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Sampa The Great - Bona (Official Audio)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Magnus"mag 44" Mando
Magnus"mag 44" Mando
Drum Programming
Sampa Tembo
Sampa Tembo
Vocals
Samuel Nyambe
Samuel Nyambe
Keyboards
Sammy Masta
Sammy Masta
Guitar
Mwanje
Mwanje
Additional Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Magnus"mag 44" Mando
Magnus"mag 44" Mando
Composer
Sampa Tembo
Sampa Tembo
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Sampa the Great
Sampa the Great
Producer
Magnus"mag 44" Mando
Magnus"mag 44" Mando
Producer
Ben “Blazer” Kalulu
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Bona
Bona
[Verse 2]
Banyana ba e tsena
(The children are entering)
Wago rata
Ke a go rata
[Verse 3]
(You want me, I want you)
No cheque
Wah tshenwa
(No cheque, you're mad!)
[Verse 4]
Ba fyashi
Bai earner
(The girls are earning)
[Verse 5]
Akazi mu di kasi
Make the money like tenders
(Making money like dealers)
[Verse 6]
My cash
My stash
My flow
And I figure
This figure
6 figures
I'm sho
[Verse 7]
Dis dress
Respect
Dis glow
[Verse 8]
Better watch it when you utter
What you mutter
No
[Verse 9]
Please don't fuck up the karma
[Verse 10]
My black
My shit
My country
My armour
[Verse 11]
My people
My honour
[Verse 12]
Don't vex
Our flex
Been the best tho
[Verse 13]
We've been rocking
The shit
Since the origin
They be acting
Like
[Verse 14]
They can't see us win
[Verse 15]
I believe they can't ignore us
Watch em while we singing our chorus
[Verse 16]
We like to we like to
Shiiine
[Verse 17]
I like to you like to
We like to we like to
[Verse 18]
Shinneeeee
[Verse 19]
Better run it back
Cos it's mine
[Verse 20]
Mine
[Verse 21]
Run it back
[Verse 22]
Flex
Please don't breathe down my neck
[Verse 23]
Flex
[Verse 24]
This gon be disrespect
[Verse 25]
Flex
Flex
Flex
Flex
Flex
Flex
[Verse 26]
Run it back
[Verse 27]
Flex
[Verse 28]
Please don't breathe down my neck
[Verse 29]
Flex
[Verse 30]
This gon be disrespect
[Verse 31]
Flex
Flex
Flex
Flex
Flex
Flex
[Verse 32]
I don't feel no pressure
Wanna see it
How we do it
When we do it
No measure
[Verse 33]
No stress
Non fresher
[Verse 34]
No border
No "hold her"
Don't call her
Don't stress her
[Verse 35]
When you run it at the parties
Better tell em
Who run it
Who funded it
Yardie
[Verse 36]
Not a fan of you hardly
[Verse 37]
Better watch it
When you come out of the corner no coming
[Verse 38]
No
Please
No
[Verse 39]
Please
[Verse 40]
Tell em got out my face
No doubt
No fears
When you walk in our space
[Verse 41]
No borders
No trace
African always first place cos
[Verse 42]
We've been rocking the shit
Since the origin
They be acting like they can't
See us win
[Verse 43]
I believe they can't ignore us
[Verse 44]
What em when we singing our chorus
[Verse 45]
We like to we like to
Shiiine
[Verse 46]
I like to you like to
We like to we like to
[Verse 47]
Shinneeeee
[Verse 48]
Better run it back
Cos it's mine
[Verse 49]
Mine
[Verse 50]
Run it back
[Verse 51]
Flex
[Verse 52]
Please don't breathe down my neck
[Verse 53]
Flex
This gon be disrespect
[Verse 54]
Flex
Flex
Flex
Flex
Flex
Flex
[Verse 55]
Run it back
[Verse 56]
Flex
[Verse 57]
Please don't breathe down my neck
[Verse 58]
Flex
This gon be disrespect
[Verse 59]
Flex
Flex
Flex
Flex
Flex
Flex
[Verse 60]
We like to we like to
Shiiine
[Verse 61]
I like to you like to
We like to we like to
[Verse 62]
Shinneeeee
[Verse 63]
Better run it back
Cos it's mine
[Verse 64]
Mine
[Verse 65]
Run it back
[Verse 66]
Flex
[Verse 67]
Please don't breathe down my neck
[Verse 68]
Flex
This gon be disrespect
[Verse 69]
Flex
Flex
Flex
Flex
Flex
Flex
[Verse 70]
Run it back
[Verse 71]
Flex
[Verse 72]
Please don't breathe down my neck
[Verse 73]
Flex
[Verse 74]
This gon be disrespect
[Verse 75]
Flex
Flex
Flex
Flex
Flex
Flex
Flex
Written by: Magnus Mando, Sam Nyambe, Sammy Masta, Sampa Tembo

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