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Admittance is the key to start the healin’ right
– Kuingia ni ufunguo wa kuanza healin ‘ haki
But I didn’t wanna eat that humble pie, no, I
– Lakini sikutaka kula mkate huo mnyenyekevu, hapana, mimi
Father God, forgive me
– Baba Mungu, nisamehe
It’s been a couple years, there may be more that I ain’t prayed
– Imekuwa miaka michache, kunaweza kuwa na zaidi ambayo sijaomba
Even longer I ain’t been to church, God, I’m ashamed
– Hata zaidi sijaenda kanisani, Mungu, nina aibu
Embarrassed of my ways, but still, I’m askin’ for Your grace
– Aibu ya njia zangu, lakini bado, mimi nina kuuliza ‘ kwa neema Yako
Feel like I been led astray
– Jisikie kama nimepotoshwa
By the drinkin’ and the spirits I let take me when I ride
– Kwa kunywa na roho mimi basi kuchukua mimi wakati mimi wapanda
And the ladies in the night
– Na wanawake usiku
Most people, they got demons, I got angels that I fight
– Watu wengi, walipata pepo, nilipata malaika ambao ninapigana nao
Tryna save you from my plight
– Tryna kukuokoa kutoka kwa shida yangu
I pray I make it to the light
– Ninaomba nifanye kwa nuru
South London where we lie
– London kusini ambapo sisi uongo
Abdullah died at sixteen, and I still feel that same rage
– Abdullah alikufa akiwa na miaka kumi na sita, na bado ninahisi hasira hiyo hiyo
Cah we all gettin’ older and he still the same age
– Cah sisi wote gettin ‘ wakubwa na yeye bado umri huo
It’s his twenty-seventh birthday, in his pic, he’s fourteen
– Ni siku yake ya kuzaliwa ya ishirini na saba, katika picha yake, yeye ni kumi na nne
Back when we would all dream
– Nyuma wakati sisi wote ingekuwa ndoto
There’s Stephanie, she lived at fourteen
– Kuna Stephanie, aliishi akiwa na miaka kumi na nne
And he lived at number seventeen, and I was number twelve
– Na aliishi katika nambari kumi na saba, na nilikuwa nambari kumi na mbili
When I used to think that if I’d skip church, I go to Hell
– Wakati nilikuwa nikifikiria kwamba ikiwa ningeruka kanisa, ninaenda Kuzimu
So when they ask about grief and how it feels, I know it well
– Kwa hivyo wanapouliza juu ya huzuni na jinsi inavyohisi, ninaijua vizuri
I missed his tenth anniversary in 2024
– Nilikosa kumbukumbu yake ya miaka kumi mnamo 2024
I know the value of this picture, we ain’t gettin’ any more
– Najua thamani ya picha hii, sisi si gettin ‘ tena
Then I go, and I get angry, God, like, “Why’d you take him for?”
– Kisha ninaenda, na ninakasirika, Mungu, kama, ” Kwa Nini umemchukua?”
He was just a baby
– Alikuwa mtoto tu
All these emotions that I’m feelin’, it’s the strength I pray for
– Hisia hizi zote ambazo ninahisi, ni nguvu ninayoomba
God, for anyone that’s with us that can vouch I pray for
– Mungu, kwa mtu yeyote aliye na sisi ambaye anaweza kuthibitisha ninaomba
Pray that I feel less lonely in this house I prayed for
– Pra kwamba najisikia upweke kidogo katika nyumba hii niliomba
I pray that
– Naomba hilo
Yeah
– Ndiyo
With this cross that you bear on me
– Na msalaba huu kwamba kubeba juu yangu
Can you look after my mum? She probably used her last prayer on me
– Je, unaweza kumtunza mama yangu? Labda alitumia sala yake ya mwisho juu yangu
Can’t let the Devil in, there’s repentance in the Bible, God, remind my ex of this
– Siwezi kumruhusu Ibilisi aingie, kuna toba Katika Biblia, Mungu, mkumbushe ex wangu juu ya hili
Feel like we was meant for this, move mountains and boulders
– Jisikie kama tulikusudiwa kwa hili, songa milima na mawe
We at them ages where our parents gettin’ older, may they never need a shoulder
– Sisi katika umri wao ambapo wazazi wetu kupata ‘ wakubwa, wanaweza kamwe haja bega
I done shit I can’t condone, real sermons on my own
– Nilifanya shit siwezi kukubali, mahubiri halisi peke yangu
I’m in church, more worried ’bout the service on my phone
– Mimi ni katika kanisa, zaidi wasiwasi ‘ bout huduma kwenye simu yangu
And on Judgement Day, are You gonna write it in my sins?
– Na Siku ya Hukumu, je, utaiandika katika dhambi zangu?
Cah my nigga, he got cancer, and I’m lyin’ to his kids
– Cah nigga yangu, alipata kansa, na mimi nina uongo ‘ kwa watoto wake
God, I’m tryin’, but it hits me in my heart
– Mungu, ninajaribu, lakini inanipiga moyoni mwangu
I done lost so many niggas that’s been with me from the start
– Nilifanya waliopotea niggas wengi kwamba imekuwa na mimi tangu mwanzo
Then I pray for quick change and I ain’t even try it fast
– Kisha ninaomba mabadiliko ya haraka na hata sijaribu haraka
All I ever did was ask, shattered glass, crucifixes on my chest
– Nilichowahi kufanya ni kuuliza, glasi iliyovunjika, misalaba kifuani mwangu
Pray to purchase a Patek, for my church, they cut a check
– Y kununua Patek, kwa kanisa langu, walikata hundi
How am I tryna pray for Congo with these diamonds on my neck?
