ANTAKALIPA

24 HOUR WHORE I love money. It makes me happy, everything costs something and with money I can buy what I want. I can go shopping, I can spoil my loved ones, I can help out at home and I can buy food to survive. I am a fast money kinda girl and I prefer getting money on my own. I am young and I know how to make it, all I gotta do is watch out for the police. Why do I gotta hand my money to a pimp? Give a nigga a cut for all my hard work to support him and does he support me? Not a 100% cause he got more bitches. The emotions of other bitches, it's stressful, there's a lot of emotions and problems, it ain't worth it, just headaches. You also can't leave when you want to because the nigga own you and when you try to leave he'll beat you to a pulp and take your your stuff leaving you in the numbing cold and where you gonna go? You don't know anybody and you don't have a place to go. Being with a Pimp, nah, it ain't worth it. Although you still g...

Breaking Bad What is good? What is bad? Cause when Walter White started cooking crystals to secure his family's future I was with him. Life is not fair and sometimes it makes no sense at all. I mean what is the alternative? He has cancer and can't afford to pay for Chemo because he works in a profession that doesn't pay much. He is overqualified and his teaching job isn't maximizing his talents. He has kids and has been diagnosed to live for a couple of months. Even if he reached into the family's savings to pay for the Chemo, its not guaranteed that he'll survive, cause what if he pays the 300K for the treatment and perishes anyways. What then? What about the kids? What about their futures? What about the house? The unsurmountable debt? No college fund, what about the kids dreams? No insurance, what about that safety net? Is that the legacy you want to leave for your family? Are you really going to leave behind your kids hungry, scrambling for survi...

Heisenberg purity  Paul Heyman and Roman Reigns on my socials for years and there's still some confusion about my position in the mortality spectrum. I do whatever to win! I thought my position was clear when I stated that 'I am on a heel turn'. I despise purity because it's pretentious, disguised and filthy. It's the pure ones that do all the manipulating, they have learned to camouflage themselves with the consensus of the majority while aligning themselves with virtues that seem righteous but are two-faced like a coin and leave much to the imagination. Hypocrites, they hide under the morality that plagues their existence. They are fakes, they smile in my face and start smear campaigns when my back is turned. I like the bad guys more, there's no pretensions, anything can happen, things are out in the open and your life is in danger. There's no mirrors, smokescreens and theatricalies, no need for passive aggressive antics, just the consciousness...

Junkie Look at you Fucken Junkie! No impulse control, emitting smoke from your lungs like a chimney. Splurging on pills and powder to numb the pain but neglecting what you need. Floating high across the sky when you should be grounded because you have seeds. Fucken Junkie look at you, you disgust me. No self-worth but it's your appearance that disgusts me. Thin as a needle, teeth crooked and yellow like "Hell no". Lips blacked out like the mouth of a mamba. Eyeballs lifeless like Brazil without the samba. Face disconfigured like a loaf of bread weighted down by 10Kg mielie meal. Did you even have a meal? Surprise, surprise the fridge is clean. Are those ribs popping out? That ain't lean. Fucken Junkie, look at the house, it's a pigsty. It's like a natural disaster occurred and the smell like somebody died. Junkie, surrounded by needles and baking powder. The music is maxed out but you want it louder. Junkie, your children are dirty and are attracti...

The bad guy Better call Saul is basically a show about a guy doing bad stuff. As his arc progresses he does more bad things and encounters bad people. A scumbag Lawyer who resorts to underhanded tricks and creative methods to win his cases. He will fabricate evidence, smear your reputation, deceive, manipulate to make you the demon, morality is not a vice. He went from serving senior citizens with their wills and estates to serving hardened criminals, prostitutes and junkies. Nonetheless, his the perfect guy to get you out of a rock and a hard place. Colorful, eccentric, slippery and unpredictable, presiding judges never know what to expect. He knows how to get you out of a sure thing. Vince Gilligan will make you cheer for the bad guy, cause if everyone in the show is a bad guy, who are you going to root for? Obviously the guy with Halocaust numbers and that makes you contemplate about your human nature. Am I as pure as I would like to believe? Am I a good guy? Do I want t...

