Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
“Look, I was gonna go easy on you not to hurt your feelings”
– “Khangela, bendiya kuhamba lula kuwe ukuba ungazenzakalisi iimvakalelo zakho”
“But I’m only going to get this one chance” (Six minutes—, six minutes—)
– “Kodwa ndiza kufumana eli thuba linye kuphela “(imizuzu Emithandathu -, imizuzu emithandathu—)
“Something’s wrong, I can feel it” (Six minutes, Slim Shady, you’re on!)
– “Kukho into engalunganga, ndiyayiva.” (Six minutes, Sisi, sisi, sisi, sisi, sisi!)
“Just a feeling I’ve got, like something’s about to happen, but I don’t know what.
– “Ndinemvakalelo nje, ngathi kukho into eza kwenzeka, kodwa andazi ukuba yintoni.
If that means what I think it means, we’re in trouble, big trouble;
– Ukuba oko kuthetha oko ndicinga ukuba kuthetha, sisengxakini, inkathazo enkulu;
And if he is as bananas as you say, I’m not taking any chances”
– Kwaye ukuba unjengeebhanana njengoko usitsho, andizukuthatha nawaphi na amathuba”
“You are just what the doc ordered”
– “Nguwe wedwa odokotela”
I’m beginnin’ to feel like a Rap God, Rap God
– Ndiziva Ngathi ndinguthixo Werap, Uthixo Werap
All my people from the front to the back nod, back nod
– Boohle-izibongo zami from frontside, back nod
Now, who thinks their arms are long enough to slap box, slap box?
– Ngubani ocinga ukuba izipikili zabo zide ngokwaneleyo ukuba zigijime, zigijime?
They said I rap like a robot, so call me Rap-bot
– Bathi i rap njenge robot, ngoko ndibize Rap-bot
But for me to rap like a computer it must be in my genes
– Kodwa ukuze ndidlwengule njengekhompyutha kufuneka ibe kwimizila yemfuza yam
I got a laptop in my back pocket
– Ndifumene ilaptop epokothweni yam yangasemva
My pen’ll go off when I half-cock it
– Pennywise my pennywise it
Got a fat knot from that rap profit
– Ifumene iqhina elinamafutha kuloo rap inzuzo
Made a livin’ and a killin’ off it
– Yenza i-livin kunye ne-killin ‘ ngaphandle kwayo
Ever since Bill Clinton was still in office
– Ukususela Oko Ubill Clinton ehlala eofisi
With Monica Lewinsky feelin’ on his nutsack
– Kunye Nomonica Lewinsky feelin ‘ kwi-nutsack yakhe
I’m an MC still as honest
– Ndinguye i honest umntu
But as rude and as indecent as all hell
– Kodwa ekrwada kwaye engafanelekanga njengesihogo sonke
Syllables, skill-a-holic (Kill ’em all with)
– Syllables, ubuchule-a-holic (Babulale bonke)
This flippity dippity-hippity hip-hop
– Hip-hop-hip-hop-hip-hop-hop-hop-hop-hop-hop-hop
You don’t really wanna get into a pissin’ match
– Awungekhe ufune ukungena kumdlalo wepisces
With this rappity brat, packin’ a MAC in the back of the Ac’
– Pakistan બિન umgqomo ukuze Pakistan બિન umgqomo imali Yokutshintsha’
Backpack rap crap, yap-yap, yackety-yack
– Ubhaka rap crap, yap-yap, yackety-yack
And at the exact same time, I attempt these lyrical acrobat stunts while I’m practicin’ that
– Kwaye kwangaxeshanye, ndizama ezi stunts zomculo we-acrobat ngelixa ndiqhelisela oko
I’ll still be able to break a motherfuckin’ table
– I’ll still break a hooded sweatshirt
Over the back of a couple of faggots and crack it in half
– Emva kwamacwecwe ambalwa uze uwafake kwisiqingatha
Only realized it was ironic, I was signed to Aftermath after the fact
– Ndaqonda nje ukuba kwakuyinto engaqhelekanga, ndasayinwa Emva koko emva kwenyaniso
How could I not blow? All I do is drop F-bombs
– Ndingaqhuma njani? All I’M drop-oompa-loompas
Feel my wrath of attack
– Yiva ingqumbo yam yokuhlaselwa
Rappers are havin’ a rough time period, here’s a maxi pad
– I-rappers inexesha elibi, nantsi iphedi yemaxi
It’s actually disastrously bad for the wack
– Enyanisweni, kubi kakhulu kwi-walnut
While I’m masterfully constructing this masterpièce
– While i’m using this sweatshirt
‘Cause I’m beginnin’ to feel like a Rap God, Rap God
– ‘Kuba ndiqala ukuziva Ngathi Uthixo Werap, Rap Uthixo
All my people from the front to the back nod, back nod
– Boohle-izibongo zami from frontside, back nod
Now, who thinks their arms are long enough to slap box, slap box?
