Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
I am the son
– Ndingunyana
And the heir
– Kwaye indlalifa
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
– Ukuba neentloni ezingcolileyo
I am the son and heir
– Ndingunyana kunye nendlalifa
Of nothing in particular
– Into nothing
You shut your mouth
– Uvale umlomo wakho
How can you say
– Ungatsho njani
I go about things the wrong way
– Ndihamba malunga nezinto ngendlela engalunganga
I am human and I need to be loved
– Ndingumntu, ndifuna ukuthandwa
Just like everybody else does
– Njengaye nawuphi na umntu
I am the son
– Ndingunyana
And the heir
– Kwaye indlalifa
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
– Ukuba neentloni ezingcolileyo
I am the son and the heir
– Ndingunyana kunye nendlalifa
Of nothing in particular
– Into nothing
You shut your mouth
– Uvale umlomo wakho
How can you say
– Ungatsho njani
I go about things the wrong way
– Ndihamba malunga nezinto ngendlela engalunganga
I am human and I need to be loved
– Ndingumntu, ndifuna ukuthandwa
Just like everybody else does
– Njengaye nawuphi na umntu
There’s a club if you’d like to go
– Kukho club ukuba ufuna ukuya
You could meet somebody who really loves you
– Uyakwazi kuhlangana umntu abo ngenene uthanda wena
So you go, and you stand on your own
– Ngoko ke, hamba, kwaye wena ngokwakho
And you leave on your own
– Kwaye ushiye wedwa
And you go home, and you cry
– Kwaye uya ekhaya, kwaye uyalila
And you want to die
– Kwaye ufuna ukufa
When you say it’s gonna’ happen ‘now’
– Ukuba uthi’ngoku’
Well, when exactly do you mean?
– Uthetha ukuthini kanye kanye?
See I’ve already waited too long
– Yesyesyesyesyes i’ve been waiting too long
And all my hope is gone
– Kwaye lonke ithemba lam liphelile
You shut your mouth
– Uvale umlomo wakho
How can you say
– Ungatsho njani
I go about things the wrong way
– Ndihamba malunga nezinto ngendlela engalunganga
I am human and I need to be loved
– Ndingumntu, ndifuna ukuthandwa
Just like everybody else does
– Njengaye nawuphi na umntu