Cautionary tale (Persistence of life)  Money can't save your soul, it's illusory like fairy-dust, made-up, a figment of your imagination. Cause one day you have it and the next you don't. Even if you have barrels of it like Walter White, it can't buy you love, it's insufficient to buy you life, it's meaningless. Saul and Mike had 7 million in cash and they would have traded it all for a glass of water, cause 7 million in cash is worthless when you are in the dessert trapped in the scotching heat dehydrating your body of fluids, leaving you dry, stretched out like biltong. Cautionary tale money feels good now but what did you do to get it? Criminality and drugs have fixed endgames namely being murdered or a lengthy prison spell. There's no wiseguy on the street, even the bosses get taken out, you will get outsmarted, you will be marked and you will get taken out. Cautionary tale, crime doesn't pay, it robs you off your peace and state of mind....

ANTAKALIPA  I used to attend primary school and high school WITH antakalipa. Yea cool guy, was well-liked by everybody but I didn't know him that much. At primary school, I saw him on the play ground and afterschool but that's just about it, he was not in my class. It was at high school when we had our first real encounter. It was winter and I had on my white Che Guevara bennie. Che Guevara was embroidered in black on the front and it was the most awesome bennie ever! Expensive too, I parted away with R250 to purchase that bennie. Ridiculous money to pay for a bennie at the time as they ranged from R20 - R60 but it was an investment for me. I bought that bennie with my acting money so it was special and dear to me. There was pride attached to that bennie and I knew it made me look cool - that was the whole point. I had it for 2 years and I guarded it with my life. In the morning while I was walking to school, I had it on and he saw it and flipped. He went crazy! I w...

Famous I used to be famous back in the day, you know when Dube was on 2 and Stokvel on Sundays. My claim to fame was to entertain you, to make you happy. I graced magazines covers and walked different stages like a catwalk. Panties would be soaked wet when I appeared on the screen and did what I did best. The spotlight was always on me and I’d leave many starstruck, shinning like light reflected on a diamond. I used to be famous and finessing was easy, I would just show up and I would be lavished with gifts and money streamed like a waterfall into my bank account, there wasn’t anything I couldn’t afford or a girl I couldn’t get to the fort. It was automatic, my presence unlocked all doors and left many knees weak. Mute and in awe like a vegetable that can’t speak. I used to be famous, walking on the street was near impossible. Every time I was sighted, the paparazzi would be on my case, bombarding me with flashes that would send an epileptic into space. I used to be famous,...

Receipts II I am a cool guy, I ain’t got beef with anyone. I serve up what you give out. If you treat me good and with respect you’ll receive that a thousand fold, but if you an asshole I am happy to dish out shit. No excuses, no privileges, control yourself. I am a pro at your passive aggressive antics – what? Did you honestly think that you were smarter than everybody else? Funny guy, out of sync, you ain’t shit. I see through disguises too, masks can’t fool real eyes. If you want beef I am happy to serve it on a platter. If you organizing a hit, make sure it sticks cause if you botch it, I am coming for your soul. I am tired of being humble, I am the greatest of all time, come close and I’ll show you, anytime, any place. Receipts, receipts, receipts I am happy to reflect your tastes. If you want a battle, I am happy to oppose you. Words don’t count, it’s your actions that are gold. I am a fucked up person too and I am ready to exercise my repressions. Receipts, apologies...

Receipts I am on top, its not surprising. I’ve gained the weight I’ve lost to level the playing field. I am in great form, I’ve beaten them all, my competition in the rear end swallowing my dust, cause they always thought we were head to head but I was checking the rear ever since. I’ve beaten them all at their own game, I reflected back who they was. Cause it’s all about consciousness, no person will do you dirty without conscious intent. It’s done on purpose, to keep you dependent on them, to make you suffer, to humiliate you. It’s doublespeak, they say they love you but they don’t give a shit about you. This is about power plays, egos, control, respect and subtle dominance. If you let it go once, it’s going to happen again because it’s a learned response, that’s why you gotta double down or crush the behavior completely. They take advantage of your kindness, they don’t respect you, that’s why you gotta set an example. Strike the Shepard first and the lamb will disperse, ...

