Hapana!

Bonsoire

Oooouh that’s some good French

Would sweep you off your feet

Heard it’s the language for the romantic

Gotta speak it with some delicacy

Oui oui

I agree, How sexy

How about

Hola

Ooohh that’s some spicy Spanish

And before I finish

I’ll have us both feeling like we’ve toured Mexico

Or devoured some tacos

On the beautiful coasts of Puerto Rico

Maybe end the day with the beautiful sunsets of Rio de Janeiro

Hum I feel provoked to say Jambo

Jambo Sana

Like we just landed on Kilimanjaro

In Tanzania

Oh how pretty does Katanga

Look from Kampala

By the way Would I ever trade Fumbwa

For lasagna

Hapana!

And that means never ever

Not only would I never trade Fumbwa for lasagna

But I’d also never trade Tshiluba for Española

Bwatshinyi bwuina?

Or Lingala for Italiana

Na boyi na nga!

And most certainly never Swahili for English

Hapana!

Is it because there’s anything wrong with embracing what’s foreign to me?

Hapana!

Is it because I’m not open minded enough to embracing diversity?

Hapana!

But it certainly is because

My defense mechanism has taught me to defend

Anything close to Home in danger of offence!

I represent so well what’s mine that pretense makes no sense on this subject

So as I commence to defend what’s mine

Do not make it so much about you

For I only do it in defense of preserving the least my people and I have left to Preserve

We cannot afford to lose more than we already have!

oh and by the way

My name is Ntumba

And I’d never ever trade Ntumba for Sophia

Hapana!