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Nyayo House

by Crystal Axis

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animehair Wow. I heard rumors about the Nyayo house having torture chambers. I'm glad that we have a punk band from Kenya representing and pointing out ☝️out issues facing our country and society as a whole.

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Nyayo House is based on the dreaded torture chambers used by the Kenyan government to silence dissidents and the opposition. The single confronts the dark history of the Kenyan government while commenting on issues affecting Kenyans to this day such as wide spread corruption and police brutality.
The band continues to write music based on African history as the song follows up on our single ‘Leopold’, a commentary on the atrocities of King Leopold II in the Congo.

lyrics

Take my license, steal my soul,
Throw me in a cold, dark hole.
13 doors all painted red,
They say it never existed, “Baba it’s all in your head”.
Mama said she’s here but on the other side,
Mama said there’s fear, insurgents gotta die.
Mama we don’t know what we’ve all become,
Cause your son’s so numb to what they’ve all done

We are dissidents.
The coup is imminent.
Lose your discipline.
Nyayo is sickening.

Mwakenya this, Mwakenya that,
They said it’s over my children, it’s a wrap.
Sitting comfy right there on a fat man’s lap,
Feeds me crumbs so I’m numb to that stacked bag.
While you lay on the ground, they move big across town,
Campaigns that you can’t escape that same old sound.
Government’s loving it while we clapping hands raising flags,
New faces to leave em blameless, no changes and that’s facts.

We are dissidents.
The coup is imminent.
Lose your discipline.
Nyayo is sickening.

Fuck em all
We love em all…

credits

released November 25, 2019
Written and performed by Crystal Axis.

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Crystal Axis Nairobi, Kenya

Ahmed Bulhan,
Djae Aroni,
Douglas Kihoro,
Jules Fox Winnfield
Dan Gichia

Five-piece Nairobi based afropunk band.

discography

Black AF

Aug 2022
Take The Throne

Oct 2020
Nyayo House

Nov 2019
Leopold

May 2018
State of Unease E.P

Sep 2012

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