An introspection of my Ego and emotional state of being. A spacey sound connecting us to our positive self view. An activation of the NOW. Bada boom Bada bing. Rapid Soul. The Womanifestation of self-love. Modern boombap. Feel it know it.

<3

Lyrics:

ENTER YOUR BRAIN
INSANE IN MY MAIN VAIN
GRACIOUSLY AIM FOR THE TOP
FROM LIVING IN SHACKS
THIS AIN’T GONNA STOP
TRYNA MAINTAIN - ENTER THE DRAGON
LIFE IS JUST A LAME GAME, BUT LIKE YOU
I’M JUST TRYNA FACE MY DAMN PAIN
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS
BREAKIN UP SLAVE CHAINS
CLAIMING MY PLACE
INSCRIBE MY INITIALS IN STONE
FAKING NO CLAIMS ACE
CLOCK THE DEVIL AND GOD FACE2FACE
AGENT OF CHANGE ACE
REARRANGING THE SPACE CAKE
BACK IN MY ZONE
CREATING & TAKING MY LANES
JAKES LEFT A STINK & A STAIN ON MY NAME
LET’S GET THIS OUT THE WAY
LIKE DEEBO, FUCK YOU
I’M GREATER THAN GREAT
I’M NOT YOU - YOU JUST FADING AWAY
I’M FINALLY FEELING AT HOME
CLOCKED YOU - THIS AIN’T NO ABEL AND CAINE
CULTURE VULTURES - YOU UNABLE AGAIN
1ST WORLD LIVING IS STRANGER THAN THINGS
THAT LEAVE US IN DANGER FOR FOR BOOTY & BLING
AND GEORGE CLOONEY TYPE FAME

BADA-BOOM BADA BING
I MOVE LIKE A KING
I’M TRUE TO MY TING
SMOOV LIKE CHA-CHING

DON’T BE ASSUMING A TING
I DON’T MOVE FOR THE BLING
I’M JUST DOING MY TING LIKE
BADA-BOOM BADA-BING
YO, PUT ME ON THAT NUBIAN SLANG
DANCE FOR THE RAIN
TRUE TO THE BLOOD IN MY VEINS
I MOVE LIKE A KING
SMOOV LIKE CHA-CHING
DON’T BE ASSUMING A TING
YOU’LL MAKE AN ASS OF U & ME FOR FOOLERY
I QUICKLY SCHOOL A G
TRUTH BE MOVING ME LIKE
BADA-BOOM BADA-BING
I’M CLUELESS TO STINGS
I PROVE TO ME, I MOVE SHIT
I’M TRUE TO MY TING
STING IN THE TAIL
IMPROVEMENT IS THE MOVEMENT OF QUEENS
CINDERELLA SHOW ME THE SHOE FITS
UH...DON’T BE STEPPIN LIKE A NUISANCE
HIT ME WITH SOME NEW SENSE
LOCK-DOWN LIFE IS TOO TENSE
WEAK LIKE A SUIT MADE OF TIN
GOT SOME NEW SCRIPTS FOR THE PULPIT
DON’T BE STUPID AS BLING,
WHAT’S THE MOVEMENT YOU IN?
TERRIERS RIP YOU APART
FOOD FIT FOR AN EXCUSE FOR A KING
I SEE YOU JUST JUICING THE TING
MASSES FOR TAXES
ABUSING YOUR ACCESS
WHILE YOU SITTING ON ASSES
WE COULD BE BUILDING OUR ASSETS
Y’ALL JUST PRODUCE AN ILLUSIVE
ABUSE OF THE TING
THE PEOPLE REACT WITH SOME ACTION
THE GOAL WAS TO CAP A DISTRACTION
I SEE THAT....I SEE Y'ALL
BUT THE PEOPLE BECOME THE ASSASSINS
DRENCHED IN SIN
SO EVEN IF YOU TRUE TO THE GAME
LIFE’S AS ELUSIVE AS HUDINI AND BLAINE

