Her Sister Touya - Bambara

Well I’m standing here again

But it’s not the same as it was back

When your father was in the pen

It’s empty now

And the hives have all been knocked loose

From where they’d been

Yeah, they’ve fallen down

We’d watch her from the roof

Watch Touya scream and dance around

On her small muscular feet

'Til she’d fall down

«Her sister, Touya

Lived behind the apartment building down the street

She sat there fat and naked

All tangled up in weeds

But she seemed happy on her dirty mattress

Swatting at the bees»

«I'm not a stranger», I said

Touya did a little spin

Rat shit rides the wind on black plastic bags

And I’m looking down

Where I put my fingers in your mouth

While Touya waved her legs like flags

I’m hunted now

Yeah, like a rabid dog

But I’m not afraid

I am afraid

Oh Touya, I see you smiling in your filth

And I see your sister

She’s telling me she’s not afraid

Yeah, she is afraid

I’m a stranger

I’m a stranger