By Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza
It
is an open secret that Tanto Wavie is unapologetic about his weed shenanigans
and gwans, and that whenever he gets the opportunity in his amazingly creative
spaces, he puts voice on the beat to exalt the glorifying nature of ganja.
This
time around he released the song and video Kete, which is an adamant
celebration of the 420 culture. Riding on his unique variant of the genre which
he has aptly named TrapSu (a conflation of the Trap sound and Sungura),
he delivers this tune with breathtaking precision. Kete is one of those
tracks which immediately thrusts you in the middle of a base somewhere
in urban Zimbabwe’s high-density suburbs, enjoying smoke sessions and the
meditation. The song is one big hug to everyone who loves the harmless herb
called marijuana.
He
takes pride in weed smoking, castigating those who negatively view weed, disturbing
the peace of the weed smokers in the process. He takes shots at those who
snitch weed smoking spots/bases to the police, arguing that no one
understands the pain of weed smokers when they are thrown behind police cells for
simply smoking the herb. And he says such people are the ones with dirty
hearts.
His
sound gives him the chance to talk about the herb in its explicit, unbounded
sense – using the Shona word mbanje. With his message being that mbanje
is the Creator’s blessing to mankind and that it heals people’s ailments – it is
the healing of the nation. Mbanje yangu handisiyi ndongokutii sorry, he
proclaims, in a beautifully intransigent tone. Such a gratifying tune for those
who consume marijuana. And the bars are purely splendid.
We
will not say anything further, except that you can watch the video for Kete by
Tanto Wavie via this YouTube link.
And feel for yourself.
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