Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
Okay, okay, yeah
– Okay, okay, yeah
Lennox where the brown boys at
– Lennox apho amakhwenkwe amdaka
I can’t go over there
– Andikwazi ukuya apho
Del Aire where the white boys at
– Del Air apho amakhwenkwe amhlophe
I don’t live over there
– Andihlali apho
Dody, where the dope boys at?
– Dody, apho dope boys ngalo?
I won’t go over there
– Andisoze ndiye apho
Unless I’m tryna get pressed up, like hair
– Unless i’m tryin ‘ yeeeeeeeeeeah, like hair
White tees, Nike Air is the daily atear, or attire, not mine
– I-Tee emhlophe, I-Nike Air yinto yemihla ngemihla, okanye isinxibo, hayi eyam
So they just might stare if I’m there
– Ngoko banokujonga nje ukuba ndilapho
Walk by in the pink ice Airs
– Walk into ice Cream
What size? Not mine
– Ubungakanani? Hayi eyam
Wouldn’t really be a fair fight there, pipe down
– Ngaba bekungayi kuba ngumlo olungileyo apho, umbhobho ezantsi
Not scared, dark blue, dark red
– Andoyiki, iblue emnyama, ibomvu emnyama
Don’t give a fuck there, might die
– Don’t give a fuck there, neener neener neener
Might dare over what you’d wear or won’t
– Unganxiba into ongayinxibiyo okanye ongayinxibiyo
Where niggas from, can’t breathe, low air
– Where niggas from, nothing’s breathing,
So, no
– Ngoko, hayi
Don’t call me, nigga
– Nothum, nigga
Talkin’ ’bout bailin’ you outta jail
– Koo koo kanga roo you go away jail
Because your stupid ass over there stole a ****
– Ngenxa yokuba iesile yakho esisidenge phezu apho weba a ****
Tryna impress a friend
– Zama ukuchukumisa umhlobo
And I’m a single parent, I’ve got bills to pay
– I’m single parents, i’m paying
I’m not tryna bail you outta jail, nigga, ’cause you’re stupid as fuck
– I’m not tryin ‘bailin’ away, nigga, ‘ because you’re dumb
Yeah, momma told me not to come over there
– Ewe, umama wandixelela ukuba ndingafiki apho
Y’all niggas lost and you trapped in your thoughts (Mm)
– Y’all niggas lost kwaye ubambelele kwiingcinga zakho (Mm)
‘Cause you shoot and you kill over land you ain’t bought (Mm)
– Ngokuba udubule wabulala phezu komhlaba haathi mere Saathi (Mm)
Y’all probably gon’ end up dead or in jail (Mm)
– Y’all mhlawumbi gon’ end phezulu abafileyo okanye ejele (Mm)
Momma told me not to come over there (Mm)
– Umama wandixelela ukuba ndingayi apho (Mm)
Y’all niggas smoke and you drink ’til it’s dark (Mm)
– Y’all niggas smoke kwaye usele ‘ ide ibe mnyama (Mm)
And you think that it’s smart and I heard you sell dope (Mm)
– Kwaye ucinga ukuba ulumkile kwaye ndeva ukuba uthengisa i-dope (Mm )
And you rob and you steal, shoot your guns in the air (Mm)
– Kwaye uyaphanga kwaye uyeba, udubule imipu yakho emoyeni (Mm)
Momma told me not to come over there (Bih)
– Umama wandixelela ukuba ndingafiki apho (Bi)
Y’all niggas bang and you all from a gang (Bih)
– Y’all niggas bang and you all from A gang (Bi)
And you hang and you press little niggas like me (Bih)
– Kwaye uxhoma kwaye ucinezele niggas ofana nami (Live)
Outside a area, nobody care (Bih)
– Ngaphandle kwendawo, akukho mntu unenkathalo (Bi)
Momma told me not to come over there (Bih)
– Umama wandixelela ukuba ndingafiki apho (Bi)
Y’all with the shits, I was born with a gift (Bih)
– Y’all with shirts, ndazalwa ndinesipho (Live)
And if I fall in love, y’all can unwrap it quick (Bih)
– Kwaye ukuba ndiyathandana, y’all inokuyisonga ngokukhawuleza (Bi)
So I make sure that I’m never present (Bih)
– I’ll never be there (Remixes) (Remixes)
Momma told me not to come over there (Bih, bih, bih, bih)
– Umama wandixelela ukuba ndingafiki apho (Bih, bih, bih, bih, bih)
That ain’t the move and niggas is coons (What?)
