Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
Admittance is the key to start the healin’ right
– Ukwamkelwa sisitshixo sokuqalisa heiloo right
But I didn’t wanna eat that humble pie, no, I
– Kodwa ndandingafuni kutya loo payi ithobekileyo, hayi, mna
Father God, forgive me
– Bawo, ndixolele
It’s been a couple years, there may be more that I ain’t prayed
– Sekuphele iminyaka emibili, kungase kube khona okunye engingakuthandazanga
Even longer I ain’t been to church, God, I’m ashamed
– Andizanga ecaweni, Thixo, ndineentloni
Embarrassed of my ways, but still, I’m askin’ for Your grace
– Ndineentloni ngeendlela zam, kodwa ke, ndicela ubabalo Lwakho
Feel like I been led astray
– Ndiziva ngathi ndilahlekile
By the drinkin’ and the spirits I let take me when I ride
– By the drinks / abahlali basemjondolo ndivumeleni ndihambe xa ndihamba
And the ladies in the night
– Kwaye amanenekazi ebusuku
Most people, they got demons, I got angels that I fight
– Uninzi lwabantu, bafumana iidemon, ndafumana iingelosi ukuba ndilwe
Tryna save you from my plight
– Tryna ndihlangule kwingxaki yam
I pray I make it to the light
– Ndiyathandaza ukuba ndikhanyise
South London where we lie
– East London presents where i’m lying
Abdullah died at sixteen, and I still feel that same rage
– Uabdullah wafa eneminyaka elishumi elinesithandathu, kwaye ndisavakalelwa ngaloo ndlela
Cah we all gettin’ older and he still the same age
– Cah sonke siyakhula kwaye useneminyaka efanayo
It’s his twenty-seventh birthday, in his pic, he’s fourteen
– Ngumhla wakhe wokuzalwa wamashumi amabini anesixhenxe, kwi-pic yakhe, uneshumi elinesine
Back when we would all dream
– Phupha-soninke
There’s Stephanie, she lived at fourteen
– Stephanie, wayehlala ishumi elinesine
And he lived at number seventeen, and I was number twelve
– Kwaye wayephila kwinani leshumi elinesixhenxe, kwaye ndandingunombolo weshumi elinesibini
When I used to think that if I’d skip church, I go to Hell
– Xa ndandisoloko ndicinga ukuba ukuba ndingatsiba icawa, ndiya Esihogweni
So when they ask about grief and how it feels, I know it well
– Ngoko xa bebuza ngentlungu nendlela evakalelwa ngayo, ndiyazi kakuhle loo nto
I missed his tenth anniversary in 2024
– Ndilahlekelwe sisikhumbuzo sakhe seshumi ngo 2024
I know the value of this picture, we ain’t gettin’ any more
– Ndiyalazi ixabiso lalo mfanekiso, asisayi kuphinda sifumane
Then I go, and I get angry, God, like, “Why’d you take him for?”
– Ngoko ndiyahamba, Ndibe nomsindo, Thixo, ngathi, ” kutheni wamthabatha?”
He was just a baby
– Ebengumntwana nje
All these emotions that I’m feelin’, it’s the strength I pray for
– All the feelings i’m feelin’, mthandazo gatya senzeni
God, for anyone that’s with us that can vouch I pray for
– Thixo, kuye nabani na onathi onokuthi avuke ndithandazele
Pray that I feel less lonely in this house I prayed for
– Thandazela ukuba ndizive ndililolo kule ndlu ndiyathandaza
I pray that
– Ndiyathandaza ukuba
Yeah
– Ewe
With this cross that you bear on me
– Ngalo mnqamlezo undithweleyo
Can you look after my mum? She probably used her last prayer on me
– Ngaba unokunyamekela umama? Mhlawumbi wasebenzisa umthandazo wakhe wokugqibela kum
Can’t let the Devil in, there’s repentance in the Bible, God, remind my ex of this
– Sangathi neenu doorada mele kannada mele mele, Uthixo, khumbuza ex yam oku
Feel like we was meant for this, move mountains and boulders
– Siziva ngathi senzelwe oku, hambisa iintaba kunye namatye
We at them ages where our parents gettin’ older, may they never need a shoulder
– Xa sisaluphala, asimele sifune uncedo lwabazali bethu
I done shit I can’t condone, real sermons on my own
– I can’t do anythingfrom i’d do anythingfrom i can’t do anythingfrom
I’m in church, more worried ’bout the service on my phone
– Ndisecaweni, ndikhathazeke ngakumbi ‘betha inkonzo kwifowuni yam
And on Judgement Day, are You gonna write it in my sins?
– Kwaye Ngomhla Womgwebo, uya kubhala kwizono zam?
Cah my nigga, he got cancer, and I’m lyin’ to his kids
– Koo koo kanga roo, koo kanga roo, koo kanga roo
God, I’m tryin’, but it hits me in my heart
– Thixo, ndizamile, kodwa iyandibetha entliziyweni yam
I done lost so many niggas that’s been with me from the start
– Ndilahlekelwe zii niggas ezininzi ebendinazo kwasekuqaleni
Then I pray for quick change and I ain’t even try it fast
– Ngoko ndithandazela utshintsho olukhawulezayo kwaye andizami nokukhawuleza
All I ever did was ask, shattered glass, crucifixes on my chest
– All i’ve seen, cruises, cruises on my chest
Pray to purchase a Patek, for my church, they cut a check
– Thandaza ukuba uthenge Patek, ukuze ibandla lam, banqumle itsheki
How am I tryna pray for Congo with these diamonds on my neck?
