Ividyo Kliphu
Lyrics
(Everything’s fine)
– (Konke kuhamba kahle)
Look
– Bheka
White fish on the coast of the Caribbean, my life is a film
– Inhlanzi emhlophe ogwini Lwasecaribbean, ukuphila kwami kuyifilimu
Hero and villain, I’m playin’ both in the script
– Iqhawe nomuntu omubi, ngidlala kokubili embhalweni
Worthy of Spielberg or Christopher Nolan readin’
– Ufanelwe Uspielberg noma Uchristopher Nolan readin’
The constant overachievin’, I know
– Ukuphumelela ngokweqile njalo, ngiyazi
I ain’t as rich as them people with old money, but I didn’t know money
– Angicebile njengabo abantu abanemali endala, kodwa ngangingayazi imali
They mock me online for speakin’ up on all of our issues
– Bangihleka usulu kuyi-internet ngokukhuluma ngazo zonke izindaba zethu
And bein’ vocal, the shit that I see on socials
– Futhi ngikhuluma kakhulu, izinto engizibona emphakathini
But how can I stay silent when, when?
– Kodwa ngingahlala kanjani ngithule nini, nini?
I’m out in Barbados, white people mistreatin’ locals
– Ngisebarbados, abantu abamhlophe baphatha kabi abantu bendawo
The villa in Jamaica, but it’s owned by the Chinese
– I-villa ejamaica, kodwa ingeyamashayina
Head to the right beach and they’re chargin’ us five each
– Baya ogwini olungakwesokudla futhi basikhokhisa amahlanu ngamunye
They say, “The Caribbean paradise, like, why leave?”
– Bathi, ” ipharadesi Lasecaribbean, like, kungani uhamba?”
But how can I be silent when there’s blood on the pine trees?
– Kodwa ngingathula kanjani lapho kunegazi ezihlahleni zikaphayini?
Most of us would sacrifice our soul for the right fees
– Iningi lethu lalizonikela ngomphefumulo wethu ngemali efanele
Before I find love, I’m just prayin’ I find peace
– Ngaphambi kokuba ngithole uthando, ngithandaza nje ngithole ukuthula
Before I find love, I’m just prayin’ I find peace
– Ngaphambi kokuba ngithole uthando, ngithandaza nje ngithole ukuthula
You know what I believe, I don’t know if I handled it well
– Uyazi ukuthi yini engiyikholelwayo, angazi ukuthi ngiyiphathe kahle yini
It’s fuck Coca-Cola, did I stop drinkin’ Fanta as well?
– I-fuck coca-cola, ingabe nami ngayeka ukuphuza I-fanta?
I could see the blood on the lyrics I write for myself
– Ngangibona igazi emagameni engizibhalela wona
I cried about slavery, then went to Dubai with my girl
– Ngakhala ngobugqila, ngabe sengiya Edubai nentombazane yami
Surely I ain’t part of the problem, I lied to myself
– Ngokuqinisekile angiyona ingxenye yenkinga, ngaziqambela amanga
Jewels that my people die for are a sign of my wealth
– Amagugu abantu bami abafela wona ayisibonakaliso sengcebo yami
My work is a physical weight of my life and my health
– Umsebenzi wami uyisisindo esingokomzimba sokuphila kwami nempilo yami
The last couple years, felt like I been inside on a shelf
– Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, ngazizwa sengathi ngingaphakathi eshalofini
I just phoned Cench, and I said, “You inspired myself”
– Ngisanda kushayela Ucench ucingo, ngathi, ” Uzikhuthazile”
I don’t feel a spot of jealousy inside of myself
– Angizizwa nginomona ngaphakathi kimi
But when I’m all alone, I won’t lie, I question myself
– Kodwa lapho ngingedwa, ngeke ngiqambe amanga, ngiyazibuza
Am I self-destructive? Am I doin’ the best for myself?
– Ingabe ngiyazibhubhisa? Ingabe ngizenzela okungcono kakhulu?
I know I love music, but I question the rest of myself
– Ngiyazi ukuthi ngiyawuthanda umculo, kodwa ngiyazibuza ukuthi ngiyawuthanda yini wonke umuntu
Like why don’t you post pictures or why don’t you drop music?
– Njengokuthi kungani ungathumeli izithombe noma kungani ungawuyeki umculo?
