Pilipili

Peter Gatonye (born November 1982), known better for his stage name Pilipili is a musician/singer from Kenya. At the beginning of his career, he collaborated with another musician, Gun B. Their best known song was "Nampenda". He has also sung a song with Ratatat. The song was called Morale.

He is an award winner in Kisima and of Chaguo La Teeniez held in East Africa. Pilipili's debut album "Fungua Mlango" was released in late 2005 produced by Clemo through Calif Records in Nairobi. During the same year they both became artist of the year and producer of the year respectively. He is a respected songwriter especially in Swahili language. He has worked with great music producers like Tedd Josiah, Chris Adwar, Ogopa DJ's among others. He is known for hits such as Kamata Dem, Mpaka Che, Morale, Iweje, among others.

His former partner Gun B (Robert Misiani), died on October 20, 2007 due to illness. Gun B was the son of famous benga musician Daniel Owino Misiani.

External links

  • http://www.pilipilimusic.com
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    Your Song

    by: Billy Paul

    It's a little bit fUnny Lord, this feeling inside
    I'm not one of those who can easily hide
    I don't have much money but, boy, if I did
    I'd buy a big mansion where we both could live
    If, if, if I was a sculpture Lord, honey, but then again, no
    (then again no, no)
    Or a man who makes potions in a travelin' show
    I know it's not much, I know it's not much, but it's the best I can do
    You gave me a gift Lord, and I'm gonNA sing it for you
    And you can tell everybody that this is your song
    (this is your song)
    It may be a quite, quite simple, but that's how it's done
    I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind
    What I wrote down in words, words
    How wonderful life is when you're in the world, world, world
    If, if, (if), if I was on a rooftop
    I'd kick off my shoes (kick off my shoes , kick my shoes off)
    I'll write a few verses and then I get the blues
    But the sun's been quite, quite kind while I wrote this song
    It's for people like you and people like me
    I wanna, I wanna keep turnin' on
    So excuse me, so excuse me
    So excuse me forgetting, but these things I do Lord
    (these things I do Lord)
    You see, you see I've forgotten if they're green or blue
    Anyway the thing is, anyway the thing is, what I really mean
    You've got the sweetest eyes, you've got the sweetest eyes
    The clearest eyes I've ever seen, I hope you got back
    I hope you, I hope you got back and tell everybody
    That this is your song (this is your song)
    It may be quite, quite simple, but now that's how it's done
    I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind
    But I wrote down in words Lord, words
    I'm doin' it for how wonderful it is when you're in the world, world, world
    If, if, (if), if I sat upon a rooftop I'd kick off my shoes, oh yeah
    (kick off my shoes, kick my shoes off)
    I'll write a few verses and then I get the blues
    But the sun's been quite, quite kind while I wrote this song
    It's for people like you, people like me
    I wanna, wanna keep turnin' on, so escuse me, so escuse me
    So escuse me forgetting, but these things I do
    (these things I do Lord)
    You see, you see I've forgotten if they're green or blue, baby
    And anyway the thing is, anyway the thing is, what I really mean
    You are the sweetest eyes, the sweetest eyes
    The sweetest eyes I've ever seen
    I want you to go back, go back and and tell everybody
    That Billy Paul's got a song (Billy Paul's got a song)
    I'm, I'm gonna sit upon a, a rooftop and kick off my shoes
    I'm gonna write it (write it), write it (write it), write it (write it)
    I might come out with the Gospel (Gospel), the blues (blues),
    The jazz (jazz), the rock and roll
    I'm gonna, got to, got to write me a simple song for everybody
    Because this is my song (this is my song)
    It may be quite, quite simple but that's the way it's done
    I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind
    What I wrote down in words, words
    You come back, you try to try again, try again
    Tell everybody that Billy Paul's got a song
    (Billy Paul's got a song)
    It may be quite, quite simple but that's how it's done, baby
    I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind
    what I wrote down in words
    Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it ooooh




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