Leather Jacket "Disrespectful, arrogant, weed, Alexandra, leather jacket! The audacity! Who do you think you are? You are so forward". Thank you so much for your projections and stereotypes. Funny how I am reduced to a few words, an attempt to marginalize and control me. I've reached the ceiling and breaking out is the next step but to keep me grounded is the plan. I have become too big for my shoes and the plan is to keep me barefoot. Cause if I realize my worth and get new shoes it exposes their raggedy shoes. "Stop being so brilliant, you exposing us! Keep it down, slow down, dim down the shine, fly lower, don't forget where you come from, Little Alexandra kid".  Arrogant, weed, Alexandra, Leather Jacket, you are nothing without me, I made you! Made who? The entitlement! If you made me, make another me. Move out of my way, you are a hindrance. Stop searching for relevance you are a fossil. The leather jacket is a staple of who I am. I smoke ch...

Proust Activated The great man does it again. Proust Activated now available on Youtube : https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLks7jD_Oj0j8XF1Npm4tzIw81h5M6g_Aj The great man ANTAKALIPA 

Not a bad guy The great man keeps on delivering.  Not a bad guy available on Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLks7jD_Oj0j_lZaOx0nfdEmmfNq6SRV4Q The great man  ANTAKALIPA 

Narcissistic, Egotistic & Grandiose Narcissistic, Egotistic & Grandiose now available on Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLks7jD_Oj0j_jkh7b3wzxjJGbc2UcURCp The great man ANTAKALIPA 

Kaza Kamba Pan African Theatre Festival II The second day and the program was still on fire. We started the day with a Pan African workshop. Led by Zandi Radebe, we discussed what it meant to be African, how it extends to township life, how we relate to each other, the contrast in life pre-democracy and post-democracy, how we can be better as Africans and the morals and traditions lost along the way. The program explored the ideas of Marcus Garvey and what Pan-Africanism meant to him. In essence, it must start with me, then we before it can extend to us, to fill-up yourself first and then fill up the cups of others with the excess water overflowing from your cup. It was a thought-provoking workshop and ideas bounced. Participants in the audience shared their wisdom and ideas, we shared our perspectives and what "Pan African" meant to us. Then we arrived at my favorite part of the workshop, we discussed poetry and words with Lesego Rampolokeng. We talked about form...

MY GIRLS MY GIRLS now available on Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLks7jD_Oj0j-yNYLRnxQpLrKOc3Tkupbx The great man ANTAKALIPA 

Kaza Kamba Pan African Theatre Festival I was at Inaugural Kaza Kamza Pan African Theatre Festival, a workshop hosted by the Market Theatre, 14 - 17 November 2024. It is a workshop that commemorates and celebrated everything Africa. It explored the stories of African people, their heritage, their struggles, their art. It was a wonderful workshop, it was rich in its content, it is diverse and came from all over Africa, it is informative and in some cases down right heartbreaking. Europeans have never been our friends, it's shocking how they colonized our people and weaponized the Bible to take everything from us. It's unfair how their offsprings are getting richer from our resources while our people inherit poverty. They own the land where our people reside, rule over it, profit over it while they live in their own countries. The film "Skulls of my people" by Vincent Moloi broke my heart. It details the Namibian genocide that transpired from 1904-1907 by th...

The Gulag Archiepelago The Gulag Archiepelago now available on Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLks7jD_Oj0j_4ZzXBJs-3NpGtEGwwZl7x The great man ANTAKALIPA 

SCHOOL SCHOOL now available on Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLks7jD_Oj0j83SFOMlNydiU5XoE-KSVMX The great man ANTAKALIPA 

Chalice III 3 is a good omen. Chalice III now available on Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLks7jD_Oj0j-qmOSlTDo_mWWLcsDWOAIe The great man ANTAKALIPA 

Chalice  Chalice available on Youtube and SoundCloud Listen to Chalice, a EP by antakalipa on #SoundCloud https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/1dd9r https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLks7jD_Oj0j8s8ceMdg3xuO1aebkJMLJ_

Little township boy II All my life I've been told that I wasn't going to make it. Like "you just an Alexandra boy. Have you ever seen a successful Alexandra boy?". Lol, Wow! The negativity, written off and marginalized before I even start. Of course I've always shunned off the statements and stayed defiant, choosing to take one step at a time. With humility, my head down I have always risen above the hate and negativity. I am not stupid, I know I am slightly disadvantaged but I am not a victim, I've never been one. My gameplan has always been to do more than required and with time my efforts have compounded. Going the extra mile is something that is now automatic and it has made me distinguished. I raise my head and I find myself in different circles. I am the only person who looks Iike I do. It's crazy, I did it, my head is above the water, I made it. I still meet black people with a house niggas mentality, the Steven's on "Django Unc...

