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tawa (sona pi telo nasa)

from utala ni (li) pona a by jan Usawi

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mi pilin ala e toki pi musi ni. sona li lon nasin pi jan ale. taso jan li pilin ala e ni la, sitelen musi pi jan ni li pona tawa mi.

Got the title (or rather, the parenthetical title) for this one from the GPT-3 text generation demo, and it seemed to want to go in a very particular direction. This isn't the first time I've written a song with a similar sound and storyline, but I decided to experiment a good bit with how I did both this time around. Also I did promise I'd work beer girl into the cover art because of this one lol.

lyrics

sina jan sona
pali pi tenpo pimeja ni la
kepeken pi nimi ni li len ala
kin la sina wile len mute

taso sina nasa a
li pana tawa mi e poki telo sama ni:
mi moku li pilin e telo ni la
mi ken kama sona e wile

anu ken la sona li lon ala nasin mi
tenpo mute la mi sona e lon ala ni
taso sina pakala e wawa sona mi
sina pakala pi nasin sona mi

ona li ken tan ni: mi ken ala kon
lon tomo ni la pilin kon ale li telo
taso luka sina la mi kama sama ko
uta sina li pana e namako

o tawa tawa tawa mi a
mi wile olin
o tawa tawa tawa e mi
mi ken kama sin
sina kama tawa
lawa mi li kama usawi
sina toki: “o tawa tawa tawa”
li tawa sina e linja
pi sike luka mi a
mi ken ala utala
sina sona
tawa tawa sina li wawa tawa mi

tawa musi a
li ken ala pini
taso lon lawa mi la toki monsi

mi sitelen jan
anu jasima
anu sina
anu mi?

ken la sona ni li lon ala nasin mi
tenpo mute la mi sona e lon insa mi
taso sina pakala e wawa sona mi
sina pakala pi nasin sona mi

uta mi li kama ala kama laso?
anu tan pilin mi la sinpin mi li loje taso?
lukin sina la mi kama sama ko
mi weka e sona mi li weka e kon

o tawa tawa tawa mi a
mi wile olin
o tawa tawa tawa e mi
mi ken kama sin
sina kama li tawa
li lawa e mi
sina usawi
li suwi
o tawa tawa tawa
o tawa sina e linja
pi sike noka lawa mi a
mi o tawa taso a
sina sona
tawa tawa sina li wawa tawa mi

mi o tawa
mi o tawa
mi o tawa
mi o tawa

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from utala ni (li) pona a, released October 28, 2022
sitelen en toki tan jan Usawi. pali kalama tan jan Usawi kepeken ilo Eputan. pona tawa ilo Tawinsi.

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jan Usawi Atlanta, Georgia

toki! mi jan Usawi. mi mama e kalama musi pi toki pona.

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