BADA-BOOM BADA BING
I MOVE LIKE A KING
I’M TRUE TO MY TING
SMOOV LIKE CHA-CHING

DON’T BE ASSUMING A TING
I DON’T MOVE FOR THE BLING
I’M JUST DOING MY TING LIKE
BADA-BOOM BADA-BING

BADABOOM BADABING
I MOVE LIKE A KING
I'M TRUE TO MY TING
SMOOV LIKE CHA-CHING

DON'T BE ASSUMING A TING
I DONT MOVE FOR THE BLING
I'JUST DOING MY TING LIKE...
BADABOOM BADABING

Credits:

Released October 14, 2023

Lyrics: MAKANGANI
Beats: EPIK THE DAWN

BADABOOM BADABING

A song about addiction and habits and my navigation through that shiny attractive world. This is an abstract context looping back around to the beginning. Just like addictions and habits.

OH SO VERY SHINY

REFLECTION ON THE NOW IN A TIME CAPSULE FROM THE PAST

I’m just a Juxtaposition
Seems Love is Just a condition
most egos Lust in a prison
Lost in kingdoms of isms schisms
I guess you just Trust in a mission
But loved children
Also get Thrust into killing
Life & Love done
Bust up my feelings
So How the fuck
can I Trust love
I’m just living?

I burn down all racists and faschists
It's all basics just embrace it
I'm not adjacent to plastic
Right now we facing a classic




credits:
released November 3, 2023
LYRICS & VOCALS: MAKANGANI

INSTRUMENTAL PRODUCTION: MAWINGO

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all rights reserved

JUXTA POSITION

2.0 JUXTA POSITION

Lyrics:

Mzala: 

“…but anyway, I’m happy Aiden, for you…
I’m happy that everything is going the right way, just be patient…
Be…um…ya, everything will get into good hands, good places 
That you must always know JAH is good…Always looking over us…VELE”

Vele…vele…the power is ours
Yo…I got another view
That take me to another clue
I used to hold that hate close
But now i follow how my mama do

I get upon a microphone 
to fly me home to check the 1 & two
Check, mic 1..2..1..2
Im strictly vegan vegetarian 
even when it comes to Amez vous

Or anybody else Under spells who
Got the beef to chew
All i got is peace for you
Take a peace of mind anew 

Born with more storms than Picachu 
AINAIS my dude  - I am not what u deem me to 
Aaah… just what you got to be and true
Be just what you got to be and true
True


We in the same struggle 
We fight the same demons 
Stuck in the same trouble
Still dreamin ... Day dreamin
Why we still dreamin?
Exodus.... bust a bubble 
I’m leaving 




Babylon long time been a teef 
Time Travel on this long road with no relief
I got a strong spine so that means: 
I got no stomach & no time 4 no beef 

My courage is thorough & so deep
My undercover love is so steep 
My Black life matters but it’s so cheap
though we hit hard heads with dope steez 

I keep it moving like MOP 
My worldwide MOB got us 50ft Deep 
Amonati Fela - Anikulapo Kuti 
We throwing bones don’t test my Muti 

Rhetoric Raps like Baba Tomassi 
Movement of the people out the Kasi
Amandla!!Awethu!!- Fuck the stasi 
The power is ours - And NOW is time to start to G



We in the same struggle 
We fight the same demons 
Between the same concrete rubble
Still dreamin ... Day dreamin
Why we still dreamin?
Exodus.... I’m leaving

AMANDLA! AWETHU!

AMADLA! AWETHU!

A vibey, fun, trappt satire… 

Lyrics:

FLOAT SPACE

Can you see my fate
Sometimes I feel displaced
like all my Memories erased
I don't seek no race
I’m running but I feel no pace
Pick up the speed
I need some breaks...SKRRRT
I bake the fake and feed the cake
Make mistakes
jakes heed to hate
Treat us like
A waste of space
Smiles…smiles so fake purely
based on a paper chase
My Heart it strains
strains and shakes
And pains and aches
for the lowest stakes
My flow is cake
Like dope in papes
Cash Doe & papes
Make no mistake
Uh...This ain't no poker-face
I don't roll with jakes
Who tell me how to hold my place
Ey, Why?
Cos I float in space, space
I need some space y’all….ey…space


