Vasco da Gama /ˌvæskoʊ də ˈɡæmə/ (Konkani: वास्को Vasku [waːskuː], often shortened to Vasco) is the largest city in the state of Goa on the west coast of India. It is named after the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama. Vasco has Goa's largest population, estimated at over 100,000. It is also the headquarters of the Mormugao taluka. The town lies on the western tip of the Mormugao peninsula, at the mouth of the Zuari River, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Panaji (Panjim), Goa's capital, and about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the Dabolim Airport (GOI).
The place was founded in 1543, and remained in Portuguese hands until 1961, when Goa was annexed to India. The Indian Navy's Goa Naval Area (base) is located at Vasco from which it controls Dabolim airport and, in effect, the entire tourism-dependent state of Goa.
There have been aborted attempts in the past to change the name of the city to Sambhajinagar.
Vasco is the only city in Goa which is well connected by Road, Rail, Sea and Air; by road by the NH 17A (National Highway), by rail by the South Western Railway, by the sea through the Mormugao Harbour and by air through Dabolim Airport, thus serving as the main hub for most tourists visiting the state of Goa.
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvaʃku ðɐ ˈɣɐmɐ]) (c. 1460 or 1469 – 24 December 1524) was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India. For a short time in 1524 he was the Governor of Portuguese India, under the title of Viceroy.
Vasco da Gama was born in either 1460 or 1469 in Sines, on the southwest coast of Portugal, probably in a house near the church of Nossa Senhora das Salas. Sines, one of the few seaports on the Alentejo coast, consisted of little more than a cluster of whitewashed, red-tiled cottages, tenanted chiefly by fisherfolk.
Vasco da Gama's father was Estêvão da Gama, who had served in the 1460s as a knight of the household of Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu and went on to rise in the ranks of the military Order of Santiago. Estêvão da Gama was appointed alcaide-mór (civil governor) of Sines in the 1460s, a post he held until 1478, and continued as a receiver of taxes and holder of the Order's commendas in the region.
David Nyathi (born March 22, 1969) is a retired South African football player.
Nyathi played for a few teams, including FC St. Gallen (Switzerland), Ankaragücü (Turkey), CD Tenerife (Spain) and Cagliari Calcio (Italy).
He played for South Africa national football team and was in part of the squad that travelled to France for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
Nowhere an hour is the speed that I fly
Greeted by vapors when I do arrive
Don't mind my story
It'll only drag you down
In a one trick town
One sick clown
Instincts on a high wire
The rain flying around
In a one trick town
The sun is a spark from the axe that I grind
The bright night of wishes, a wish to unwind
The river in winter has froze to the ground
To the one trick town
One sick clown
Instincts on a high wire
The rain flying around
In a one trick town
Nowhere an hour is the speed that I fly
Greeted by vapors when I do arrive
Don't mind the memories
They will only drag you down
In a one trick town
One sick clown
Instincts on a high wire
The rain flying around
In a one trick town
One trick town
Don't mind the memories
They will only drag you down
In a one trick town
Don't mind the memories
They will only drag you down
[Chorus:]
Oh She Felt So Lonely
When I Par' With My Homies
In The Town Town Town
[Verse:]
She Was There When I Was Down
When I Was Blue She Was Around
I Was So Lost Could Not Be Found
Was Just Wondering Around
Stranded In The Town
[Chorus]
[Verse:]
Why Do The Good Girls Love The Bad Boy Them?
And Think They Can Change Them Into Good Guys When
They Feel That Love In Them
She Says The Streets Are Full Of Pestilence
And Temptation, – I Went
Cause I Can't Stay On Her Ends
[Chorus]
[Verse:]
You Ever Feel Lonely In A Crowd?
And Above Your Head There Is This Big Black Cloud
And Only You Can Figure This Out
It's Like Findin' Food Durin' A Drought
[Chorus]
Oh I Just Can't Settle Down
(V1)
I used to be so scared of going to Manners Mall
Of walking past those staring eyes that made me feel so small
Creeping up and down trying to find a fault to see
So they could lock me up inside and throw away the key
(V2)
I've tried being someone else just so I could belong
I've lived my life in fear of putting one foot wrong
Although your words may hurt me it's time for me to go
I'm trying to be myself now
And I think that you should know thatâ¦
(CH)
I can go into town by myself if I want to
Look around at the world with my own eyes
I don't have to be afraid
Why do we try to be the same competing with each other
All dressed up in brown cords and pyjamas
Pretending to be cool
(V3)
I watched the world go by through the window of my mind
But how I saw myself made friends hard to find
I wasn't sure you liked me although I think you tried
I wanted you to like me, to fill the hole inside
(V4)
Accepting who I am did not come from being the best
Or earning popularity by passing all your tests
The thing that helped me most
Was when the realisation came
That there is a God who love's me
(V1)
I used to be so scared of going to Manners Mall
Of walking past those staring eyes that made me feel so small
Creeping up and down trying to find a fault to see
So they could lock me up inside and throw away the key
(V2)
I€™ve tried being someone else just so I could belong
I€™ve lived my life in fear of putting one foot wrong
Although your words may hurt me it€™s time for me to go
I€™m trying to be myself now
And I think that you should know that€
(CH)
I can go into town by myself if I want to
Look around at the world with my own eyes
I don€™t have to be afraid
Why do we try to be the same competing with each other
All dressed up in brown cords and pyjamas
Pretending to be cool
(V3)
I watched the world go by through the window of my mind
But how I saw myself made friends hard to find
I wasn€™t sure you liked me although I think you tried
I wanted you to like me, to fill the hole inside
(V4)
Accepting who I am did not come from being the best
Or earning popularity by passing all your tests
The thing that helped me most
Was when the realisation came
That there is a God who love€™s me
Who knows me by my name
I want get out of here
So many fake faces
Who want to hit me
Without doubt
Leave me alone
Into my free world
Leave me alone
Into my world
They don’t care for me
And destroy my dreams
They want my mouth closed
My brain without thoughts
Leave me alone
Into my free world
Leave me alone
There's a town out there I spent a little time,
I almost didn't make it out alive.
