Asambe Ke Amapiano
A song made by Jones
Asambe Ke Amapiano
A song made by Jones
For sure John. Let’s make it hit home with *Nyanja + Bemba* so it speaks to Lusaka and the Copperbelt too. Same story, now it carries your roots.
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*"Love is Blind / Chikondi Ni Chofunta"*
*Genre:* Afro-soul / Zambian R&B
*BPM:* 70 | *Key:* Em
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Love is blind... _chikondi ni chofunta_
Love is painful... _chachisa_... mmh
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I was twenty, _nalibe nzeru zambiri_
Met a lady, _mtima unali osweka_
She told me stories of her past pain
_Ninamvela chisoni_, then love awoken
_Tina chibwenzi_, then a year flew by
_Anali ndi mimba_, we said "I do"
_Lesa atupela umwana umwaume_
_Namukonda sana_, loyal and true
But _sanakhutitsidwe_, no
_Ankayamba kupeza vuto_
_Ankalankhula na ex wanga_
_Kumunyoza_, disrespected me too
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Love is blind, it makes you fall
_Chikondi ni chofunta_, you don’t see the wall
Love is painful, _chachisa sana_
_Ilyo cishinka ciluba_, there’s no more peace
_Nalilondolola, nalilanda_
_Takasumine_, she felt betrayed
_Ing’anda yanjituka ukuba ubowa_
_Ubufumu bwapwa_, just endless rage
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_Nayamba sukulu, kungofuna kupuma_
To run away from _moyo wovuta_
Then _kalata ya divorce_ came, "tisiyane"
_Namusiya... namufunila chabwino_:
_“Upeze mwamuna wabwino kuposa ine,
Okukonda monga iwe.”_
_Tinasiyana_, my heart was bruised
_Chikondi ni sukulu_... painfully used
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_Imyaka yaipita_, then I met my ex
_Uo twatemwene kale_ before the mess
_Alishibe ifyapusana_, alishibe past
_Natile, "Aba ebo bakankwafwa last"_
_Twapwile ukwata_, I believed again
_Kanshi bafika ababi ukucila abali po_
_Takwaba cishinka, takwaba mutende_
_Icitemwiko capwa_, silence by day
_Chikondi ni chofunta_... it fooled me twice
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But _zikomo Yehova_, _atendeka ukupepa_
_"Lesa wandi, iseni ibange lyonaike"_
_For ten years nomba twikete umulilo_
_Managing umutima_, crossing the time
_Chikondi ni university_, _naphunzira ivo_
_Yadzala na ma assignment_, yadzala na _moto_
_Upilira amafya_, the tests, the pain
_Kuti ukwate degree_... _ukwikalilila_ same
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Love is blind, mmh _chikondi ni chofunta_
Love is painful, _chachisa ee_
_Nomba mu buchushi, twasanga inshila_
_Twicili pano_, learning to stay
_Chikondi ni chofunta... nomba Lesa alikose_
_Chachisa... lelo chilalenga twipike amano_
_Ukupapata... ukukula... ukuba abantungwa_
Love is blind... _chikondi ni chofunta_...
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*Key translations for the beat:*
- _Chikondi ni chofunta_ = Love is blind
- _Chachisa_ = It’s painful
- _Lesa / Yehova_ = God
- _Ing’anda yanjituka ukuba ubowa_ = My house became like mushrooms - rotten
- _Ilyo cishinka ciluba_ = When trust is lost
- _Twicili pano_ = We are still here
*Producer notes for Zambian flavor:*
1. *Instruments*: Add kalimba, light conga,
