I believe the music that we listen to is a big part of us, how we approach everyday life, and the norms we constitute for ourselves. At least for me. This is a playlist that consists of more recent songs, and songs that I grew up with.
Retrovizorja – Rokstar
ALB:
Para meje rruga shtrihet
Dhe floket lozin nën rre
Sa bukur dukem, n’Retrovizore
Shpejtësia mendët m’i merr
Larg dhe te vegjël mbeteni ju
O fytyra të qytetit pa lum
Kot i keni vaskat tuaja
Që nuk kanë as ujë, as shkume
Sa larg tani jeni ju
Kur përpara meje tabelat shkruajnë
Vetëm 2 kilometra kanë mbetur
Hapni krahët, erdha unë
Dua të bëhem rokstar, rokstar, rokstar X2
Sa larg tani jeni ju
Kur përpara meje tabelat shkruajnë
“Vetëm 2 kilometra kanë mbetur”
Hapni krahët, erdha unë
Dua të bëhem rokstar, rokstar, rokstar X2
ENG:
The road stretches in front of me
And the hair plays with the wind
How beautiful I look in Retrovizore
The speed grips my mind
Away and tiny you remain
You faces of the city without a river
It is useless for you
To hold on to your bathtubs
How far you are now
When in front of me the street signs write
“Only 2 kilometers are left”
Open your arms, here I come
I want to be a rockstar, rockstar, rockstar X2
How far you are now
When in front of me the street signs write
“Only 2 kilometers are left”
Open your arms, here I come
I want to be a rockstar, rockstar, rockstar X2
LA FAZANI – Hajde me shuplakë
ALB:
O man
Përçdo dit’ o ma e shpraztë kuleta
Vyn’ me rrokë najkon me pistoleta
Po para syve po m’del Anton Çetta
O man
Krejt po m’thojnë hajde puno si bleta
Kapi krejt o’ sikur peshkun rrjeta
Po un ton’ ditën veq po thithi fleta
O man
Du m’i përjetu puthjet e nxehta
Jo veç me ty po me njo 100 veta
Lagëm e përqafem si shpageta
O man
Nuk po na vijnë njohjet e reja
As nuk po na pranon o-ke-beja
Hajde krejt tash me ngu dixheja
O bal
Moti s’jena pa e moti s’jena ni
Baba ç’a po bon, e nonën qysh e ki?
S’pe di ç’a po han e sa killa i ki…
N’deti a ki shku e a ki mrri m’u nxi?
Hala musliman nuk je tu honger thi
Hajde shkojmë n’WC e ti qitma ni vijë
Koka-kolla, fanta edhe leblebi
Kaniher qebapa me naj gotë raki
E maj n’men shumë mirë kur jena kon’ na fmijë
S’kena pasë na qare pa u bo mafi
Meniher-mas-lufta o’ kon tragjedi
Luki e Balija n’haraç tu na shti
Arsimtartë e lujtun gojën tu na dhi
Rryma tu u nal o-për vitin e ri
Fmijtë petarda n’bothë çdo dit’ o’ tu na shti
S’kena faj që truni neve n’u ka qi
Hajde hajde hajde hajde
hajde hajde hajde
Hajde me shuplakë
Hajde X14
Hajde me shuplakë
Hajde me shuplakë, plakë!
O man
Përçdo dit’ o ma e shpraztë kuleta
Vyn’ me rrokë najkon me pistoleta
Po para syve po m’del Anton Çetta
O bal
Çfarë masa paska marrë sot qeveria?
Ishalla po na lojnë mu lëshu me skija
Ia nisi lufta pa u kry pandemija
Çu mu çu me lujtë menç krejt – KREJT X4
Kur armiku na ka vra e na ka masakru
Na tu e kqyrë Labiën kemi rezistu
Kur armiku na ka vra e na ka masakru
Na tu e kqyrë Labiën kemi rezistu
Kur armiku na ka vra e na ka masakru
Krejt qyteti pi kauqit bolet i ka kru
Kur armiku na ka vra e na ka masakru
Na tu e kqyrë Labiën kemi rezistu kshtu që
Hajde hajde hajde hajde
hajde hajde hajde
Hajde me shuplakë
Hajde me shuplakë, plakë!
