Name: Day 132 - Read by Modise Sekgothe | Pen by Vus'umuzi Phakathi by Break Breath With Me in poetry
Duration: 4 min
Description: A poem written South African poet by Vus'umuzi Phakathi, and read by South African poet Modise Sekgothe. Taken from the love poetry and prose anthology #BreakBreathWithMe,

The only truth I know. Thank you for sharing the blessing of Eternal love that exist in each and everyone of us.

Yho! Listening to this while walking through midday Japan. Nyaa man!!

poetry

06 6.Sambrella (music by Samthing Soweto)

A prayer to an elder who has passed pleaing with the elder to not let go.  The lyrics are a plea to not be left behind to the Gods, the elders and to nature

Wenu Wetla ft Lilly Million

Salvation Eve

© 2007 (V.Phakathi)

TRACK 03:

Words Recited by:
Vus’umuzi Phakathi

Music Production by: 
Tongogara Ntlokoa 

Keys by: 
Zakhele Mabena

Additional Words [on the hook] Written and Sung by:
Pebbles Gqunta

Hook:
I am a voice, Proud and strong;
I am the will to carry on;
I am reason to believe;
I AM EVE!

I am truth, [and] I am light;
I am the bearer of new life;
I am reason to believe;
I AM EVE!

1. This is the time for spiritually inclined women to assume their position in the heights of heaven;

2. View the world in its immediate state and realize the power that lies within them,

3. To recreate Eden and enable Adam to feast from the tree of Life and inevitably change the fate of Cane and Able.

4. For a curse was cast on the snake to crawl on his belly devouring dust for the rest of his days; Man was made from dust.

5. With the breath of life brought to life, now suffocated to death by the wages that he earns as he tirelessly toils on this earth for sin; the wages of sin are death!

6. From birth enmity was placed between woman and snake, now the survival of the Father’s creation is at stake.

7. The insidious snake has befriended man; you will see them by the fruit that they bear.

8. Obsessed over the dominion cast upon (him) over the dead, the serpent sucks the breath out of man and devours the dust, only in woman can the father now most trust, because this is their time.

9. No time to be celebrating the world’s rights that tick into existence everything on God’s not to do list, No!

10. It is not the time to rejoice about financial prosperities and abilities of taking over man’s responsibilities, No!

11. This is your time spiritually inclined woman to assume your position in the heights of heaven,

12. [And] lead man away from the snake back to your side.
Sow and nourish the seed that will crush the head of the snake’s offspring.

13. Decipher and discern the devil’s deceit of placing you on man’s ordained seat,
And draw the line between submission and oppression,
Being equal and being the same.

14. Do not only preach but also live and teach;
Reach out for scriptures and search for answers;
Research for truth.

15. Reform this formless and empty world and refill it with the holly spirit of the Most High God and be a manifestation of His will;
Because this is your time!

Selah!

Vus’umuzi Phakathi


Salvation Eve

A cover of the late Brenda Fassie's song " Too Late for Mama" over a cover of Enya's Boadecia which was popularized by The Fugees! 

*this is not for sale

Too Late For Mama - Mpho Sebina[#throwbackthursday Mix]

In truth I know nothing of your pain,
But believe me I too at times feel like I'm flying paper planes in the pouring rain.
Life too many a time is quite mundane and unpleasant,
Hence, I too at times feel like I am drenched in disdain for the present,
The kamikaze current carrying, rocking, crushing my soul to a wreck, and
I too at times feel like my heart is drowning,
In an immense raving ravenous emptiness, I feel it drowning,
Heavy heart, suspended anchor to a wrecked sinking soul,
I so at times feel like I am not coping,
Like ripping the air open
Jumping into it hoping,
To be rebirthed amongst the stars
In the distant space of milk and Mars,
Where as just a simple plus
The heaviest baggage bears no weight,
Life can be written on any slate,
There are skies beneath my feet,
There are stars within my reach,
Perhaps if this far-fetched fantasy I fail to reach
I could be rebirthed as a figure of speech,
Like, like, like a Simile.

