ARE YOU READY?
Hawu beke mama oye
Hamba ugadile
(be alert and be on guard)
I feel a river in flood in my veins
I can feel your love in my brain
It wants to dance my life
Through a hurricane
Dance the Mamba across
The Oshakati Plain
Chorus:
Hamba ugadile ‘mntanami
(be alert and on guard my child)
The world has crocodile eyes
And if you dance the Oshakati Mamba
Remember to cross
Yourself twice - are you ready?
Hawu beke mama oye
Hamba ugadile
(be alert and be on guard)
I need to sail away, escape
This cage
I can see they sky and the Milky Way
Be my lover tonight, show
Me the wisdom of life
Dance the Mamba, across
The Oshakati night
Chorus:
Hamba ugadile ‘mntanami
(be alert and on guard my child)
The world has crocodile eyes
And if you dance the Oshakati Mamba
Remember to cross
Yourself twice - are you ready?
And if you dance the
Oshakati Mamba
You’ll be dancing on the desert air
Like a seagull searching
for the ocean
Like a lover playing solitaire