Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
Tourists stumble down Broadway
– Abakhenkethi bayakhubeka Ebroadway
Cumberland keeps claiming bodies
– I Cumberland ihlala ibanga imizimba
All our best memories
– Zonke iinkumbulo zethu ezilungileyo
Were bought and then turned into apartments
– Zathengwa zaza zajika zaba ngamagumbi okulala
The club with all the hardcore shows
– Chrum chrum chrum chrum chrum chrum chrum chrum chrum chrum chrum kwik
Now just a greyscale Domino’s
– Just a Doodle doodle doodle doodle doodle doodle
The churches overflow each Sunday, greedy Sunday morning
– Iicawa ziyaphuphuma rhoqo ngecawa, ngentsasa yangecawa ebawayo
Giftshop in the lobby
– Giftshop kwi-lobby
Act like God ain’t watching
– Yenza ngathi Uthixo akaboni
Kill the soul, turn a profit
– Bulala umphefumlo, jika inzuzo
What lives on? Southern Gotham
– Yintoni ehlala kuyo? Southern Gotham
I’m the one who still loves your ghost
– Ndisamthanda umoya wakho
I reanimate your bones
– Ndihlaziya amathambo akho
With my belief
– Ngokholo lwam
I’m the one who still loves your ghost
– Ndisamthanda umoya wakho
I reanimate your bones
– Ndihlaziya amathambo akho
‘Cause I’m a true believer
– Kuba ndiyakholwa
They put up chain-link fences underneath the biggest bridges
– Babeka ucingo lokudibanisa amakhonkco ngaphantsi kweebhulorho ezinkulu
They pose in Christmas cards with guns as big as all their children
– Bazisa amakhadi Ekrismesi ngemipu emikhulu njengabo bonke abantwana babo
They say that Jesus is the way but then they gave him a white face
– Bathi uyesu uyindlela kodwa bamnika ubuso obumhlophe
So they don’t have to pray to someone they deem lesser than them
– Ngoko ke akukho mfuneko yokuba bathandaze komnye umntu ababona ngaphantsi kwabo
The South will not rise again
– Southern gentleman isn’t breathing
‘Til it’s paid for every sin
– Ide ihlawulwe ngenxa yesono ngasinye
Strange fruit, hard bargain
– Iziqhamo ezingaqhelekanga, ingxoxo enzima
Till the roots, Southern Gotham
– Southern Gotham-Southern Gotham
I’m the one who still loves your ghost
– Ndisamthanda umoya wakho
I reanimate your bones
– Ndihlaziya amathambo akho
With my belief
– Ngokholo lwam
I’m the one who still loves your ghost
– Ndisamthanda umoya wakho
I reanimate your bones
– Ndihlaziya amathambo akho
‘Cause I’m a true believer
– Kuba ndiyakholwa
I’m the one who still loves your ghost
– Ndisamthanda umoya wakho
I reanimate your bones
– Ndihlaziya amathambo akho
With my belief
– Ngokholo lwam
I’m the one who still loves your ghost (Ah-ah)
– I’m still love you … (Thegoodnoodnoodnoodnoodnoodno)
I reanimate your bones
– Ndihlaziya amathambo akho
‘Cause I’m a true believer (Ah-ah-ah)
– Kuba ndiyakholwa (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)