I too at times feel like screaming, 
Shout, shuttering the silence,
With its broken pieces ceremoniously slit the wrists of Time,
Just wallow in the sublime,
Not having a care of what's shallow, of what's divine,
Of what is yours, of what is mine,
In truth the pain I know is my own!

I have since learnt to count past lessons learnt as one counts sheep to put my pain to sleep,
Do believe me I too at times weep.
Yes, be not ashamed to weep!
Ex_create what is not,
For what is not is simply naught,
It is Nothing!
Nothing ever is until it is,
The most slippery flaw is upholding what is not as though it is
With the hope of it becoming!
In the process of your becoming understand,
That memories soon forgotten are memories with the least impact,
In fact, attempting to forget those with a major impact only cause us more pain,
In so doing we dwell in the pain of the past and fail to experience the joys of the present,
Joys that turn into more pain when we realize that in our melancholic state we failed to experience them,
So, let us not attempt to forget,
But learn to understand and accept,
The purpose and essence of existence is experience,
So, let us savor every moment, 
Let us experience.

In truth, I do not know your pain,
However, I know much about my own.
Even in our deepest pain,
Let us learn to Live Out Happiness, All Else Is Frivolity!




In Truth I Know Nothing Of Your Pain (Music)

Recorded at the Popsicle Studios in Cape Town while on Tour with The Brother Moves On. 

This is the Live Version of Ni Songo Xela

Itai Hakim Ft. The Brother Moves On - Ni Songo Xela (Popsicle Studio Session)

Nomad is a collaborative project from Nono Nkoane and Gally Ngoveni

Nomad

This was Nkush's favourite track and we haven't as yet had the chance to record it properly as its been evasive. In the interim the amazing Makongela aka Zelizwe Mthembu composed a new version which me and him just recorded on a phone for you to listen to. Check out the Thandi Ntuli rehearsal version and look for it on our new album "Things we lost in the fire" 

Elders Acoustic

Happily Ever After by Thobani Mntambo

Well, I have a friend, Dambisa is her name and she has been keeping these songs for me till I was ready to release them. The songs are experimental and I wasn't comfortable with having them out when I made them so I tasked her with keeping them safe until I felt the time was right to release them.
She kept some of these songs from 2014 till now and I must commend her for doing such a banging job with my stash... 

Credits: Herieth Paul for Fashion Magazine November 2015. Photography by Malina Corpadean.
So here's to my Friend and Trustee. 
Thank you D!

Ndofire Remix

This is my first self-recorded song song, it's rather obscure I think, and drony, and draggy, and perhaps a bit heavy. An experiment of sorts, let me know what you think.

Goodbye

A poem written South African poet by Vus'umuzi Phakathi, and read by South African poet Modise Sekgothe. Taken from the love poetry and prose anthology #BreakBreathWithMe,

Day 132 - Read by Modise Sekgothe | Pen by Vus'umuzi Phakathi

Photograph: Wandile Kasibe
Soundtrack: Ntsikana's Bell by Abdullah Ibrahim and Johnny Dyani
Production: Sipho Msai Ngqayimbana

Visuals: https://youtu.be/YsTEKqq1kPE

Isikhalo Somsebenzi (UCT Workers Strike)

Meera Me is the title poem to the now two-part project. This is released in advance of the digital release of Meera Me I in a weeks time.

Poetry, Vocals, Djembe: Modise Sekgothe
Mix and Master: Nelson VB Matlaila
Image: Nhlakanipho Nhlapo

Meera Me

Unmastered version.  Us peoples dont know where or how to find ourselves.

~ 8 Bars Short
Itani on a vocal and a guitar. Pelonomi on a vocal and a guitar.

Kombela

An anthology of poetry and prose by South African poet Vus'umuzi Phakathi.

Day 132 - Read by Modise Sekgothe | Pen by Vus'umuzi Phakathi

Break Breath With Me

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