Les Nubians - Makeda

[@mthobisintuli9382]

Who's here in 2024? South Africa is. 🇿🇦

[@sabelosibiya4843]

appreciating good music ......from SA

[@touchbot7835]

Eish 🔥

[@youreallythinkso]

Next door le heso ke shabeen. They've been playing this song for an hour. I shazaam'd fast fast nou I'm jamming. ❤

[@yaknow11]

Still here.

[@taorefentse9514]

Sure case!

[@Bossychic48]

I'm Still listening in 2024. The African Diaspora (We all over the world) They filmed this 1998 in New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day

[@njabulomzulwini2436]

I fell in love with this song when I was just a baby 🍼

[@KekkeiGenkai9]

I knew I wasn’t tripping from jump looking at this video. 💪🏽💕

[@doubleedgedbangers]

Song just popped in my head. Listening now!

[@r3ggi3000]

This song is a timeless treasure. I wish people understood what they were saying.

[@therondilbert3480]

It was 1999 Mardi Gras

[@mongikazip]

This song is quite popular in South Africa's poetry clubs. We love it. Thanks Les Nubians for this beautiful masterpiece

[@mxolisimzwazwa4329]

Yeeeees

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

@@mxolisimzwazwa4329 it's popular in the US it depends on what art you're exposed to.

[@yourmomschesthair893]

whatt this is nice to hear! i’m south african, where are these clubs? i’ve always wanted to attend a poetry club?

[@DavianChetty]

A poetry club is something I'd like to join I am from Port Elizabeth

[@GreatNuHitG]

Joburg is where it's at my bruh 😂​@@yourmomschesthair893

[@cristalvette]

Makeda is the queen of sheba...they're just saying how history is lost and how her husband dreamed of her black flawless skin, and makeda lives in them...just to sum it up

[@MichaelLee-pl4sh]

Thanks queen

[@chowter]

Thanks, love the song!!!!

[@fhpop7622]

Wow thank you!! I looove this 🎵 . A vibe in 2021z Houston Tx listening💛

[@jlatYplanetdesign358]

@@chowter 2nd that💚🔥

[@jlatYplanetdesign358]

📡💚👌🏾

[@necihines8042]

I was 8 years old in Ohio singing in prefect French having no idea of what I was saying because of this song! Today I discovered what it meant. THANK YOU! MAKEDA VIT EN MOI!

[@michaelcooper938]

I named our family's last child and only daughter Makeda on 1/13/14. Makeda means beautiful queen. Makeda Cooper is our little princess, which one day will be our Black queen. Ashe, ashe!!

[@JoyboyIzzy]

Ayyyy ashe!! Glad to see since people know the truth

[@MrGoletZ]

Michael Cooper Cool. No one cares.

[@mentallyil]

GoletZ fucking bum

[@flashfire1259]

@@MrGoletZ you did not need to say that but I'm hella years late 😃 to this convo

[@poodalaflare1780]

Ashe❤️

[@thato596]

I use to hear this song alot on South African radio stations

[@Lashid4u]

Man I LOVE this ...the music ..their voices ..the images ...makes me love EVERYTHING about being *BLACK*

[@rahlohmcdonogh280]

That's New Orleans baby!

[@MoneyOverFame]

Lashid4u I agree. I feel the same way about this song .Black is beautiful.

[@huztlemane4139]

That's what makes me love Mama I was in South Dallas at the Pan Africanism store I was almost in tears I've never seen nothing like this in a long time since 10 yrs ago Mama you will always be respected

[@ricktaylor7761]

I'm definitely with you on everything you said!!! I can listen to this song over and over all day!!!

[@KS-qz2vo]

Lashid4u and what even more amazing is that thing about us as black people that connects us all around the world ... Afro Arab here ❤️ showing some love !

[@audioheart9435]

As a Cameroonian I will say these ladies were ahead of time thanks for the endless musical journey much love Nubians ❤️

[@Nzuimantho]

We use to have good music in Cameroon ♥️♥️♥️

[@Katlady001]

These sisters are proof that music is a universal language because before I even knew what they were saying....I could feel it. Since then I have translated all of their songs and it still gives off the same feelings....amazing !

