Outstanding! Thank you for sharing one of my favorite Franco/TPOK songs. The songs that contrast the front line singers with Franco's voice are my favorite.
Indeed our equivalent to Classical Music of Africa... TPOK lived to its billing ''The All Powerful orchestra'' Just for thought ''' Why didn't their sons and daughters take music from where their fathers left it from''?
@Rengwa... Me thinks the person who introduced fast beat genre of ''soukuoss'' messed Congolese Rhumba. Ndombe's son, Awilo the son of Vicky Longomba and others are musicians but they've deviated from this sweet tunes to Noisy beats that do not make sense. hopefully one day they will see some light and strum a guitar to this genre
George ojwang. Franco composed this song for Marie Rose Kasavubu. She was young, Beautiful and happily married to a very handsome husband and successful, she had a top job during mobutus time, as a result she started encountering adversity and a lot of jealousy .Franco was a family friend and he wrote this song heckling at her enemies
C'est drôle dans mes souvenirs d'enfant (je suis de 74) cette chanson commençait pas comme ça. *Dommage. Mais bon ça fait l'affaire. Est-il possible d'avoir les paroles traduites en français de ce pur jus? C'est franchement dommage parce que si ça avait été le cas, depuis mon enfance, y a longtemps que je saurais déjà dire 2-3 truc dans cette langue que je trouve délicieuse à l'oreille, tellement magnifique. D'autre part, pur questionnement intellectuel, et sans porter de jugement: comment se fait-il qu'un pays qui a donné naissance à tant de figures artistiques et influencé les pays alentours musicalement, comment un tel pays a-t-il pu finir avec l'actu qu'on lui connait? C'est sûr avec les richesses qu'il possède, il attire les convoitises les plus sombres. Je viens d'un autre pays d'Afrique francophone et je recherche des infos sur l'histoire de ces pays depuis la colonisation. Une idée d'un site où les trouver? Les pays d'Afrique n'ont qu'une cinquantaine d'années. 50 ans c'est presque le stade embryonnaire par rapport à d'autres qui emmagasinent des siècles d'organisation intérieure et de collaboration extérieure. Peu importe le temps qu'il nous reste sur cette terre condamnée par la pollution et le réchauffement climatique, je veux croire que le temps jouera en faveur de ce continent. Merci pour le partage.
Bathbambu, thanks all the same. I am hoping someone can come and rescue some of us the trouble of simply enjoying the music without undesrtanding it. I am quietly researching Luambo's music with the view of writing something for the general reader and Africans in general. Unfortunately, I do not know Lingala but was a great fan of Franco since the 1970s when I was high school
Franco was talking about the envy pple had for a lady by the name princes kikou. she loved luxurious life style. People would accuse her and associate with bad things which are cooked on her. She wouldn't bother about them instead continue with her own life.
Princess Kikou by Franco Luambo Likambo bokoseli ngai mama, bokosamba, bokofuta eee balukaka moto ya moto boye te, Bolingi nini eeeee?!.*3 {That which you lied about me, you will be judged and you will pay for it That is not the way to one is supposed to be killed (they/that is not the way to look for one’s head). What do you want?} Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata, wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana eeeee po na makambo ya biloba loba mama aa mama ee po na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa {You accused me to mother and then to father, Where did you see son/daughter abandoned because of gossips and just hear say?} Ngai princes Kikou!.., bapopi ngai nde kopopa. bapanzi ngai sango Kinshasa mobimba, nayeba tina te. Oh oh oh mama…. {I princess Kikou, They have dismantled me by spreading a word/gossip to the whole of Kinshasa, that I do not know the reason (why)} Ngai princes Kiku, bapanzi ngai nde kopanza. Kinshasa mobimba nayeba tina te, Ah,,,,, Ngai Kiku, bafundi ngai balobi, napambisi mopepe mama aaa! Oh mama oh mama {I princess Kikou, they have spread (scattered) and spread(me/my name) the whole of Kinshasa, I do not know the reason, They have accused me saying that I have pumped the air oh!} Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata, wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana eeee mpo na makambo ya biloba loba mama aa mama ee mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa {You accused me to mother and then to father, Where did you see son/daughter that has been abandoned because of gossips and just hear say?} Presence na ngai ebangisaka, elamba nakolata batongoloko ngai. suki soki nabongisa, batongoloko ngai bandeko nayeba te ohhhh! Aaa! {My presence scares, the cloth that I wear they gossip, If I make my hair they gossip me. I do not know why?} papa na kikou, fungola miso, balingi totika bana babokwama ndenge ya mabe, Papa na kiku yamba ngai koyamba. papa! yamba ngai koyamba. papa! Likambo nini na kombo na ngai boye?. nazali nano mwana, nazali nano leki, nasi nabota, nabota bana. papa na Kiku , bapanzi ngai Kinshasa mobimba nayeba tina te mama mamama oh!. mama ee mama oh! {Father Kikou, open your eyes, they want us to leave the children to be brought up in bad style, Father Kikou welcome and just welcome me, what is it with my name like that? I was just a baby, now grown, and now I have children. Father Kikou they have scatted me the whole of Kinshasa, I do not know the reason}. Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata, wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana eeee mpo na makambo ya biloba loba mama aa mama ee mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa {You accused me to mother and then to father, Where did you see son/daughter abandoned because of gossips and just hear say?} Nani atinda bino bolinga mibali ya bilongi mabe bandeko? ya ngai mobali bomonaka, ndenge adendaka papa na Kiku, Kiku, papa na kiku, presence na ngai ebangisaka bango, mosala kofunda ngai. balongola ngai na mosala, bokozua nde nini mama?. nasalisi bino mingi ee, nasali ndenge basalaka, nazali mwasi!. kasi nakokisaki ndenge bolingaki, nasali, nasali ngai princess Kiku na zamba ya mayombe Oh mama oh mama ohh! mama. {Sisters, who sent you to marry men with ugly faces? My (mine) man/husband. That you see, the way he bounces. Father Kikou, Father Kikou. My presence scares them (makes them afraid) their work is to accuse me, they even want me to loose (quit) my job, what will you get out of it?. I have helped you a lot, I did the way it is done, I am a lady, I only tried the way you wanted me to do. I did and did, I princess Kikou in Mayombe forest} Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata, wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana eee mpo na makambo ya biloba loba mama aa mama ee mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa {You accused me to mother and then to father, Where did you see son/daughter abandoned because of gossips and just hear say?