Or why not do somethin’ but sittin’ and stressin’ yourself
– Noma kungani ungenzi okuthile kodwa uhlezi futhi uzicindezele
Ten years I been in the game and I won’t lie, it’s gettin’ difficult
– Iminyaka eyishumi ngangisemdlalweni futhi ngeke ngiqambe amanga, kuya kuba nzima
This shit used to be spiritual
– Lokhu kwakuyinto engokomoya
We don’t need no commentators, we could leave that to the sports
– Asidingi abahlaziyi, singakushiya lokho emidlalweni
Just listen to the music, why do you need somebody’s thoughts?
– Vele ulalele umculo, kungani udinga imicabango yomuntu othile?
And some of it’s constructive, but most of it is forced
– Futhi ezinye zazo zakha, kodwa eziningi zazo ziphoqelelwe
And why we countin’ the numbers, how the music make you feel?
– Futhi kungani sibala izinombolo, indlela umculo okukwenza uzizwe ngayo?
I’m just bein’ real
– Ngimane nje ngingokoqobo
(Alright)
– (Kulungile)
Yeah, white fish on the coast of the Caribbean, my life is a film
– Yebo, inhlanzi emhlophe ogwini Lwasecaribbean, ukuphila kwami kuyifilimu
Hero and villain, I’m playin’ both in the script
– Iqhawe nomuntu omubi, ngidlala kokubili embhalweni
Worthy of Oscar and Hollywood nominations
– Ufanelwe ukhetho Luka Oscar Nolwasehollywood
I’m throwin’ money at women in different denominations and killin’ the conversation
– Ngiphonsa imali kwabesifazane ezinkolweni ezihlukahlukene futhi ngibulala ingxoxo
All them people told me, “Keep grindin’, be patient”
– Bonke abantu bangitshela, ” Keep ugaya, yiba nesineke”
It’s weird bein’ famous, tryna navigate the spaces
– Kuyinqaba ukuba odumile, tryna zula izikhala
Feel like a celebrity, but you ain’t on the A-list
– Zizwe njengosaziwayo, kodwa awukho ohlwini Lwe-A
And you never drop so you ain’t really on the playlist
– Futhi awusoze wehla ngakho awukho ngempela ohlwini lwadlalwayo
But your fans love you, you can see it on their faces
– Kodwa abalandeli bakho bayakuthanda, ungakubona ebusweni babo
America feels so close that you can taste it
– Imelika izizwa isondelene kakhulu kangangokuthi ungayinambitha
2017, was tryna make it to the ranges
– Ngo-2017, kwakungutryna make it to the ranges
2025, I’m tryna make it to the Granges
– Ngo-2025, ngingutryna make it to The Granges
How do I explain me and my soulmate are strangers, that we’ve already met
– Ngikuchaza kanjani mina nomphefumulo wami singabafokazi, ukuthi sesivele sihlangane
And I’ve known her for ages?
– Futhi sengimazi iminyaka eminingi?
How do I explain, because I’m runnin’ out of pages?
– Ngichaza kanjani, ngoba ngiphelelwa amakhasi?
How do I explain South London and its dangers?
– Ngiyichaza kanjani Iningizimu London nezingozi zayo?
Can’t recall the last time that we was all together, but
– Angikhumbuli okokugcina ukuthi sonke sasihlangene, kodwa
All I can remember, the Olympics was in Beijing
– Engingakukhumbula nje, Ama-Olympic ayesebeijing
Move to Dubai, that’s for the taxes that they takin’
– Thuthela Edubai, lokho kungenxa yentela abayithathayo
Or move to Qatar, feel the breeze on the beach
– Noma ukuthuthela Qatar, zizwe umoya ogwini
But how can I explain to my kids that it’s fake wind?
– Kodwa ngingazichazela kanjani izingane zami ukuthi kungumoya mbumbulu?
Free, but I’m broke, have me feelin’ like I’m caged in
– Ngikhululekile, kodwa ngiphelelwe yimali, ngizizwa sengathi ngivalelwe
How do I explain two pounds got you eight wings?
– Ngichaza kanjani ukuthi amakhilogremu amabili akutholile amaphiko ayisishiyagalombili?
How do I explain my opps lost, but we ain’t win?
– Ngingachaza kanjani ukuthi ama-opps ami alahlekile, kodwa asinqobi?
Girls I’m around had surgery on their hips
– Amantombazane engizungezile ahlinzwa ezinqeni zawo
How do I explain that I love her the way she is?