But since I did I thought I'd write a song,
About the things I saw while I was there.
Well I saw a lot of people, but they all looked the same,
They had the same clothes, they had the same name.
Oh, I took off runnin' right out of that town,
Hope I never have to go back again.
Chorus:
I won't tell ya just where it is,
Case I ever have to go back again.
But you're going to know it, if you ever pass through,
Provided that they let you in.
Well the moms and the dads they drove the same cars,
They had the same jobs and the didn't think alot.
And if I didn't think I'd get in trouble with the law,
Tell ya I'd have laughed out loud.
Kids got the same grades, the wore they same shoes
Struttin' in maroon velcro kangaroos,
Which I liked enough, I tried to get a pair
But they didn't have any to spare
Chorus
I could tell right away I wouldn't fit in.
Had the right color eyes and the right color skin.
But I didn't know the work or the magic word,
And I think they knew that I smoked a bit from time to time
You know the usual girl, I'll take it on the rocks
You can catch me here every night like I'm on the clock
I know this neighborhood and all the local mom and pops
We own these blocks like prisoners that were on the rock
But this ain't Alcatraz, this is an alkie trap
Bar hoppers and big talkers and starting tabs
Hand shakes with fake smiles and shark attacks
Networking and head jerk gettin lots of crap
Huh, some of these cats I went to school with 'em
Run into 'em they be telling me that I'm doing it
They give me props, but it's hard to find the truth in it
Green bottles in hand with devils juice in 'em
Sixth street down six feet we digging deep
Like we own the place, know my face, get in free
The wasted minutes of our lives is the hidden fee
But who am I to preach
Yeah they know me around here
Call me the hometown hero
Holla when I roll down Pico
Let's get another round here
Homie drinks on me
Because you know I get them drinks for free
Girl you ain't from around here
And that's probably a good thing
Because I ain't trying to mess up a good thing
This is my town here
As much as I love it I wanna leave
But this town won't set me free
I seen them younguns they tatted with town pride
With not the slightest clue what's happening outside
Saying that they run shit, fighting about dumb shit
When they not one fifth of the man, ain't that some shit
We live our lives on the fly, we just roll the dice
With no idea you're a grain in the bowl of rice
The OGs told me nothing no advice
My closest friends left me hanging on the coldest nights
Where the women and pretty linen are overpriced
Gold diggers, their goal's becoming trophy wives
Tell me how that easy money make you feel girl
It's gon' be painful when you come into the real world
I ain't lying you a dime though
But you're drinking yourself down to a five though
Going out every night, you a wine-o
The same faces all the places that I go
Yeah they know me around here
Call me the hometown hero
Holla when I roll down Pico
Let's get another round here
Homie drinks on me
Because you know I get them drinks for free
Girl you ain't from around here
And that's probably a good thing
Because I ain't trying to mess up a good thing
This is my town here
As much as I love it I wanna leave
But this town won't set me free
I took a break then came back, ain't nothing changed
The same cats from way back, oh what's his name?
Big homie in his late 20s clutching canes
Old girl, who been known to do them slutty things
I seen the parts of the world that some would never reach
This town will anchor you down, and never set you free
They said a local legend is the most I'll ever be
Until I put my town on the map, for everyone to see
Here I am y'all, I got a lot to share
I ain't telling made up stories on my rocking chair
I see you there trying so hard not to care
You saying that you wanna go far, but you're scared
Nah brotha, it don't work like that
You took a step out and took the first flight back
I guess some of us are just cursed like that
But I wasn't birthed like that
Yeah they know me around here
Call me the hometown hero
Holla when I roll down Pico
Let's get another round here
Homie drinks on me
Because you know I get them drinks for free
Girl you ain't from around here
And that's probably a good thing
Because I ain't trying to mess up a good thing
This is my town here
As much as I love it I wanna leave