Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
(Pipe that shit up, TnT)
– (Pipe ukuba shit up, TnT)
(Ayy, JB)
– (Aye, AYE)
Yeah, yeah, uh
– Ewe, ewe, uh
Fell in love with my cup, it’s just me and my drank
– Wawa ngothando kunye indebe yam, mna nje basele
So much pain in my heart got me numb to the brain
– Ubuhlungu obuninzi entliziyweni yam bandenza ndindisholo ebuchotsheni
And the crackers on our bumpers, shit ain’t sweet as you think
– Kwaye i-crackers kwi-bumpers yethu, i-shit ayimnandi njengoko ucinga
Loyalty for royalty, I did it all for the gang
– Ndenzel’, ndenzel ‘uncedo ngokuhlala nam’
Now here’s a message for the youth, it ain’t worth it
– Ngoku lo myalezo kulutsha, akufanelekanga
Niggas police, it ain’t worth it
– Niggas-asimbonanga
Yeah, we stand on that business, fuck around, tie up a witness
– Ewe, simi kuloo shishini, fuck around, bopha ingqina
My past ain’t perfect, the judge handing out jersey numbers
– Ubomi bam abuphelelanga-i’solezwe lesixhosa introducing jersey numbers
Mistakes is nothing, you live and you learn
– Iimpazamo azikho, uphila kwaye ufunda
I was tryna get some sleep, so I been sipping that syrup
– Ndandizama ukulala, ngoko ndandisitya isiraphu
Preaching to my young niggas to lay off the pills
– Ukushumayela kwiniggas yam eselula ukuba asuse iipilisi
My baby mama text my phone like, “You got some nerve”
– My baby mama text my phone like, ” unemithambo-luvo”
Know I come up out that bottom, I came straight from the curb
– Ndiyazi ukuba ndiyaphuma kuloo mzantsi, ndafika ngqo kwi-curb
Youngin asking me advice to get his paper mature
– Young ucela kum ingcebiso ukuze iphepha lakhe avuthwe
My mouth told him chase his dream, but the younger child in me screamed
– Umlomo wam wamxelela ukuba aleqe iphupha lakhe, kodwa umntwana omncinci kum wakhwaza
“Tell your big homie to front you half a bird”
– “Xelela i-homie yakho enkulu ukuba iphambi kwakho isiqingatha sentaka”
You scared, then go to church, if you scared, them crackers’ll give you life, you life
– Uyoyika, emva koko uye ecaweni, ukuba uyoyika, nabo crackers uya kukunika ubomi, wena ubomi
Okay, my brother back in jail, my songs leaking out, I am not alright
– Mntakwethu ndisentolongweni, iingoma zam ziphuma, andilunganga
In 2018, my partner was eighteen, they gave him twenty years, twenty years
– Kwi-2018, iqabane lam lalineshumi elinesibhozo, bamnika iminyaka engamashumi amabini, iminyaka engamashumi amabini
If you eighteen with twenty, that mean he got more time than he fucking lived
– Ukuba wena elinesibhozo kunye amashumi amabini, oko kuthetha ukuba waba ngaphezulu ixesha kunokuba yena fucking waphila
Preaching to Lil Keed, I told him try to make it to the league, get a jersey number
– Ukushumayela Kulil Keep, ndamxelela zama ukwenza ukuba league, fumana inombolo jersey
It ain’t nothing in these streets, but graveyards and jersey numbers, jersey numbers
– Akukho nto kwezi zitrato, kodwa amangcwaba kunye neenombolo zejersey, iinombolo zejersey
Yeah, yeah, yeah
– Ewe, ewe, ewe
It ain’t nothing in these streets, but graveyards and jersey numbers, jersey numbers
– Akukho nto kwezi zitrato, kodwa amangcwaba kunye neenombolo zejersey, iinombolo zejersey
Bro callin’ from the jail, he said his lawyer swapped him out (Uh)
– Umabuyane uthi igqwetha lakhe limkhalimele (Umabuyane)
I was hollerin’ at lil’ Yayo, they gave him a dub and he did five
– I’m hollerin ‘in lil’ Yee, bamnika udubulo kwaye wenza ezintlanu
Still shot him with his slides on, bro institutionalized
– Usamdubule ngesilayidi sakhe, bro iziko
Still killin’, inmates shanked each other, I’m just happy that he survived
– Killin’, amabanjwa ahamba kunye, ndiyavuya nje kuba uye wasinda
Pay anything to get you free, you, I’m picking sides
– Hlawula nantoni na ukuze ufumane simahla, wena, ndikhetha amacala
Know a couple people who bit the cheese who used to be the guys
– Yazi abantu ababini abaluma itshizi ababefudula bengabafana
Paid an inmate in call fare, clean your laundry, laundry
– Ndikhokhele bawo in call fare, hlamba impahla yakho, uhlambe impahla
Shoot away, show you how I did get a lunch tray, lunch tray
– Ndidubule, ndikubonise indlela endiyifumene ngayo itreyi yesidlo sasemini, itreyi yesidlo sasemini
They’ll give you a judge and I’ma judge, don’t put you in the gang
– Baya kukunika ijaji kwaye ndiza kugweba, musa ukukubeka kwiqela
They be treating us like a jeweler, can’t wait to put us in some chains
– Bayasiphatha njengejeweler, abanakulinda ukusibeka kumakhonkco athile
On FaceTime with lil’ TJ, say his mama was actin’ strange (She was actin’ strange)
– FaceTime kunye nolil ‘ TJ, uthi umama wakhe wayesebenza engaqhelekanga (wayesebenza engaqhelekanga)
Said his brother turned his back since he been in, I felt his pain (Felt his pain)
– Wathi umntakwabo wajika umva wakhe ndayiva intlungu yakhe (Ndayiva intlungu yakhe)
Seen a gangster go to jail and fuck a sissy
– Ndibone igundane lisiya ejele lize libulale usissy
He wouldn’t control himself, the first day out, I was back to sipping
– Akakwazi ukuzilawula, ngosuku lokuqala, ndabuyela ekudleni
Niggas tell me, “Don’t get high,” I should try and make a living
– Nigga ndixelele, “Musa ukuphakama, ” ndifanele ndizame ukuphila
But I tell ’em I’m a hustler and I’d rather make a killing
– Kodwa ndithi ‘ ndingu hustler kwaye ndingathanda ukubulala
Preaching to Lil Keed, I told him try to make it to the league, get a jersey number (Yeah)
– Ndishumayela Kulil Keep, ndamxelela zama ukwenza i-league, fumana inombolo yejersey (Ewe)
It ain’t nothing in these streets (Yeah, yeah), but graveyards and jersey numbers (Yeah), jersey numbers
– It’s nothing on these streets (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah), yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, jersey numbers
Yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah)
– Yee yee (Yee)
It ain’t nothing in these streets, but graveyards and jersey numbers, jersey numbers
– Akukho nto kwezi zitrato, kodwa amangcwaba kunye neenombolo zejersey, iinombolo zejersey
Uh
– Uh