} Naboyi bambote na bino, mbote bopakoli malasi na maboko! eeeeeeeeeeeee! Bowuti wapi?, bopakoli dongo dongo, bolobi bopesa ngai mbote. mpo nasala nini? Aaa ngai kiku, Bolobi na ngai boye, ngai mwana mabe, mabe na ngai ya nini? mabe na ngai elengi se mosaka, ngai princess Kiku Nani ayebi ngai te? ekoti na ngai ya kiprincess, bolingi nateka elamba ya mwese, soki nalati, bino botongolo ngai ebongisaka ngai bandeko, Oh ma ma mama eeeee. mama ohh mama oh mama. {I reject your salutations/greetings, greetings with hands smeared with perfumes...where are you from?, you have smeared gossips. You say you want to greet me so that I do what? Me! Kikou, you said that I am a bad girl(child). How bad am I?(what wrong have I done?) what you say is bad with me, is as sweet as palm. I princess Kikou,who doesn’t know me? My cap of princess-hood, you want me to sell it out, the dress of the moon (dress of the moon), when I wear, you gossip me. When I wear it, it beautifies me.(makes me look magnificent). Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata, wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana mpo na makambo ya biloba loba Mama aah mama ee mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa {You accused me to mother and then to father, Where did you see son/daughter abandoned because of gossips and just hear say?} Akanga na yo na mbuli-boi yakotala likambo likweli nga na mokili ee! nasali nini?, nazali mwana nde ya moto. nayebani koyebana, babambi ngai sango ya kobamba, ekei na brussels, sango ekei na Paris, elomngwe na Paris ekei na America/Amerika ekomi na Japan! balobi likambo nini oyo ngai nasali bandeko nazalaki kolala, kolala kolala nalongwe na pongi bayebisi ngai likambo lisali kotokona ngai mayi ya mongwa mama {you are linked(tied) to a monster that sees what comes my way on earth, what have I done? I am a human being who is famous, they have patched me with gossips (lies)that has gone to Brussels, paris from paris it went toAmerica, from America it reached Japan!they say what I have done. When I want to sleep, I can’t get sleep. They told me something that draws saline water (salty waters) from me (wound)}. Ngai princes Kikiu, Kiku likambo nini na kombo na ngai bandeko ngai Kiku, papa na Kiku, fungola miso ee Papa na Kiku,eee Oh mama ee mamma oooo, mama ee ma ma {I Kikou!. What is it with my name?oh! Father Kikou open your eyes} Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata, wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana mpo na makambo ya biloba loba mama aa mama ee mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa {You accused me to mother and then to father, Where did you see son/doughter abandoned because of gossips and just hear say?} Batandeli ngai mbazi na bireu, nazua maladi panzi, nazua maladi ya mokongo, nazua maladi ya bare! baloba ngai nakoti ndoki, ngai Kikou, Kikou kikou ya mayombe Kiku Kiku Aaaa! {They have spread stams in the office so that I get mental illness, so that I get back aches and other diseases, they say I am bewitched. Me!, Kikou of Mayombe} bofunda ngai kala, balongolaka ngai te mosala mpo nayebi mosala na ngai, nasalaka yango, na motema moko, Bandeko, Likambo nini na kombo na ngai Kiku,kiku kiku Ngai princess Kiku, Oh mama oh mama mama ee mama aaaaaaaaaaaaaa! {You accused me long time ago, that did not spoil my job for I know my work, I do it with one heart. What is it with my name? Kikou, Kikou. I princess Kikou} Likambo nini na kombo na ngai Kiku, Kiku , Kiku .... Nasali nini?, elamba ngai nalataka, ebongisaka ngai bandeko. demarche soki nabeti defaire etrouble bino bandeko* likambo nini na kombo na ngai Kiku, Kiku, Kiku nasali bino nini eee?, aaaaaaaaaa! Naloba ndenge nini ee ? aaaaaaaaaa! {What is it with my name ‘Kikou!’, what have I done?. The clothe I wear befits me and makes me look good, On Sunday if I come down** it troubles you. What is it with my name, what did I do to you? aha! What can I say (how do I say it)?} bambote na bino solo ya malasi eee aaaaaaaaaa! bipayi bokotaka botu moi kopima koyela ngai bambote ya loboko makako naboyi Nalingi pesa ngai mbote na moi, na tongo te, na pokwa te, na butu te. Oh mama ee mama oo maaama! {Your greetings smell of perfume (Not genuine), anywhere you enter into day and night with intention to get me. I reject the greetings of the hand of a monkey. I would want you to greet me during the day not in the morning, not in the evening and not at night}. Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata, wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana mpo na makambo ya biloba loba mama aa mama ee mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa {You accused me long time ago, they did not spoil my job for I know my work, I do it with one heart. What is it with my name?} Ngai princess Kiku, nalembi koloba, nalembi koloba, nakanisi boyoki ngai, bokoma ngai kokoma lokola bakomaka Yesu na kuruze Ngai KIKOU, nalembi, nalebi, nalembi. Botika ngai nye, bovanda na ya bino mibali ngai mpe navanda na ya ngai mobali baninga nyoso nazuaka kombo na bango, baenemy baninga nyoso nazuaka kombo na bango bambanda ee nayeba te, balingi bayeba ndenge nazuaka nazuaka po na nini?, nazuaka po na mosala, nazuaka po na mosala Nazuaka po na mosala papa na kiku , papa na kiku, nalela ndenge nini eee? mama eee mama aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! {I princess Kikou, I am tired of saying it, I hope you heard me, leave me alone the way they left Jesus on the cross. I am tired, leave me stay with your husbands and I stay with my husband. All the friends I had have become enemies; all my friends have become rivals. I dint know they want to know what I get and why I get, It is all about my work, I get from my work. Father Kikou, I cry what is it? Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata, wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana mpo na makambo ya biloba loba mama aa mama ee mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa {You accused me long time ago, they did not spoil my job for I know my work, I do it with one heart.
The song is about people who always gossiping for notning and Franco doesn;t like those people....so he(franco or princesse kikou ) told them to stop it .