Hajde me shuplakë
LDK Vetëvendosje
PDK t’shtin n’punë dosti
PTK tender bossi
AKP (qyp) zhvendosu
A je anëtar i bordit?
Djali i prokurorit
E pin kafen e Devollit
Pa t’drejtat e punëtorit
RTK, KTV, RTV 21
Klan Kosova T7 llajka me kaci
Për autostrada s’na kalon as gjermani
Money fiesta setra fancy n’galeri
Kultplus, Ibrahim Rugova përçdo dit’
Kulti i personalitetit 51%
(Qysh) m’u çliru p’i clirimtarit pa u bo Sovietik?
Ooooooooo…
Hajde me shuplakë
Hajde me shuplakë, plakë!
Hajde me shuplakë
Hajde me shuplakë, plakë!
Hajde me shuplakë
ENG:
Man, my wallet is getting lighter every day
I need to shoot someone with a pistol
But Anton Cetta appears in front of me
Man, everybody is telling me to come and work
like a bee
Get them all like a net gets the fish
But I am just sniffing papers all day
Man, I want to experience hot kisses,
Not with one but with 100 people
We hug and get wet like spaghetti
O Man, there is no new recognitions coming
We are not getting accepted by O K B
Come on now let’s all listen to dj-s
O Bal, We haven’t seen or heard from each other in a long time
How’s your father, How’s your mother?
What are you eating, how many kilos do you weigh?
Did you have a chance to get sunkissed at sea?
Still a muslim not eating pork
Come in the toilet put a line for me to sniff
Cocacola, fanta, chickpeas
Sometimes Kebap with a rakia
I remember very well when we were kids
There was no way out of becoming a gangster
Post war was a tragedy
Luki and Balija stealing our money
Crazy teachers fucking our heads
Electricity going off on new years eve
Putting fireworks in kids asses every day
It’s not our fault that we are fucked up
Come on, Come on, Come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on
Come and clap your hands
Dude, what are the restrictions of this day from the government
I hope they’ll let us ski
War started before the pandemy was gone
Come, everyone and get crazy
When the enemy killed and massacred us
All city scratched their balls from their couches
LDK, Vetëvendosje
PDK, they’ll find you a job
PTK tender boss,
AKP (QYP) Go away
Are you a member of the board?
The son of the jury
You drink Devolli’s cafe
with no respect for workers rights
RTK, KTV, RTV21
Klan Kosova, T7 – gathering likes with a shovel
Highways are better here than in Germany
Money Fiesta fancy jackets in the gallery
Kult plus – Ibrahim Rugova every day
Personality cult 51%
How do you get free from the freedom fighter without becoming Soviet
Armendi dhe aida – BUGI –
ALB:
Dugi ishte mbret i podiumit tonë
Dugi kishte vizion e motivacion
Dugi ishte seksi. Dugi ishte transi
ishte zanzi-zanzi
Sa ‘pasione’, sa ‘fashion’
sa shumë dëshirë to ‘fight’
me këtë ‘boogie-woogie’-Dugi
‘on a saturday night’
Pa dilema ai ish’simbol i çdo të riu
bar për kokëdhembje, si Bekim Fehmiu
as Faruk Begolli nuk isht aq ‘boogie’
sikur Dugi
Tash nga Londra erdhi Dugi
luan ‘boogie-woogie’
jem’me ngjyrë e jem’pa frymë
e nesër çdo gjymtyrë le të dhemb
se nga Londra erdhi Dugi
luajm ‘boogie-woogie’
veç ai ka ide sa ‘boogie’ jemi ne
Që nga mbrëmja e maturës s’pati gëzim
Dugi lidhi këpucët e u nis në udhëtim
as bimë, as gjësend
s’mbet indiferent
shkoi pa ‘happy-end’
S’ka viza për kriza
orar, o, shpirti im
jemi helm për egoista, nëse kemi guxim
S’është as vendi e as koha për filozofime
vulë e jetës sate, vulë e jetës sime
formalisht e normalisht
është ‘boogie-woogie’ edhe Dug
ENG:
He had a vision, and motivation
Dugi was sexy, he was transy
He was zanzi zanzi
So much passion, so much fashion
So much desire to fight
With the boogie boogie Dugi
On a saturday night
Without a dilemma, he was the symbol of every youngster
A pain relief pill like Bekim Fehmiu
Not even Faruk Begolli was as boogie
As Dugi
Now from London Dugi came
And plays the boogie boogie
We are colourful and without breath
Let all our limbs hurt tomorrow
Because Dugi came from London
We play boogie woogie
For he is the only one who has the idea of how “boogie” we are
Since the prom night he had no happiness
He tied his shoes and started off to travel
Not a plant nor nothing
Stayed indifferent
He went on with no happy ending
No visas for crisis
Schedule, my sweetheart
We are poison for egoists if we have the courage
It’s not the time or the place for philosophizing
The seal of your life, the seal of my life
Formally and normally
Is boogie woogie and Dugi
SANSARA – FASHION, Shifra ime
ALB:
Tani në shekullin 21
Të gjithë kercejne e askush nuk ben ze
tani e tëra është në trend
Mos me pyet si zuri vend
Askush nuk pyet për gjësend?
