[INTRO]
Yeah yeah
Arch Nemesis
Walkin around the streets of KLA
Bringing you mad stories
(Mad stories)
Yeah, aah
Yeah
[VERSE 1]
It was a Friday night, and Kampala was bright
I was walking down a road to get a taxi
There's was jam everywhere, I decided to walk
Had a backpack on ma back I held so tight
As possessions in Kampala can easily take flight
Kino kibuga kya babuffu, gwe buza Babaluku
There's a thug that's snatching, another who's watching
Yo new to the streets, yo the bird of prey
Better keep the phone away like tooth decay
O some thugged-out kids might hit yo way
And so how I lost mine? there was no delay
Swallowing I-M pills like vitamin K
Messaging overload as I hit the road
A young boy came along, in the area code
I could not see the face till he walked up close
He was wearing a hood and feigning the manhood
Looked up at me, and then started pointing at me
There were three others like him standing around
Each of them wearing a cross like vicars of Christ
They were so fast, soon they had vanished from sight
Left me without a phone, and the wallet was gone
By the time I had to fight, I was standing alone
Four kids had just stolen ma cellular phone
And all the money had gone, including a loan
I could not get a taxi, I had to walk home
Was approaching midnight when I hit the town
Truth be told, I was freezing n' feeling dizzy
Wanted to sit down and catch some warm breeze
There were others like me, just hangin' around
Them ladies of the night, were bitchin around
Pickin' the rounds, as men were drinkin around
I looked around, and then I went digging around
[HOOK]
On a fateful night, a hateful night
I was walking around not thinking right
In Kampala at night, I caught a blight
Then thugs taught me how to see the true light
On a fateful night, a hateful night
I was walking around not thinking right
In Kampala at night, I caught a blight
Then thugs taught me how to see the true light
[VERSE 2]
As I walked about this place, I saw this face
A very dark girl wearing a yellowish dress
Standing near the entrance of a lodging place
A seductress with the glamour of an actress
I could not resist what she was trying to express
So I walked up to her, really wanting her
All ma senses really damn hypnotized
Such a creature of the night I’d never witnessed
She assured me we could only talk inside
She was my guide to where it is that she implied
I replied, "The money's where I reside
Should I come in, or should I just step aside?"
She looked at me, and then she said that I lied
I told her I'd lost money and all the pride
I was freezing from walking late into the night
I would pay her twice if she'd take me back at home
She told me she had a friend, she could recommend
She'd made enough money, so she could lend
But she'd have to move with us all to the end
Then I had no choice but to let her call the friend
And so we drove from the place in a taxi
We were seated in the back, all three of us
Told me she was Ray and her friend was Jane
And I told em, ma real name was Nemesis
We was kissing n' hugging, touchin n' rubbin
Getting so hot for 2 O'clock
Psychedelics, Ray had brought with her
And so we didn't even know where we was goin'
The car just kept going, and us glowing
Until we lost the pace, with a sudden brake
There was shooting and screaming all over the place
Before we knew they were thieves, Ray had lost her face
[HOOK]
On a fateful night, a hateful night
I was walking around not thinking right
In Kampala at night, I caught a blight
Then thugs taught me how to see the true light
On a fateful night, a hateful night
I was walking around not thinking right
In Kampala at night, I caught a blight
Then thugs taught me how to see the true light
[OUTRO]
Yeah yeah
You need to be careful
As you walk around Kampala at night;
Them thugs be waitin' out for you
Lookin out for you
They tryna snatch you
