Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
Load up the Pro Tools and press three
– Layisha Izixhobo Zepro kwaye ucinezele ezintathu
Studio filled with Jack In The Box and Pepsis
– I Studio ezaliswe Ngujack Kwibhokisi Kunye Nepepsis
Niggas watchin’ WorldStar videos, not the ESPYs
– I-nigga ibukele amavidiyo Wehlabathi, hhayi Ama-ESPYs
Laughin’ at B. Pumper, stomach turnin’, I get up and proceeded to write somethin’
– Ndihleka, ndihleka, ndihleka, ndavuka, ndaqhubeka ndibhala into ethile.”
Ab-Soul in the corner mumblin’ raps, fumblin’ packs of Black & Milds
– Ab-Umphefumlo kwikona mumblin ‘raps, fumblin’ iipakethe Ezimnyama & Imild
Crumblin’ kush ’til he cracked a smile
– Crumblin ‘ kush ‘kwaze kwaba wukukhwabanisa ukumomotheka
His words legendary, wishin’ I could rhyme like him
– Amazwi akhe ayimbali, ndinqwenela ukuba ndicengceleze njengaye
Studied his style to define my pen
– Wafunda isimbo sakhe ukuchaza ipeni yam
That was back when the only goal was to get Jay Rock through the door
– Oku kwenzeka kuphela xa ujasmine engena emnyango
Warner Brother Records, hope Naim Ali would let us know
– Warner Brother Records, ithemba Unaim Ali uza kusazisa
Was excited just to go to them label meetings
– Wayechulumancile nje ukuba aye kubo ilebhile iintlanganiso
Wasn’t my record deal, but still, I couldn’t believe it
– Andizange ndikholelwe, kodwa, nangona kunjalo, andizange ndikholelwe
Me and Rock inside the booth hibernatin’
– Mna Kunye Namatye ngaphakathi komnquba hibernatin’
It was simple math, if he made it, that mean I made it
– Kwakuyimathematika elula, ukuba uyenzile, oko kuthetha ukuba ndiyenzile
Everything I had was for the team, I remained patient
– Yonke into endandinayo yayiliqela, ndahlala ndinomonde
Grindin’ with my brothers, it was us against them, no one above us, bless our hearts
– Gxuma kunye nabazalwana bam, kwaba ngathi kubo, akukho namnye ngaphezu kwethu, usikelele iintliziyo zethu
Use your heart and not your eyes (Baby, just relax your mind)
– Sebenzisa intliziyo yakho hayi amehlo akho (Baby, khulula ingqondo yakho)
If you got time, then I got time (Yeah, yeah)
– If you got time (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Free your thoughts and watch them fly
– Khulula iingcinga zakho kwaye uzibukele zibhabha
Use your heart and not your eyes (Mm-hmm)
– Your eyes, not your eyes (Remixes)
My nigga Dave had a champagne Acura
– Nigga yam udave waba nechampagne Acura
A bunch of instrumentals I freestyled in the passenger
– Bambi instruments I freestyle entlang
That nigga wore several hats, a producer, a manager, director, and DJ
– Loo nigga wayenxibe iminqwazi emininzi, umvelisi, umphathi, umlawuli, KUNYE NODJ
A hothead squabblin’, Bloods, Pirus, and Keeways
– A hothead squabblin’, Igazi, Pirus, Kunye Nekeways
For this little thing of ours we called TDE
– Ngenxa yale nto encinane yethu sibiza TDE
I watched you take some penitentiary chances to say the least
– Ndikubonile uthatha amathuba okuthetha kancinci
Remember in the county building with MixedByAli
– Khumbula kwisakhiwo sephondo Kunye Nemixedbyali
We tried to freak the system just to make a couple ends meet
– Sazama ukukhathaza le nkqubo ukuze nje sidibane nesibini
That’s my nigga for shit sure
– My nigga for koo koo kanga roo
He brought Q over, but Q didn’t rap, but he learned from our inspo
– Wathatha Q phezu, kodwa Q akazange rap, kodwa wafunda inspo yethu
We split Louisiana chicken riverboat specials
– Sahlula I-Louisiana chicken riverboat specials
Sleepin’ next to 02R consoles to be our refuge
– Lalala lalala 02r consoles ukuba ibe yindawo yethu yokusabela
He was homeless and I left home
– Wayengenamakhaya kwaye ndemka ekhaya
Q said, “Dot, you won’t be slept on, you the nigga to bet on” (Use your h—)
– Q uthe, “Dot, ngeke ulale, wena nigga ukugembula ku ” (Sebenzisa h -)
Top had given us dominion in the home he lived in
– Upopu wasinika ubukhosi ekhaya awayehlala kuyo
Hopin’ that we see some millions, God bless our hearts
– Nathembo-soninke uthixo uyazisikelela iintliziyo zethu
Use your heart and not your eyes (Baby, just relax your mind)
– Sebenzisa intliziyo yakho hayi amehlo akho (Baby, khulula ingqondo yakho)
If you got time, then I got time (Yeah, yeah)
