Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
Get food, barely eat
– Fumana ukutya, ungadli
Every bite just kept me glued to my seat
– Yonke into yokuluma yandigcina ndinamathele esihlalweni sam
I worried, even cried
– Ndikhathazekile, ndade ndakhala
How’d it feel to take the light from my life?
– Bekuya kuba njani xa ndithatha ukukhanya ebomini bam?
Bad habit, even worse
– Umkhwa ombi, nokuba mbi ngakumbi
Fifty-fifty, I’m a sucker for looks
– Fifty-fifty, i’m a sweatshirt for look
Asked for it, here it is
– Babuza – hano
A quick example ’cause you wanted the hits
– Umzekelo okhawulezileyo kuba ufuna ukubetha
I think you’re scared of being basic
– Ndicinga ukuba ndiloyiko lokuba ungowam-fundamental
That’s ironic ’cause it’s reading like you’re even more basic
– It’s ironic ‘ because it’s reading like you’re basic sweatshirt
It’s not funny, it’s so funny
– It’s not funny, it’s okay
‘Cause you’re basic
– Kuba wena usisiseko
Just looking hot and keeping monotone and understated
– Ijongeka ishushu kwaye igcina i-monotone kwaye ingaphantsi
Nothingness won’t change it
– Nothingcan be changed
(Good luck with that, good luck with what?)
– (Good luck ye, good luck ye?))
It’s not funny, but it’s so funny
– It’s not funny, but it’s okay
I don’t want your money, I don’t care for fame
– Andifuni mali yakho, andikhathali
I don’t wanna live a life where that’s my big exchange
– Andifuni ukuphila ubomi apho ukuba exchange yam enkulu
I want simple pleasures, friends who have my back
– Ndifuna ulonwabo olulula, abahlobo abanomqolo wam
Everyone has secrets, but not everyone can fool a man like that
– Wonke umntu unemfihlelo, kodwa kungekhona wonke umntu onokumkhohlisa umntu onjalo
It sent me reeling, still not the same
– Kwakum-hanga hundi
It’s like my capacity to love and give has changed
– Amandla am okuthanda nokunikela atshintshile
I guess I’ll thank you and spite your name again
– Ndiyabonga kakhulu kwaye ndiya kukubulela ngegama lakho kwakhona
The past’s the past, and I’ll outlast the hate to find real love that’s not pretend
– Ixesha elidlulileyo, kwaye ndiza kuphelisa inzondo ukufumana uthando lokwenene aluzange luzenze ngathi
How basic (Sell me on it)
– Indlela esisiseko (Ndithengise kuyo)
Shuffle numbers, pointing fingers, ditching chats in different apps
– Xuba amanani, ukhombe iminwe, ditching iincoko apps ezahlukeneyo
That’s basic (Haha)
– It’s basic (Hayes)
It’s not funny, it’s so funny
– It’s not funny, it’s okay
That’s just basic being basic (Basically)
– It’s all about basics (The basics)
You said he looked just like a girl, so you like girls
– Uthe ukhangeleka njengentombazana, ngoko uthanda amantombazana
I guess I’ll take it
– Ndicinga ukuba ndiza kuthatha
Yeah, that’s funny, you’re so funny (Ha-ha-ha-ha)
– Yes, that’s funny, you’re so funny (Hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee)
Change your body, change your face, curl your hair then make it straight
– Guqula umzimba wakho, guqula ubuso bakho, goba iinwele zakho emva koko wenze ngokuthe ngqo
Take a picture of your plate, Tarantino movie taste
– Thatha umfanekiso weplate yakho, tarantino movie incasa
Rah-rah, cheugy-phobe, Vera Bradley’s back in Vogue
– Unkulunkulu uqobo lwakhe, Oyingqayizivele iv Bradley’s back iin Vogue
It’s a flash photograph
– Photography flash photography
What an empty epitaph that is (That’s basic)
– Yintoni epitaph engenanto leyo (that’s basic)
What an empty epitaph that is (That’s basic)
– Yintoni epitaph engenanto leyo (that’s basic)
What an empty epitaph (That’s just basic being basic)
– Yintoni epitaph engenanto (oko nje esisiseko kuba esisiseko)
Yeah, my tight five might get a laugh as is
– Ewe, i-tight yam abahlanu banokuhleka njengoko kunjalo
If that’s funny, I’m not funny
– If that’s okay, i’m not funny