Mehal Sefari (single)

by Alpacas Collective feat Miki Mac

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about

The tune is written during the lockdowns, in a process of swapping demos over the internet and one by one recording in the studio. Studio magic is conjured up with the creative contributions of friends performing their signature tricks.
'Mehal Sefari' is a lyric-heavy tune about war, greed and repressive rulers. A personal testimony coming from Miki Mac's life.

lyrics

Original (Amharic)
ከራብ ከድህነት መታገል ሳያንሰን
አይበጀን ያልነው ውስጥ ገባን ተመልሰን
በዳይ ተበዳዩም ይቅርታን እምቢ ያለ
አስታራቂም ሸሸ እየተማረረ

ሆድ ነው የሰው እዳው
እምነት የሚያስከዳው
የሚባለው ድሮ - - - አሄ
መች ቀረ ዘንድሮስ

ተረት ብቻ አይደለም
ሲሆን እያየነው
በቃሉ የሚኖር
ጠፍቶዋል
ሆዱ እያታለለው

ቅዱሱን ቃሉን ሰባኪው
ትልቅ ሰው ያልነው አዋቂ
መሪ ያልነው ዘውድ ያስጨበጥነው
ለስልጣን መግደል ሲቀለው
እያየነው

አወዬው ምነው የኛስ ነገር
ጉድ ብቻ ሆኖ እንዲያው ሲቀር
ሆድ ባሰኝ አኔስ በማየው ሁሉ
መላ ቢስ ሆኖ ሲቀር ነገሩ

ሆድ ነው የሰው እዳው
እምነት የሚያስከዳው
የሚባለው ድሮ - - - አሄ
መች ቀረ ዘንድሮ

Translation (English)

With poverty and famine to our name
The new road took us the way we came
With no sides willing to take the blame
And nobody willing to kill the flame

Greed is the downfall of man
Sell his morals if he can
They used to say
It still applies today

We see it everyday
It's not just a story
No matter what he says
Greed is his only worry

The holy men on the hill
And the kings we appointed
find it easier to kill
Than to be defeated

With poverty and famine to our name
The new road took us the way we came
With no sides willing to take the blame
And nobody willing to kill the flame

I don't know what hope we have any longer
Stories are the only thing keeping us together
I'm sick and tired of this endless fight
When there's no solution to all this in sight

Greed is the downfall of man
Sell his morals if he can
They used to say
It still applies today

credits

released April 2, 2022
Vocals & lyrics - Miki Mac
Drums, shekere & bell - Stan Hennes
Farfisa, congas & tambourine - Frederik Kühn
Farfisa, Arp & Hammond - Micky Peeters
Guitar - Robby Swiggers
Bass - Steve Vandervoort

Recorded, mixed & produced by FREDERIK KÜHN
Written & arranged by FREDERIK KÜHN
Mastered by FREDERIK DEJONGH at JERBOA MASTERING

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Alpacas Collective Leuven, Belgium

Alpacas Collective takes you on a trip from Lagos to Addis Ababa, from Augusta, Georgia to New Orleans, and from Delhi to sci-fi worlds, bringing it all back home in a unique set of original songs featured on its debut album Seven Wisdoms of Plutonia (coming October 2022). ... more