ඩ්රිල් ටීම්
6 songs performed · 2 compositions · 2 lyrics written
Drill Team (also styled Drill Team Westnahira) is a Sri Lankan Sinhala rap and hip-hop crew based in Colombo, known for socially pointed verses and for the breakout single “Deviyange Bare”. The group helped move Sinhala rap from the underground into the mainstream and built a wide following across the Sri Lankan diaspora.
The crew grew out of the Malabe area, where a small circle of friends trading rhymes turned home recordings and mixtapes into a larger collective. Over the years Drill Team expanded into a roster of MCs and producers, with members such as MANASICK (Hasanka Wickramarathna) and Minol Witharana appearing across its releases. The group records and performs under the wider Westnahira banner.
Drill Team writes in Sinhala about everyday and political realities rather than imported posturing, which is a large part of why the music connected at home. The single “Deviyange Bare” brought the group major recognition in 2014, winning multiple Sri Lankan rap awards including best rap song and best rap performance of the year.
In 2020 the group released the album “Naraa Sandeshaya”, which reached number one on two iTunes charts shortly after release, an early commercial high point for Sinhala rap as a genre.
Several Drill Team songs feature singer and producer Yuki Navarathne, who contributed melody and production to tracks the crew is known for. Rapper Samith Gomes also appears across the group’s catalogue, including on the song “His Ath”.
For listeners searching as Drill Team Westnahira or simply Drill Team, Lyrics-lk presents these tracks with the Sinhala lyrics alongside English transliteration and translation, so the meaning of the verses, not only the sound, comes through.
Every Sinhala lyric, composition, and song credit by Drill Team.
Performed by: Drill Team (ඩ්රිල් ටීම්), Yuki Navarathne (යුකී නවරත්න)
Performed by: Drill Team (ඩ්රිල් ටීම්), Yuki Navarathne (යුකී නවරත්න)