{"id":1974,"date":"2010-09-09T22:32:22","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T22:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/?p=1974"},"modified":"2010-09-09T22:32:22","modified_gmt":"2010-09-09T22:32:22","slug":"conscious-senegalese-rap-is-not-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/conscious-senegalese-rap-is-not-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Conscious Senegalese rap is not dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Keur Gui of Kaolack is back with a gem of a video. Directed by Senegalese new school crew Gelongal<\/a>, the video ‘Coup 2 Gueule’ (‘Let\u2019s Act on our Words’) features Kilifeu and Thiat in the congested urban setting of Dakar. Flagship group of the movement of decentralization \/ de-Dakarisation<\/em> in Senegal, Thiat and Kilifeu from the central Senegalese town of Kaolack<\/a> remain the two only rappers in Senegal who did jail time for denouncing acts of corruption.<\/p>\n

While the political and economical situation has continued deteriorating in Senegal for the past ten years under President Wade, Keur Gui remains true to their social mission and message. By pushing their audience to act according to their words, the song Coup de Gueule, originally released on their 2008 hit album ‘Nos Connes Doleances’ (‘Our Stupid Complaints’ or ‘Our Condolences’), becomes even more relevant in the intensification of the state of crisis in Senegal.<\/p>\n

Watch the video and be sure to read the translated lyrics.
\n[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZLrTLPrUodQ[\/youtube]<\/p>\n

Lyrics:
\nLet\u2019s act on our words
\nThe same way we resisted Hitler and De Gaulle<\/p>\n

Kilifeu:
\nI don\u2019t even feel Senegalese anymore
\nThis lusty regime wasted all our money.
\nIt\u2019s torturing me.
\nWho can help me migrate to Europe?
\nI draw out the money, got to pay
\nWe can\u2019t stop lamenting with this deadly hunger
\nWe fish with rusty hooks and cultivate potatoes with old tools
\nWe are the victims of the crisis and true discrimination
\nI am fed up of this corrupt justice system.
\nI am tired of doing nothing apart from drinking tea
\nI can\u2019t even see the end of their craziness and we are ready to follow them to our own self-destruction
\nLife is expensive and in our rural world we live in misery
\nWinterhide is late and battyboys are increasing.
\nLet it be clear we are drowning into hell
\nChorus:
\nToll roads
\nHotels, cars and waste
\nThey are building tunnels
\nWhile poverty is looking at us
\nWith their brighter lights
\nLife becomes more expensive
\nThey are bringing forward the ‘Millenium Gate’.
\nWhile we are drowning into misery
\nThey are building roads
\nWhile mendicity is increasing
\nNational justice court, SOS of the rural world
\nLet\u2019s act on our words
\nThe same way we resisted Hitler and De Gaulle
\nLet\u2019s act on our words
\nThe same way we resisted Hitler and De Gaulle<\/p>\n

Thiat:
\nOld man, your seven years presidential reign has been expensive
\nLike if it wasn\u2019t enough, you cheated during the last elections
\nYou ruined the ICS, and hijacked the ASECNA\u2019s money
\nThe SARL is claiming bankruptcy, and the price of gas is skyrocketing
\nIn this environment, old man, it is difficult for you to find solutions
\nGoana is another of your stupid illusions
\nLet\u2019s fight these buffoon who are stealing our money
\nNo one shall take away the power because he fears the people\u2019s revolution
\nWe are so hungry and not even a seed is left
\nDon\u2019t make us go backwards, you want to capsize the boat
\nAn empty calabash doesn\u2019t feed anyone
\nWe are drowning into hunger and unemployment
\nIn this insalubrity we don\u2019t even benefit from health care
\nPlease God spare us<\/p>\n

Thanks to our undercover Dakar contact for supplying the news, pic & video!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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