[@sueellenmurray7602]

I was a teen in NYC when this dropped in the US. It was so smooth I was obsessed I still sing it like I'm fluent in French lol

[@qpenxa]

Listening to this beautiful song even in 2023 and will continue to do so for many more years. Just so timeless!

[@vinnybruce2874]

My father loves this song rest in peace...🙏

[@mobutumokonzi4064]

mine too. RIP dad. mr tshiuma mbayabu.

[@IamThatIam73]

I love this song!!! The video was shot in New Orleans before Katrina... I miss the old New Orleans.

[@89Coreal]

this was shot wayyyyyyy before Katrina it was shot in 1999

[@OloRishaCreole504]

Yes them good ol 90s....the reggae scene was poppin then..City Park...Soul Rebels

[@OloRishaCreole504]

Steel Pulse....Q93 Dj Davy D

[@herbertdavis82]

I actually think this was Mardi Gras 98 or 99 because the single dropped in 98

[@missvegan1967]

Lonnng before Katrina this was Mardi Gras "98

[@NoNo-ng9sl]

Summer of 1999. I was 13 in Houston, TX. This Southern Latino kid that loved neo soul. This was on the radio ONE time and stuck with me. I didnt find the song until i was 30. Absolutely loved it

[@TheRightMark]

I'm in my 40s and this is one of the few songs within the last 20 years that sounds like authentic soul of the 70s Love it!

[@kitimefre2195]

This is the best song I've heard... The message is perfect... Go ahead Cameroonian Sisters.

[@makedawilliams2831]

i pray i live up to the name..God bless Kings and Queens

[@tawandamarara8424]

Are you Ethiopian by any chance?

[@dimples0620]

Me too.

[@Sticky_Bunzz]

I came across this song while living in a homeless shelter at the time. It gave me so much peace.

[@atlasshrugged2u]

This music is timeless...

[@89Coreal]

Still listening to this track 2024

[@cosmicredeemer3109]

I’m listening to it right now. And it’s gonna carry over to next year

[@cmrigaud1]

When I miss New Orleans before Katrina, I watch this video. I miss it so much, and this beautiful video has archived the love and community that was organically there. This is one of my favorite songs, I played it when I was having my first child.

[@ZeeSA-no2zh]

Im a South African and I loooooooove this song,this is a masterpiece from Les Nubians ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@thandomvimbi1558]

What a gem, been loving this since my high school days in the 90s, in South Africa we love and appreciate good music

[@kliluna]

Don't understand a word she saying but the beat and her voice is beautiful.

[@Rob810Flint]

I felt like this in the 90s when I heard this as a child I don't even know what they are saying still to this day but still beautiful music Flint, MI.

[@Tracey122872]

@@Rob810Flint Michael Cook , I coped this when it came out because their voices, the flow of the joint and the Music are just entrancing . . . . SO I did a translation and it started talking about a lake, then I did another translation today ( how many years later ) and I saw it was about remembering the Queen of Sheba and her influence on today's culture. Still think this song is magic, I have to see if the producer of this has other quality content

[@loeiletloreille5337]

Makeda = african woman They talk about africans skins, Africa and many positive attitudes.

[@sabrinag4512]

L'oeil et l'oreille she s talking about King Salomon and the Queen of Sheba

[@marcusrobinson9291]

You don't understand a word (their) saying it's two of them singing

[@garthybrookens4839]

I Remember when i travelled to Lille France for my Masters, This song was literally the sound track for my stay there. It brings back so many memories, The culture, the French air, people and weather. Lord Take me back!!

[@G_STYLIN]

Damn lille is not even the best place in france, glad you like it tho

[@garthybrookens4839]

@@G_STYLIN I miss it a lot bro.