@LWAKA NO Cuurent musician are all about puting on an act than being serious about the craft of making music. Most music today is about the visual performance, the dancing. No serious attention is given to the composition/lyrics, the orchestration
Wapi epai bomona,baboya muana,po na makambo ya songi songi...where have you seen a child rejected due to gossip..papa na kikou..fungola miso..father kikou,open your eyes..balingi batikwama bana na ndenge ya mabe..they want us to bring up our children badly...bapanzi ngai napambisi mopepe Kinshasa mobimba..they are saying i pump air the whole of Kinshasa
These people just like in alot of the other video's look like Europeans listening to classical music only thing is, this has rythm. They must have some kind of better music cause I think this is African classical
Princess Kikou by Franco Luambo Likambo bokoseli ngai mama, bokosamba, bokofuta eee balukaka moto ya moto boye te, Bolingi nini eeeee?!.*3 {That which you lied about me, you will be judged and you will pay for it That is not the way to one is supposed to be killed (they/that is not the way to look for one’s head). What do you want?} Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata, wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana eeeee po na makambo ya biloba loba mama aa mama ee po na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa {You accused me to mother and then to father, Where did you see son/daughter abandoned because of gossips and just hear say?} Ngai princes Kikou!.., bapopi ngai nde kopopa. bapanzi ngai sango Kinshasa mobimba, nayeba tina te. Oh oh oh mama…. {I princess Kikou, They have dismantled me by spreading a word/gossip to the whole of Kinshasa, that I do not know the reason (why)} Ngai princes Kiku, bapanzi ngai nde kopanza. Kinshasa mobimba nayeba tina te, Ah,,,,, Ngai Kiku, bafundi ngai balobi, napambisi mopepe mama aaa! Oh mama oh mama {I princess Kikou, they have spread (scattered) and spread(me/my name) the whole of Kinshasa, I do not know the reason, They have accused me saying that I have pumped the air oh!} Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata, wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana eeee mpo na makambo ya biloba loba mama aa mama ee mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa {You accused me to mother and then to father, Where did you see son/daughter that has been abandoned because of gossips and just hear say?} Presence na ngai ebangisaka, elamba nakolata batongoloko ngai. suki soki nabongisa, batongoloko ngai bandeko nayeba te ohhhh! Aaa! {My presence scares, the cloth that I wear they gossip, If I make my hair they gossip me. I do not know why?} papa na kikou, fungola miso, balingi totika bana babokwama ndenge ya mabe, Papa na kiku yamba ngai koyamba. papa! yamba ngai koyamba. papa! Likambo nini na kombo na ngai boye?. nazali nano mwana, nazali nano leki, nasi nabota, nabota bana. papa na Kiku , bapanzi ngai Kinshasa mobimba nayeba tina te mama mamama oh!. mama ee mama oh! {Father Kikou, open your eyes, they want us to leave the children to be brought up in bad style, Father Kikou welcome and just welcome me, what is it with my name like that? I was just a baby, now grown, and now I have children. Father Kikou they have scatted me the whole of Kinshasa, I do not know the reason}. Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata, wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana eeee mpo na makambo ya biloba loba mama aa mama ee mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa {You accused me to mother and then to father, Where did you see son/daughter abandoned because of gossips and just hear say?} Nani atinda bino bolinga mibali ya bilongi mabe bandeko? ya ngai mobali bomonaka, ndenge adendaka papa na Kiku, Kiku, papa na kiku, presence na ngai ebangisaka bango, mosala kofunda ngai. balongola ngai na mosala, bokozua nde nini mama?. nasalisi bino mingi ee, nasali ndenge basalaka, nazali mwasi!. kasi nakokisaki ndenge bolingaki, nasali, nasali ngai princess Kiku na zamba ya mayombe Oh mama oh mama ohh! mama. {Sisters, who sent you to marry men with ugly faces? My (mine) man/husband. That you see, the way he bounces. Father Kikou, Father Kikou. My presence scares them (makes them afraid) their work is to accuse me, they even want me to loose (quit) my job, what will you get out of it?. I have helped you a lot, I did the way it is done, I am a lady, I only tried the way you wanted me to do. I did and did, I princess Kikou in Mayombe forest} Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata, wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana eee mpo na makambo ya biloba loba mama aa mama ee mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa {You accused me to mother and then to father, Where did you see son/daughter abandoned because of gossips and just hear say?} Naboyi bambote na bino, mbote bopakoli malasi na maboko! eeeeeeeeeeeee! Bowuti wapi?, bopakoli dongo dongo, bolobi bopesa ngai mbote. mpo nasala nini? Aaa ngai kiku, Bolobi na ngai boye, ngai mwana mabe, mabe na ngai ya nini? mabe na ngai elengi se mosaka, ngai princess Kiku Nani ayebi ngai te? ekoti na ngai ya kiprincess, bolingi nateka elamba ya mwese, soki nalati, bino botongolo ngai ebongisaka ngai bandeko, Oh ma ma mama eeeee. mama ohh mama oh mama. {I reject your salutations/greetings, greetings with hands smeared with perfumes...where are you from?, you have smeared gossips. You say you want to greet me so that I do what? Me! Kikou, you said that I am a bad girl(child). How bad am I?(what wrong have I done?) what you say is bad with me, is as sweet as palm. I princess Kikou,who doesn’t know me? My cap of princess-hood, you want me to sell it out, the dress of the moon (dress of the moon), when I wear, you gossip me. When I wear it, it beautifies me.(makes me look magnificent). Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata, wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana mpo na makambo ya biloba loba Mama aah mama ee mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa {You accused me to mother and then to father, Where did you see son/daughter abandoned because of gossips and just hear say?} Akanga na yo na mbuli-boi yakotala likambo likweli nga na mokili ee! nasali nini?, nazali mwana nde ya moto. nayebani koyebana, babambi ngai sango ya kobamba, ekei na brussels, sango ekei na Paris, elomngwe na Paris ekei na America/Amerika ekomi na Japan! balobi likambo nini oyo ngai nasali bandeko nazalaki kolala, kolala kolala nalongwe na pongi bayebisi ngai likambo lisali kotokona ngai mayi ya mongwa mama {you are linked(tied) to a monster that sees what comes my way on earth, what have I done? I am a human being who is famous, they have patched me with gossips (lies)that has gone to Brussels, paris from paris it went toAmerica, from America it reached Japan!they say what I have done. When I want to sleep, I can’t get sleep. They told me something that draws saline water (salty waters) from me (wound)}. Ngai princes Kikiu, Kiku likambo nini na kombo na ngai bandeko ngai Kiku, papa na Kiku, fungola miso ee Papa na Kiku,eee Oh mama ee mamma oooo, mama ee ma ma {I Kikou!. What is it with my name?oh! Father Kikou open your eyes} Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata, wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana mpo na makambo ya biloba loba mama aa mama ee mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa {You accused me to mother and then to father, Where did you see son/doughter abandoned because of gossips and just hear say?