Kongo language
Kongo or Kikongo, is the Bantu language spoken by the Bakongo and Bandundu people living in the tropical forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo and Angola. It is a tonal language and formed the base for Kituba, a Bantu creole and lingua franca throughout much of west central Africa. It was spoken by many of those who were taken from the region and sold as slaves in the Americas. For this reason, while Kongo still is spoken in the above-mentioned countries, creolized forms of the language are found in ritual speech of Afro-American traditional religions, especially in Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti. It is also one of the sources of the Gullah people's language and the Palenquero creole in Colombia. The vast majority of present-day speakers live in Africa. There are roughly seven million native speakers of Kongo, with perhaps two million more who use it as a second language.
It is also the base for a creole used throughout the region: Kituba, also called Kikongo de L'état or Kikongo ya Leta ("Kongo of the state" in French or Kongo), Kituba and Monokituba (also Munukituba). The constitution of the Republic of the Congo uses the name Kitubà, and the one of the Democratic Republic of the Congo uses the term Kikongo, even if Kituba is used in the administration.
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All For You
by: K Young[Verse 1:]
Like a breeze so refreshing opens, like a flower blossom in the spring time
Your the only one I called on when I need time
Your the only one I ever guaranteed time, woa
[Chorus:]
Change on me... you changed on me
First your cold then your hot pouring rain then you stop
You be flippin for no reason you change like the seasons
Spring summer (woaa) shopping sprees, dinner I did it
All for you
I did it all for youuu
Yeah he yeah he yeah he heee all for you
Yeah he yeah he yeah he heee all for you
[Verse 2:]
I can remember feeling our bodies made under the sun ray's
How could you cover our love up with a cloud of smoke
January to july you are my december sky
And you are the reason why it's cold in the winter time
[Chorus:]
You changed on me... you changed on me
First your cold then your hot pouring rain then you stop
You be flippin for no reason you change like the seasons
Spring summer (woaa) shopping sprees, dinner I did it
All for you
I did it all for youuu
Yeah he yeah he yeah heee all for you
Yeah he yeah he yeah heee
I thought we would still be eternally in love
No point in frontin like we ain't got problems cus we falling off like the leaves in the autumn
Ohh yeahh
Spring summer (woaa) shopping sprees, dinner I did it
All for you
I did it all for youuu
Yeah he yeah he yeah heee all for you
Yeah he yeah he yeah heee