– Ninajaribuje kuombea Kongo na almasi hizi shingoni mwangu?
There’s a father and there’s a son
– Kuna baba na kuna mwana
Pray that I can show him how to love a woman through his mum
– Pra ili niweze kumwonyesha jinsi ya kumpenda mwanamke kupitia mama yake
Because I never got the chance, and I just want the best
– Kwa sababu sikuwahi kupata nafasi, na ninataka tu bora
For my three little nieces that I carry on my chest
– Kwa wapwa zangu watatu wadogo ambao mimi hubeba kifuani mwangu
I’m prayin’ for my managers, I’m prayin’ for their wives
– Ninawaombea mameneja wangu, ninawaombea wake zao
‘Cause God knows that they’re the ones that sacrifice their lives
– Kwa Sababu mungu anajua kwamba wao ndio wanaotoa uhai wao
I would’ve said their names, but God, you know who I mean
– Ningesema majina yao, Lakini Mungu, unajua ninamaanisha nani
I’m prayin’ for my brothers, God, protect us on the streets
– Ninawaombea ndugu Zangu, Mungu, utulinde mitaani
I had the steak at Carbone and didn’t pray before I eat
– Nilikuwa na steak huko Carbone na sikuomba kabla ya kula
It’s like I call You when I need You, and I don’t, we don’t speak
– Ni kama Ninakuita wakati ninakuhitaji, na sizungumzi, hatuzungumzi
Ground rules for my niggas found schools back at Lambeth Town Hall
– Sheria za msingi kwa niggas yangu kupatikana shule nyuma Katika Lambeth Town Hall
I helped him pray, but didn’t know that it was on my downfall
– Nilimsaidia kuomba, lakini sikujua kwamba ilikuwa juu ya kuanguka kwangu
So when I’m ice cold
– Kwa hivyo ninapokuwa baridi ya barafu
When no blood is in my veins, numbers on my days
– Wakati hakuna damu iko kwenye mishipa yangu, nambari siku zangu
Will I say I love this life of rain?
– Nitasema ninapenda maisha haya ya mvua?
I’m just prayin’ that my purpose can justify my pain
– Ninasali tu ili kusudi langu liweze kuhalalisha maumivu yangu
I’m just prayin’ that my purpose can justify my pain
– Ninasali tu ili kusudi langu liweze kuhalalisha maumivu yangu
My mum used to creep in my room and put oil and a cross on my head
– Mama yangu alikuwa akitambaa chumbani kwangu na kuweka mafuta na msalaba kichwani mwangu
Anoint me and probably read a verse like Psalm 23
– Nipake mafuta na labda usome aya kama Zaburi 23
“The Lord is my shepherd”, and maybe Matthew 4
– “Bwana ni mchungaji wangu”, na labda Mathayo 4
“The word is my weapon tonight”
– “Neno ni silaha yangu usiku wa leo”
If I can’t pray for peace, then I just pray we win the war
– Kama siwezi kuomba kwa ajili ya amani, basi mimi tu kuomba sisi kushinda vita
It’s been twenty-six years, I don’t know what I’m fightin’ for
– Imekuwa miaka ishirini na sita, sijui ninachopigania
Well, maybe it’s a place to fill your everlastin’ light
– Naam, labda ni mahali pa kujaza mwanga wako wa milele
In a world where kids that die get a second chance at life
– Katika ulimwengu ambao watoto wanaokufa hupata nafasi ya pili maishani
Christ, I don’t know what to say to You
– Kristo, sijui niwaambie Nini
I pray to You, forgive me for the days I had a reason to
– Naomba unisamehe kwa siku ambazo nilikuwa na sababu ya
And I ain’t had faith in You
– Sina imani na wewe
You did it for the sake of me and how I’ve forsaken You
– Ulifanya hivyo kwa ajili yangu na jinsi nilivyokuacha
I prayed for new shoes and I used them to walk away from You
– Niliomba viatu vipya na nilivitumia kuondoka Kwako
Made it out with drugs, swapped the pen for the needles
– Alifanya hivyo nje na madawa ya kulevya, swapped kalamu kwa sindano
And I just found a different way to poison my people
– Na nimepata njia tofauti ya kuwatia sumu watu wangu
You could say it’s testimony that I’m tellin’ them my story
– Unaweza kusema ni ushuhuda kwamba ninawaambia hadithi yangu
But how we sellin’ them the Devil, still givin’ God the glory?
– Lakini jinsi sisi kuuza yao Ibilisi, bado kutoa Mungu utukufu?
Can I pray?
– Ninaweza kuomba?
Take care of me
– Unitunze
Can I, can I go on top of the drums?
– Naweza, naweza kwenda juu ya ngoma?
On top of those ones? Oh, what, them?
– Juu ya hizo? Oh, nini, wao?
Yeah, yeah, it’s the
– Yeah, yeah, ya
Take care of me
– Unitunze
Take care of me
– Unitunze
