Village Make Wi Strong

KING ELVIS STRIKER'S MAMBO STRIKER'S LET MI TELL YOU DIS

Yeah yeah yeah

Intro - Spoken

When di uneducated raise di educated

An di educated a raise di lost

Wah go wrong down inna Zimbabwe

Listen mi now Uneducated parents inna di 90s raise engineer lawyer doctor

Dem no have book but dem have wisdom deep

Dem groom dem pickney out inna di rural

Walk long journey to school seven kilometre barefoot

No shoes hot sand a burn foot inna October

Frost a bite toe come June

Dem burn candle fi study no ZESA

One candle share among four children

Soot pon di nose inna di morning

Was evidence of hard work

Research was teacher library book

An old man who know herbs [Chorus]

When di uneducated raise di educated

An di educated a raise di lost

Wah go wrong tell mi wah go wrong

Di village make wi strong

Make di town no make wi children weak

When di uneducated raise di educated

An di educated a raise di lost

Verse 2

Dem go to school pon empty stomach

One meal of sadza an wild okra

Stomach a growl but mind sharp

Crossing flooded rivers pon di way

Hold book above head uniform wet up to chest

Tattered uniform patch by mother wid sack thread

Dem wake at four fi help parents yoke cattle

Milk cows fetch water before go to school

After school no TV just weed inna di fields

Chase baboon from maize fetch firewood

Dis hardship give dem zeal

Poverty was dem teacher hunger was dem motivation

Chorus

When di uneducated raise di educated

An di educated a raise di lost

Wah go wrong tell mi wah go wrong

Di village make wi strong

Make di town no make wi children weak

When di uneducated raise di educated

An di educated a raise di lost

Verse 3

Come to dem offspring di professionals now

Live spacious inna urban towns

Children bred inna opulent mangers

Well fed chicken every day pizza an takeaways

Well clothed new uniform every term

Drive to school wid tuck of hundred dollar

Wi say wid pride wi no want raise dem di hard way

An deh wi make wi biggest mistake

Wi spoil dem wid phone at eight years

Laptop at ten pocket money every week

Wi give dem everything except character

Wi forget respect hard work fear of elders

Bridge

Inna di 90s parents say don't spare di rod

Today wi say don't beat mi child

Now child a beat wi inna wi own house

Him shout at mother insult father come home midnight

Uneducated mother have no book but she have wisdom

Mwana asingacheme anofira mumbereko

She inspect yuh nails check yuh books

Dat beating make a lawyer

Verse 4

Mi fellow Zimbabweans let wi go back

Give dem basics not luxuries

Food school fees clothes love an discipline

Teach dem fi fetch water even when there a tap

Teach dem fi weed garden even when there a maid

Teach dem fi respect elder even when elder a poor

Teach dem fi wake up early an work

A respectful child a betta dan a mansion left to a drug addict

Final Chorus

Wi must decide do wi want children who bury wi wid dignity

Or children wi will bury because of drugs

Di village make wi strong let di town no make wi children weak

When di uneducated raise di educated

An di educated a raise di lost no more no more

Outro - Spoken

I thank yuh

King Elvis Striker's Soundz

Mambo Striker's ndini