Cos I float in space
I don't roll with jakes
Who tell me how to hold my place
This ain't no poker-face
Make no mistakes
Cash Doe & papes
Like dope in papes - My flow is cake
for the lowest stakes
Nah...pains and aches, strains and shakes
My Heart it breaks
based, nah! on a paper chase?
smiles so fake - A waste of space
Treat us like jakes heed to hate
Make mistakes, I bake the fake, feed the cake
I need some breaks...SKRRRT
Pick up the speed, running but I feel no pace
I don't seek no race
It FEELS like all my Memories erased
DAMN…Sometimes I feel displaced
Can you see my fate?
Can you see my face?
I FLOAT IN SPACE

#release #hiphop #makanganisweeklydrops #weeklydrops #trappy #rap #vibes

FLOAT SPACE

MOONS TURN 
.
Sun's shine moons turn 
ain't a damn thing change
Sometimes live & learn
I know life is strange


I communicate soul to soul
Outerplanetary linkup 
to unfold my goal
Electro magnetics 
from pole to pole
Euros told me calm down 
& slow your roll
Stay in your place 
and know your role
Suckas Insecure
play holy & show control
I feel things most
only hope to know
Or just vicariously 
live inside the Oprah show
Most of us already 
had that media overdose 
And just don't know 
so They run along 
With a life others chose 
Hustle on strong 
& go for gold 
Miss Rona got us sniffing 
like a coca nose 
Read between the lines 
and own the prose
Living in a time 
where truths of old's exposed
Old souls glow the road 
yo...Old souls glow the road 


Sun's shine moons turn 
ain't a damn thing changed 
Sometimes live & learn
I know life is strange 


Feel it know it 
from Crown to toes
Wake us up out this comatose 
I know its i high hopes
for the right life scope
Yall bozos want dope hyped shows 
pro bono But don't know  
a pros code is quid pro quo
This old soul got cold flows 
no horns blown
Like yo... 
I just feel to hold you close though
I feel so close to these tones yo
We work hard 
ain't no jokes though 
I fold foes 
Even if i pull a no-show...
Ya Wack steez is a no-go
Wack steez is a no-go

Sun's shine moons turn 
ain't a damn thing changed 
Sometimes live & learn
I know life is strange


Lyrics: MAKANGANI

Beat: MADLAB

moons turn

turn moons

A song created with Birdy Sanjazz on when he temporarily lived around the corner from me. He unfortunatle stayed briefly, but ... in that time we created this piece of art... tictok.

enjoy...

This is a song about the paradox of life, of existence. A somber series of thoughts, a stream of consciousness. The plight of the artist on a path toward hopeful light. The instrumental was created by Jongpadawan. It's been in the archives for a minute...so we're so happy to share it with you, finally. 

Much love..
Makangani

LYRICS:

I need a life-line you give me a noose
I need the type of skeen that gives a choice to choose
I need to the gold but they offer me the goose
The story's old, we're still living shoe-loose
I need a meal, fool gave me a gun 
We need to heal but lonely souls are left to hung
They say I need an indie deal ...(what, what ...)
The heads told me to run - RUN!

I need the cash I havent paid rent
I'm kinda locked up in modern day enslavement
Blessed with titties and ass but got my money spent
Gave it all away to some black suited cunning men
if dope means broke,well I smoke no dope
I elope with hope and see that most folks are jokes
got hopes to cope amidst thought of a noose on a rope 
i need a broker bloke whose not broking my cash float...
on coke....on coke

GET IN FOCUS, NO BUGUS
NO POACHERS
POSITION LOTUS 
CONDITION NOT HOPELESS

KNOW YOUR LOCUS
NO NOSY BLOKERS 
NO SERIAL CHOKERS
NO POSY PHOTOS

NO HOME INFESTED ROACHES 
NO HOPEY HOPERS 
NO HOE FOLKS ONLY IN FOR SHOWBIZ

YO LONELY TOKERS
I HOPE YOU'VE GOT A COSY SHOULDER
NO WEAK POSES 
I'M JUST A TREE HUGGING MOSES

PAPER CUTS

I RIDE FOR ME
I RIDE FOR YOU

A bittersweet realisation that we are all here for only a blink of an eye. Love you. Ride for you.

