This song is poignant.Subtly subduing.It is about brokenness and remorse for having destroyed a beautiful relationship and upon this realization ,the urgent need to resolutely come
back to a love and union walked away from but so powerful to draw the gone away party back.Its
scent is an acute feeling of that love that makes you weak and meek.
It is that
pervading knowledge of helplessness to that object of longing that holds you in
its spell you have nothing to do but submit to the immense power it has over
you because it is the source of all the energies that power and propel your
whole existence. It is total submission to that one mighty force that forms the center of gravity to ones desires, longings and that sublime happiness that is
always so fragile and so consuming it
borders on the edge of dark sadness if the link between the beholder and the
beholden is severed, only that in this case the connection is with the higher
power.God.The object of worship and reverence and adoration is God;the desire
to love and worship being one that is irrevocable and overriding all other needs.
The opening lines to
this powerful song goes:“Haina budi/Inabidi kurudi/I wanna do this/Ushai penda
mungu design design yenye haina budi/so
inabidi kurudi/I wana do this."
The song is Eko Dydda’s “ Hauna budi” .The song of surrender
of a prodigal child in whose loneliness discovers that no love is stronger and
better than the one he/she severed links with and no matter where he/she runs
to that love is so strong and so sweet he/she has to go back to it.
Putting the message aside for a minute, this song and its
video is a tale of the great artistic journey that Dydda is on, the spiritual one not forgotten.
It is a coming of age in maturity, calm and sophisticated with a heavy investment
in subtle poetry of an all encompassing transcendental love and submission that
has been reworked in a composed and assure measured tempo of play and the
smooth fusion of elctronica and house sound elements works the perfect feel of
loneliness of a forlorn soul that run’s away from the master and embodiment of
true love and has to come back to that love because none is better that it.
Eko Dydda’s signature stuttering rap style is not conspicuous
in this release but it is still present though much softened than in the
earlier works. The song on the whole has retained Dydda’s artistic signature
that makes his sound uniquely his own with the characteristic hip hop foundation
biased towards the crunk effect that has
been refined in Eko Dydda’s own artistic style that has set his musical sound
from the rest of other artist around the world in the Gospel and secular music
alike.
This song is also an acknowledgement of the greatness of God
that that inspires the prodigal child to want to submit to that very power“Hello/Your Highness/we ndo King of Kings definition of Highness/Zingine ziko chini kama
trao ya high waiste”.
The forlornness of the prodigal child in the video is
underscored by the unique setting of the song’s video shooting that enhances
the mood of loneliness and the song’s speaker’s
distance from the love that he/she is supposed to be subsumed into for
it is what is supposed to matter most.As Brian Cliff of Daily Nation puts it: “That lonely and vast, arid plain
where the sun sets against a golden horizon was a beautiful background choice
for the video.”
The song and its message, style of rendition and the musical
packaging has been excellently done.It is a true work of a well inspired art.
Watching it is so inspiring considering that every time Eko
Dydda keeps getting stronger and better in his business of administering the
Gospel through music and general musical art, commendation for his musical
talent undoubted all the time.
To watch the video on youtube,follow the link
