Super Police

This is another song I previewed on my Instagram (in July 2021) not long after writing it. With the rising cases of police brutality and all the scandals around procurement of PPE and other Covid-related materials for healthcare workers, I wanted to provide my own commentary on the struggles that many Kenyans were facing at the height of the pandemic to end Substance on a heavy note. I found the beat for this song the same night I found the beat for "Simama Kando", which was easy because both were produced by waytoolost.

One of the reasons I love this song is because it's full of fighting game references, which of course I would appreciate as an active member of the FGC (fighting game community). Even the title itself is a reference; aside from being a sarcastic description of the Kenyan police, it's also a nickname given to Lei Wulong, the Jackie Chan tribute character from Tekken.

As someone who is not a rapper, I'm particularly proud of myself for the first line in the second verse, which references jinns (demons) in Islamic mythology, as well as Jin Kazama and his father Kazuya Mishima from Tekken, both of whom carry a genetic abnormality known as the Devil Gene that allows them to transform into their "demonic" alter-egos. Aside from Tekken, characters from Dead or Alive, Injustice, Mortal Kombat, and Street Fighter are also referenced.