– Ngichaza kanjani ukuthi ngiyamthanda njengoba enjalo?
How do I explain my feelings on having kids?
– Ngiyichaza kanjani imizwa yami ngokuba nezingane?
That it wasn’t what it was, but it is what it is
– Ukuthi kwakungeyona into eyayiyiyo, kodwa yilokho eyikho
How do I explain my niggas are in the hood?
– Ngichaza kanjani ukuthi ama-nigga ami asesigqokweni?
And they don’t ask for nothin’ even though they know they could
– Futhi abaceli lutho ngisho noma bazi ukuthi bangakwazi
‘Cause they’d rather trap, rob, and get it on their own
– Ngoba bakhetha ukuzibamba, baziphange, futhi bazitholele zona
How do I explain these messages on my phone?
– Ngingayichaza kanjani le miyalezo efonini yami?
I just got a call, my girl’s sittin’ in the car
– Ngisanda kuthola ucingo, intombazane yami ihlezi emotweni
And it says “Serge” but Serge with us in the car
– Futhi lithi “Serge” kodwa Userge nathi emotweni
I know I might sound like a villain from afar
– Ngiyazi ukuthi ngingase ngizwakale njengesiqhwaga esikude
How do I explain that my mechanic is a chick?
– Ngingachaza kanjani ukuthi umakhenikha wami uyinkukhu?
Or why she callin’ me when I don’t even own a whip because my licence is revoked?
– Noma kungani engishayela ucingo lapho ngingenaso ngisho nesiswebhu ngoba ilayisense yami ihoxisiwe?
I mean, how do I explain that I don’t want a hill ’cause my identity is pain?
– Ngiqonde ukuthi, ngichaza kanjani ukuthi angifuni intaba ngoba ubunikazi bami bubuhlungu?
How do I explain, I mean, how do I explain?
– Ngichaza kanjani, ngiqonde ukuthi, ngichaza kanjani?
I went and hit the streets because I didn’t want a boss
– Ngaya emigwaqweni ngoba ngangingafuni umphathi
I ended up a worker, I was barely gettin’ paid
– Ngagcina ngiyisisebenzi, ngangisanda kukhokhelwa
For someone that was two years above me in my age
– Kumuntu owayeneminyaka emibili engaphezulu kwami eminyakeni yami
I didn’t even find it strange, I mean, how do I explain?
– Angizange ngisho ngikuthole kuyinqaba, ngiqonde ukuthi, ngikuchaza kanjani?
Yeah
– Yebo
Fifty-two miles from Marseilles, I’m in Miraval
– Ngamamayela angamashumi amahlanu nambili ukusuka Emarseilles, ngisemiraval
Four years, seventeen days, I ain’t been around
– Iminyaka emine, izinsuku eziyishumi nesikhombisa, angikaze ngibe khona
I can’t lie, it even shocks me that I’m still around
– Angikwazi ukuqamba amanga, kungishaqisa ngisho nokuthi ngisekhona
I can’t lie, it even shocks me how I’m livin’ now
– Angikwazi ukuqamba amanga, kungishaqisa ngisho nokuthi ngiphila kanjani manje
Starin’ at this Rachel Jones painting, I’m sittin’ down
– Ngigqolozele lo mdwebo Karachel jones, ngihlezi phansi
The last thing I drew was a weapon, I’m livin’ wild
– Into yokugcina engayidweba kwakuyisikhali, ngiphila endle
Turned twenty-seven, but I feel like I’m still a child
– Ngineminyaka engamashumi amabili nesikhombisa, kodwa ngizizwa sengathi ngisengumntwana
In this house out in Central London I can barely afford
– Kule ndlu Esenkabeni Yelondon angikwazi ukukhokhela
Six months sober and I feel like I’m Dave again
– Izinyanga eziyisithupha ngisangulukile futhi ngizizwa sengathi ngingudave futhi
Drinkin’ all my pain and my sorrows away again
– Ukuphuza zonke izinhlungu zami nosizi lwami futhi
I got withdrawal symptoms, but they happen at ATMs
– Nginezimpawu zokuhoxa, kodwa zenzeka Kuma-Atm
Next two years, I’ll be lookin’ at ATMs
– Eminyakeni emibili ezayo, ngizobe ngibheka Ama-Atm
Who’s the best artist in the world? I’m sayin’ Tems
– Ubani umculi ongcono kunabo bonke emhlabeni? Ngithi Tems
Maybe James Blake or Jim, on the day, depends
– Mhlawumbe Ujames Blake Noma Ujim, ngosuku, kuncike
Let’s see who quits now we ain’t gettin’ paid again, yeah
– Ake sibone ukuthi ubani oyeka manje asisakhokhelwa futhi, yebo
I’m just here drinkin’ liquor by myself
– Ngilapha nje ngiphuza utshwala ngedwa
Is my music just becomin’ a depiction of my wealth?
