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Mkimbizi

Right in your hands
That very hard night
Because I am your child
That time we had a chance to
turn a page and the only way
to get out of the stupid town.
Bang bang bang
Trrrack trrrack
Krack krack krack
Those are the sounds we
heard behind us as we were
running away
Oh my goodness
Now I understand the
meaning of refugee in
Kiswahili.
Mkimbizi
Meaning a runner
We need peace