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Recapturing KMT: Cycle of Return — Obibitumfoɔ Kwame (2025)

Under the banner KWENTO XPR HNA SXM KM, Recapturing KMT: Cycle of Return is the war-blueprint album of the lineage (following, “Make KMT Black Again” and “Visions of KMT”): the hard-hitting phase of the cycle where clarity becomes confrontation and destiny becomes duty. If Ọheneba sounded the command and Malenga gave the vision, Obibitumfoɔ Kwame delivers the weapons-grade architecture. This is a rap record that does not step outside the cosmology set by his siblings—it advances it. Kwame takes the foundations laid by his siblings and then demands that the listener step into combat with isfet, deception, internal betrayal, and the complacency that weakens the Kmtyw. The project is fierce, sharp, wickedly lyrical, and strategically humorous. It remembers that the work of recapturing KMT is not only spiritual and cultural—it is tactical.

The album opens with a praise poem written by Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé Kambon, Oríkì for Baba Jédì Shemsú Jehéwty, honorable ancestor, Nana Jacob Carruthers; The one of victorious destiny, who prevailed; gained victory due to experience. Don’t Follow Fools, inspired by a poem written by Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé Kambon, “Tí Ayé Bá ń Dàrú / When the World is Crazy, You Be Sane” warns against counterfeit leadership and false crowns—“They gold-plated liars, better test that shine”—calling for discernment and courage to stand on principle, so we are not dragged off the Ma’atic path. Bedroom Terrorist flips a clever, dangerous narrative of isfetic intimacy into a lesson on the threat of foreign attachments and identity sabotage. Cease & Desist gets some help from his sister, Malenga, as they confront internal enemies—those who divide the family (“black on black crime in service of white terror domination”, as shared by Nana Amos Wilson) and open the door to isfet. Tribunal (We Charge isfet) is written in the legal tradition of the 1951 We Charge Genocide, building evidence before the whole of nature, and the Ancestors, against aAmw who have and continue their means of destruction. Skin in the Game calls out spectatorship and demands that we invest T.E.R.M.S. (Time, Energy, Resources, Money, and Spirit) into the work of building Abibitumi (Black Power) towards Abibifahodie (Black Liberation). SXM KM (Abibitumi) hands out the marching orders— “… to all the brave hearts, the great who ain’t afraid to hate what ain’t ours.” Feather of Ma’At, Coming Forth by Day closes the cycle, speaking the testimony of a life lived in balance, ready for the next realm.

A full lyrics booklet is included for study and teaching, because this is music meant to be used: recited, annotated, translated, embodied.

Why it matters

• It transforms the blueprint from theory to execution.
• It keeps the cosmology intact: every track is a position in the Cycle of Return.
• It names the threats—internal and external.
• It brings the voice of the Kmtyw into the courtroom of history and demands Ma’atic correction.
• It refuses spectatorship and demands participation: recapturing KMT is not an idea, it’s a mission.

Tracklist (Core Set)
Ode to Baba Jédì Shemsú Jehéwty • Don’t Follow Fools • Interlude (MOTM) • Bedroom Terrorist   • Cease & Desist (ft. Malenga) • Tribunal: We Charge isfet • Skin in the Game • SXM KM (Abibitumi) • Feather of Ma’At: Coming Forth by Day

Included: Album Lyrics Booklet

Imprint: KWENTO XPR HNA SXM KM
Directive: NOT TO BE SHARED ON CESSPOOL MEDIA PLATFORMS