– Ngubani ocinga ukuba izipikili zabo zide ngokwaneleyo ukuba zigijime, zigijime?
Let me show you maintainin’ this shit ain’t that hard, that hard
– Makhe ndikubonise ukuba ugcine le shit akukho nzima kangako, kunzima
Everybody want the key and the secret to rap immortality like Ι have got
– Wonke umntu ufuna isitshixo kunye nemfihlo yokudlwengula ukungafi Njengaye
Well, to be truthful the blueprint’s
– Ewe, ukuba nenyaniso the blueprints
Simply rage and youthful exuberance
– Umsindo nje kunye nokugcoba kolutsha
Everybody loves to root for a nuisance
– Wonke umntu uthanda ingcambu yenkathazo
Hit the Earth like an asteroid
– Betha Umhlaba njenge-asteroid
Did nothing but shoot for the Moon since (Pew!)
– Akukho nto ngaphandle Kokudubula Inyanga ukususela (Pew!)
MCs get taken to school with this music
– I MCs ithathwa esikolweni kunye nalo mculo
‘Cause I use it as a vehicle to “bus the rhyme”
– Kuba ndiyisebenzisa njengesithuthi “ibhasi isingqisho”
Now I lead a new school full of students
– Ngoku ndiqhuba isikolo esitsha sigcwele abafundi
Me? I’m a product of Rakim
– Mna? I’m a Ramahlwe mphahlele
Lakim Shabazz, 2Pac, N.W.A, Cube, hey Doc, Ren
– Lakim Shabazz, 2Pac, Nw, Cube, hey Doc, Ren
Yella, Eazy, thank you, they got Slim
– Yesyesyesyes, thanks, they’re Slim
Inspired enough to one day grow up, blow up and be in a position
– Iphefumlelwe ngokwaneleyo ukuba ngenye imini khula, vuthela kwaye ube kwindawo
To meet Run–D.M.C., and induct them
– Ukudibana Ne-Run-Dmc, kwaye ubaphembelele
Into the motherfuckin’ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
– Kwik chrum kwik chrum kwik chrum kwik
Even though I’ll walk in the church and burst in a ball of flames
– Ndada ndaya ecaweni ndaya kukhwela ibhayisekile
Only Hall of Fame I’ll be inducted in is the alcohol of fame
– Kuphela Kwiholo Lodumo endiza kufakwa kuyo lutywala udumo
On the wall of shame
– Kudonga lwehlazo
You fags think it’s all a game, ’til I walk a flock of flames
– Wena fags ucinga ukuba yonke umdlalo, ‘ ndide ndihambe umhlambi wamadangatye
Off a plank and, tell me what in the fuck are you thinkin’?
– Khawusixelele: ucinga ntoni ngalento yenzekileyo kwi-aquarium?
Little gay-lookin’ boy
– Sexy babe – looking
So gay I can barely say it with a straight face, lookin’ boy (Ha-ha!)
– Ngoko gay andikwazi ukuthetha oko ngobuso obuthe tye, jonga inkwenkwe (Ha-ha!)
You’re witnessin’ a mass-occur
– Niyabona misa
Like you’re watching a church gathering take place, lookin’ boy
– Njengokuba ubukele umhlangano wecawa uqhubeka, jonga inkwenkwe
“Oy vey, that boy’s gay!”—that’s all they say, lookin’ boy
– “Ooooooooooooo, this boy is gay!””that’s all i’m sayin’, lookin ” boy
You get a thumbs up, pat on the back
– Up, up, up, pat away
And a “way to go” from your label every day, lookin’ boy
– Kwaye a “indlela yokuya ” kwileyibhile yakho yonke imihla, jonga inkwenkwe
Hey, lookin’ boy! What you say, lookin’ boy?
