Ividyo Kliphu
Lyrics
Yeah
– Yebo
She was twenty-four
– Wayeneminyaka engamashumi amabili nane
Last week, told me somethin’ you can’t be ready for
– Ngesonto eledlule, wangitshela okuthile ongeke ukulungele
I ain’t mournin’ death of her innocence
– Angilileli ukufa ngenxa yokungabi nacala kwakhe
I ain’t mournin’ death of her innocence, let the Henny pour
– Angilileli ukufa ngenxa yokungabi nacala kwakhe, vumela Uhenny athulule
Some weeks ago, she was in a cab
– Emasontweni ambalwa adlule, wayesemotweni
I felt sick to my stomach ’cause when I listen back
– Ngazizwa ngigula ngenxa yesisu sami lapho ngilalela
Driver was actin’ all forward, I should have drawn the line
– Umshayeli wayedlala phambili, kwakufanele ngidwebe umugqa
She wasn’t worried about it, it happens all the time
– Wayengakhathazeki ngakho, kwenzeka ngaso sonke isikhathi
All the time, said it happens all the time
– Sonke isikhathi, wathi kwenzeka ngaso sonke isikhathi
A little conversation, that’s just all it is
– Ingxoxo encane, yilokho kuphela
Ask couple questions, then he’ll call it quits
– Buza imibuzo embalwa, bese eyeka
He ain’t even have to ask her where she lives
– Akadingi ngisho nokumbuza ukuthi uhlala kuphi
She was headed to this venue with a couple friends
– Wayelibangise kule ndawo nabangane bakhe abambalwa
And I was workin’ late, said I’d collect her when the party ends
– Futhi ngangisebenza sekwephuzile, ngathi ngizomlanda lapho iphathi iphela
She goin’ to this no-phone party
– Uya kuleli phathi elingenalo ucingo
You know the ones where guys have their phones and all the women there don’t
– Uyazi ukuthi abafana banamafoni abo futhi bonke abesifazane lapho abanawo
I threw one of them last week, so I don’t wanna speak
– Ngiphonse omunye wabo ngesonto eledlule, ngakho angifuni ukukhuluma
And when I think about this shit, it cuts deep
– Futhi lapho ngicabanga ngalokhu, kuyajula
You see, Tamah, she like my little sis’
– Uyabona, Tamah, uthanda udadewethu omncane’
So when I asked her to explain to me the story, she said this
– Ngakho lapho ngimcela ukuba angichazele indaba, washo lokhu
I caught a vibe with a guy and then from the off
– Ngathola umoya nomfana bese ngisuka lapho
But somethin’ was off, offer me pills and offer me shots
– Kodwa kukhona okwakungekho, nginikeze amaphilisi futhi nginikeze isibhamu
And off of my head, couldn’t even say if I was sober or off of my head
– Futhi ngaphandle kwekhanda lami, ngangingeke ngisho ngithi uma ngingaphuzile noma ngaphandle kwekhanda lami
I could’ve danced for days, wouldn’t have been a surprise
– Ngangingadansa izinsuku eziningi, kwakungeke kumangaze
But let’s have a good night, these times are havin’ good nights when all the men start drinkin’
– Kodwa ake sibe nobusuku obuhle, lezi zikhathi ziba nobusuku obuhle lapho wonke amadoda eqala ukuphuza
And then they feel entitled to more than opinions
– Futhi ke bazizwa benelungelo lokuthola okungaphezu kwemibono
You know how that goes and man come to the girls like, “Fuckin’ let me get your Snap’, innit
– Uyazi ukuthi lokho kuhamba kanjani futhi indoda iza emantombazaneni kanje, “Ngivumele ngithole I-Snap yakho”, innit
Add me back, innit, fuckin’ what?
– Ngibuyisele, innit, fuckin ‘ yini?
What you doin’ after this? What you on? What’s wrong?
– Yini oyenzayo ngemva kwalokhu? Yini okufanele uyenze? Yini engalungile?
Why you movin’ so stiff? Come back to the AP, what, friend, what?
– Kungani uhamba ngokuqinile kangaka? Buyela ku-ap, yini, mngane, yini?
Don’t worry ’bout her, you ain’t her dad, that’s long
– Ungakhathazeki ngaye, awuyena uyise, lokho sekuyisikhathi eside
Why follow her home? Call her a cab or what
– Kungani ulandela ekhaya? Shayela itekisi noma yini
I feel like I seen you before, you from Bex? You know Thames? Fuckin’
– Ngizizwa sengathi ngikubonile ngaphambili, wena Ovela Ebex? Uyazi Thames? Ukudlala
Are you gettin’ back to ends?”
– Ingabe uyabuyela ekupheleni?”
And I ain’t sayin’ that’s weird, but it kinda is
– Futhi angisho ukuthi lokho kuyinqaba, kodwa kunjalo
She busy throwin’ up, he’s tryna take her to the crib
– Ematasa ephonsa, utryna uyamthatha amyise embhedeni
But that’s the culture of the club, right?