Beauty and the Beast  Perfect show, a great theatrical experience. I loved everything about the show. It's bursting with with imagination. It is grand, magical, energic, interactive, vibrant and refreshing. It is a show that has a lot of enthusiasm, from the diverse cast, the multiple sets that keep on changing, the costumes that transport you to that world, outstanding lighting, the amazing sound and sound effects, the singing, dancing and cheography, the rich story world and mesmerizing performers on the stage. It is so humorous and entertaining, I was hooked from the first moment to the last. The songs had the audience singing along. We even sang Shosholoza. The timeless story of "Beauty and the Beast" is revamped and given more color, it has a South African context, it has personality, it is memorable. Gavascon is my favorite character, he is brash, vain, narcissistic and has that Jonny Bravo "I am pretty" aura. The "macho, macho man", ...

Little Township Boy  Your dreams are too impractical. You can't be a pilot, dear boy that's not how the world works. Choose something else, something in line with your reality, something in line with your environment. How about an Uber driver? No, that's too steep. Let's try a taxi driver operating somebody's 16 seater. You have to remember that you have owners. You are not free, no one is free, in fact dear boy, there is no such thing as freedom. It's all made up like your dreams of flying airplanes. Someone needs to bring you down to earth, having your head above the clouds is only metaphoric like shooting stars in the sky. And well, you are no star. The truth is that you are limited like prepaid data. The truth is that you'll never amount to much. The truth is that your are doomed like insects in a corner. There is no way of maneuvering this, you are playing a rigged game and the cards have been dealt to you since your inception. There is no w...

Celebrity In the realm of celebrity, everything is bigger here, the tabs are bigger, holes deeper and the feeling of imposter syndrome realer. You thought money was going to solve everything only to realize it doesn't solve anything. You worked your whole life chasing a fleeting experience, numbness and cocaine now your daily experience, cause you are alone despite the millions of followers, money stacked high but you have never felt lower. Operating in the realm of celebrity, I always thought being with the stars will enhance my shine, reality is the rot aches like a tooth cavity. The 15 minutes is actually 5, how's that for brevity? Everyone wants to be famous, everyone wants to be a celebrity. In the realm of celebrity, the stars are just like me, insecure and sensitive not knowing who to be. Expectations and blurred lines hindering who they should be. I will buy that Sportscar, even though it's not me. Celebrity, celebrity, I thought with my stock high, I...

Another Amy II God gave me another Amy and this one, well she's absolutely perfect. Better than my best dream. The last Amy was a projection of my insecurities. She moved on and I felt stuck. She was doing something while my efforts failed to produce something. I knew I was great but I was broke as hell. I felt like a loser. She was a girl I loved but she was not Amy. She felt like Amy because I lost Amy. She was one of the last girls I loved. When I saw her happy with another person, I felt my spirit pierced with a dagger. I had to concede that I was not good enough. I had no real power. I was wrong because I never really made my intentions clear with her. I never told her that I loved her, I was content with just being friends. She deserves better, I was selfish, I am glad she met someone who makes life worthwhile. God gave me another Amy and this one, well she's absolutely perfect. She's beautiful, artistic and intelligent. Symmetrical face, great body, long ...

Another Amy Are you telling me I am about to lose another Amy? God give me a break. Nah, this is uncalled for. This is unfair, I did everything you wanted. Why are you doing this to me? My goodness, I just can't catch a break. I don't accept this, nah I deserve more. I just can't lose another Amy, they are limited and it's not just that, he won't enable her to fly and that what she deserves, the sky, the solar system, the milky-way, everything! I've lost so much, I have sacrificed so much. Currently, I can't offer you much but the other guy can. He is strong and masculine and I am just chasing dreams. Money is slow and has been that way for a while, it's the reason we are in this position. Success for me isn't guaranteed, I am one of many. Why would you want to be an entrepreneur? Trust me, it's an overrated experience and reality is not as glamorous. I believe I am the best but that's not enough, a billion men have perished. I wish it didn...