– Neener, neener boy! Yintoni oyithethayo, inkwenkwe?
I get a “hell yeah” from Dre, lookin’ boy
– I get a “hell yes” from Dre, look away
I’ma work for everything I have, never asked nobody for shit
– Ndisebenza kuyo yonke into endiyenayo, andizange ndicele nabani na ukuba atshitshise
Get outta my face, lookin’ boy!
– Look away, look away, boy!
Basically, boy, you’re never gonna be capable
– Wena, mntanami, awukwazi ukwenza nantoni na
Of keepin’ up with the same pace, lookin’ boy, ’cause—
– Ka-keepin’ phezulu kunye elinye inyathelo nje, lookin’ boy, ‘sizathu—
I’m beginnin’ to feel like a Rap God, Rap God
– Ndiziva Ngathi ndinguthixo Werap, Uthixo Werap
All my people from the front to the back nod, back nod
– Boohle-izibongo zami from frontside, back nod
The way I’m racin’ around the track, call me NASCAR, NASCAR
– Call me,,,,,,,,,, call me me me me me me me,,,, NADEKO sengoku
Dale Earnhardt of the trailer park, the White Trash God
– Dale Earnhardt of the trailer park, Inkunkuma Emhlophe Uthixo
Kneel before General Zod
– Guqa phambi Kwe-Zod Jikelele
This planet’s Krypton—no, Asgard, Asgard
– Cherry – no, Asgard, No, Asgard
So you’ll be Thor and I’ll be Odin
– I’ll be You, I’ll Be Okayed, I’ll Be Okayed
You rodent, I’m omnipotent
– Wena rodent, mna omnipotent
Let off, then I’m reloadin’
– Download ndozimela ngawe”
Immediately with these bombs I’m totin’
– Ngokukhawuleza ngezi bhombu i’m totin’
And I should not be woken
– Andi awakening
I’m the walkin’ dead, but I’m just a talkin’ head, a zombie floatin’
– I’m the walkin’ dead, but i’m just a talkin’ head, a zombie flatin ‘ sweatshirt
But I got your mom deep-throatin’
– Kodwa ndafumana umama wakho deep-deep-deep-deep-deep’
I’m out my Ramen Noodle
– I’m out my Ukulele Noodle
We have nothin’ in common, poodle
– Nothing’s changed, pamela
I’m a Doberman, pinch yourself in the arm and pay homage, pupil
– I’m Doberman, zixhome engalweni kwaye uhlawule imbeko, mfundi
It’s me, my honesty’s brutal
– Kwakum – brutal
But it’s honestly futile if I don’t utilize what I do though
– Kodwa, ngokwenene, ayinamsebenzi ukuba andizisebenzisi izinto endizenzayo
For good at least once in a while
– Kulungile ubuncinci kube kanye ngexesha
So I wanna make sure somewhere in this chicken scratch I scribble and doodle enough rhymes
– Ngoko ke ndifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuba kwindawo ethile kule nkukhu I scribble kwaye i doodle izicengcelezo ezaneleyo
To maybe try to help get some people through tough times
– Ukuze mhlawumbi uzame ukunceda abanye abantu ngamaxesha anzima
But I gotta keep a few punchlines
– Kodwa kufuneka ndigcine ii punchlines ezimbalwa
Just in case ’cause even you unsigned
– Ukuba nje ngenxa yokuba nawe zange utyikitywe
Rappers are hungry lookin’ at me like it’s lunchtime
– Rapers balambile look into my eyes lunch
I know there was a time where once I
– Ndandisazi ukuba kukho ixesha apho
Was king of the underground
– Nkosi sikelel ‘ iafrika
But I still rap like I’m on my Pharoahe Monch grind
– Kodwa ndisarap ngathi ndisemfaroahe Monch sila
So I crunch rhymes, but sometimes when you combine
– Ngamanye amaxesha ndiyaphula, kodwa ngamanye amaxesha ndidibanisa
Appeal with the skin color of mine
