The inspo behind Sho Madjozi’s latest single ‘Hawks’.
“What I don’t want, is for South Africans to get so used to corruption as if it’s the only way we can be … as if it is a norm. It’s not normal.
Sho Madjozi is happy about the Hawks being finally caotured by the police clearing all the corrupt officials.
Sho Madjozi’s latest single Hawks, is inspired by the recent real-life activities that have shown corrupt officials getting arrested, as it is a love story to the organisation.
Latest project What A Life gave birth to the song and the social media streets certified it to be a hit.
On the song, Sho describes how these corrupt officials would use citizens’ hard-earned tax money to purchase for themselves luxury cars, fashionable clothes and expensive bottles in the club. In the song she also made fun of the suspected and charged officials which scored her an interview on eNCA.
“All of that money is money that could be used towards directly improving the lives of South Africans and improving this country for everyone. What I don’t want, is for South Africans to get so used to corruption as if it’s the only way we can be … as if it is a norm. It’s not normal. There’s so much we can do in building this country and making it so cool and so much better, if only these people were not chowing our money. For themselves,” she said.
The effects of corruption made her angry and sad each and everytime.
“There’s things that absolutely break my heart. Like, when you see bad roads, for example, in rural areas — which at this time of the year, coupled with the activities of the festive season — leads to actual deaths of human being! That type of thing hurts me,” Sho said.
Sho has never been shy or afraid to share her views in regards to politics and socio-economic of SA and other countries such as Nigeria.
She gave her explanation of what was going on in Nigeria early this year #ENDSARS protests. Earlier this year, the musician gave a lengthy explanation of her understanding of what is happening in Nigeria during the painful #EndSARS protests. Due to her observations and visits to the country, she managed to break it down and make it clearer for her Twitter followers.
“I think the #EndSARS momentum is about more than that one police unit. The police are a massive problem but IMO they are a symptom, of a hyper consumerist, hyper unequal society, where the rich rub their wealth in the face of the poor and get to do anything they want with impunity,” she said.
Sho also did a comparison between SA and Nigeria about the division between the rich and the poor is profound.
