Bambara in Back Outside - BNXN

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So recently, the Nigerian musician BNXN dropped a single that interpolates the song “Neye Mounke Allah La” by Amadou & Mariam. Obviously Bambara is not really a widely spoken language in Nigeria so there are some pretty tentative transcriptions and translations going around online, I just wanted to see if anyone had any idea as to what they’re saying in the song?

https://youtu.be/PAZ0eGMWhuM?si=1isNwA2H7StbsOJJ - BNXN’s song at 0:15

https://youtu.be/6ereBa0Mcgc?si=-FhbFpUUT80M2WPv - Amadou & Mariam’s at 2:40

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Ah! :tada: I ni ce :slight_smile: Actually someone messaged me about this and I did a little work on it (with some help from the person’s collaborators). Here’s where I got (though I’m not 100% convinced for the parts marked in [[double brackets]]):

Ko ne m’à dɔn à dun bɛna kɛ tan de
[[Mɔgɔ don]]
Jaa duniyako [[ye mɔgɔlafilila ye]]
N ma o dɔn

I didn’t know that it would be like this
[[It’s mankind]]
But life [[is a deceiver of mankind]]
I didn’t know

Curious if others have more insight