Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
You don’t own me
– Awundithandi
I’m not just one of your many toys
– Igual no jugare
You don’t own me
– Awundithandi
Don’t say I can’t go with other boys
– Ungatsho ukuba andinakuhamba nabanye abafana
And don’t tell me what to do
– Kwaye ungandixeleli ukuba ndenze ntoni
Don’t tell me what to say
– Ungandixeleli ukuba mandithini
And please, when I go out with you
– Nceda, xa ndiphuma nawe
Don’t put me on display ’cause
– Sukundixhesha nd’zoxhentsa ngoba
You don’t own me
– Awundithandi
Don’t try to change me in any way
– Unganditshintshi nangayiphi na indlela
You don’t own me
– Awundithandi
Don’t tie me down ’cause I’d never stay
– Ungandibophi ngoba andisoze ndihlale
I don’t tell you what to say
– Andazi ukuba mandithini
I don’t tell you what to do
– Andisoze kukuxelela into omawuyenze
So just let me be myself
– Ngoko ke mandibe ngowam
That’s all I ask of you
– Yiyo yonke into endikucelayo kuwe
I’m young, and I love to be young
– Ndimncinci kwaye ndiyathanda ukuba mncinci
I’m free, and I love to be free
– Ndikhululekile, kwaye ndiyakuthanda ukukhululeka
To live my life the way I want
– Ukuphila ngendlela endifuna ngayo
To say and do whatever I please
– Ukuthetha nokwenza nantoni na endiyifunayo
And don’t tell me what to do
– Kwaye ungandixeleli ukuba ndenze ntoni
Oh, don’t tell me what to say
– Ungandixeleli ukuba mandithini
And please, when I go out with you
– Nceda, xa ndiphuma nawe
Don’t put me on display
– Sukundixhesha nd’zoxhentsa
I don’t tell you what to say
– Andazi ukuba mandithini
Oh, don’t tell you what to do
– Musa ukuxelela into omawuyenze
So just let me be myself
– Ngoko ke mandibe ngowam
That’s all I ask of you
– Yiyo yonke into endikucelayo kuwe
I’m young, and I love to be young
– Ndimncinci kwaye ndiyathanda ukuba mncinci
I’m free, and I love to be free
– Ndikhululekile, kwaye ndiyakuthanda ukukhululeka