Kush mendon ndryshe këtu nuk ka vend
Ai s’është cool ai është sad
Ai kerkohet alive or dead
Passion, passion fashion X2
Nga kafeneja në butik
Veshëmbathje, trend dhe muzikë
Botë pa ndjenja, botë pa frikë
Eja hesht’ n’elektronikë
Mos kërko tjetër se nuk ke ku ikë
Eja me ne me ritme në Afrikë
Nuk ka më shumë as n’Amerik’
Mos ke frikë nuk ësht’ trik trik trik trik
Passion, passion fashion X2
Krejt kompjutera u mbush bota
Njerëz më ska. u bëmë robota
Numrat binarë janë gjuha jonë
011001101 – 01
Eshte nje varrë është një shok
Sa më brengos, e përgjigjen kërkoj kot
Më bën të ngec e të mos kërcej dot’
është a sësht marri ësht’ kjo pyetja ime sot
Cila është shifra ime
Nuk mund ta shenoj
Shifra ime, shifra ime
ENG:
In the 21 century
Everybody dances, nobody says nothing
Now everything is trendy
Don’t ask me how it became
Nobody asks for nothing
The ones that think different have no place here
He’s not cool, he is sad
He is warranted “alive or dead”
PASSION, PASSION, FASHION
PASSION, PASSION, FASHION
From the coffee place to the boutique
Trendy clothes and music
A world with no concerns, no fears
Come and shut up in the electronic
Don’t search for something else – for you have nowhere to go
Ride the rhythm to Africa with us
There is not much more happening even in America
Don’t be scared it’s not a trick
This world is filled with computers everywhere
There are no people anymore
Everybody is a robot
Binary numbers are our language
011001101 – 01
There’s a scar, there’s a shock
I’m so concerned, and I can’t find the answer
Makes me flounder, and not dance at all!
Isn’t it ridiculous? This is my question today
What is my number?
I can’t write it..
My number. My number.
LINDJA – Italia
ALB:
Qe po shkoj deri nItali,
Itali???
Në kopshtin tim, janë dy lule
Njëra e gjelbër, e tjetra e kuqe
I ledhatoj, Uh u u
I adhuroj Ah a a
I perqafoj uh u u
Por smund t’duroj
Sa herë që i shoh, ato s’më kujtohen
Shokët më thonë se të gjitha harrohen
I ledhatoj – uh u u
I adhuroj – ah aa a
I perqafoj – uh u u
Por smund t’duroj.
Italia, Italia,
Italia ne lulet e mia
Italia me burgjet e saja
Italia dhe Shqipnia
Italia Italia
Me lulet e mia
Italia me ëndrrat e mia
Italia dhe Sofia
ENG:
I’m just going to Italy,
Italy??
In my garden, there are two flowers
Gibberish
One is green, and the other is red
Gibberish
I caress them, Uh u u
I adore them ah a aa
I hug them uh u u
But I can’t take it any longer
Whenever I see them, I don’t remember them
My friends say that all will be forgotten
I caress them – uh u u
I adore them – ah a a
I hug them – uh u u
But I can’t take it any longer
Italy, Italy
Italy in my flowers
Italy with its prisons
Italy and Albania
Italy Italy
Italy with my flowers
Italy with my dreams
Italy and Sofia
By Shpat Shkodra