Ividyo Kliphu
Lyrics
Admittance is the key to start the healin’ right
– Ukwamukelwa kuyisihluthulelo sokuqala ilungelo lokuphulukisa
But I didn’t wanna eat that humble pie, no, I
– Kodwa ngangingafuni ukudla lelo khekhe elincane, cha, mina
Father God, forgive me
– Baba Nkulunkulu, ngithethelele
It’s been a couple years, there may be more that I ain’t prayed
– Sekuphele iminyaka embalwa, kungase kube nokuningi engingakuthandazi
Even longer I ain’t been to church, God, I’m ashamed
– Ngisho nangesikhathi eside ngingekho esontweni, Nkulunkulu, nginamahloni
Embarrassed of my ways, but still, I’m askin’ for Your grace
– Nginamahloni ngezindlela zami, kodwa namanje, ngicela umusa Wakho
Feel like I been led astray
– Ngizizwa sengathi ngidukisiwe
By the drinkin’ and the spirits I let take me when I ride
– Ngokuphuza nemimoya engangiyivumela ukuba ingithathe lapho ngigibela
And the ladies in the night
– Namantombazane ebusuku
Most people, they got demons, I got angels that I fight
– Abantu abaningi, banamademoni, nginezingelosi engilwa nazo
Tryna save you from my plight
– Utryna ngisindise esimweni sami esibucayi
I pray I make it to the light
– Ngithandazela ukuba ngifinyelele ekukhanyeni
South London where we lie
– Eningizimu London lapho silele khona
Abdullah died at sixteen, and I still feel that same rage
– U-Abdullah washona eneminyaka eyishumi nesithupha, futhi namanje ngisazizwa ngithukuthele ngendlela efanayo
Cah we all gettin’ older and he still the same age
– Sonke siyaguga futhi useneminyaka efanayo
It’s his twenty-seventh birthday, in his pic, he’s fourteen
– Usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lweminyaka engamashumi amabili nesikhombisa, esithombeni sakhe, uneminyaka eyishumi nane
Back when we would all dream
– Emuva lapho sonke singaphupha
There’s Stephanie, she lived at fourteen
– Kukhona Ustephanie, wayehlala eneminyaka eyishumi nane
And he lived at number seventeen, and I was number twelve
– Futhi wayehlala endaweni yeshumi nesikhombisa, futhi ngangingoweshumi nambili
When I used to think that if I’d skip church, I go to Hell
– Lapho ngivame ukucabanga ukuthi uma ngingaphuthelwa isonto, ngiya Esihogweni
So when they ask about grief and how it feels, I know it well
– Ngakho lapho bebuza ngosizi nokuthi luzizwa kanjani, ngiyazi kahle
I missed his tenth anniversary in 2024
– Ngiphuthelwe yisikhumbuzo sakhe seshumi ngo-2024
I know the value of this picture, we ain’t gettin’ any more
– Ngiyazi ukubaluleka kwalesi sithombe, asisekho
Then I go, and I get angry, God, like, “Why’d you take him for?”
– Khona-ke ngiyahamba, Futhi Ngithukuthele, Nkulunkulu, njengokuthi, ” Kungani ungamthatha?”
He was just a baby
– Wayeyingane nje
All these emotions that I’m feelin’, it’s the strength I pray for
– Yonke le mizwa engiyizwayo, amandla engiwathandazelayo
God, for anyone that’s with us that can vouch I pray for
– Unkulunkulu, nganoma ubani onathi ongafakazela ukuthi ngithandazela
Pray that I feel less lonely in this house I prayed for
– Ngithandazela ukuba ngizizwe ngingenasizungu kule ndlu
I pray that
– Ngiyakuthandazela lokho
Yeah
– Yebo
With this cross that you bear on me
– Ngalesi siphambano ongithwele sona
Can you look after my mum? She probably used her last prayer on me
– Ungakwazi yini ukunakekela umama? Cishe wasebenzisa umthandazo wakhe wokugcina kimi
Can’t let the Devil in, there’s repentance in the Bible, God, remind my ex of this
– Angikwazi ukuvumela Udeveli angene, Kukhona ukuphenduka Ebhayibhelini, Nkulunkulu, khumbuza owayengumkami ngalokhu
Feel like we was meant for this, move mountains and boulders
– Zizwe sengathi sasihloselwe lokhu, hambisa izintaba namadwala
We at them ages where our parents gettin’ older, may they never need a shoulder
– Thina kubo lapho abazali bethu bekhula khona, kwangathi bangalokothi badinge ihlombe
I done shit I can’t condone, real sermons on my own
– Ngenza izinto engingakwazi ukuzibekezelela, izintshumayelo zangempela ngedwa
I’m in church, more worried ’bout the service on my phone
– Ngisesontweni, ngikhathazeke kakhulu ‘ ngenkonzo efonini yami
And on Judgement Day, are You gonna write it in my sins?
– Futhi Ngosuku Lokwahlulela, ingabe Uyokubhala ezonweni zami?
Cah my nigga, he got cancer, and I’m lyin’ to his kids
– Cah nigga wami, waba nomdlavuza, futhi ngiqamba amanga ezinganeni zakhe
God, I’m tryin’, but it hits me in my heart
– Unkulunkulu, ngiyazama, kodwa kungishaya enhliziyweni yami
I done lost so many niggas that’s been with me from the start
– Ngilahlekelwe ama nigga amaningi kangaka abelokhu enami kusukela ekuqaleni
Then I pray for quick change and I ain’t even try it fast
– Khona ke ngithandazela ushintsho olusheshayo futhi angizami ngisho nokuluzama ngokushesha
All I ever did was ask, shattered glass, crucifixes on my chest
– Engake ngakwenza kwakuwukubuza, ingilazi ephukile, iziphambano esifubeni sami
Pray to purchase a Patek, for my church, they cut a check
– Thandaza ukuthenga Patek, ngoba esontweni lami, basika isheke
How am I tryna pray for Congo with these diamonds on my neck?