– Ingabe umculo wami umane nje uba ukubonakaliswa kwengcebo yami?
Never trust a girl whose lock screen’s a picture of herself, I had to learn that shit myself
– Ungalokothi uthembe intombazane enesikrini sokukhiya esiyisithombe sayo, kwadingeka ngifunde lokho ngokwami
Now I’m sittin’ by myself with no girl, like, shit, I really did this to myself
– Manje sengihlezi ngedwa ngaphandle kwentombazane, njengokungathi, ngenza lokhu kimi
Twenty-seven and I’m terrified of livin’ by myself ’cause there’s a kid inside myself I haven’t healed
– Amashumi amabili nesikhombisa futhi ngiyesaba ukuphila ngedwa ngoba kunengane ngaphakathi kimi engingakaze ngiyiphulukise
And me and him debate each other
– Futhi mina naye siyaphikisana
I can’t love myself, I’m made from two people that hate each other
– Angikwazi ukuzithanda, ngenziwe ngabantu ababili abazondana
My parents couldn’t even save each other, made each other unhappy
– Abazali bami abakwazanga ngisho nokusindisana, benza omunye nomunye waba lusizi
Used to be excited by the block, but size doesn’t matter
– I-block yayivame ukuvusa amadlingozi, kodwa ubukhulu bayo abunandaba
You supplying it or not? Sling a shot, I could have really killed a giant with a rock
– Ingabe uyayinikeza noma cha? Ngishaye isibhamu, ngangingabulala ngempela isidlakela ngetshe
But that’s a life that I forgot, and my young boys are slidin’ over what?
– Kodwa lokho ukuphila engikukhohliwe, futhi abafana bami abancane bayashelela ngani?
I don’t know ’cause I ain’t spoke to him in time
– Angazi ngoba angikhulumanga naye ngesikhathi
Been afraid of gettin’ older, scared of bein’ left behind
– Besaba ukuguga, besaba ukushiywa ngemuva
And then I—, tsk, and then I question, will I live my life in resent?
– Futhi-ke mina, tsk, bese ngibuza, ingabe ngizophila ukuphila kwami nginenzondo?
Is anybody ever gonna take my kindness for strength?
– Ingabe ukhona oyoke athathe umusa wami ukuze abe namandla?
I gave Tisha the world, it weren’t enough and then she went
– Nganikeza Utisha izwe, kwakunganele wabe esehamba
Everybody’s makin’ content, but nobody’s content
– Wonke umuntu wenza okuqukethwe, kodwa akekho okuqukethwe
Safe space, can I vent? It crept up
– Isikhala ephephile, ngingakwazi vent? Lanyuka
My girl cheated on me when I was next up
– Intombazane yami yangikhohlisa lapho ngilandela
It made me want her even more, man, it’s messed up
– Kwangenza ngamfuna nakakhulu, ndoda, kuphazamisekile
I still walk around the Vale with my chest out
– Ngisazungeza Isigodi isifuba sami siphumile
I don’t wanna leave my house because I’m stressed out
– Angifuni ukuphuma endlini yami ngoba ngicindezelekile
You done me dirty and you didn’t even tell a lie
– Wangenza ngaba ngcolile futhi awuzange ngisho uqambe amanga
It ain’t about what you said, it’s what you left out
– Akukhona lokho owakusho, yilokho owakushiya ngaphandle
My whole life, I been feelin’ like I’m left out
– Ukuphila kwami konke, ngangizizwa sengathi ngishiywe ngaphandle
If you fuck another girl, she say you cheated on her
– Uma udlala enye intombazane, uthi uyikhohlisile
And if she fuck another man, she say she stepped out
– Futhi uma elahla enye indoda, uthi waphuma
And if you askin’ ’bout Dave, they say, “The best out”
– Futhi uma ubuza ”Bout Dave, bathi, ” the best out”
Yeah, and I survived all these eras cah I barely made any, I’m just speakin’ how I feel
– Yebo, futhi ngasinda kuzo zonke lezi zikhathi cah angizange ngenze lutho, ngimane ngikhuluma ngendlela engizizwa ngayo
Yeah, fucked up, speakin’ how I feel
– Yebo, ngiphambukile, ngikhuluma ngendlela engizizwa ngayo
Recordin’ the morning, I ain’t even had a meal
– Ukuqopha ekuseni, angikaze ngidle ngisho nokudla
I dropped Joni home and fell asleep behind the wheel
– Ngawisa ujoni ekhaya futhi ngalala ngemva kwesondo
Drivin’ at a hundred an hour, I switched gears
– Ngishayela ngehora, ngashintsha amagiya
I ain’t spoke to 169 in six years
– Angikhulumi no 169 eminyakeni eyisithupha
Don’t even get me started on—, this shit’s weird
– Ungangiqali ngisho nokuqala, lokhu kuyinqaba
Call me what you want, but with music, I’m sincere
– Ngibize ngalokho okufunayo, kodwa ngomculo, ngiqotho
You wanna know the reason it’s taken me four years?