– Ndizama njani ukuthandazela Icongo ngezi dayimani entanyeni yam?
There’s a father and there’s a son
– Kukho utata kwaye kukho unyana
Pray that I can show him how to love a woman through his mum
– Thandazela ukuba ndimbonise indlela yokumthanda umfazi ngomama wakhe
Because I never got the chance, and I just want the best
– Kuba andizange ndifumane ithuba, kwaye ndifuna nje okona kulungileyo
For my three little nieces that I carry on my chest
– Kubatshana bam abathathu endabathwala esifubeni sam
I’m prayin’ for my managers, I’m prayin’ for their wives
– Ndiyathandaza kubaphathi bam, ndithandazela abafazi babo
‘Cause God knows that they’re the ones that sacrifice their lives
– Kuba Uthixo uyazi ukuba abo bancama ubomi babo
I would’ve said their names, but God, you know who I mean
– Ndithetha amagama abo, Kodwa Uthixo, uyazi ukuba ndithetha bani
I’m prayin’ for my brothers, God, protect us on the streets
– Ndithandazela abantakwethu, Thixo, sikhusele ezitratweni
I had the steak at Carbone and didn’t pray before I eat
– Ndathandaza ngaphambi kokuba nditye inyama yehagu
It’s like I call You when I need You, and I don’t, we don’t speak
– Ndifowunela xa ndikufuna, andithethi, andithethi
Ground rules for my niggas found schools back at Lambeth Town Hall
– Imithetho yomhlaba yeniggas yam ifumene izikolo emva Kwiholo Yedolophu Yaselambeth
I helped him pray, but didn’t know that it was on my downfall
– Ndathandaza kuye, kodwa andizange ndiyazi ukuba kwakusehla
So when I’m ice cold
– If i’m ice
When no blood is in my veins, numbers on my days
– Xa kungekho gazi emithanjeni yam, amanani ngemihla yam
Will I say I love this life of rain?
– Ngaba ndiyabuthanda obu bomi bemvula?
I’m just prayin’ that my purpose can justify my pain
– Ndiyathandaza ukuba injongo yam inokuthethelela intlungu yam
I’m just prayin’ that my purpose can justify my pain
– Ndiyathandaza ukuba injongo yam inokuthethelela intlungu yam
My mum used to creep in my room and put oil and a cross on my head
– Umama wayedla ngokurhubuluza egumbini lam aze abeke ioli nomnqamlezo entlokweni yam
Anoint me and probably read a verse like Psalm 23
– Ndithambise kwaye mhlawumbi ufunde ivesi efana Nendumiso 23
“The Lord is my shepherd”, and maybe Matthew 4
– “Inkosi ngumalusi wam”, kwaye mhlawumbi Umateyu 4
“The word is my weapon tonight”
– “Ilizwi liyisikrweqe sam ngobu busuku”
If I can’t pray for peace, then I just pray we win the war
– Ukuba andikwazi ukuthandazela uxolo, ngoko ndithandaza nje siphumelele mfazwe
It’s been twenty-six years, I don’t know what I’m fightin’ for
– Sekuyiminyaka engamashumi amabini anesithandathu, andazi ukuba ndilwela ntoni
Well, maybe it’s a place to fill your everlastin’ light
– Mhlawumbi le yindawo yokugcwalisa ukukhanya kwakho okungapheliyo
In a world where kids that die get a second chance at life
– Kwilizwe apho abantwana bafa bafumana ithuba lesibini ebomini
Christ, I don’t know what to say to You
– Krestu, andazi ukuba mandithini Kuwe
I pray to You, forgive me for the days I had a reason to
– Ndixolele bawo, bawo ndixolele for the days i have a reason
And I ain’t had faith in You
– Andikholelwa Kuwe
You did it for the sake of me and how I’ve forsaken You
– Uyenzile ngenxa yam kwaye ndikushiyile njani
I prayed for new shoes and I used them to walk away from You
– Ndathandazela izihlangu ezitsha ndaza ndazisebenzisa ukuze ndimke Kuwe
Made it out with drugs, swapped the pen for the needles
– Wenza oko ngaphandle kunye iziyobisi, swapped i-usiba kuba needles
And I just found a different way to poison my people
– Kwaye ndifumene indlela eyahlukileyo yokutyhefa abantu bam
You could say it’s testimony that I’m tellin’ them my story
– Ungatsho ukuba bubungqina ukuba ndibaxelela ibali lam
But how we sellin’ them the Devil, still givin’ God the glory?
– Kodwa indlela esithengisa ngayo ‘ Umtyholi, usamnika uzuko Uthixo?
Can I pray?
– Ngaba ndinokuthandaza?
Take care of me
– Unakekele mna
Can I, can I go on top of the drums?
– Ngaba ndingakwazi ukufikelela kwi-drop drop drop drop drop?
On top of those ones? Oh, what, them?
– Phezu kwabo? Yintoni, bona?
Yeah, yeah, it’s the
– Yeah, yeah, yeah, it’s the
Take care of me
– Unakekele mna
Take care of me
– Unakekele mna
