Kpafuca
2009.05.02 00:30
I first learned about Keziah Jones from a friend back (waaay back) in 1992.
We were at the time really into Red Hot Chili Pepper’s “Blood Sugar Sex Magik” album, but then my friend learned about Red Hot bassist Flea giving his hats off towards a certain Keziah Jones. My friend found Keziah’s debut album “Blufunk is a Fact!” and recommended to me.
It was awesome. Even on tape cassette.
Years passed by, and I haven’t been listening much to Keziah’s works anymore. Until I recently stumbled upon this particular song: Kpafuca, from Keziah’s 2003 “Black Orpheus” album. The (weird) title alone intrigued me; the actual listening to it captivated me.
The song has this lively African beat to it, and the words compelled me to give it a five-stars as well. It’s basically a cynical take on… everything, I guess. Empty jargonic society.
So here’s the lyrics to the song, just listen er read for yourself, and make out from it what you may…
Kpafuca
–Keziah Jones
kpafuca is the quality
of your sense of kpafuca-lity
when you’ve been kpafu-colonised
kpafuca-lity
is the principle of mind
when you’ve been kpafu-cologizing
you can even take some kpafuca-tions
you can even take some kpafuca-tions
kpafuca, kpafuco
gives you total kpafuca-tion
kpafuca, kpafuco
gives you total kpafuca-tion
kpafuca is your coun-ti-ree
and your con-ti-rees-eko-no-mee
when you’ve been kpafu-organised
kpafucality
it’s so simple to define it
just find a place
and kpafucize it
you can even take some kpafuca-tions
some kpafuca-iamine
kpafuca, kpafuco
gives you total kpafuca-tion
kpafuca, kpafuco
gives you total kpafuca-tion
kpafuca-listic, kpafucratic
people, people, people, people of the world
are you living in
a kpafuca nation
for survival?
are you living in
a kpafuca nation
for your survival?
(Anyone interested in actually listening to it can of course ask me for a copy… :p)
Anyway, here is the cover of Keziah’s debut album that I had mentioned: “Blufunk is a Fact!”
I’m not sure if it’s still around, but I’d recommend it to everyone to add to their collection.
The song “Rythm of Love” is Keziah’s most classic (and also his most popular song, I think). I also like “The Invisible Ladder” and “Pleasure is Kisses Within”. “The Wisdom Behind The Smile (Cash)” is of course a cynical social-critic song too.
Heck, most of the songs in this album are five-stars. And with 12 songs in total, you can’t go wrong in listening to the album over and over and over. Better than most of the crap called “music” today…
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