A man


Are you a man, or so it is said.
Not because you are manly,
but because of what you do
Well, see, which man on earth washes dishes,
If not a wo-man? -Mume bwege
Which man in his right mind,
washes out his baby’s poop
In the presence of his woman?
Which man/boy goes searching for firewood,
Akisingizia ‘her woman is busy?’
Hahaha, inaitwa kukaliwa

Which man goes shopping for the family
rather than send her woman?
Let me tell you today
and take it to the bank,
No man does that…
Unless he is a real man, A gentle man.

They say gentlemen don’t exist,
I say they are rare, and that’s why,
They are called gentle
While average men have five senses, and women six,
Real men, gentle men have seven - au sio?

So, how gentle are you to be called a man?

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