} Batandeli ngai mbazi na bireu, nazua maladi panzi, nazua maladi ya mokongo, nazua maladi ya bare! baloba ngai nakoti ndoki, ngai Kikou, Kikou kikou ya mayombe Kiku Kiku Aaaa! {They have spread stams in the office so that I get mental illness, so that I get back aches and other diseases, they say I am bewitched. Me!, Kikou of Mayombe} bofunda ngai kala, balongolaka ngai te mosala mpo nayebi mosala na ngai, nasalaka yango, na motema moko, Bandeko, Likambo nini na kombo na ngai Kiku,kiku kiku Ngai princess Kiku, Oh mama oh mama mama ee mama aaaaaaaaaaaaaa! {You accused me long time ago, that did not spoil my job for I know my work, I do it with one heart. What is it with my name? Kikou, Kikou. I princess Kikou} Likambo nini na kombo na ngai Kiku, Kiku , Kiku .... Nasali nini?, elamba ngai nalataka, ebongisaka ngai bandeko. demarche soki nabeti defaire etrouble bino bandeko* likambo nini na kombo na ngai Kiku, Kiku, Kiku nasali bino nini eee?, aaaaaaaaaa! Naloba ndenge nini ee ? aaaaaaaaaa! {What is it with my name ‘Kikou!’, what have I done?. The clothe I wear befits me and makes me look good, On Sunday if I come down** it troubles you. What is it with my name, what did I do to you? aha! What can I say (how do I say it)?} bambote na bino solo ya malasi eee aaaaaaaaaa! bipayi bokotaka botu moi kopima koyela ngai bambote ya loboko makako naboyi Nalingi pesa ngai mbote na moi, na tongo te, na pokwa te, na butu te. Oh mama ee mama oo maaama! {Your greetings smell of perfume (Not genuine), anywhere you enter into day and night with intention to get me. I reject the greetings of the hand of a monkey. I would want you to greet me during the day not in the morning, not in the evening and not at night}. Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata, wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana mpo na makambo ya biloba loba mama aa mama ee mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa {You accused me long time ago, they did not spoil my job for I know my work, I do it with one heart. What is it with my name?} Ngai princess Kiku, nalembi koloba, nalembi koloba, nakanisi boyoki ngai, bokoma ngai kokoma lokola bakomaka Yesu na kuruze Ngai KIKOU, nalembi, nalebi, nalembi. Botika ngai nye, bovanda na ya bino mibali ngai mpe navanda na ya ngai mobali baninga nyoso nazuaka kombo na bango, baenemy baninga nyoso nazuaka kombo na bango bambanda ee nayeba te, balingi bayeba ndenge nazuaka nazuaka po na nini?, nazuaka po na mosala, nazuaka po na mosala Nazuaka po na mosala papa na kiku , papa na kiku, nalela ndenge nini eee? mama eee mama aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!...
Ngai princess Kiku, nalembi koloba, nalembi koloba, nakanisi boyoki ngai, bokoma ngai kokoma lokola bakomaka Yesu na kuruze Ngai KIKOU, nalembi, nalebi, nalembi. Botika ngai nye, bovanda na ya bino mibali ngai mpe navanda na ya ngai mobali baninga nyoso nazuaka kombo na bango, baenemy baninga nyoso nazuaka kombo na bango bambanda ee nayeba te, balingi bayeba ndenge nazuaka nazuaka po na nini?, nazuaka po na mosala, nazuaka po na mosala Nazuaka po na mosala papa na kiku , papa na kiku, nalela ndenge nini eee? mama eee mama aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! {I princess Kikou, I am tired of saying it, I hope you heard me, leave me alone the way they left Jesus on the cross. I am tired, leave me stay with your husbands and I stay with my husband. All the friends I had have become enemies; all my friends have become rivals. I dint know they want to know what I get and why I get, It is all about my work, I get from my work. Father Kikou, I cry what is it? Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata, wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana mpo na makambo ya biloba loba mama aa mama ee mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa {You accused me long time ago, they did not spoil my job for I know my work, I do it with one heart.
There will never be one like Luanzo Luambo Makiadi!
very true...
Na comprendre sikoyo nzembo ya Karmapa:kaligula...❤👍🏽
The year 2900, this track will still be legendary.
TOUJOURS!
Speachless! Franco was inspired by God. That was that and that's it.
This is one sweet music; to see the tpok jazz perform is priceless.Thanks for the video
Il etait le grand maître grand pilier grand monument de la musique Zaïroise(RDC) le roi de la rumba hommage a Luambo Makiadi Alias Franco
Was für ein cooler Song, was für ein tolles Stück Musik: es swingt und rollt und groovt noch lange nach dem es geendet hat
Franco just doing the lead then steps behind,leaving back up vocal to be done by very competent team
grande Franco princesse kikou,estas música me faz pensar do meu pai. José Chocolate Ramos ( Tchimpuati ) é que alma dele descansa em paz.
Makambo ya Songi songi....2019 still waoooo
Outstanding! Thank you for sharing one of my favorite Franco/TPOK songs. The songs that contrast the front line singers with Franco's voice are my favorite.
Great, my favorite of Franco.
❤ The music 🎼 so lovely
ça me rapl mon enfance et certaines personnes chères qui nous ont quitté, merci
Legendary
Indeed our equivalent to Classical Music of Africa... TPOK lived to its billing ''The All Powerful orchestra''
Just for thought ''' Why didn't their sons and daughters take music from where their fathers left it from''?
This was and still is my favorite song.
Great music...relaxing and soothing..........sang with passion and ease
in our Hearts you live forever... #franco&tpok
At the vocals, left to right: Ntesa Dalienst Zitani, Lokombe Ntal, Madilu System and Franco Luambo.
Otoyo performing live..bolingo ya songi songi
Nice melody..the great master sing mm rose kasa vubu.. Rest in peace franco
Those Guitars & Voice, Heavenly Sent'
Hatari na nusu
Super
whats franco saying?..i agree with him fully!
Man.................franco. this is just good.
Fundi wa dans
@Rengwa...
Me thinks the person who introduced fast beat genre of ''soukuoss'' messed Congolese Rhumba. Ndombe's son, Awilo the son of Vicky Longomba and others are musicians but they've deviated from this sweet tunes to Noisy beats that do not make sense. hopefully one day they will see some light and strum a guitar to this genre
If you mention rhumba mention Franco and his team too.
wow!!!!