– If you got time (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Free your thoughts and watch them fly
– Khulula iingcinga zakho kwaye uzibukele zibhabha
Use your heart and not your eyes
– Sebenzisa intliziyo yakho hayi amehlo akho
Punch played Phil Jackson in my early practices
– I-Punch idlala Uphil Jackson kwiindlela zam zokuqala
Strategies on how to be great amongst the averages
– Iingcebiso malunga nendlela yokuba mkhulu phakathi kwee-avareji
I picked his brain on what was ordained, highly collaborative
– Ndikhethe ingqondo yakhe kwinto eyamiselwa, intsebenziswano kakhulu
RET pushed the label the same, amongst the savages
– RENAULT kangoo kangoo kangoo kangoo kangoo kangoo kangoo kangoo kangoo kangoo kangoo kangoo
Moose kept my name in the function that he would run in
– Umose wagcina igama lami emsebenzini azosebenza kuwo
TEEZ kept the vultures away from me that was comin’
– UTEEZ wawagcina amaxhalanga kude nam’
Sounwave let me borrow his clothes for shows as a hype man
– I-soundwave ndivumele ukuba ndiboleke iimpahla zakhe zokubonisa njengendoda ye-hype
To cook up in this room ’til the night ends
– Ukupheka kweli gumbi ‘ kude kuphele ubusuku
Time flies, I’m carryin’ debates of a top five
– Ixesha liyabhabha, ndiyathwala iingxoxo ezihlanu eziphezulu
Buryin’ my opps and allies
– Mafikizolo-thandolwethu & mafikizolo
But I’d done a half job communicatin’ feelings of being stagnant
– Kodwa ndenza isiqingatha somsebenzi unxibelelwano ‘ iimvakalelo zokuma
Life was gettin’ bigger than just rappin’
– Ubomi babunzima ngakumbi kune-rappin’
The business, what I was lackin’
– Business – oko ngahlangana nawe
Top used to record me back when it was poor me
– Umphezulu wayedla ngokundirekhoda xa ndihlwempuzekile
And now we at the round table for what assures me
– Kwaye ngoku kwitafile engqukuva yintoni endiqinisekisa ngayo
I guess my motivation was the yearnin’ for independence
– Ndicinga ukuba inkuthazo yam yayilangazelela ukuzimela
Poured everything I had left in the family business
– Ndagalela yonke into endandiyishiye entsatsheni
Now it’s about Kendrick, I wanna evolve, place my skillset as a Black exec’
– Ngoku malunga Nokendrick, ndifuna ukuziphendukela kwemvelo, ndibeke i-skillset yam njenge-executive Emnyama’
I jog my memory, knowin’ Black Hippy didn’t work ’cause of me
– Ndibaleka inkumbulo yam, ndiyazi Ukuba ‘Ihippy Emnyama ayisebenzi’ ngenxa yam
Creatively, I moved on with new concepts in reach
– Ngobuchule, ndaqhubeka ndineengcamango ezintsha ekufikeleleni
Top, remember all them sessions we would strategize
– Phezulu, khumbula zonke iiseshoni besiya kucwangcisa
To hit the streets, then come back, record three records? Ah
– Emva kokubetha izitrato, uze ubuye, urekhode iirekhodi ezintathu? Ah
To tell the truth, it fucked me up when D-Man passed
– Ukuba ndithethe inyaniso, wandibetha xa U-D-Man edlula
The motive was the condolences, but the pride crashed
– Uvelwano luye lwaphazamiseka, kodwa ikratshi laphazamiseka
I had to bypass old mythologies I had
– Kwafuneka ndidlule kwiintsomi ezindala endandinazo
Put my heart on display like it was an iMac
– Beka intliziyo yam kumboniso njengoko wawunjalo i-iMac
To all my young niggas, let me be the demonstration
– Niggas younger ubenzani-ndikhokele
How to conduct differences with a healthy conversation
– Indlela yokujongana neengxabano kunye nencoko enempilo
If that’s your family, then handle it as such
– Ukuba le yintsapho yakho, yenza njalo
Don’t let the socials gas you up or let emotions be your crutch
– Ungavumeli abantu bakukhuphe okanye bavumele iimvakalelo zibe yintonga yakho
Pick up the phone and bust it up before the history is lost
– Thatha ifowuni kwaye uyikhuphe ngaphambi kokuba imbali ilahleke
Hand-to-handshake is good when you have a heart-to-heart
– I-hairstyle efanelekileyo xa unentliziyo
Use your heart and not your eyes (Baby, just relax your mind)
– Sebenzisa intliziyo yakho hayi amehlo akho (Baby, khulula ingqondo yakho)
If you got time and I got time (Yeah, yeah)
– Ukuba unalo ixesha kwaye ndinalo Ixesha (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Free your thoughts and watch them fly
– Khulula iingcinga zakho kwaye uzibukele zibhabha
Use your heart and not your eyes (Mm-hmm)
– Your eyes, not your eyes (Remixes)
