Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
Did you like how that sounded?
– Ngaba uyithandile indlela evakala ngayo?
Did you just write that or was that the same one?
– Ngaba ubhale nje loo nto okanye yayikwayiloo nto?
Oh-oh
– Owu-owu
I don’t wanna go to Grandma’s
– I don’t want Grandma’s Ukulele
So I’m quiet on the drive
– Ndizolile xa ndiqhuba
I don’t wanna go to Grandma’s
– I don’t want Grandma’s Ukulele
So I’m quiet on the drive
– Ndizolile xa ndiqhuba
I saw a deer that must’ve gotten hit, it made me start to cry
– Ndabona ixhama elimele ukuba landibetha, landenza ndaqalisa ukulila
Did he have a mom and dad and do they argue just like mine?
– Ngaba wayenomama notata kwaye baxabana njengam?
Did he have a little brother that annoyed him all the time?
– Ngaba wayenomzalwana omncinane owayemcaphukisa ngalo lonke ixesha?
Did he wanna be a grown up?
– Ngaba wayefuna ukuba ngumntu okhulileyo?
You’re gonna need to come in on that first part
– Kuya kufuneka ungene kule nxalenye yokuqala
Come in while she’s singing
– Ngena ngelixa ucula
Okay
– Kulungile
Yeah
– Ewe
Did he wanna be a grown up?
– Ngaba wayefuna ukuba ngumntu okhulileyo?
Were there trees he liked to climb?
– Ngaba kwakukho imithi awayethanda ukunyuka kuyo?
There’s a boy I went to school with who had leukemia at five
– Mfana ndaya esikolweni ndineleukemia eneminyaka emihlanu ubudala
Now his parents give him everything, they never yell or fight
– Ngoku abazali bakhe bamnika yonke into, abazange bakhwaze okanye balwe
They never make him cut his hair because they’re happy he survived
– Akaze amenze azichebe iinwele zakhe kuba onwabile wasinda
He didn’t have to clean his room, it was enough to be alive
– Kwakungekho mfuneko yokuba acoce igumbi lakhe, kwanele ukuba aphile
When I was little, I was jealous, and I’d say a prayer at night
– Xa ndandisemncinci, ndandinomona, yaye ndandithandaza ebusuku
Well, I’d say
– Okay, i’d say
Please, God, I wanna be sick
– Thixo wam, ndifuna ukugula
I don’t wanna hurt so get it over with quick
– I don’t want to be hurting so neener neener neener
Please, God, I wanna be loved
– Nkosi ndithanda wena
I don’t wanna be somebody that they wanna get rid of
– Andifuni ukuba ngumntu onjengam
Please, God, I wanna be sick
– Thixo wam, ndifuna ukugula
I don’t wanna hurt so get it over with quick
– I don’t want to be hurting so neener neener neener
Please, God, I wanna be loved
– Nkosi ndithanda wena
I don’t wanna be somebody they wanna get rid of
– Andifuni ukuba ngumntu onjengam