[@TheMsrowade]

Makeda They want to make us believe lost myths The passages of history falsified and revised From Ramses to Mandela, the truths that were killed In ignoring the start, they wander aimlessly Makeda was queen, beautiful and powerful Solomon dreamed of her black skin I sing to revive the memories To dig up the knowledge That the spiral of time erases The queen of Sheba lives in me Makeda lives in me. Revive our memories We must change history It's going adrift Adrift in words... no The knowledge and the wisdom are to be carried in our hands Listen and observe Makeda was queen, beautiful and powerful Solomon dreamed of her black skin I sing to revive the memories To dig up the knowledge That the spiral of time erases The queen of Sheba lives in me Makeda lives in me. My people dance and sing They exalt their joy Far from ignorance They show their faith Rich in men and in value We make up for the mistakes Sons and daughters you and me Ready for battle Makeda was queen, beautiful and powerful Solomon dreamed of her black skin I sing to revive the memories To dig up the knowledge That the spiral of time erases The queen of Sheba lives in me Makeda lives in me.

[@mpumentshangase4257]

❤❤❤

[@ervie8700]

I love French ❤️

[@newtbangem4855]

damn...this isn't song this is a wake up call

[@ShangoHeruGinen1791]

Magnifique

[@Esseas_World]

🫶🏽

[@denisepemba]

Je suis fière que ces magnifiques chanteuses métisses franco-camerounaises rendent hommage à la reine de Saba ains qu à la beauté de sa peau noire,notre peau aux Etats -Unis(cocorico!)! Tout un symbole pour tous les afro-descandants du monde entier car nous nous devons de connaître notre histoire ainsi que l'histoire d amour entre le roi Salomon et la reine de Saba.Makeda ne doit pas tomber dans l oubli,kisses from France 😘.

[@Jalkotsu]

I love my people... This song makes me cry

[@alichiagunter9021]

This song is like 22 years old i actually had the cassette tape and i didn't understand a word they were saying but it took me 3 days to learn this song and i now understand the meaning. My son seems to think i don't understand it at all but i do and i blast it every chance i get

[@msbtoo]

The club scene was shot in Baton Rouge, my hometown. That was early '99. Tha Boot, stand up!!

[@huztlemane4139]

They music speak volumes of being in love with your Blackness it's a vision of Mama Africa

[@jasonmacomson4592]

Will Never forget the time in Brooklyn hanging out with them ❤❤😊

[@bjork2280]

Wow, Lucky Dog

[@Aja-Christian]

This song came out when I was still in grammar school (I'm 20 now) I remember my dad playing it in the car while driving me to school. I think this is the FIRST song I ever learned how to sing in a foreign language ^_^ At 6 or 7 I didn't understand the meaning of what they were saying, but I could sing the lyrics in French from start to finish. J'adore Les Nubiennes

[@Mr._Moderate]

This song/video reminds me of the good old days of B.E.T. 😊

[@almightymonday3711]

Still listening to this from 98 to 2024 what a time to be alive in NYC when this song was on the radio they don’t make music like this no more smh 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@eleanorcourtney4033]

I go nuts when I hear the beat damn let alone the music....beautifully done I am in love with this....

[@MoneyOverFame]

eleanor courtney facts. This is a classic.

[@Kuziai]

they don't make music like this anymore

[@AndreaRSmith]

I Absolutely Love this song. It never gets old. Im still trying to learn words 😆

[@MarquesTheProducer]

They do … just say you haven’t heard ur 👀 plenty of UK R&B artists are still on this wave

[@invisiblecurious856]

@@MarquesTheProducer mostly UK just dig UK

[@hazaee]

Underground

[@DazzlynStarr]

My people dance and sing They express their joy Far from ignorance They show their faith Blessed with men and values We repair the errors Sons and daughters you and me Ready for the fight Makeda was queen, beautiful and powerful Solomon dreamed of her black skin I sing to revive the memories To exhume knowledge That the spiral of time erases The Queen of Sheba lives in me Makeda lives in me. I hope that helps with the translation all. It is a beautiful song indeed.

[@Nordic_E.T.]

❤️💛💚!!! I LOVE THE SISTERHOOD HERE! ITS SO BEAUTIFUL AND IMPORTANT!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH LADIES!! FROM 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@zetrader]

I can't forget this song Makeda, beautiful ❤️

[@DJ23322332]

I remember being a little girl 1st hearing this song and being so enchanted and spiritually moved and even to this day I still am. This song just takes me away.

