Sheng may refer to:
Sheng is a Swahili-based cant, perhaps a mixed language or creole, originating among the urban underclass of Nairobi, Kenya, and influenced by many of the languages spoken there. While primarily a language of urban youths, it has spread across social classes and geographically to neighbouring Tanzania and Uganda.
The word "Sheng" is coined from the two languages that it is mainly derived from: Swahili and English. The "h" was included from the middle of "Swahili because "Seng" would have sounded unusual.
Originating in the early 1950s in the Eastlands area of Nairobi (variously described as a "slum", "ghetto" or "suburb"), Sheng is now heard among matatu drivers/touts across the region, and in the popular media. Most of the Sheng words are introduced in various communities and schools and given wide exposure by music artists who include them in their lyrics, hence the rapid growth. It can be assumed to be the first language of many Kenyans in urban areas.
Like all slang, Sheng is mainly used by the youth and is part of popular culture in Kenya. It also evolves rapidly, as words are moved into and out of slang use. It is finding broad usage among hip hop artists such as Kalamashaka and G.rongi in the African Great Lakes region, both mainstream and "underground" (whose music helps spread the language and contribute to rapid changes or shifts in Sheng vocabulary), as well as among some university and secondary-school students, the language was not always associated with people who cannot do much for the society until when the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation noted the rise in both class and diversity. Radio presenters John Karani, Jeff Mwangemi and Prince Otach took it to the main stream by presenting the first radio shows using sheng phrases on the national broadcast. By 2010 almost every effect media show was presented in sheng.
Sheng is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written 盛 in Chinese character. It is romanized as Shing in Cantonese. Sheng is listed 146th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. As of 2008, it is the 175th most common surname in China, shared by 700,000 people.
(Feat. Bobby Valentino)
Remember the first time we met...
Remember when you told me that you cared...
[Bobby Valentino]
Girl I remember you took mah heart from the start
We never b apart no
Cause I remember holdin hands in the park
In the middle of the villa talkin
Girl I remember like it was yesterday we never played no games nah...
Now I don't know who you are...
Now I don't know who you are no...
[Chingy:]
Let me talk to you for a minute baby
Hey look hey baby
Remember when we was like the sun
Always shinin bright baby we was one
Remember when I would hold yo hand walk you through the park tell you I'm yo man
Remember when it would rain outside we'd stay in and hv sex all night
Remember when you kept it real for me
My phone was off you had my back and paid the bill for me
Remember that if not then remember this
The second time you came to see me was our first kiss
Remember that if not try to think back
When I saw you first I winked and you winked back
You got me off track baby remember that
[Bobby Valentino:]
Girl I remember you took my heart from the start
We never be apart no
Cause I remember holding hands in the park in the nolia? villa talking
Girl I remember like it was yesterday we never played no games no
Now I don't know who you are
Now I don't know who you are no
[Chingy:]
I think we went wrong right here aye check
Do you remember all them lonely nights
I would leave ya home me I'm on a flight
Do you remember saying bye baby knowing in back of ya head you're like why baby
Do you remember going out that night
I called you you said you was going out
That's right
Do you remember when I came home the next day bought you some roses cause it seemed long
Do you remember acting kinda awkward
I washed our clothes and a number fell out ya pocket
Do you remember why it seemed crooked
Said you wanted him to get out ya face that's why you took it
I don't believe that you did it before
I remember baby
[Bobby Valentino:]
Girl I remember you took my heart from the start
We never be apart no
Cause I remember holding hands in the park in the nolia? villa talking
Girl I remember like it was yesterday we never played no games no
Now I don't know who you are
Now I don't know who you are no
[Chingy:]
Believe it or not you my one and only
Well you was until I found yous a damn phony
Give that jewelry back like how ya living
Naw keep it baby I ain't no indian giver
But trust me come around the corner all that be honest bullshit say that you was gonna
I don't regret you being my woman because real recognize real
I shoulda seen it coming damn
[Bobby Valentino:]
Girl I remember you took my heart from the start
We never be apart no
Cause I remember holding hands in the park in the nolia? villa talking
Girl I remember like it was yesterday we never played no games no
Now I don't know who you are