– Ngithandazela kanjani Icongo nginamadayimane entanyeni yami?
There’s a father and there’s a son
– Kukhona ubaba nendodana
Pray that I can show him how to love a woman through his mum
– Ngithandazela ukuba ngimbonise indlela yokuthanda owesifazane ngomama wakhe
Because I never got the chance, and I just want the best
– Ngoba angikaze ngithole ithuba, futhi ngifuna okungcono kakhulu
For my three little nieces that I carry on my chest
– Ngabazukulu bami abathathu abancane engibaphatha esifubeni sami
I’m prayin’ for my managers, I’m prayin’ for their wives
– Ngithandazela abaphathi bami, ngithandazela omkabo
‘Cause God knows that they’re the ones that sacrifice their lives
– Ngoba Unkulunkulu uyazi ukuthi yibo abanikela ngokuphila kwabo
I would’ve said their names, but God, you know who I mean
– Ngabe ngasho amagama abo, kodwa Nkulunkulu, uyazi ukuthi ngiqonde bani
I’m prayin’ for my brothers, God, protect us on the streets
– Ngithandazela abafowethu, Nkulunkulu, ukuba basivikele emigwaqweni
I had the steak at Carbone and didn’t pray before I eat
– Ngangine steak ecarbone futhi angizange ngithandaze ngaphambi kokuba ngidle
It’s like I call You when I need You, and I don’t, we don’t speak
– Kunjengokungathi Ngikubiza lapho ngikudinga, futhi angikhulumi
Ground rules for my niggas found schools back at Lambeth Town Hall
– Imithetho eyisisekelo yamanigga ami yathola izikole Emuva Ehholo Ledolobha laselambeth
I helped him pray, but didn’t know that it was on my downfall
– Ngamsiza ukuba athandaze, kodwa ngangingazi ukuthi kwakusekuweni kwami
So when I’m ice cold
– Ngakho lapho ngibanda
When no blood is in my veins, numbers on my days
– Lapho kungekho gazi emithanjeni yami, izinombolo ezinsukwini zami
Will I say I love this life of rain?
– Ngingasho yini ukuthi ngiyakuthanda lokhu kuphila kwemvula?
I’m just prayin’ that my purpose can justify my pain
– Ngithandazela nje ukuthi injongo yami ingalungisa ubuhlungu bami
I’m just prayin’ that my purpose can justify my pain
– Ngithandazela nje ukuthi injongo yami ingalungisa ubuhlungu bami
My mum used to creep in my room and put oil and a cross on my head
– Umama wayevame ukungena ekamelweni lami abeke uwoyela nesiphambano ekhanda lami
Anoint me and probably read a verse like Psalm 23
– Ngigcobe futhi mhlawumbe ngifunde ivesi elifana Nehubo 23
“The Lord is my shepherd”, and maybe Matthew 4
– “Inkosi ingumalusi wami”, futhi mhlawumbe umathewu 4
“The word is my weapon tonight”
– “Izwi liyisikhali sami namuhla ebusuku”
If I can’t pray for peace, then I just pray we win the war
– Uma ngingakwazi ukuthandazela ukuthula, khona-ke ngithandazela nje ukuba sinqobe empini
It’s been twenty-six years, I don’t know what I’m fightin’ for
– Sekuphele iminyaka engamashumi amabili nesithupha, angazi ukuthi ngilwela ini
Well, maybe it’s a place to fill your everlastin’ light
– Mhlawumbe yindawo yokugcwalisa ukukhanya kwakho okuphakade
In a world where kids that die get a second chance at life
– Ezweni lapho izingane ezifayo zithola ithuba lesibili lokuphila
Christ, I don’t know what to say to You
– Kristu, angazi ukuthi ngithini Kuwe
I pray to You, forgive me for the days I had a reason to
– Ngiyanithandazela, ngithethelele ngezinsuku enganginesizathu sazo
And I ain’t had faith in You
– Futhi anginalo ukholo Kuwe
You did it for the sake of me and how I’ve forsaken You
– Wakwenza ngenxa yami nendlela engikushiye Ngayo
I prayed for new shoes and I used them to walk away from You
– Ngathandazela izicathulo ezintsha futhi ngazisebenzisa Ukuze Ngihambe Kude Nawe
Made it out with drugs, swapped the pen for the needles
– Wakwenza ngezidakamizwa, washintshanisa ipeni nezinaliti
And I just found a different way to poison my people
– Futhi ngathola indlela ehlukile yokufaka abantu bami ushevu
You could say it’s testimony that I’m tellin’ them my story
– Ungase uthi kuwubufakazi bokuthi ngibatshela indaba yami
But how we sellin’ them the Devil, still givin’ God the glory?
– Kodwa indlela esibathengisela Ngayo Udeveli, sisamnika Inkazimulo Unkulunkulu?
Can I pray?
– Ngingathandaza?
Take care of me
– Nginakekele
Can I, can I go on top of the drums?
– Ngingakwazi yini, ngingahamba phezu kwezigubhu?
On top of those ones? Oh, what, them?
– Phezu kwalabo? Oh, yini, kubo?
Yeah, yeah, it’s the
– Yebo, yebo,
Take care of me
– Nginakekele
Take care of me
– Nginakekele