This song was about Marie Rose Kasavubu (Daughter of Joseph Kasavubu first president of Congo )
Was it praising her or????
George ojwang. Franco composed this song for Marie Rose Kasavubu. She was young, Beautiful and happily married to a very handsome husband and successful, she had a top job during mobutus time, as a result she started encountering adversity and a lot of jealousy .Franco was a family friend and he wrote this song heckling at her enemies
@@abdouldissou1293 Then this makes the song more wonderful because of the subject.
Thanks alot for that clarification sir salute
Superb....
C'est drôle dans mes souvenirs d'enfant (je suis de 74) cette chanson commençait pas comme ça. *Dommage. Mais bon ça fait l'affaire.
Est-il possible d'avoir les paroles traduites en français de ce pur jus? C'est franchement dommage parce que si ça avait été le cas, depuis mon enfance, y a longtemps que je saurais déjà dire 2-3 truc dans cette langue que je trouve délicieuse à l'oreille, tellement magnifique.
D'autre part, pur questionnement intellectuel, et sans porter de jugement: comment se fait-il qu'un pays qui a donné naissance à tant de figures artistiques et influencé les pays alentours musicalement, comment un tel pays a-t-il pu finir avec l'actu qu'on lui connait? C'est sûr avec les richesses qu'il possède, il attire les convoitises les plus sombres. Je viens d'un autre pays d'Afrique francophone et je recherche des infos sur l'histoire de ces pays depuis la colonisation. Une idée d'un site où les trouver?
Les pays d'Afrique n'ont qu'une cinquantaine d'années. 50 ans c'est presque le stade embryonnaire par rapport à d'autres qui emmagasinent des siècles d'organisation intérieure et de collaboration extérieure. Peu importe le temps qu'il nous reste sur cette terre condamnée par la pollution et le réchauffement climatique, je veux croire que le temps jouera en faveur de ce continent.
Merci pour le partage.
sublime franco and his tp ok jaz
Bathbambu, thanks all the same. I am hoping someone can come and rescue some of us the trouble of simply enjoying the music without undesrtanding it. I am quietly researching Luambo's music with the view of writing something for the general reader and Africans in general. Unfortunately, I do not know Lingala but was a great fan of Franco since the 1970s when I was high school
Franco was talking about the envy pple had for a lady by the name princes kikou. she loved luxurious life style. People would accuse her and associate with bad things which are cooked on her. She wouldn't bother about them instead continue with her own life.
Nous sommes le 1er juin 2018
am wit u on this one hochwada. totally lov the song ..........but I dnt knw wat he sings
african legend
you know you are making good music when your band is into the song too...lol 3:33
The audience in tandem.
Do you think the current genre of musicians can play live music like these Dudes! here
LWAKA, I am afraid not. Most of them are not disciplined and serious enough to do anything w/o adding gimmickry
Princess Kikou by Franco Luambo
Likambo bokoseli ngai mama, bokosamba, bokofuta eee
balukaka moto ya moto boye te, Bolingi nini eeeee?!.*3
{That which you lied about me, you will be judged and you will pay for it
That is not the way to one is supposed to be killed (they/that is not the way to look for one’s head). What do you want?}
Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata,
wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana eeeee po na makambo ya biloba loba
mama aa mama ee
po na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa
{You accused me to mother and then to father,
Where did you see son/daughter abandoned because of gossips and just hear say?}
Ngai princes Kikou!..,
bapopi ngai nde kopopa.
bapanzi ngai sango Kinshasa mobimba, nayeba tina te.
Oh oh oh mama….
{I princess Kikou, They have dismantled me by spreading a word/gossip to the whole of Kinshasa, that I do not know the reason (why)}
Ngai princes Kiku, bapanzi ngai nde kopanza.
Kinshasa mobimba nayeba tina te,
Ah,,,,, Ngai Kiku, bafundi ngai balobi, napambisi mopepe mama aaa!
Oh mama oh mama
{I princess Kikou, they have spread (scattered) and spread(me/my name) the whole of Kinshasa, I do not know the reason, They have accused me saying that I have pumped the air oh!}
Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata,
wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana eeee mpo na makambo ya biloba loba
mama aa mama ee
mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa
{You accused me to mother and then to father,
Where did you see son/daughter that has been abandoned because of gossips and just hear say?}
Presence na ngai ebangisaka, elamba nakolata batongoloko ngai.
suki soki nabongisa, batongoloko ngai bandeko nayeba te ohhhh!
Aaa!
{My presence scares, the cloth that I wear they gossip, If I make my hair they gossip me. I do not know why?}
papa na kikou, fungola miso,
balingi totika bana babokwama ndenge ya mabe,
Papa na kiku yamba ngai koyamba. papa!
yamba ngai koyamba. papa!
Likambo nini na kombo na ngai boye?.
nazali nano mwana, nazali nano leki, nasi nabota, nabota bana.
papa na Kiku , bapanzi ngai Kinshasa mobimba
nayeba tina te mama mamama oh!. mama ee mama oh!
{Father Kikou, open your eyes, they want us to leave the children to be brought up in bad style, Father Kikou welcome and just welcome me, what is it with my name like that? I was just a baby, now grown, and now I have children. Father Kikou they have scatted me the whole of Kinshasa, I do not know the reason}.
Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata,
wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana eeee mpo na makambo ya biloba loba
mama aa mama ee
mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa
{You accused me to mother and then to father,
Where did you see son/daughter abandoned because of gossips and just hear say?}
Nani atinda bino bolinga mibali ya bilongi mabe bandeko?
ya ngai mobali bomonaka, ndenge adendaka papa na Kiku,
Kiku, papa na kiku,
presence na ngai ebangisaka bango, mosala kofunda ngai.
balongola ngai na mosala, bokozua nde nini mama?.
nasalisi bino mingi ee,
nasali ndenge basalaka, nazali mwasi!.
kasi nakokisaki ndenge bolingaki,
nasali, nasali ngai princess Kiku na zamba ya mayombe
Oh mama oh mama ohh! mama.