[@MoneyOverFame]

One of my favorite songs of all time.

[@nadir1378]

Really cool track from my late teenage years

[@loubrown5410]

This song is and was so cool...the music alone gives me such a high

[@kyoakland]

Damn I was young when this came out used to watch it on the box didn't understand what they were saying but the song made me feel good and New Orleans was popping back then

[@kevine-anaba4348]

aw man. you mentioned the box. you took a brotha back

[@mixumup1]

me and my brother used to like this song in our gangsta rap yrs but since im off hiphop i go back to that classic 90s like this... still dont know french but now in 2014 after dealing wit Brazilians learning Portguese im understanding the lyrics a lil better than in 99... Israel be jamming,, selah

[@SonyaNeedsSomeEnsure]

I just been seeing you on everything I like on here lol

[@ricanprincess1029]

I can't get enough of this beautiful soul full music! Sing on ladies!

[@calicandy424]

Sunday afternoon and a glass of wine...

[@MizzezJaxon]

We step to jams like this in Chicago....I want to go stepping now

[@ramoon9241]

Yall Big Stepping huh?

[@creeme9031]

Classic! I SOOO LOVE THIS SONG! Highway music!

[@IamTyG1]

Knew this song since a kid from my grandma… here in 2024 first time seeing video. Song appeared on a Cd / Pottery barn- Paris Cafe 🔥🔥🔥

[@LaCheleWallace]

I haven't heard this record in years. The beat will play in my head from time to time. I obviously _cain't_ understand what they're saying, but hey...it's all good. Good music is good music, period. Nice hearing this hidden gem again. They had pretty and pleasant voices.

[@labella457]

Still one of my fav songs till this day. Sweet!! ❤

[@rashidanelms7483]

this is Memories!!!!!! song been raw!!!!!

[@MichelleTorez]

MASTERPIECE! What a track!!

[@deyriohmiii4598]

My momma brought me hear ill never forget this song as a child!!!💘👌🏾

[@kbornsanders73]

I play this track during my neo Soul sets. People have no idea of what theyre singing but some have heard it enough that they sing along to it. The song as a whole is a masterpiece and personally I love it. I just wish they released more music stateside like this. Respect to these Nubian Goddesses

[@makedasylvester]

My theme song. Thanks mom and dad for my name.

[@saviournsumiwa]

I am here Dec 2024 representing 🇧🇼. Nice song even though I don't know the language

[@mrjamilsipes]

I had a dream they played this classic on the radio

[@feliciabegay7632]

LOVING THIS SONG!!!

[@WAY2RIL]

NO MATTER WHAT PART OF WORLD WE AT THE BEAT WILL ALWAYS BRING US TOGETHER NO MATTER THE LANGUAGE BEING SUNG!

[@phillipswatson3452]

💞 MUSIC IS THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE JUST LIKE LOVE 💃🎵🏃 LOVING THIS JAMMIE JAM 😇

[@shirleywatson8127]

Hip Hop, Jazz, Soul, Blues,= Alchemy of the Muse... ❤

[@vgrandy95]

This song is still 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@troymoore9281]

I love that they shot this in New Orleans

[@kevinwilliams5324]

How could be people vote thumbs down for this song. Its really a few folks out there, that dont know good music when they hear it smh.

[@deekalinda3676]

Can't believe I'm just hearing this song. Completely put me back on the right track to loving myself the right way!! Thank you sisters!!

[@j.d.7929]

OMG!! Now checking out their song Afrodance and I saw they have a song with my name!!! I was named after the Queen of Sheba, this is my first time listening to their music, it's so soothing and yet the beat draws me in even more... I am now permanently hooked on Les Nubians... They ROCK!!!!

[@gerald_the_science_guy]

I've searched for this song for years 😫😁sooo good.

