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Poetry

Affirm

By Martin SIEP Muller
Translated from Kaaps by Andre Trantraal
I affirm the soul in each person / It’s clean as a bone with the vocal tone


Watch the music video for “Affirm” performed by SIEP, in the original Kaaps.

This rap performance by SIEP uplifts and speaks truth.

I affirm the soul in each person
I affirm the soul in each person
It’s clean as a bone with the vocal tone
Who is still suffering?

Hector Pieterson
That was seventy-six
Try it now
We make cop thugs cop slugs
That’s one for you and your peeps
Another one for your stepfather peeping
At your sister, trying to chise
We put that red on his shirt
Like Mr. Price
Who runs this shit?
The economy is going to hell
MCs can’t spell
The president can’t count
But count on S-I-E-P
To come through
Bag of chips and all that
Mic check, one two,
Pull rabbits out of hats
The gift of life in flesh is just a rental
I don’t fuck with tats, this body is a temple
Herschelle Gibbs on point, you know what I mean
The beats are nice the herb is tight and light green
Wolf in sheep’s clothing,
Out to get me
Ring my bell, put your paws
up on the windowsill
You can’t trust anyone, son
SIEP is the boss
But only God is great
So come and kneel at the cross

I affirm the soul in each person
I affirm the soul in each person
It’s clean as a bone with the vocal tone
Who is still suffering?

Molo kunjani
Things we need to learn how to say
Mmusi Maimane
Ace of Spades of the DA
Yes, we’re still waiting for ninety-four
Bobo Simon, y’all
I need my cure
Underground, bank account in minus
Spring is here, nose is red, check the sinus
This is for the pain, for the arthritis
Barefoot on the broad way
Satan endorses my chemical descent
When I said get behind me
This is not what I meant
Mortein Target, Doom
Keep the devils and flies at bay
Each day I wonder if my soul’s gone astray
Priest here to pray
I’m MIA,
Wayde van Niekerk
My mother’s little brother at the bin
Looking for scrap, for food among the old news
So ask yourself this: whose suffering continues?

I affirm the soul in each person
I affirm the soul in each person
It’s clean as a bone with the vocal tone
Who is still suffering?

The flow is simple but the skill is still singular
Kaas, Hess, Olie, Dab the best of the Peninsula
Your supremacy is fake like the triple K
Dust and breath, MCs step this way
In life the lesson comes after the examination
That fear at night in my room
When I read the Book of Revelation
Loudmouth with a silver spoon
He’s alright but SIEP is sicker
He’s tight but SIEP is deeper
Eyes pink like Floyd, dark side of the moon
I dig Isaac Mutant but I don’t fuck with Dookoom
That’s not a dis, chill, listen again
Laws of physics, let the chips fall where they may
See, I was never top of my class
But fuck it to this day no one has ever been in my class

I affirm the soul in each person
I affirm the soul in each person
Clean to the bone with the vocal tone
Who is still suffering?

Beklemtoon” © Martin SIEP Muller. By arrangement with the author. Translation © 2021 by Andre Trantraal. All rights reserved.

 

English Kaaps (Original)


Watch the music video for “Affirm” performed by SIEP, in the original Kaaps.

This rap performance by SIEP uplifts and speaks truth.

I affirm the soul in each person
I affirm the soul in each person
It’s clean as a bone with the vocal tone
Who is still suffering?

Hector Pieterson
That was seventy-six
Try it now
We make cop thugs cop slugs
That’s one for you and your peeps
Another one for your stepfather peeping
At your sister, trying to chise
We put that red on his shirt
Like Mr. Price
Who runs this shit?
The economy is going to hell
MCs can’t spell
The president can’t count
But count on S-I-E-P
To come through
Bag of chips and all that
Mic check, one two,
Pull rabbits out of hats
The gift of life in flesh is just a rental
I don’t fuck with tats, this body is a temple
Herschelle Gibbs on point, you know what I mean
The beats are nice the herb is tight and light green
Wolf in sheep’s clothing,
Out to get me
Ring my bell, put your paws
up on the windowsill
You can’t trust anyone, son
SIEP is the boss
But only God is great
So come and kneel at the cross

I affirm the soul in each person
I affirm the soul in each person
It’s clean as a bone with the vocal tone
Who is still suffering?

