SOMI: Two Dollar Day

Somi - Two Dollar Day

VERSE 1

There’s a woman on the road

She got mouths to feed

Her man died last year

Now she works to the bone.

There’s a woman on the road

She got floors to clean

Her sorrow is deep

And her freedom gone.

[CHORUS:]

It’s a two-dollar day, two-dollar day

And she can’t get home

It’s a two-dollar day, two-dollar day

And she can’t get home.

VERSE 2

There’s a woman on the road

She got tears to cry

She holds on to her God

To understand the greed.

There’s a woman on the road

She got dreams to live

Her days are numbered

And sometimes it’s better to sleep.

[CHORUS:]

SOMI: Four African Women

Somi - Four African Women

VERSE 1

My skin is black

My forehead long

My hair is wooly too

And my back is strong

Strong enough to carry on

After genocide and all my family gone

What do they call me?

My name is Gatsinzi

 

VERSE 2

My skin is pink

It used to be black

My mirrors and my magazines

Made me cry

Discarded western bleaching creams

Eat away at my skin and self-esteem

What do they call me?

Beauty queen

SOMI: Ginger Me Slowly

Somi - Ginger Me Slowly

VERSE 1

Ginger me,
With pillow talk and pretty things, oh
Ginger me,
By candle light and long walks by the lagoon
Ginger me with intellect and wine
Ginger me Boy with kindness and cool

[CHORUS:]

(Yes oh)
Ginger me slowly
Yes oh
Ginger me slowly

VERSE 2

Ginger me
With poetry and roses in the afternoon
Ginger me
With trips to Monaco and to the Nile
Ginger me
With power and humility, oh
Ginger me boy
Ginger me with your love

[CHORUS:]