Spin the Globe - Jorm and Rabbit in Nairobi

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How this video came to be: Every issue AFAR Magazine chooses a destination at random - by literally spinning a globe - and sends a writer on a spontaneous journey. He/she travels without an itinerary, and relays the adventure in a first-person dispatch. In February, they sent Jorm to Kenya for 6 days. In Nairobi he met a local rapper named Kaka Sungura aka "Rabbit" *. They made a song and a music video together. This is that video. Check out www.afar.com to read Jorm's article and check out this link for video with subtitles: www.youtube.com Huge thank you to Simahlak for the beat: www.simahlak.com Rabbit's Sheng Swahili lyrics translated: Nilikuwa Proud sana singeeza kuomba bop (I was too proud to borrow a shilling) sahizo Nursa nimechujwa nimechapa watoi wasoft (that time I was kicked out of nursery school for bullying soft kids) shairi za Chesimba zinafanya walami wanitafute (now white people are looking for me coz the poetry of Mrs. Chesimba taught me) mi ndio King Simba, inafanya wasanii wasiniguse (now I'm the king simba, fellow artists cant touch me) kuna time nilikuwa kwa bench nakatsika vile game inachezwa (there was a time I was on the bench, disgusted at how the game was being played) ata coach anaskia wivu anajua tricks naeza leta (even the coach was jealous he knew the tricks I would bring to the game) ndio niliamua kuquit game, Haimaanishi mi ni quitter (and so I quit the game, it doesnt mean I'm a quitter) sahii ile game nacheza nabonga na Game kwa Twitter <b>...</b>
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