Molo kunjani
Things we need to learn how to say
Mmusi Maimane
Ace of Spades of the DA
Yes, we’re still waiting for ninety-four
Bobo Simon, y’all
I need my cure
Underground, bank account in minus
Spring is here, nose is red, check the sinus
This is for the pain, for the arthritis
Barefoot on the broad way
Satan endorses my chemical descent
When I said get behind me
This is not what I meant
Mortein Target, Doom
Keep the devils and flies at bay
Each day I wonder if my soul’s gone astray
Priest here to pray
I’m MIA,
Wayde van Niekerk
My mother’s little brother at the bin
Looking for scrap, for food among the old news
So ask yourself this: whose suffering continues?

I affirm the soul in each person
I affirm the soul in each person
It’s clean as a bone with the vocal tone
Who is still suffering?

The flow is simple but the skill is still singular
Kaas, Hess, Olie, Dab the best of the Peninsula
Your supremacy is fake like the triple K
Dust and breath, MCs step this way
In life the lesson comes after the examination
That fear at night in my room
When I read the Book of Revelation
Loudmouth with a silver spoon
He’s alright but SIEP is sicker
He’s tight but SIEP is deeper
Eyes pink like Floyd, dark side of the moon
I dig Isaac Mutant but I don’t fuck with Dookoom
That’s not a dis, chill, listen again
Laws of physics, let the chips fall where they may
See, I was never top of my class
But fuck it to this day no one has ever been in my class

I affirm the soul in each person
I affirm the soul in each person
Clean to the bone with the vocal tone
Who is still suffering?

Beklemtoon” © Martin SIEP Muller. By arrangement with the author. Translation © 2021 by Andre Trantraal. All rights reserved.

 

Beklemtoon

Ek beklemtoon die Siel In Elke Persoon
Ek beklemtoon die Siel In Elke Persoon
Is silwer skoon met die stem toon.
Wie suffer nog altyd

Hector Pieterson
Dai was seventy six try it nou pah os skiet ñ ding
Hai’s een vi jo en jo bra
Nog een vi jou stief pa
Wat heeltyd jou sista pla
Wiet j wie pasellie?
Die land hettie gellie (geld nie)
MC’s kani spellie
President kani tellie
Is die S.I.E.P stiek altyd met salute yt
Mic check 0ne, two trek n has yt n hoed yt
Die gift of life in flesh is net n rental
Ek fokkie nog met tattoos nie die body is die temple
Herchelle Gibbs on point as os dit doen
Die beats in nice die herb is tite en lig groen
Wolf in skaap kleure daar yt om my te vang
Lui my klokkie sit jou pote opi venster bank
ñ Man kannie trust nie san
Siep is ini huis
Jys wys vani God kom kniel by die kruis

Ek beklemtoon die Siel In Elke Persoon
Ek beklemtoon die Siel In Elke Persoon
Is silwer skoon met die stem toon
Wie suffer nog altyd

Molo Kunjani
Die Taal moet os leer pah
Musi Maimane
Skoppens Boer vani D.A
Ja, os wag vir verandering
Voice Note Bobo Simon ya’ll Ek need my behandeling
Underground Bank account in minus
Dis heerlike lente nies rooi check die sinus
Die is viry pyn, viri pyn arthritis
Kaal voet opi bree weg
Spuit satan spuit
Agga wyk satan wyk
Mortine Target Doom hou die duiwels en die vliee weg
Elke dag wonne ek wats my siel werd
Pries is by die voordeur ek raak weg, Wayde van Niekerk
My bra se broetjie ini drom soek vi scrap en ñ maaltyd
Nou vra jouself die vraag af wie suffer nog altyd

Ek beklemtoon die Siel In Elke Persoon
Ek beklemtoon die Siel In Elke Persoon
Is silwer skoon met die stem toon
Wie suffer nog altyd

Die flow is simple ma die skill is nog skangaga
Kaas, Hess, Olie, Dab best of Ekapa
Julle’s kind of KAKA N KAKA
Stof en long, MC’s moet Kamka
Life is n Eksamen
Die les die ervaring
Dai vrees ini Aand in
As ek lees openbaring
Brekgat met n silver liepel
Hys orait ma die Siep is sieker
Hys Tite ma Siep is diepper
Dark Matter Mutie ek soekitie
Eks mal oor Isaac Mutant ma ek speel nie met Dokoom nie
Dais nie n dissie luister reg en chill
Laws of physics lat hy val waar hy fokken wil
Jy sien ek was nooit die slimste in my klassie
But fokkit tot vandag toe daar is niemand in my klassie

Ek beklemtoon die Siel In Elke Persoon
Ek beklemtoon die Siel In Elke Persoon
Is silwer skoon met die stem toon
Wie suffer nog altyd

 

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