– Isibheno ngombala wolusu lwam
You get too big and here they come tryin’
– Ukhulu kakhulu kwaye apha beza kuzama’
To censor you like that one line
– Ukukwazisa ukuba uyayithanda loo mgca mnye
I said on “I’m Back” from The Mathers LP 1 when I
– I say on “i’M Back” From Mathers LP 1 xa I
Tried to say I’ll take seven kids from Columbine
– Ndizamile ukuthi ndiza kuthatha abantwana abasixhenxe Basecolumbine
Put ’em all in a line, add an AK-47, a revolver and a 9
– Beka zonke emgceni, yongeza I-AK-47, i-revolver kunye ne-9
See if I get away with it now that I ain’t as big as I was, but I’m
– Jonga ukuba ndihamba nayo ngoku ukuba andikho mkhulu njengam, kodwa mna
Morphin’ into an immortal, comin’ through the portal
– Morphin ‘ into immortal, ngena kwi-portal
You’re stuck in a time warp from 2004 though
– You’re staying into intothe intothe intothe 2004
And I don’t know what the fuck that you rhyme for
– Kwaye andazi ukuba yintoni fuck ukuba rhyme ngenxa
You’re pointless as Rapunzel with fuckin’ cornrows
– You are pointless as Rapunzel with rapunzel with rapunzel with rapunzel with rapunzel with rapunzel
You write normal? Fuck being normal!
– Ubhala eqhelekileyo? Fuck ukuba eqhelekileyo!
And I just bought a new raygun from the future
– Kwaye ndithenge iraygun entsha kwikamva
Just to come and shoot ya, like when Fabolous made Ray J mad
– Nje ukuba eze udubule ya, njengoko Xa Fabolous wenza Ray J crazy
‘Cause Fab said he looked like a fag at Mayweather’s pad
– Ngenxa yokuba U-Fab uthe wayebukeka njenge-fag kwi-Pad Yasemayweather
Singin’ to a man while he played piano
– Wahlabelela ngoxa wayedlala ipiyano
Man, oh man, that was a 24/7 special on the cable channel
– Oooh, yes, yes, yes, that’s a 24/7 special channel
So Ray J went straight to the radio station
– Ngoko Uray J waya ngqo kwisikhululo sikanomathotholo
The very next day, “Hey Fab, I’ma kill you!”
– Makwana, “Hey Babe, i’m killing you!””
Lyrics comin’ at you at supersonic speed (J.J. Fad)
– Iingoma oza kuzithanda ngesantya esiphezulu (jj Fad)
Uh, summa-lumma, dooma-lumma, you assumin’ I’m a human
– Summa-lumma, dooma-lumma, you think i’m human
What I gotta do to get it through to you? I’m superhuman
– Yintoni endimele ndiyenze ukuze ndiyenze kuwe? I’m superhuman sweatshirt
Innovative and I’m made of rubber so that anything you say is ricochetin’ off of me and it’ll glue to you and
– Innovative kwaye ndenziwe ngerabha ukuze nantoni na oyithethayo iricochetin ingabikho kum kwaye iya kunamathela kuwe kwaye
I’m devastating, more than ever demonstrating
– Ndonakele ngakumbi kunangaphambili
How to give a motherfuckin’ audience a feeling like it’s levitating
– Indlela yokunika abaphulaphuli be-motherfucking uvakalelwa kukuba uyancipha
Never fading, and I know the haters are forever waiting
– Andikaze ndife, kwaye ndiyazi ukuba inzondo ilinde ngonaphakade
For the day that they can say I fell off, they’ll be celebrating
– Kuba mhla bathi ndiwile, baza kubhiyozela
‘Cause I know the way to get ’em motivated
– ‘Kuba ndiyayazi indlela yokuyikhuthaza’
I make elevating music, you make elevator music
– Yenza umculo ophakamileyo, wenza umculo welifti
“Oh, he’s too mainstream.”
– “Owu, yena mainstream kakhulu.”
