In honor of Zimbabwean Independence Day (2022), the re-worked version of Hometown Hero.

(beat by back2daroots (YouTube))

Shingi Mavima - Hometown Hero

Shingi Mavima - This I know (Rmx) (King David Koresh)

We built a shrine to our misery

Made music of the screams our muffled mouths mumbled
Sacrificed moments and smiles, offered our souls up for slaughter
Cried silent through the cracks of your altar, begrudging while it crumbled

We found home in our pain

Paid homage to the pillaging, piercing, pills and plunder
slept in the crevices of scars, Made pillows out of tear-stained pages
Danced ceaseless in the rain, serenaded by menacing thunder

We feasted on plates of dysfunction

Laid our torment bare and gathered around the table
Let scraps fall onto the floor, lest we chose to dine further
And filled our bellies until ill, and our spirits til unstable


Alas

The shrine lies in ruinous pile
The home grows cold
And the plates are rid with vile

Perhaps it is time
To seek home elsewhere

Trauma Bonds - Shingi Mavima

The song, which I'm featured on, is from the 'The Ratchet of the Earth' album by King David Koresh and the Rap Davidians. Here are the links to the album.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0pxeFRYB9958mdUVR1ZquW?si=q3sh5n7mRBGxeTIvXWb4qg

YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRb-SsmEEsWg4_N4yObwqKz5TkK3-Nfvo

Audiocus: https://www.audiocus.com/album/17386/shingi-mavima/the-ratchet-of-the-earth

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-rachet-of-the-earth/1673798231

Energy - King David Koresh,  Eqlipse the Operative, & Shingi Mavima

The original "Big Shingi Bounce" freestyle was featured on the 'Underwhelming Album.' Here is that song.
https://soundcloud.com/shingimavima/aldo-big-shingi-bounce?si=6c0f65bdb2b7423ea792eb6fa83723e5&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

This is the official joint though!

Shingi Mavima - The Bounce Rmx (ft King David Koresh)

Shingi Mavima & King Isaac- Mukandikoka Ndinouya

Shingi Mavima -Padhunza

Alive- Malcolm Mufunde, Shingi Mavima

Nothing To Lose 8-20-23

Shingi Mavima & Simba Ci: Tauya Pano

Shingi Mavima- Stardust

Shout out to the homie VI The Law and his boys for this dope posse cut, and thanks for the Challenge.

Hondo Freestyle

A brief tale of how the devil and I traveled across Africa once (2008)

Last Night (I walked with the Devil)

I met Simba Ci at Africa Day celebrations in Pretoria back in 2015, and we became friends right away. The following year, I returned to SA, and we hit the studio right away (in Mr. Brown's apartment, no less!)
We recorded a couple tracks, including Ndorangarira, first.Then, as I was about to leave, I told him about this idea I had. I had written and been reciting the poem "Scars of love" for half a dozen years by now- even recorded a couple different renditions of it. But I always wanted to do something musically with it. I wanted to blend the poem with the classic Shona song "Handiende" (Steve Makoni) and Rihanna's "Love the Way you Lie." I explained this to Simba Ci for 10 seconds, before he said "say no more!"

So we made this. It's also featured on Simba's album, Changing Chords 
(Listen to that song on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/track/0XYOdgIy3mOzDDnTeH2gK1)

Changing Chords

Handiende ft Simba Ci (2016)

Shingi Mavima is a poet, author, and some-time rapper. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Mavima currently lives in Toledo, Ohio.

(His latest book, the mythobiographic novel Pashena, is now available for purchase!
https://www.housecapacity.com/shop/Pashena-the-Dirt-Field-p102852219)

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