Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
What you doin’, Papa?
– Whattya want, Babe?
Hi
– Molo
No, uh-uh, say hi
– Yeah yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Hi
– Molo
Don’t you know I’m no good for you?
– Awazi ukuba andilunganga kuwe?
I’ve learned to lose you, can’t afford to
– Ndifunde ukuphulukana nawe, andinakukwazi
Tore my shirt to stop you bleedin’
– Download tshepiso-xa ndiyekelelwa nguwe”
But nothin’ ever stops you leavin’
– “No one stop you” sweatshirt
Quiet when I’m comin’ home and I’m on my own
– Ndithe cwaka xa ndifika ekhaya kwaye ndedwa
You never got to meet Papa (I could lie, say I like it like that)
– Awusoze wambona Utata (i’m lying, i’m lying)
He sweet proper, he keep Mama on my toes (like it like that)
– Mandi: (ehleka)mandi mama, ndiyamthanda ke ngoku)
I needed help, you booked a flight (I could lie, and say I like it like that)
– Ndidinga uncedo, ubhukishe inqwelomoya (ndingaxoka, kwaye ndithi ndiyayithanda loo nto)
In three days, you’d meet Papa (like it like that, mm)
– Kwiintsuku ezintathu, uya kudibana Notata (like it, mm)
The waiting, the gazing
– Ilinden, ilinden, ilinden
The painting, the raging
– Umzobo, ukugqabhuka
The ravin’, the pacing
– I-ravin, i-pacing
The praying, the shaking
– Mthandazo gatya-uzobizwa
I must admit, I was breaking
– Ndimele ndivume, ndaqhekeka
I must admit, I was taking
– Ndimele ndivume, ndithatha
I must admit, my heart was racing
– Ndimele ndivume, intliziyo yam yayigqatso
Telephone ring
– Umsesane womnxeba
He didn’t make it
– Akazange enze oko
I just believed you wakin’
– I just believed you, neener neener neener”
A memory in the makin’
– Inkumbulo kwimakin’
Call me
– Ndibize
Won’t you call me? (Call)
– Ungandibizi? (Umnxeba)
No, you gone
– Hayi, uhambe
Are you gone already? (Don’t you know too much already?)
– Ngaba sele uhambile? (Awazi nto ngaphambili?))
I’ll only hurt you if you let me
– Ndiza kukulimaza kuphela ukuba uyandiyeka
Call me friend, but keep me closer (call me back)
– Nditsalele umnxeba, kodwa ndisondele (nditsalele umnxeba)
And I’ll call you when the party’s over
– Kwaye ndiza kukubiza xa iqela liphelile
Quiet when I’m coming home and I’m on my own
– Ndithe cwaka xa ndifika ekhaya kwaye ndedwa
So deal, Nika
– Ngoko deal, Nika
Yes real, Nika (I could lie, say I like it like that)
– Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes (i may lying, i like that)
Don’t stress, Onika
– Nothum, Onika
So blessed, Onika (like it like that)
– Nontsikelelo, Onika (like that)
Today, it’s 12-3-23 (I could lie, say I like it like that)
– Namhlanje, yi-12-3-23 (ndingaxoka, ndithi ndiyayithanda loo nto)
Your baby’s three
– Your baby boy iii
He’s the best, Onika (like it like that)
– It’s Okay, Onika (like that)
Set me, set me, set me free
– Ndikhulule, ndikhulule
Why didn’t you come back to get me?
– Kutheni ungandibuzi nje?
Let me, let me, let me be (let me be)
– Ndivumele, ndivumele (ndivumele)
Why would anyone want to love me?
– Kutheni umntu endithanda?
Rich, yes, but are you happy? (Rich, yes, but are you happy?)
– Rich, yes, okay? ( Yes, yes, yes, yes, you happy))
All this guilt you carry is heavy (all of this guilt is heavy)
– Yonke le nto uyithweleyo inzima (zonke ezi zinto zinetyala zinzima)
You’ve already made your peace with me
– Sele ulwenzile uxolo lwakho kunye nam
One day you’ll have to forgive Mommy
– Ngenye imini kufuneka uxolele Umama
But she knows you know too much already
– Kodwa uyazi ukuba sele uyazi kakhulu
I’ll only hurt you if you let me
– Ndiza kukulimaza kuphela ukuba uyandiyeka
Call me friend, but keep me closer (call me back)
– Nditsalele umnxeba, kodwa ndisondele (nditsalele umnxeba)
And I’ll call you when the party’s over
– Kwaye ndiza kukubiza xa iqela liphelile
Quiet when I’m coming home and I’m on my own
– Ndithe cwaka xa ndifika ekhaya kwaye ndedwa
And I could lie, say I like it like that, like it like that
– Kwaye ndingaxoka, ndithi ndiyayithanda loo nto, njengaleyo
I could lie, say I like it like that, like it like that
– Ndingaxoka, ndithi ndiyayithanda loo nto, njengaleyo
Nothin’ is better sometimes
– Akukho nto ingcono ngamanye amaxesha
Once we’ve both said our goodbyes
– Xa sobabini savalelisa
Let’s just let it go
– Masiyiyeke ihambe
Let me let you go
– Ndiyeke ndihambe
Quiet when I’m comin’ home and I’m on my own
– Ndithe cwaka xa ndifika ekhaya kwaye ndedwa
I could lie, say I like it like that, like it like that
– Ndingaxoka, ndithi ndiyayithanda loo nto, njengaleyo
I could lie, say I like it like that, like it like that
– Ndingaxoka, ndithi ndiyayithanda loo nto, njengaleyo