{Sisters, who sent you to marry men with ugly faces? My (mine) man/husband. That you see, the way he bounces. Father Kikou, Father Kikou. My presence scares them (makes them afraid) their work is to accuse me, they even want me to loose (quit) my job, what will you get out of it?. I have helped you a lot, I did the way it is done, I am a lady, I only tried the way you wanted me to do. I did and did, I princess Kikou in Mayombe forest}
Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata,
wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana eee mpo na makambo ya biloba loba
mama aa mama ee
mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa
{You accused me to mother and then to father,
Where did you see son/daughter abandoned because of gossips and just hear say?}
Naboyi bambote na bino, mbote bopakoli malasi na maboko!
eeeeeeeeeeeee!
Bowuti wapi?, bopakoli dongo dongo, bolobi bopesa ngai mbote.
mpo nasala nini?
Aaa ngai kiku,
Bolobi na ngai boye, ngai mwana mabe,
mabe na ngai ya nini?
mabe na ngai elengi se mosaka, ngai princess Kiku
Nani ayebi ngai te?
ekoti na ngai ya kiprincess, bolingi nateka
elamba ya mwese, soki nalati, bino botongolo ngai
ebongisaka ngai bandeko,
Oh ma ma mama eeeee. mama ohh mama oh mama.
{I reject your salutations/greetings, greetings with hands smeared with perfumes...where are you from?, you have smeared gossips. You say you want to greet me so that I do what? Me! Kikou, you said that I am a bad girl(child). How bad am I?(what wrong have I done?) what you say is bad with me, is as sweet as palm. I princess Kikou,who doesn’t know me? My cap of princess-hood, you want me to sell it out, the dress of the moon (dress of the moon), when I wear, you gossip me. When I wear it, it beautifies me.(makes me look magnificent).
Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata,
wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana mpo na makambo ya biloba loba
Mama aah mama ee
mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa
{You accused me to mother and then to father,
Where did you see son/daughter abandoned because of gossips and just hear say?}
Akanga na yo na mbuli-boi yakotala likambo likweli nga na mokili ee!
nasali nini?, nazali mwana nde ya moto.
nayebani koyebana, babambi ngai sango ya kobamba,
ekei na brussels, sango ekei na Paris,
elomngwe na Paris ekei na America/Amerika ekomi na Japan!
balobi likambo nini oyo ngai nasali bandeko
nazalaki kolala, kolala kolala nalongwe na pongi
bayebisi ngai likambo lisali kotokona ngai mayi ya mongwa mama
{you are linked(tied) to a monster that sees what comes my way on earth, what have I done? I am a human being who is famous, they have patched me with gossips (lies)that has gone to Brussels, paris from paris it went toAmerica, from America it reached Japan!they say what I have done. When I want to sleep, I can’t get sleep. They told me something that draws saline water (salty waters) from me (wound)}.
Ngai princes Kikiu, Kiku likambo nini na kombo na ngai bandeko
ngai Kiku, papa na Kiku, fungola miso ee Papa na Kiku,eee
Oh mama ee mamma oooo, mama ee ma ma
{I Kikou!. What is it with my name?oh! Father Kikou open your eyes}
Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata,
wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana mpo na makambo ya biloba loba
mama aa mama ee
mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa
{You accused me to mother and then to father,
Where did you see son/doughter abandoned because of gossips and just hear say?}
Batandeli ngai mbazi na bireu, nazua maladi panzi,
nazua maladi ya mokongo, nazua maladi ya bare!
baloba ngai nakoti ndoki, ngai Kikou, Kikou kikou ya mayombe
Kiku Kiku Aaaa!
{They have spread stams in the office so that I get mental illness, so that I get back aches and other diseases, they say I am bewitched. Me!, Kikou of Mayombe}
bofunda ngai kala, balongolaka ngai te mosala
mpo nayebi mosala na ngai, nasalaka yango,
na motema moko, Bandeko,
Likambo nini na kombo na ngai Kiku,kiku kiku
Ngai princess Kiku, Oh mama oh mama mama ee mama aaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
{You accused me long time ago, that did not spoil my job for I know my work, I do it with one heart. What is it with my name? Kikou, Kikou. I princess Kikou}
Likambo nini na kombo na ngai Kiku, Kiku , Kiku ....
Nasali nini?,
elamba ngai nalataka, ebongisaka ngai bandeko.
demarche soki nabeti defaire etrouble bino bandeko*
likambo nini na kombo na ngai Kiku, Kiku, Kiku
nasali bino nini eee?, aaaaaaaaaa!
Naloba ndenge nini ee ? aaaaaaaaaa!
{What is it with my name ‘Kikou!’, what have I done?. The clothe I wear befits me and makes me look good, On Sunday if I come down** it troubles you. What is it with my name, what did I do to you? aha! What can I say (how do I say it)?}
bambote na bino solo ya malasi eee aaaaaaaaaa!
bipayi bokotaka botu moi kopima koyela ngai
bambote ya loboko makako naboyi
Nalingi pesa ngai mbote na moi, na tongo te, na pokwa te, na butu te.
Oh mama ee mama oo maaama!
{Your greetings smell of perfume (Not genuine), anywhere you enter into day and night with intention to get me. I reject the greetings of the hand of a monkey. I would want you to greet me during the day not in the morning, not in the evening and not at night}.
Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata,
wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana mpo na makambo ya biloba loba
mama aa mama ee
mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa
{You accused me long time ago, they did not spoil my job for I know my work, I do it with one heart. What is it with my name?}
Ngai princess Kiku, nalembi koloba, nalembi koloba,
nakanisi boyoki ngai, bokoma ngai kokoma lokola bakomaka Yesu na kuruze
Ngai KIKOU, nalembi, nalebi, nalembi.
Botika ngai nye, bovanda na ya bino mibali
ngai mpe navanda na ya ngai mobali
baninga nyoso nazuaka kombo na bango, baenemy
baninga nyoso nazuaka kombo na bango bambanda ee
nayeba te, balingi bayeba ndenge nazuaka
nazuaka po na nini?, nazuaka po na mosala, nazuaka po na mosala
Nazuaka po na mosala
papa na kiku , papa na kiku, nalela ndenge nini eee?
mama eee mama aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
{I princess Kikou, I am tired of saying it, I hope you heard me, leave me alone the way they left Jesus on the cross. I am tired, leave me stay with your husbands and I stay with my husband. All the friends I had have become enemies; all my friends have become rivals. I dint know they want to know what I get and why I get, It is all about my work, I get from my work. Father Kikou, I cry what is it?
Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata,
wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana mpo na makambo ya biloba loba
mama aa mama ee
mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa
{You accused me long time ago, they did not spoil my job for I know my work, I do it with one heart.
I wish this could do be translated in English.
chahenza come to think of it that is a very interesting concept don't know why?
