Kasongo Yeye by Orchestra Super Mazembe, one of the lingala love song with rumba style heated in the mid of 1960s. The song is now trending on Tiktok and used with more than 80k videos.
Orchestra Super Mazembe
This is a band from Congo that gained popularity from the 1960s to the 1980s, getting known beyond the borders of Congo, especially in East Africa.
The band produced many well-loved songs that received extensive airplay on various radio stations in East Africa, including hits like “Shauri Yako” and “Kasongo.”
Kasongo Yeye Song
Often searched for by the name “Kasongo Yeye,” this song has become popular among social media users, especially on TikTok, where it is frequently used in clips and short comedy videos featuring animals like warthogs. It is fascinating to see older songs making a comeback as creators incorporate them into new forms of online content, achieving great success on social media.
I feel that the integration of retro African beats with the trends of contemporary social media is a sort of unique blend or fusion that brings this song into the limelight.
As i talked above, “Kasongo” is a love song sung in Lingala that tells us the story of a woman whose husband called Kasongo, left her and she is now waiting for him to get back home.
In this song, the woman show patiently for waiting his husband Kasongo, living on hope on despite his long absence. Kasongo, on the other hand, feels guilty and uneasy, as people keep asking him when he will return home to his wife. The lyrics express this feeling: “Mobali na ngai, Kasongo nga nawe, ooz zonga libala ee” (“My husband, Kasongo, when will you return home?”).
It’s difficult to understand the reason behind the rising trending of this song on TikTok. This is particularly so given the use of funny warthog clips that cut across the serious nature of the song. The ‘Kasongo song in question has become popular mainly because of the composition of the audio and the structuring of the words especially for persons who do not understand Lingala.
Until now, this song has been used in more than 80,000 shorts, and still continues to grow.
Why People Love This Song
To my way of thinking, of “Kasongo” or “Kasongo Yeye” is a great song to listen to, even if you don’t understand the lyrics. The use of the guitar, melody, and chorus makes it an enjoyable piece of music.
The song’s return on social media tell us how good music never dies, it may fade away for a while, but it always has the potential to make a strong comeback.
Kasongo Lyrics
Kasongo ye ye ee
Mobali na ngai
kasongo nga nawe
ooz zonga libala ee
Kasongo ye ye ee
Mobali na ngai
kasongo nga nawe
ooz zonga libala ee
kasongo yo yomobali na ngai
kasongo nga nawe
ooz zonga libala ee
Kasongo ye ye ee
Mobali na ngai
kasongo nga nawe
ooz zonga libala ee
nga na ndako
kasongo, miso na nzela
soki okozobga dia
ee, yebisa nga ye ee
Kasongo ye ye ee
Mobali na ngai
kasongo nga nawe
ooz zonga libala ee
libala na ndakokasongo, batunaka ngai
tata azali wapi ee,
naloba nini ee
Kasongo ye ye ee
Mobali na ngai
kasongo nga nawe
ooz zonga libala ee
