Wakadinali are known for keeping it real with what usually goes down in the hood, or Eastlands where they hail from and they are known and appreciated by their fan base by their effort to try to paint to the rest of the world how life really is in Eastlands without any additives or filters.
Their lyrics are always on point in all of their lyrics, since they rap in Sheng which is the most spoken slang in Nairobi, most youth usually resonate with them and their latest record dubbed ‘ Ulkuwa Wapi’ is anything to go by, they tell you how hard it is to live in the hood.
Quotable lyrics by Domani Munga
ndio ujue sitambuangi vita
jua niko tayari nakungonjea
ama nirauke
nikuje kwako tu mangware
kukugongea
sababu first and foremost
kama unaplan ya kuja kuniondoa
prepare for a fist fight
ju siko tayari kufa kikondoo
niko set na smelia fresh
new grafitti on the block
…
siku hizi kumblein huku ni default
come na playlist upewe earphones
juu na wonder hii mziki nikiwa professor
je nitaretayaria kwa politics
…
Nairobi hakuna fairytales
zero chills si za wamajor working heads
siku hizi napigwa hadi na thegi
ni kama za daily basis
kuchukuliwa simu
is a daily basis
ukikula chips huku usidhani
ati labda ni gatheri maybe
polisi atakuchapa na maji
akuchape akuingize ndani
adai wewe ni mwandamanaji
Quotable lyrics by Scar
niliwasho si ni next
nikacheki wakidoubt
hizi sides hawaleti rapper wao
huku east nirelax
nikudedi angalau
na before niforget
si hatupendi makarao
wacha pressure bruh
piga wera mchana
usiku wacha pesa bar
twende weka face ya kazi
I can’t forget what my pop said
you should play like the rest
but you work like a panthre
…
nabounce ni ka niko na masprings kwa knee pads
sound ni ile ile but maflow ni retard
saa zingine mi huskia ni ka God huniita
nikaange rada ju ya maimbo ya hii mtaa
product ya ma biro, karatasi na reefer
…
Wakadinali on this record features another Wakadinali member who is a rapper and a videographer as well, SewerSydaa who delivers on his lyrics as well as he closes the cameo for the music video where he depicts himself as being a homeless man surviving in Nairobi.
Quotable lyrics by SewerSydaa
moto ya dame
pia umalizwa na ball
vile tulipatana ile corner halafu nikascore
life ya hot bed
fight ya pillow
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anika huyo Pope
mi ni homophobia
rika yako no
kwanza fika 40 na
…
savage na ukaanza kutembea na mamtoo
Watch the music video for ‘Ulkuwa Wapi’ below
