About Sala Keba
Composed by: Lokua Kanza and Papa Wemba
First Album: Emotion, 1995
Label: Real World Records
Lyrics and Translations
Moninga na nga yo yo, Atiki nga moko na kati ya esanga
My friend left me alone on the island
Baweli se mosolo ya mbango
They all rush for quick money
Bokima mbangu, sala keba okozoka moninga
Run, but be careful, you might hurt yourself, my friend.
Sala keba yo yo (Sala keba yo yo)
Be careful
Sala keba yo yo (Sala keba yo moninga)
Be careful
Sala keba yo yo (Sala keba yo yo)
Be careful
Sala keba yo moninga na nga (Sala keba yo moninga)
Be careful my friend
Mokili mayi ya bwatu yo
Life’s like a canoe on the water
Ozwi lelo lobi okoki pe kozanga
You can be lucky today and unlucky tomorrow
Bokimaki mbangu mbangu yo
You rushed too fast,
Tala lelo osuki se na nzela
You see, you could not make it to the end!
Sala keba yo yo (Sala keba yo yo)
Be careful
Sala keba yo yo (Sala keba yo moninga)
Be careful, Be careful my friend
Sala keba yo yo (Sala keba yo yo)
Be careful
Sala keba yo moninga na nga (Sala keba yo moninga)
Be careful, Be careful my friend
Baninga ba nga yo oh
My friends
Batiki nga moko na kati ya esanga
Left me all along on the island
Baweli se mosolo ya mbangu mbangu
They all rush for very quick money
Okima mbangu, sala keba bokozoka ba ninga
Run, but be careful, you might hurt yourselves, my friends.
Sala keba yo yo (Sala keba yo yo)
Be careful, Be careful
Sala keba yo yo (Sala keba yo moninga)
Be careful, Be careful my friend
Sala keba yo yo (Sala keba yo yo)
Be careful, Be careful
Sala keba yo moninga na nga (Sala keba yo moninga)
Be careful, you, my friend, Be careful my friend
Sala keba yo yo (Sala keba yo yo)
Be careful, Be careful
Sala keba yo moninga na nga (Sala keba yo moninga)
Be careful, you, my friend, Be careful my friend
Sala keba yo yo (Sala keba yo yo)
Be careful, Be careful
Sala keba yo moninga na nga (Sala keba yo moninga)
Be careful, you, my friend, Be careful my friend
Sala keba moninga na nga (Sala keba)
Be careful you my friend, Be careful
Sala keba yo moninga (moninga na nga)
Be careful, Be careful, you, my friend
Sala keba yo yo (Sala keba yo)
Be careful
Mokili ezali, mbanga ya ntaba bongola bongola
The world is a perpetually shuffling place (Congolese proverb)
Mokili ezali
The world is…
Mokili ezali
The world is…
Satana alingi aboma mibeko ya Nzambe…
The devil wants to hinder God’s rules…
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