OMSB delivers the song ‘Kiai’ with lyrics penned alongside Olive Oil. The beat is produced by a team that includes The Anticipation Illicit Tsuboi and Colin Leonard. This offering explores resilience and daily struggles.
Released: October 11, 2023
Kiai
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Kiai Meaning & Lyrics (Omsb)
OMSB writes about the duality of fate, saying ‘Fortune and misfortune are two sides of the same coin’. The poet mentions items like Nike Air Force Ones and a bonfire to ground his thoughts in everyday life.
U know my steezYou know my style,
Sanjuu nakaba de mada k#sogakistill just a brat in my mid-thirties
Kusatta ima wo ikiru no wa muzukashiiIt’s tough to survive in this rotten present
Yo no nyuusu waThe news of the world
Itsu datte muzukayuiis always making me itch
Dakara me ga erabu no waSo what my eyes choose to focus on
Kono blues ni beatis the beat within this blues,
Dosa mawaru ze ii hi tabidachitouring around, a fine day for a journey
Mukashi no dachi ano machi kono machiOld friends in that town and this town,
Ima wa naki sango no papa kandatathe late father of three, ‘Kandata’,
Mitaku jump around shiteku zeI’m gonna jump around just like him
R I PR.I.P.
Ichiminutes zureta haha no tanjoubiJust a minute off from my mother’s birthday
Kou fukou hyouri itsumo onaji you niFortune and misfortune are two sides of the same coin, as always,
Yappari ore wa hitoriI’m definitely on my own,
Baasu wo kaku nomijust writing these verses
Nayamu doushi ni nagekakeruTo my comrades who are struggling, I ask,
Whats going onwhat’s going on?
Yatte kou ze bro kikasero koe woLet’s get to work, bro, let me hear your voice,
Ikou motto fueru shikabane wo koerolet’s go further and step over the growing piles of corpses
Osome no seishun tsukuru nando demoI’ll create a late-blooming youth, time and again,
Sekaisen wa onaji da ze omae mo ore mowe’re on the same world-line, both you and I
Kimi no heart ni tadoritsuku tameTo reach the depths of your heart,
Shisou wo korasu my wordI sharpen my thoughts, my word
Kiri ga kakaru kono mirai ni hitotsuIn this future shrouded in fog,
Kagaribi tomosu my wordI light a single bonfire, my word
Ushirometai kono kimochi waI wonder who I should sing for
Dare ni mukete utaebato ease this sense of guilt
Hi no hikari wakachiaeba kizuku hazuIf we share the sunlight, we’ll surely notice
Ame no yasashisathe kindness of the rain,
Hazureta michi wo erabou to kimeta tokiand when I decided to take the path less traveled,
Jinai de yogosuI stain them with dust
Naiki no eafousuMy Nike Air Force Ones,
Dougyou to no wars doko demo sensoubattles with peers, it’s a war everywhere,
Eesu no supeedothe Ace of Spades,
Shikomu brainstormbrewing a brainstorm
Olivie no kooru niTo Olive’s call,
Omsb ga responsuOMSB gives a response,
Iwasene’e monku rokujuuyon no besutowon’t let them complain, the best of sixty-four,
Shin’san bakari nametahaving tasted nothing but bitter hardship
Kono ore ga esukootoI’m the one who’ll escort you
Ichi no you nijust like a number one,
Nakimite kara ga tsuyoe zoyou truly get strong after you’ve tasted defeat,
Minna daisuki obentou ka torendoeveryone loves a packaged deal or a trend
Munou ga goneruThe incompetent whine
Koitsu suuji toren noabout how this guy can’t pull numbers,
Jimichi hadesteady but flashy,
Furui atarashii jane’enda yoit’s not about being old or new
Omae no shiranakattaI’m opening up the ‘gray zone’
Guree zoon wo aken nothat you never even knew existed,
Izure usureru ake no myoujouthe morning star that’ll eventually fade,
Mimi yokogiru kaze no otothe sound of the wind passing my ears
Maiku no mae dare omou kyouWho am I thinking of before the mic today,
Hibi taimurapusu toevery day is a time-lapse and
Suroomooshonslow motion,
Otorae wa dare mo hitoshiku osoudecay attacks everyone equally
Dakara nokoru no wa kekkyoku kokoro tte kotoSo in the end, what remains is the soul,
Ore wa sore wo uta de toku shitsukokuI explain that through my songs, persistently,
Chokuritsu fudou no kimi no mou ippotake another step while standing tall,
Kono kotoba wa naku kimi no youjinbouthese words are your ‘bodyguard’ that doesn’t cry
Yosodoko no guringo yoriRather than some ‘gringo’ from elsewhere,
Jibun wo shinjirobelieve in yourself,
Shinjirann’e nara ato wa inshallahif you can’t believe, then it’s ‘Insha’Allah’,
Iru ka mo wakaranaiI don’t even know if He exists
Kami no sei ni shichiaebaIf you just blame it on God,
Kitto raku ni naruit’ll surely get easier,
Dakara rafu ni yaruso I’ll keep it rough,
Makkaka de tafu na cow mitakulike a bright red, tough cow
Mazu earth tatakuFirst, I stomp the earth,
Wazuka na hatsugaa tiny sprout,
Kagami mirya moeru merameralooking in the mirror, I’m burning bright,
Kintore mitakujust like weight training
Mou dame da no saki ga kekkaThe result lies just beyond the point of giving up,
Aisare ikita bunfor as much as they were loved and lived,
Hito wa shinane’endapeople never truly die,
Sono shouneba nagame mina rememberlook at that true nature and remember
Dakara karappo no atama karaSo from an empty head,
Kimochi hineridasuI squeeze out these feelings,
Ore wa kono shunkan no mi naruI’ll become the fruit of this moment,
Akineitaa‘Akinator’
Sai no tsuno no you niLike the ‘horn of a rhinoceros’,
Tada hitori ayumeru kacan you walk alone?
Arigatou no ato ni kaeseru kaCan you give back after saying thank you?
YourewelcomeYou’re welcome
Shichigatsu no hi ni hada wa sarani uerudanOn a July day, my skin gets even more ‘well-done’,
Umureru kajitsu no aji wowill I be able to enjoy
Kongo tanoshimeru kathe taste of the fruit that’s born?
Shimeru baasu wa saido mukeruI’ll turn this closing verse back
Kandata niTo ‘Kandata’,
Kaketa yubi no bun piisu na furiacting peaceful for every finger I’ve lost,
Otsukaresangood work,
Acchi de wa motto be freebe even more free over there
Gasshou god bless yoPalms together, God bless you,
Rest in peaceRest in peace
Kiai Music Video
Kiai stands as a powerful track from OMSB. The meaning behind ‘Kiai’ is resilience through struggle and self-reflection, and his lyrics bring this truth to light.