See Madlilu
just one bas player,one rythm guitar player,one harmonic guitar player and one lead guitar player(Franco)
Gerry is playing solo or lead guitar and Franco mi-solo
what is the name of the man at 0:51......i love tpok jazz....i dont understand anything but just enjoy the music......long live TPOK
Erick Otieno , is named madilu system or jean de Dieu madilu
That's Lokombe Ntal.
@@hyacinthekouame4338no Lokombe Ntal bt dont feature in most songs
Spot on @@lennoxobuong9996
@hyacinthekouame4338 that's Lokombe Ntal not Madilu System
La ligue des Champions PSG ✌️✌️✌️
What was Luambo saying in this beautiful song? Someone please?
The song is about people who always gossiping for notning and Franco doesn;t like those people....so he(franco or princesse kikou ) told them to stop it .
@LWAKA NO
Cuurent musician are all about puting on an act than being serious about the craft of making music.
Most music today is about the visual performance, the dancing. No serious attention is given to the composition/lyrics, the orchestration
beautiful. Someone translate please. I am Zimbabwean and love franco but have no clue what he is saying.
This song is about people who gossiping in the back of people and Franco doesn;t like those people . So this is the main topic on this song .
@@benmondo8924 thank you
ila
Wapi epai bomona,baboya muana,po na makambo ya songi songi...where have you seen a child rejected due to gossip..papa na kikou..fungola miso..father kikou,open your eyes..balingi batikwama bana na ndenge ya mabe..they want us to bring up our children badly...bapanzi ngai napambisi mopepe Kinshasa mobimba..they are saying i pump air the whole of Kinshasa
These people just like in alot of the other video's look like Europeans listening to classical music only thing is, this has rythm. They must have some kind of better music cause I think this is African classical
What is he saying about Princesse Kikou? Could someone, please, translate.
Was für ein cooler Song, was für ein tolles Stück Musik: es swingt und rollt und groovt noch lange nach dem es geendet hat
Das ist RUMBA Musik aus ex Zaïre vom feinsteinsten. Bruder von Salsa und Tango👊🏿
Princess Kikou by Franco Luambo
Likambo bokoseli ngai mama, bokosamba, bokofuta eee
balukaka moto ya moto boye te, Bolingi nini eeeee?!.*3
{That which you lied about me, you will be judged and you will pay for it
That is not the way to one is supposed to be killed (they/that is not the way to look for one’s head). What do you want?}
Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata,
wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana eeeee po na makambo ya biloba loba
mama aa mama ee
po na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa
{You accused me to mother and then to father,
Where did you see son/daughter abandoned because of gossips and just hear say?}
Ngai princes Kikou!..,
bapopi ngai nde kopopa.
bapanzi ngai sango Kinshasa mobimba, nayeba tina te.
Oh oh oh mama….
{I princess Kikou, They have dismantled me by spreading a word/gossip to the whole of Kinshasa, that I do not know the reason (why)}
Ngai princes Kiku, bapanzi ngai nde kopanza.
Kinshasa mobimba nayeba tina te,
Ah,,,,, Ngai Kiku, bafundi ngai balobi, napambisi mopepe mama aaa!
Oh mama oh mama
{I princess Kikou, they have spread (scattered) and spread(me/my name) the whole of Kinshasa, I do not know the reason, They have accused me saying that I have pumped the air oh!}
Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata,
wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana eeee mpo na makambo ya biloba loba
mama aa mama ee
mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa
{You accused me to mother and then to father,
Where did you see son/daughter that has been abandoned because of gossips and just hear say?}
Presence na ngai ebangisaka, elamba nakolata batongoloko ngai.
suki soki nabongisa, batongoloko ngai bandeko nayeba te ohhhh!
Aaa!
{My presence scares, the cloth that I wear they gossip, If I make my hair they gossip me. I do not know why?}
papa na kikou, fungola miso,
balingi totika bana babokwama ndenge ya mabe,
Papa na kiku yamba ngai koyamba. papa!
yamba ngai koyamba. papa!
Likambo nini na kombo na ngai boye?.
nazali nano mwana, nazali nano leki, nasi nabota, nabota bana.
papa na Kiku , bapanzi ngai Kinshasa mobimba
nayeba tina te mama mamama oh!. mama ee mama oh!
{Father Kikou, open your eyes, they want us to leave the children to be brought up in bad style, Father Kikou welcome and just welcome me, what is it with my name like that? I was just a baby, now grown, and now I have children. Father Kikou they have scatted me the whole of Kinshasa, I do not know the reason}.
Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata,
wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana eeee mpo na makambo ya biloba loba
mama aa mama ee
mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa
{You accused me to mother and then to father,
Where did you see son/daughter abandoned because of gossips and just hear say?}
Nani atinda bino bolinga mibali ya bilongi mabe bandeko?
ya ngai mobali bomonaka, ndenge adendaka papa na Kiku,
Kiku, papa na kiku,
presence na ngai ebangisaka bango, mosala kofunda ngai.
balongola ngai na mosala, bokozua nde nini mama?.
nasalisi bino mingi ee,
nasali ndenge basalaka, nazali mwasi!.
kasi nakokisaki ndenge bolingaki,
nasali, nasali ngai princess Kiku na zamba ya mayombe
Oh mama oh mama ohh! mama.
{Sisters, who sent you to marry men with ugly faces? My (mine) man/husband. That you see, the way he bounces. Father Kikou, Father Kikou. My presence scares them (makes them afraid) their work is to accuse me, they even want me to loose (quit) my job, what will you get out of it?. I have helped you a lot, I did the way it is done, I am a lady, I only tried the way you wanted me to do. I did and did, I princess Kikou in Mayombe forest}
Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata,
wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana eee mpo na makambo ya biloba loba
mama aa mama ee
mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa
{You accused me to mother and then to father,
Where did you see son/daughter abandoned because of gossips and just hear say?}
Naboyi bambote na bino, mbote bopakoli malasi na maboko!
eeeeeeeeeeeee!
Bowuti wapi?, bopakoli dongo dongo, bolobi bopesa ngai mbote.
mpo nasala nini?
Aaa ngai kiku,
Bolobi na ngai boye, ngai mwana mabe,
mabe na ngai ya nini?
mabe na ngai elengi se mosaka, ngai princess Kiku
Nani ayebi ngai te?
ekoti na ngai ya kiprincess, bolingi nateka
elamba ya mwese, soki nalati, bino botongolo ngai
ebongisaka ngai bandeko,
Oh ma ma mama eeeee. mama ohh mama oh mama.
