machinist
The Paris-based producer Isma collaborated with the Copenhagen-based Varnrable to create an album heavy on alt-soul and electronica. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 26, 2021