WATCH: Maltese Rapper Shyli Drops New Emotional Track Taking Us Back To Her Roots
Exploring what it means to figure out who you are, Shyli has released a new single titled ‘Min Jien?’ (who am I?). The young singer teased the release of this song last Tuesday, telling fans and followers: “I’ve just finished another song in Maltese, should I release it this Friday?”
Written by Shyli, with music production by Jasmar Cassar, the song’s sound is similar to the tracks released at the start of her viral fame.
If you want to read the lyrics, you’ll find them at the end of the article.
She first shot into the public eye when a clip of her rapping in her bedroom spread around the country like wildfire. Since then her popularity kept growing, culminating in guest artist feature on Ira Losco’s single ‘OMG’.
This music video has a looped feed of Shyli running through a forest (…ish, it’s Malta after all), and has an additional two minutes of black silence after the song ends (we’re not sure if this is a technical error or a deeper meaning). Following this an image of Shyli flashes on screen once more before the video ends.
The lyrics, as posted by Shyli herself:
Kont addejja min tijiem bla mistrieh
il qalb baqat tinstelah ma kull ziffa ta rih
tejdli ghaliex? xini raguni tahbi lugieh?
ghaliex tistahba wara dahqa waqt li sikket lilsien?
daqqa wara daqqa twaslek fbikja bla tmiem
ferita li tinfetah ma kull hasda ta wgieh
twarrab linnocenti biex ma tirrepetiehx
ma tati cans ebda persuna titfak fnassa ta hsieb
dinja gdida fghajn kull ruh lghezistiet
persuna gudikata mnizla dritt mis smewwiet
difett jew tnejn, go halq in nies jitlalek mitejn
lejra tirkeb qalb persuna ghalxejn
socjeta imtabba bliswed rikbet dinja bajda ftul ta lejl
limhabba mietet habba lkesha lanna gewwa lqalb
Chorus:
Min jien? imbdilt biex ma nitlifx lil ta madwari
tlift kollox bmin inhobb biex ingib sahti
sibt lili u ergajt tlift lil kulhadd
tifla wahda tista tibdel futur
bit bissima wahda terga tik il kulur
konnezzjoni temozzjon is salva lil dak li jkun
flok ixerred il mibeda xerred dahqa kuljum
socjeta bidlet kulura saret timxi bunur
dak li tati lil haddiehor lura lejk jerga jdur
kun persuna ta kuragg ghal dawk li jejxu fid dnub
kun dawl abjad ghal persuna li mid dlam gie mismut
bniedem fragli bkelma wahda jitkisser
kull twaddieba topinjon ikun ed jibni tebut
zaqq il gewwa xoffa lbarra kollox falz ed jitpitter
twehhel falla ghax bdi dera tibqa thossok mishut
kulhadd jibza jori gismu kif inhu fir realta
lonesta abbandunata habba lbiza lghanna gewwa lqalb
Chorus:
Min jien? imbdilt biex ma nitlifx lil ta madwari
tlift kollox bmin inhobb biex ingib sahti
sibt lili u ergajt tlift lil kulhadd
min jien? imbdilt biex ma nitlifx lil ta madwari
tlift kollox bmin inhobb biex ingib sahti
sibt lili u ergajt tlift lil kulhadd