– Kodwa yilokho isiko club, akunjalo?
All game’s fair
– Yonke imidlalo ilungile
And if she don’t like it, why she there?
– Futhi uma engakuthandi, kungani elapho?
These times, she just wanna go home
– Kulezi zikhathi, ufuna nje ukuya ekhaya
She don’t wanna go alone with no battery on her phone
– Akafuni ukuhamba yedwa ngaphandle kwebhethri ocingweni lwakhe
And all her friends are tryna stay
– Futhi bonke abangane bakhe bangutryna st
Cah they goin’ to somebody’s afterparty in a house that’s out the way
– Cah baya emcimbini womuntu othile endlini engekho
And then she blacked out
– Futhi wabe esephelelwa amandla
She was gonna leave with them, but somethin’ felt off
– Wayezohamba nabo, kodwa okuthile kwazwakala
And then she backed out
– Wabe esehlehla
When I heard about the time she tried to make it home alone
– Lapho ngizwa ngesikhathi azama ukubuyela ekhaya eyedwa
She said
– Wathi
At Archway, I got out the car
– E-Archway, ngaphuma emotweni
It’s quiet and I’m walking up this long hill
– Kuthule futhi ngikhuphuka leli gquma elide
Faint sound, cold chills
– Umsindo obuthakathaka, amakhaza abandayo
I swear I just heard a familiar voice
– Ngiyafunga ukuthi ngisanda kuzwa izwi elijwayelekile
Inside of the club, outside of the club
– Ngaphakathi kweqembu, ngaphandle kweqembu
Was it that first cab? I swear I know the voice
– Ingabe kwakuyikhabethe lokuqala? Ngiyafunga ukuthi ngiyalazi izwi
Think fast, that’s my only choice
– Cabanga ngokushesha, yilokho kuphela engikukhethile
He’s coming up, I hear him running up
– Uyeza, ngiyamuzwa egijima
I ran and I trip, I fell and I buckle
– Ngagijima futhi ngakhubeka, ngawa futhi ngagoba
My belt in a buckle, my keys in my knuckles
– Ibhande lami lisebhande, okhiye bami emaqakaleni ami
He’s grabbing my hair, I’m screaming to stop
– Ubamba izinwele zami, ngimemeza ukuze ngiyeke
I’m hitting him hard, it’s turning him on
– Ngimshaya kanzima, kuyamvusa
The burning is gone, my body is so cold and frozen in fear
– Ukushiswa sekuphelile, umzimba wami ubanda kakhulu futhi uqandisiwe ngenxa yokwesaba
Accepting my fate, his hands on my waist
– Ukwamukela isiphetho sami, izandla zakhe okhalweni lwami
I think that I threw my keys in his face
– Ngicabanga ukuthi ngiphonse okhiye bami ebusweni bakhe
I ran and he chased
– Ngabaleka futhi wajaha
I stumbled on a group of three that were leaving
– Ngakhubeka eqenjini labantu abathathu ababehamba
I ran towards them, didn’t notice that my feet, they were bleeding
– Ngagijimela kubo, angizange ngiqaphele ukuthi izinyawo zami, zaziphuma igazi
And that’s when I called, praying that you’d be there recording
– Futhi yilapho ngashayela khona ucingo, ngithandazela ukuba ube khona ukuqopha
The only person that I know who’s up at 3 in the morning
– Okuwukuphela komuntu engimaziyo ovuka ngo 3 ekuseni
I sound mad
– Ngizwakala ngihlanya
But if you ain’t a girl, I guess you don’t know the feeling
– Kodwa uma ungeyena intombazane, ngicabanga ukuthi awazi umuzwa
Of watching what you wear because you’re worried ’bout making it home
– Ukubuka lokho okugqokayo ngoba ukhathazekile ‘ ngokwenza ekhaya
Walking with your phone to your ear and you ain’t on the phone
– Ukuhamba nefoni yakho endlebeni yakho futhi awukho ocingweni
Can’t walk on the same side of the pavement alone
– Awukwazi ukuhamba ohlangothini olufanayo lomgwaqo wedwa
Everyone’s a fucking good guy and they’re making it known
– Wonke umuntu uyindoda enhle futhi bayayenza yaziwe
But I’m just making it known that if you ain’t a girl, I guess you don’t know the feeling
– Kodwa ngimane ngikwenza kwaziwe ukuthi uma ungeyena intombazane, ngicabanga ukuthi awazi umuzwa
Of checking the child lock, or seeing the AirTag
– Ukuhlola ilokhi yengane, noma ukubona I-AirTag
A five-minute walk home feeling like five miles
– Ukuhamba imizuzu emihlanu ekhaya uzizwa sengathi amamayela ayisihlanu
Maybe if these people would police our cities way they police our bodies
– Mhlawumbe uma laba bantu bebengaqapha imizi yethu ngendlela abaqapha ngayo imizimba yethu
Then maybe, fucking hell
– Khona-ke mhlawumbe, isihogo