Vocals/Lyrics: MAKANGANI

Beat: guruisdead

i ride 4 me

This is a song I recorded after meeting Titus and Theresa in London. Random, not random ya know!? :) So... we clicked like a Bic pen and all this time later, here we are dropping trax. Soon we're gon hit you with some more when i kidnap the Dubmaster StepTitus again... This time we'll use a juicy mic. To be fair... the drum mic we did use was epic. Or was it actually a condenser? Hmmm.....Well.... the photo is a Cape Town sunset and a moon rise at the same time, taken from Lions head mountain, it's an analogue collage, a double exposure of the one side of the horizon and the other in the same frame. <3

Anyways... just know that there are lovely stories behind this release and we are ecstatic to share it with yall!!

Peace & Love

THIS IS THE LAST SONG OF 2023!!!! LOOKING SO FORWARD TO PUSHING THIS TING IN '24..

Have fun be safe... ;)

SOME RISE SOME SIT

THIS SONG IS IN REMEMBRANCE OF MY BROTHER MADLAB WHO RECENTLY PASSED IN THE FLESH JUST BEFORE XMAS. WE HAD SOME UNRESOLVED BEEF WHICH WAS MINOR, IF YOU ASK ME. SO... THIS IS A CALL OUT TO ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH IT RIGHT NOW...TRUST ME---THERE IS ALWAYYYYYS SOMEONE TO TALK TO ..... TALK TO ME IF ANYONE.......PLEASE ....


Old Soul   

Sun's shine moons turn  ain't a damn thing changed  Sometimes live & learn I know life is strange / / // I know life can rearrange you  I communicate soul to soul Outerplanetary linkup to unfold my goal Electro magnetics from pole to pole Euros told me calm down & slow your roll  Stay in your place  and know your role Suckas Insecure play holy  & show control I feel things  most only hope to know Or just vicariously  live inside the Oprah show  Most of us already had a media overdose  And just don't know so They run along  With a life others chose  Hustle on strong & go for gold   Miss Rona got us sniffing like a coka nose  Read between the lines and own the prose Living in a time where truths of old's exposed Old souls glow the road   Sun's shine moons turn  ain't a damn thing changed  Sometimes live & learn I know life is strange / / // I know life can rearrange you   Feel it and know it from Crown to toes Wake us up out this comatose  I know its I high hopes For the right life scopes  Y'all bozos want dope shows  Pro bono But don't know   A pro's code is quid pro quo ? This old soul's got cold flows - No horns blown  I just feel to hold you close though I feel so close to these tones yo We work hard  - ain't no jokes bro I fold foes  - Even if I pull a no-show...  Ya Mad Wack steez is a no-go So, yo...I burn culture vultures, no slow-mo Fast moves like a pick pocket hobo Still ancient as a Rasta Bobo  I used feel FOMO Like yo...this ain't no high ho  Off to bed we go  -   Cos high hoes be stripping all night on the go-go    Sun's shine moons turn  ain't a damn thing changed  Sometimes live & learn I know life is strange /  // I know life can rearrange you 

R.I.P MAXI 
R.I.P MADLAB

R.I.P Maxi... MADLAB (ain't a damn thing change)

SAD

...not for sale... its just a freestyle on a Torch beat. Kapitel 29. Chill...

IT IS WHAT IT'S NOT

Lyrics: MAKANGANI AKA David Scribbles
Production: Infrared

Fire

Consortium Of Truth

Bread Break

Automatic Brainspill

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We celebrate the journey and the upcoming pathways to light, less ego and more awareness...


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Who2

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Feel The Real feat. Sally-L

Who Here

Poem 28

emoLOGIC

This song is a special tribute to my pain and reflection, to my growth as an individual. To my love and expression and of course to my seeming mistakes as a human. The keys are in our hands... 

Thank you Celine...

@MAKANGANI

Keys feat. Celine Chaton a.k.a SHAMS

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Alive Already

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We celebrate the journey and the upcoming pathways to light, less ego and more awareness...

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Black-Card

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We celebrate the journey and the upcoming pathways to light, less ego and more awareness...

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RIDE WITH ME FAM...

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