Well, that’s what they do when they get jealous, they confuse it
– Yiloo nto abayenzayo xa bekhwele, badidekile
“It’s not hip-hop, it’s pop,”—’cause I found a hella way to fuse it
– “It’s not hip-hop, it’s pop,” – ‘ kuba ndifumene indlela ye-hella yokuyifaka
With rock, shock rap with Doc
– Chrum kwik Kwik Kwik Kwik Kwik Kwik Kwik Kwik Kwik Kwik Kwik
Throw on “Lose Yourself” and make ’em lose it
– Lahla “Ulahlekelwe nguwe” kwaye wenze ukuba ulahlekelwe
“I don’t know how to make songs like that
– “Andiyazi indlela yokucula iingoma ezinjalo
I don’t know what words to use.”
– Andazi ukuba ngawaphi amagama ekufuneka ndiwasebenzise.”
Let me know when it occurs to you
– Ndixelele xa kwenzeka
While I’m rippin’ any one of these verses that versus you
– While i’m ripin ‘ ezinye zezi vesi zichasene nawe
It’s curtains, I’m inadvertently hurtin’ you
– Ke curtains, ndiza inadvertently hurtin’ kuwe
How many verses I gotta murder to
– Zingaphi iileta endinokuzikopa
Prove that if you were half as nice, your songs you could sacrifice virgins too?!
– Ungqina ukuba ukuba ubunesiqingatha esihle, iingoma zakho ubunokubingelela ngazo neentombi?!
Ugh, school flunky, pill junkie
– Isikolo, i-flunky, i-pill junkie
But look at the accolades these skills brung me
– Look into the oompa loompas ezi zakhono zandizisela
Full of myself, but still hungry
– Ndigcwele, kodwa ndilambile
I bully myself ’cause I make me do what I put my mind to
– Ndiyazingcungcuthekisa ngokwam kuba ndenza into endiyibeka engqondweni yam
And I’m a million leagues above you
– I’m a million yearbook photos above you
Ill when I speak in tongues, but it’s still tongue-in-cheek, fuck you
– Ndigula xa ndithetha ngeelwimi, kodwa ulwimi lusesidleleni, fuck you
I’m drunk, so, Satan, take the fucking wheel
– Ndiza antonio, ngoko ke, Usathana, thatha fucking ivili
I’ma sleep in the front seat
– Ndilala phantsi phambi kwesihlalo
Bumpin’ Heavy D and the Boyz, still “Chunky but Funky”
– Bumpin ‘Enzima D Kunye Boyz, nangoku ” Chunky kodwa Funky”
But in my head there’s something I can feel tugging and struggling
– Kodwa entlokweni yam kukho into endiziva ndidiniwe kwaye ndilwa
Angels fight with devils and here’s what they want from me
– Iingelosi zilwa needemon kwaye nantsi into abayifunayo kum
They’re askin’ me to eliminate some of the women hate
– Bathi mandibulale abafazi abathiyileyo
But if you take into consideration the bitter hatred
– Kodwa ukuba ujonga intiyo ekrakra
I have, then you may be a little patient
– Ndikholelwe, uya kuba nomonde omncinci
And more sympathetic to the situation
– Kwaye uvelwano ngakumbi kwimeko
And understand the discrimination
– Kwaye uqonde ucalucalulo
But fuck it, life’s handin’ you lemons? Make lemonade then!
– Ngaba i-lemons i-hand hand hand hand hand hand hand hand hand hand hand hand hand? Yenza i-lemonade ngoko!
But if I can’t batter the women
– Kodwa ukuba andinakubetha abafazi
How the fuck am I supposed to bake ’em a cake then?
– Ndifanele ndibhake njani ikhekhe emva koko?
Don’t mistake him for Satan
– Musa ukulibala Ukuthabatha Usathana
It’s a fatal mistake if you think I need to be overseas and take a vacation
– Yimpazamo ebulalayo ukuba ucinga ukuba kufuneka ndibe phesheya kwaye uthathe iholide
To trip a broad, and make her fall on her face and
– Ukuba ahambe ebanzi, kwaye amenze awe ebusweni bakhe kwaye
Don’t be a retard—be a king? Think not
– Musa ngqungwana-being a king? Musa ukucinga
Why be a king when you can be a god?
– Kutheni unokuba ngukumkani xa unguthixo?