Maybe every woman that I know wouldn’t be stuck as well
– Mhlawumbe wonke owesifazane engimaziyo wayengeke abambeke kahle
Danger doesn’t look like no killer in a mask
– Ingozi ayibukeki njengombulali ogqoke imaski
It looks like that flirty cab driver and guys that feel entitled ’cause you’re standing in their section
– Kubukeka sengathi lowo mshayeli wetekisi onobungane nabafana abazizwa benesihloko esithi ‘ ngoba umi esigabeni sabo
Short-tempered men, the ones who struggle with rejection
– Amadoda anolaka, lawo alwa nokwenqatshwa
I knew a girl called
– Ngangazi intombazane okuthiwa
That was in so deep, she thought violence was affection
– Lokho kwakujule kakhulu, wayecabanga ukuthi ubudlova buwuthando
I ain’t know some women wouldn’t want a man’s help
– Angazi ukuthi abanye besifazane abafuni usizo lwendoda
Because so many of ’em want the same reward for their protection
– Ngoba abaningi babo bafuna umvuzo ofanayo ukuze bavikeleke
Danger doesn’t look like no killer in a mask
– Ingozi ayibukeki njengombulali ogqoke imaski
It looks like that kid in the group chat that jokes about—
– Kubukeka sengathi leyo ngane engxoxweni yeqembu ehleka—
And he won’t ever stop because there’s no one to correct him
– Futhi ngeke ayeke ngoba akekho ozomlungisa
And he might even do it ’cause the system would protect him
– Futhi angase akwenze ‘ ngoba isimiso sasiyomvikela
Algorithm gonna find some people just like him
– I-Algorithm izothola abantu abanjengaye
They hate women too, okay, yeah, fuck it, let’s connect him
– Bayabazonda nabesifazane, kulungile, yebo, fuck it, ake uxhumane naye
Homicidal femicidal shit on their suggested
– Okubulalayo okubulalayo kwabesifazane ngokuvumelana nesiphakamiso sabo
Somebody just asked you on a date, it was your dentist
– Othile usanda kukubuza ngosuku, kwakungudokotela wakho wamazinyo
He just went upstairs and got your number from reception
– Wavele wakhuphukela phezulu futhi wathola inombolo yakho ekwamukelweni
Used to be nice, said I remind him of his little girl
– Wayevame ukuba nomusa, wathi ngimkhumbuza intombazanyana yakhe
Two weeks later, he wants a sexual connection
– Ngemva kwamasonto amabili, ufuna ukuba nobuhlobo bobulili
Danger doesn’t look like no killer in a mask
– Ingozi ayibukeki njengombulali ogqoke imaski
Who you even talking to?
– Ubani ngisho okhuluma naye?
Women hunted down by the people they say report it to
– Abesifazane abazingelwa abantu abathi bayayibika
Honestly, I woudn’t have the solitude or fortitude
– Uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, ngangingeke ngibe nesizungu noma ngibe nesibindi
Try and humanise, she could be somebody’s daughter, you
– Zama ukwenza umuntu abe umuntu, angaba indodakazi yomunye umuntu, wena
As if that’s the reason them fellas shouldn’t slaughter you
– Njengokungathi yingakho ama fellas engafanele akubulale
God forbid that they offend the people you’re belongin’ to
– Unkulunkulu uyakwenqabela ukuthi bacasule abantu ovela kubo
Objectify you just the way I do in every song
– Yenza into ngendlela engikwenza ngayo kuzo zonke izingoma
Tamah was never wrong
– Utamah akazange abe nephutha
Can’t trust guys, she never lied
– Akakwazi ukwethemba abafana, akazange aqambe amanga
No menicide, it femicide
– Ayikho i-menicide, i-femicide
The catcalls, the long stares
– Ukukhala, ukugqolozela okude
The kind words, the lines blurred
– Amazwi anomusa, imigqa ayifiphele
Call her out, impersonate her
– Mshayele ucingo, mlingise
All know a victim, don’t know a perpetrator
– Bonke bayazi isisulu, abazi umenzi wobubi
Am I one of them? The men of the past
– Ingabe ngingomunye wabo? Amadoda esikhathi esidlule
Who catcalled or spoke in the bars?
– Ubani owabiza noma wakhuluma ezindaweni zokuphuza utshwala?
I’m complicit, no better than you
– Ngingumhlanganyeli, angingcono kunawe
I told stories of—, yeah
– Ngitshele izindaba ze -, yebo
Can’t sit on the fence, that’s hardly an option
– Angikwazi ukuhlala ocingweni, lokho akuyona into ongayenza
You either part of the solution or part of the problem
– Wena noma ingxenye isixazululo noma ingxenye inkinga
