Name: Ya mas / Γειά μας
Duration: P00H05M06S
Description: The madinades we wrote with Dimitris are focused in our respective relations with our wifes/partners! And an historical fact : it was with this piece that I first conceived a way to adapt mantinades on african grooves and afromantinades were born!

Ya mas / Γειά μας

from Afromantinades by Afromantinades, Lefteris Grigoriou, Dimitris Athanasopoulos

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The madinades we wrote with Dimitris are focused in our respective relations with our wifes/partners! And an historical fact : it was with this piece that I first conceived a way to adapt mantinades on african grooves and afromantinades were born!

lyrics

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Θα το απαγορέψουνε το γέλιο σου γιατ’ είπαν
έχει ουσία ναρκωτική π’ακόμα δεν τη βρήκαν
Σα γιασεμί σε κουβαλώ στο μπέτη σε γατζώνω
στη μυρωδιά σου που και που θαρρώ πως μαστουρώνω

Μου λες πως είμαι σα πουλί κι ότι αυτό σ’ αρέσει
μα συ θες βράχο να πιαστείς να μην αλλάζει θέση
Χάρτινη βάρκα η σχέση μας έγινε και κουνάει
στη διάθεσης σου τον καιρό που απρόβλεπτα χαλάει

Οι σχέσεις δίνουνε χαρές μα κρύβουνε και πόνο
κι αν δε σε θρέφουν οι χαρές η γκρίνια μένει μόνο
Πράμα δεν ξέρει ο έρωτας από δικαιοσύνη
στον ένα κόβει τα φτερά και σ’ άλλονε τα δίνει

Κάνε μου μούτρα όσα θες βρίσε με μη μ’ αφήνεις
μ’ ένα σου γέλιο μοναχά σαράντα γκρίνιες σβήνεις
Όσο κι αν θέλει ο έρωτας τον πόλεμο να στήνει
η αγάπη πάντα τον κοιτά και του ζητά ειρήνη

English Translation

They will ban your laugh because as they said
it contains a drug they haven't detect yet
I carry you like a jasmine, I put you on my chest
and by your smell, from time to time, I feel I am getting high

You say I am like a bird, and that’s what you like about me
but I think what you need is a steady rock to grab onto
Our relationship has become a paper boat and is rocking
on the waves of your mood that brakes out unexpectedly

Relationships bring us joy but also hide pains
and if you are not nourished by joys, only grumbling remains
Love doesn’t know anything about justice because
he takes the wings from one and gives them to another

You can give me the dirty look as much as you want
with just one smile you make the grumbling dissapear
How much as Cupid wants to set up the war
Love always looks at him and asks for peace

credits

from Afromantinades, released December 10, 2023
music – Lefteris Grigoriou
lyrics – Lefteris Grigoriou, Dimitris Athanasopoulos

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Lefteris Grigoriou Athens, Greece

Lefteris Grigoriou is a teacher and performer based in Athens, Greece. He owns and runs the school Ta Krousta tis Taki, teaching african and greek percussion between others and performs with the group Afromantinades as well as Global Daoulia playing the Ngoni, djembe and bagpipes. ... more