Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
Oh, dark day
– Owu, usuku lobumnyama
Was I just someone to dominate?
– Ngaba ndandimele ndilawule nje umntu?
Worthy opponent, flint to my blade, now we’re playing with shadows
– Umchasi ofanelekileyo, i-flint kwi-blade yam, ngoku sidlala nezithunzi
At the Sunset Tower, you said, “Open your mouth”
– Ekutshoneni Kwelanga, uthe, “Vula umlomo wakho”
I did
– Ndakwenza oko
And what came spillin’ out that day was the truth
– Kwaye kwavela ntoni ngaloo mini inyaniso
If I’d had virginity, I would have given that too
– Ukuba bendinobuntombi, ngendiyinikile loo nto
Why do we run to the ones we do?
– Kutheni sisiya kubantu esishumayela kubo?
I don’t belong to anyone, ooh
– I’m nobody, ooo
Oh, dark day
– Owu, usuku lobumnyama
Was I just young blood to get on tape?
– Ngaba ndandiligazi nje eliselula ukuze ndifumane iteyiphu?
‘Cause you dimed me out when it got hard
– Kuba undigxothile xa kunzima
Uppercut to the throat, I was off guard
– Upper kuskokwim-nda’nda’
Pure heroine mistaken for featherweight
– I heroine ecocekileyo iphosakele kwi-featherweight
But what came spillin’ out that day was the truth
– Kodwa yintoni eyabangela ukuba loo mini ibe yinyaniso
And once I could sing again, I swore I’d never let
– Kwaye xa ndicula kwakhona, ndafunga ukuba andiyi kuvumela
Let myself sing again for you, oh-woah-oh
– Mafikizolo ndihamba nawe song by mafikizolo-thandolwethu
Oh-woah, ooh-woah-oh
– Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Sing it
– Kwinana
Said, “Why do we run to the ones we do?”
– Wathi, ” kutheni sibaleka siye kwabo senzayo?”
I don’t belong to anyone, ooh
– I’m nobody, ooo
I made you God ’cause it was all
– Ndakwenza Uthixo kuba konke oko
That I knew how to do
– Ukuba bendisazi ukuba ndenze njani
But I don’t belong to anyone (Ooh)
– I’m nobody (Yeah, Yeah)
Am I ever gon’ love again?
– Ngaba ndakha ndathandana kwakhona?
Am I ever gon’ love again?
– Ngaba ndakha ndathandana kwakhona?
Am I ever gon’ love again? (Ooh)
– Ngaba ndakha ndathandana kwakhona? (Ooh)
Am I ever gon’ love again? (Am I ever gon’ love again?) (Tell it to the rock doves)
– Ngaba ndakha ndathandana kwakhona? (Ngaba ndakha ndathandana kwakhona?(Tell it to the rock doodles) / abahlali basemjondolo
Will you ever feel like a friend? (Sing it to the fountain)
– Ngaba uya kuze uzive njengomhlobo? (Plunge into the woods)
Am I ever gon’ love again?
– Ngaba ndakha ndathandana kwakhona?
Do you understand? (Till you understand)
– Ngaba uyayiqonda? (Uyaqonda)
Tell it to ’em
– Yithi kubo