{I reject your salutations/greetings, greetings with hands smeared with perfumes...where are you from?, you have smeared gossips. You say you want to greet me so that I do what? Me! Kikou, you said that I am a bad girl(child). How bad am I?(what wrong have I done?) what you say is bad with me, is as sweet as palm. I princess Kikou,who doesn’t know me? My cap of princess-hood, you want me to sell it out, the dress of the moon (dress of the moon), when I wear, you gossip me. When I wear it, it beautifies me.(makes me look magnificent).
Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata,
wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana mpo na makambo ya biloba loba
Mama aah mama ee
mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa
{You accused me to mother and then to father,
Where did you see son/daughter abandoned because of gossips and just hear say?}
Akanga na yo na mbuli-boi yakotala likambo likweli nga na mokili ee!
nasali nini?, nazali mwana nde ya moto.
nayebani koyebana, babambi ngai sango ya kobamba,
ekei na brussels, sango ekei na Paris,
elomngwe na Paris ekei na America/Amerika ekomi na Japan!
balobi likambo nini oyo ngai nasali bandeko
nazalaki kolala, kolala kolala nalongwe na pongi
bayebisi ngai likambo lisali kotokona ngai mayi ya mongwa mama
{you are linked(tied) to a monster that sees what comes my way on earth, what have I done? I am a human being who is famous, they have patched me with gossips (lies)that has gone to Brussels, paris from paris it went toAmerica, from America it reached Japan!they say what I have done. When I want to sleep, I can’t get sleep. They told me something that draws saline water (salty waters) from me (wound)}.
Ngai princes Kikiu, Kiku likambo nini na kombo na ngai bandeko
ngai Kiku, papa na Kiku, fungola miso ee Papa na Kiku,eee
Oh mama ee mamma oooo, mama ee ma ma
{I Kikou!. What is it with my name?oh! Father Kikou open your eyes}
Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata,
wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana mpo na makambo ya biloba loba
mama aa mama ee
mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa
{You accused me to mother and then to father,
Where did you see son/doughter abandoned because of gossips and just hear say?}
Batandeli ngai mbazi na bireu, nazua maladi panzi,
nazua maladi ya mokongo, nazua maladi ya bare!
baloba ngai nakoti ndoki, ngai Kikou, Kikou kikou ya mayombe
Kiku Kiku Aaaa!
{They have spread stams in the office so that I get mental illness, so that I get back aches and other diseases, they say I am bewitched. Me!, Kikou of Mayombe}
bofunda ngai kala, balongolaka ngai te mosala
mpo nayebi mosala na ngai, nasalaka yango,
na motema moko, Bandeko,
Likambo nini na kombo na ngai Kiku,kiku kiku
Ngai princess Kiku, Oh mama oh mama mama ee mama aaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
{You accused me long time ago, that did not spoil my job for I know my work, I do it with one heart. What is it with my name? Kikou, Kikou. I princess Kikou}
Likambo nini na kombo na ngai Kiku, Kiku , Kiku ....
Nasali nini?,
elamba ngai nalataka, ebongisaka ngai bandeko.
demarche soki nabeti defaire etrouble bino bandeko*
likambo nini na kombo na ngai Kiku, Kiku, Kiku
nasali bino nini eee?, aaaaaaaaaa!
Naloba ndenge nini ee ? aaaaaaaaaa!
{What is it with my name ‘Kikou!’, what have I done?. The clothe I wear befits me and makes me look good, On Sunday if I come down** it troubles you. What is it with my name, what did I do to you? aha! What can I say (how do I say it)?}
bambote na bino solo ya malasi eee aaaaaaaaaa!
bipayi bokotaka botu moi kopima koyela ngai
bambote ya loboko makako naboyi
Nalingi pesa ngai mbote na moi, na tongo te, na pokwa te, na butu te.
Oh mama ee mama oo maaama!
{Your greetings smell of perfume (Not genuine), anywhere you enter into day and night with intention to get me. I reject the greetings of the hand of a monkey. I would want you to greet me during the day not in the morning, not in the evening and not at night}.
Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata,
wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana mpo na makambo ya biloba loba
mama aa mama ee
mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa
{You accused me long time ago, they did not spoil my job for I know my work, I do it with one heart. What is it with my name?}
Ngai princess Kiku, nalembi koloba, nalembi koloba,
nakanisi boyoki ngai, bokoma ngai kokoma lokola bakomaka Yesu na kuruze
Ngai KIKOU, nalembi, nalebi, nalembi.
Botika ngai nye, bovanda na ya bino mibali
ngai mpe navanda na ya ngai mobali
baninga nyoso nazuaka kombo na bango, baenemy
baninga nyoso nazuaka kombo na bango bambanda ee
nayeba te, balingi bayeba ndenge nazuaka
nazuaka po na nini?, nazuaka po na mosala, nazuaka po na mosala
Nazuaka po na mosala
papa na kiku , papa na kiku, nalela ndenge nini eee?
mama eee mama aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!...
Ngai princess Kiku, nalembi koloba, nalembi koloba,
nakanisi boyoki ngai, bokoma ngai kokoma lokola bakomaka Yesu na kuruze
Ngai KIKOU, nalembi, nalebi, nalembi.
Botika ngai nye, bovanda na ya bino mibali
ngai mpe navanda na ya ngai mobali
baninga nyoso nazuaka kombo na bango, baenemy
baninga nyoso nazuaka kombo na bango bambanda ee
nayeba te, balingi bayeba ndenge nazuaka
nazuaka po na nini?, nazuaka po na mosala, nazuaka po na mosala
Nazuaka po na mosala
papa na kiku , papa na kiku, nalela ndenge nini eee?
mama eee mama aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
{I princess Kikou, I am tired of saying it, I hope you heard me, leave me alone the way they left Jesus on the cross. I am tired, leave me stay with your husbands and I stay with my husband. All the friends I had have become enemies; all my friends have become rivals. I dint know they want to know what I get and why I get, It is all about my work, I get from my work. Father Kikou, I cry what is it?
Bofundi ngai na mama, bofundi ngai na tata,
wapi epayi bomona, baboya mwana mpo na makambo ya biloba loba
mama aa mama ee
mpo na makambo ya songi songi?. mama aaa mama aaaaaaaa
{You accused me long time ago, they did not spoil my job for I know my work, I do it with one heart.