[@heididobson5582]

This song makes me feel so many things……it’s absolutely beautiful! I can’t stop listening to it…….!❤️💐🔥🔥🔥

[@TevinMabry]

I love this song Makeda by Les Nubians it's sounds so beautiful 🌹🌹🖤

[@yogisha3055]

SO POWERFUL WHETHER U KNOW THE TRANSLATION OR NOT.. IT PERMEATES THE SOUL.. MAKEDA! THANKS YOU MY BEAUTIFUL SISTERS. 17 YEARS LATER STILL BUMPIN' , STILL HEALING!

[@empressqueen]

I so love this song! I remember when it first came out I was maybe 13 or 14 and was taking french in school. I used to try to understand what they were singing about. Still a lovely song after all this time!

[@ahmedajayi9175]

bliss, this music transcends to a better place, and the depth of its lyrics.. sigh... this is what black music is meant to be, educative music with a soul.

[@MondaySmiles]

I love their vibe...they make me want to learn French so I can understand more of where they are coming from...

[@2k.818]

Lov' U, NUBIANS !😍❤️ Revenez sur scène, les filles, svp ! Vous nous manquez trop ! ❤️

[@njependaconrade2734]

Vraiment

[@quillian_5662]

Une de mes chansons préférées, ne vieillira jamais ! 🙏🏾

[@18ajlucas]

I remember this video from the box from back in the day

[@brooklynsveryown1769]

AJ Lucas Brooklyn shyt

[@shantrellbishop5833]

From New Orleans, La... Too Orleans, France 🇫🇷... Merci Beacoup🌍💕💕💕💕💕⚡

[@towninc]

sitll one of my favorite songs. I saw them live back in the day and they were amazing!

[@irisshaw51]

Love this song

[@OHIOISHNESS]

Ive been looking for this song for AGES!!!! This will be on repeat for the rest of my day :D

[@YaYaMan]

wow...nice rnb throwback. this is going way back. 90s style, the finest style.

[@margo1love1974]

I love this song. It's amazing I only know one word of this song.. that's the title. But I still try 2 sing it 4 years lol.

[@blanchardnduk]

Respect pour nos soeurettes africaines! Voila de la vrai soul... que des souvenirs d'enfance!

[@FUNKYDAR1]

La musique dans toute sa spendeur :-) Merci de nous avoir donné ça Les Nubians, je viens de racheter votre premier CD qui me manquait trop !!! :-)

[@dhonquali4552]

Astounding beauty in the visual 🙏🏿 I'm grateful

[@kristinazubic9669]

This song never gets old

[@1968dogg]

Their introduction. And it keeps getting better and brighter.............

[@PaulGreen11]

WHUR back in D.C. used play this on alot of rainy afternoons for the drive home.

[@CamaguNcoso]

Thank God, I got the album and I was listening to this song all day on repeat

[@graceandmarvellouswonders6249]

I love you guys so much and I don't even speak French but the way you sing I have to stop and listen. So glad to hear your voice again.

[@arthurlyampensha8347]

I have always loved this track 🤩. What a classic!!

[@beginnersfarmguidewithedek1682]

Who's listening September 8,2024?

[@selfexplanitory]

They shot that video down in New Orleans, my hometown....Miss that place a lot, after Katrina, it will never be the same! Les Nubians epitomize real soul stirring music, with a few other artists who luv to sing and keep the craft real and genuine.....

[@queennea7649]

Beautiful song.

[@djcas69]

I love this song!!!!! Been playin it for 9-10 years straight!!!! surprised to see it on here!! Dj Cas. Lawrence, Kansas

[@alfredclarke9647]

I love this jam!!!! They don't make music like this anymore....

[@hajiadams5407]

I miss My City of New Orleans Great Video Beautiful Song!! Great Food Great Fun and very French Creole Tradition all before hurricane Katrina came and Washed the City away it never was the same after that horrible disaster but Our Creole Culture will Live on Forever Ya Heard Me Lol!! Stay Blessed My Brothers and Sisters in JESUS CHRIST Always

[@ChuckDsChic]

LOVE THIS SONG

[@alexanderscott9001]

Chuck D's Chic Love this song and your name

[@XavierCoolDude]

I remember this from the late 90's. Never knew any of the French lyrics but it's a beautiful song-bass, flute, and their voices. As I am reading some of comments-I'm understanding that Makeda is an african queen.