– Haseeno ka badla nigga (What?))
And that I’m a real nigga, shit isn’t cool (Bih)
– And i’m a real nigga, shit isn’t cool (Doo doo doo doo)
Said I should never abide by the rules of the street (Ooh, ooh)
– Wathi ndingaze ndihambe ngemithetho yesitalato (Ooh, ooh)
Shit is real and it’s also not real (Hey)
– It’s okay, it’s not okay (Heehee)
Spray what you claim and fuck up the building
– Tshiza into oyicebisayo kwaye uyifake kwisakhiwo
Spray up the party and rake all the bodies
– Tshiza ipati kwaye uthabathe yonke imizimba
Nobody gon’ stop ’til somebody get killed (Mm)
– Nobody’s “stop” – kwasizabantu Mission
Momma told me not to come over there (Ooh)
– Umama wandixelela ukuba ndingayi apho (Oh)
But that’s all y’all knew, the red and the blue
– Kodwa yonke into yayazi, ibomvu kunye neblue
I liked baby pink at the time (Mm)
– I love bamboo flooring then (Mm)
Homie made sure nobody came to press lines, fine
– Udiana waqinisekisa ukuba akukho mntu oza kuprinta imigca, kulungile
Momma told me not to come over there (Mm, yeah)
– Mama don’t walk away (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah)
But y’all treat me right, y’all handle my fights (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
– Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
And told me not to ever, ever, ever, ever pick up this life (Yeah, yeah)
– I’ll never, ever, always (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
I hope I did right (Yeah)
– I think i’M okay (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah)
Father told me nothin’, fuck it
– Utata akazange athi kum, fuck it
I understand as a man that I wasn’t his plan (Woo, woo, woo)
– I’m not his plan (Woohoo, woohoo, woohoo, woohoo)
Had some other ideas in his head
– Wayenazo ezinye izimvo entlokweni yakhe
I hold no grudges, I heard he a fan
– Andibambanga nzondo, ndivile ukuba ungumlandeli
Pockets hella heavy, healthy, sweet as Betty Crocker (Mm)
– Pockets hela heavy, healthy, sweet As Betty Crocker (Mm )
I wake every mornin’, gettin’ ready (Mm)
– “Ndivuka qho kusasa” – i’Solezwe lesixhosa
Happy as a motherfucker, spent five hundred thousand (Mm)
– Ndonwabile njengomama, wachitha amakhulu amahlanu amawaka (Mm)
Ain’t think nothin’ of it, that must count for somethin’, right? (Yeah)
– Akukho nto yokucinga ngayo, kufuneka ubale into ethile, akunjalo? (Ewe)
Life, got the cheese, want a slice? (Uh, yeah)
– Ubomi, ifumene itshizi, ufuna isilayi? ( Um, yeah)
Got the cheese, where the mice? (Yeah)
– Cheeseburger, where cheeseburger? (Ewe)
With the pussy, what’s my vice?
– Pussy, yintoni vice yam?
New threads and a bike
– Imisonto emitsha kunye nebhayisekile
Shit sweet, like rice
– Gentle, rice
With the sugar and the butter, got it from my grandmother (Mm)
– Kunye neswekile kunye nebhotolo, ndayifumana kumakhulu wam (Mm)
I ain’t like the salt and pepper, lil’ nigga from the gutter (Mm)
– I’m not like the salt, lil ‘ nigga ukusuka kwi-gutter (Mm)
I don’t show it, but I know it (Know it)
– Andiqondi, kodwa ndiyazi (I know it)
I’m a painter, not a poet (Not a poet)
– I’m not a monkey (Not monkey) (Not monkey)
Get the picture, come together (Mm)
– Get the image, compile (Mm)
Like stitches with a scar
– Njengama-stitches kunye ne-scar
Daddy gone, I ain’t lyin’ (La-la)
– Babe, i’m not lyin’ (Lyin’)
That’s a bar, yeah, I said it (Uh, uh)
– It’s a bar, yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah, Yeah)
Like alarm, now set it (La-la)
– Like it it it it it it it it it it (la-la-la-la-la-la-la)
Like speak, but you read it (Uh)
– Ndithetha, kodwa ufunda (Oh)
Like bleed
– Njengokopha
Momma told me, 1970
– Umama wandixelela, ngo-1970
Youngest of seven, it wasn’t heavenly
– Sabini – asilulu
Home was South Central, school’s Beverly
– Ikhaya lalingumzantsi Central, Ibeverly yesikolo
Brother locked up, sister strung out
– Umntakwabo wavalwa, udade waphuma
High school president, ran for it
– Isikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, sabaleka ngenxa yaso
Had the chance to move out, ran for it
– Wakwazi ukuphuma, wabaleka
Love them Africans, met one
– Thanda Abantu Baseafrika, badibana
Let him in, when they got the news, he ran for it (Ooh)
– Mvumele, xa befumana iindaba, wagijima waya kuyo (Oh)
Twenty, I popped out—
– Twenty, i’ve been away—
I was perfect, she ain’t need to plan for it (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
– I were perfect, she don’t need to plan it (aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye)
Knew I was the future, she was clairvoyant (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
– Ndandisazi ukuba ndiza kuba nekamva, waye clairvoyant (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
Touched me and she catch the hand (Woo, woo, hey, woo)
– Wachukumisa mna kwaye wabamba isandla (Woo, woo, woo, woo)
Me and her, we ain’t need a man (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
– I don’t need nobody (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
College courses with me in her hand (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
– Iikhosi zeekholeji kunye nam esandleni sakhe (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
Asked her why she didn’t have a plan B
– Wabuza isizathu Sokuba wayengenaso isicwangciso B
She said I wouldn’t understand
– Wathi andiyiqondi
Then, she had a daughter, the father had a baby momma (Baby momma)
– Emva koko, wayenentombi, utata wayenomama wosana (Umama Wosana)
Causin’ problems, momma almost caught a gun charge-uh, ’cause of drama (Phew-phew-phew)
– Umomma umoeng waphantse wabamba umpu-uh, ‘ cause of drama (Phew-phew-phew)
Court case, hair gone (Gone)
– Ityala lenkundla, iinwele zihambile (Zihambile)
Weight gone, bare bones (Bones)
– Ubunzima buhambile, amathambo angenanto (Amathambo)
Switched homes, ain’t right to me, light for me
– Home tags sino msolo-ndikhetha lowa
She would always fight for me, yeah, she over-protect
– Always wanting, yes, overwheel
‘Cause she had a momma who got a boyfriend who ain’t know how to keep hands to himself (Mm, hands to himself, nigga)
– Ngenxa yokuba wayenomama onomfana ongazi indlela yokugcina izandla kuye (Mm, izandla kuye, nigga)
I was raised in a house full of love
– Ndakhulela kwindlu ezele luthando
I was raised on that type of time
– Ndikhuliswe ngala maxesha
Niggas say, “She did a good job”
– Nigga uthi, ” wenze umsebenzi omuhle”
Duh, bitch, I turned out fine
– Hey babe, i’ve been okay
Duh, bitch, I turned out fine
– Hey babe, i’ve been okay
Lookin’ like him, bitch, I turned out fine (Ooh)
– Looks like him, babe, babe, babe, i’ve been okay(Ooh)
Say what you want, bitch, I turned out fine (Hoo, hoo, hoo)
– What you want, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe)
Some niggas fall, but I turned out fine
– Ezinye niggas ukuwa, kodwa ndajika kakuhle
Can’t have it all, now I have it all (Woo)
– Can’t get everything now (Doo doo doo doo)
‘Cause I had it all, bitch, I turned out fine (Woo)
– ‘Cause i had everything, baby, i’ve been okay, okay, okay, okay, okay
Can’t tell me nun’, bitch, I turned out fine
– Can’t tell me baby, neener neener neener
I am the guy, bitch, I turned out fine
– I’m the guy, neener neener neener
Look at this house, bitch, I turned out fine (Turned out fine)
– Look this house, babe, i’ve been okay (Looking away)
Look at these kids, I turned out fine
– Jonga aba bantwana, ndahamba kakuhle
Look at me, bitches, I turned out fine
– Look away, babes, i’ve been good
Look at me, bitches, I turned out fine
– Look away, babes, i’ve been good
Look at me, bitches, I turned out fine
– Look away, babes, i’ve been good
Look at me, niggas, I turned out fine
– Look away, nigga, i’ve been okay
Look at me, bitches, I turned out fine
– Look away, babes, i’ve been good
Look at me, bitches, I turned out fine
– Look away, babes, i’ve been good
Mother
– Umama