– Ufuna ukwazi isizathu kungithathe iminyaka emine?
It’s not ’cause I’m surrounded by yes-men and sycophants
– Akukhona ukuthi ‘ ngoba ngizungezwe yebo-amadoda nama-sycophants
It’s ’cause I’m with producers and people that give a damn
– Kungenxa yokuthi nginabakhiqizi nabantu abanikeza isiqalekiso
It’s me who’s gotta carry the pressure, I live with that
– Yimi okumelwe ngithwale ingcindezi, ngiphila ngalokho
All I thought about was the song we could give the fans when I was out there gettin’ stood up by artists I’m bigger than
– Konke engangikucabanga kwakuyingoma esasingayinika abalandeli lapho ngikhona ngisukuma nabaculi ngimkhulu kunaye
I don’t want no girls around when my nieces, they visit man
– Angifuni amantombazane lapho abazala bami bevakashela indoda
They might see the way that I’m livin’, I figured that
– Bangase babone indlela engiphila ngayo, ngacabanga ukuthi
I wanna be a good man, but I wanna be myself too
– Ngifuna ukuba yindoda enhle, kodwa nami ngifuna ukuba yimi
And I don’t think that I can do both, so I can’t let her too close
– Futhi angicabangi ukuthi ngingakwenza kokubili, ngakho angikwazi ukumvumela ukuba asondele kakhulu
It hurts, but I’m still movin’, feel like it’s me versus me and I’m still losin’
– Kubuhlungu, kodwa ngisahamba, ngizizwa sengathi yimi uma ngibhekene nami futhi ngisalahlekelwa
Yo, my boy, it’s Josiah, what you sayin’
– Yo, mfana wami, Ngujosiya, lokho okushoyo
You know I’ma have to check you on your fuckin’ birthday, my boy
– Uyazi ukuthi kufanele ngikuhlole ngosuku lwakho lokuzalwa, mfana wami
More life, my guy
– Ukuphila okwengeziwe, mfana wami
Man soon out, don’t even watch that
– Man ngokushesha out, musa ngisho ukubukela ukuthi
What you sayin’, though, bro?
– Nokho, lokho okushoyo, mfowethu?
I know you got space on one of them eight-minute, nine-minute tracks to give man a shoutout
– Ngiyazi ukuthi unendawo kwenye yezingoma zemizuzu eyisishiyagalombili nemizuzu eyisishiyagalolunye ukuze umuntu amemeze
Tell the people’dem my story
– Ell abantu indaba yami
Dem man already know what I was on, the mandem know, man
– Udem man kakade uyazi ukuthi ngangikuphi, umandem uyazi, muntu
C’mon, bro, I know you got me
– C ‘ mon, mfowethu, ngiyazi ukuthi ungitholile
Aight, lastly, my sis’, Tamah
– Okokugcina, sisi wami, Tamah
I beg you check in with her, please, make sure she’s blessed
– Ngicela ungene naye, ngicela uqiniseke ukuthi ubusisiwe
While I’m gone, make sure she’s safe
– Ngesikhathi ngingekho ,ureiseka ukuthi uphephile
Ayy, soon home, my boy, love
– Ayy, ngokushesha ekhaya, umfana wami, uthando
