| Ek wens lewe het ‘n pause button
| I wish life had a pause button
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| Sodat ek kan reg maak waar ek skeef merk en nou short something
| So I can correct where I mark wrong and now short something
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| En trust issues, ‘n record button
| And trust issues, a record button
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| Sodat ek kan terug play sonder stry, you know
| So I can play back without arguing, you know
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| Wat ek wens dat dit ‘n rewind kan het
| What I wish it could be a rewind
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| Sodat ek dit net druk en terug gaan every time you check
| So I just push it and go back every time you check
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| Net met vandag se lotto nommers op ‘n bladjie ne
| Only with today's lottery numbers on a sheet
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| Hulle sal my ban coz I’ll play it time and time again
| They will ban me coz I’ll play it time and time again
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| Bra ek sal reg maak everywhere waar ek geslice het ne
| Bra I will fix everywhere I sliced ne
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| Rewind again to see the ones that past alive again
| Rewind again to see the ones that past alive again
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| En dai gear wat my in die stilte gesmaak het sou ek geline het met
| And that gear that tasted like me in silence I would have lined up with
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| But is kla te laat, this is life, there’s nothing that I regret
| But is complaining too late, this is life, there's nothing that I regret
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| Ma wat ek wens is morê se knowledge vir morê se gister
| Mom what I wish was tomorrow's knowledge for tomorrow's yesterday
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| Want ek wil morê se morê van morê opkikker
| Because I want to cheer up tomorrow's morning of tomorrow
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| En ek soek nog die experience wat ek geleer het van gister
| And I'm still looking for the experience I learned from yesterday
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| As dit so was dan is alles rerig diftig
| If that was the case then all is well and good.
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| As ek daai tyd geweet het wat ek nou geweet het
| If I had known at that time what I now knew
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| Dan sou alles hie so different gewees het
| Then everything here would have been so different
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| Ek sou die lewe so maklik geleef het
| I would have lived life so easily
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| Maar alles gebeur vir ‘n rede
| But everything happens for a reason
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| As ek daai tyd geweet het wat ek nou geweet het
| If I had known at that time what I now knew
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| Dan sou alles hie so different gewees het
| Then everything here would have been so different
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| Ek sou die lewe so maklik geleef het
| I would have lived life so easily
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| Maar alles gebeur vir ‘n rede
| But everything happens for a reason
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| Nou check ‘n man, daai is seke die rede hoekom ons ouers het
| Now check out a man, that's probably the reason we have parents
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| Want ons sien nie die goed nie
| Because we do not see the good
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| En baie keer ken hulle al die bouens check
| And many times they know all the buildings check
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| En die goed is geskryf, jy moet hulle eer daai is wat die Bybel sê
| And the good is written, you must honor them is what the Bible says
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| En die Quran sê dit ok my brudde, so sê my wat wil jy nog hê
| And the Quran says it ok my brides, so tell me what else do you want
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| Party keer wil ‘n man ok manet lewe
| Sometimes a man wants to live ok manet
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| Al word jy gewaarsku jy maak ‘n keuse
| Even if you are warned you are making a choice
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| Jy wil jou eie floppe maak en daar uit leer ne
| You want to make your own flops and learn from them
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| Ma party keer draai hai floppe uit 'n bietjie baie lelik
| Mom sometimes hai flops turn out a little very ugly
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| Ma wat ek wens is morê se knowledge vir morê se gister
| Mom what I wish was tomorrow's knowledge for tomorrow's yesterday
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| Want ek wil morê se morê van morê opkikker
| Because I want to cheer up tomorrow's morning of tomorrow
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| En ek soek nog die experience wat ek geleer het van gister
| And I'm still looking for the experience I learned from yesterday
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| As dit so was dan is alles rerig diftig
| If that was the case then all is well and good.
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| As ek daai tyd geweet het wat ek nou geweet het
| If I had known at that time what I now knew
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| Dan sou alles hie so different gewees het
| Then everything here would have been so different
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| Ek sou die lewe so maklik geleef het
| I would have lived life so easily
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| Maar alles gebeur vir ‘n rede
| But everything happens for a reason
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| As ek daai tyd geweet het wat ek nou geweet het
| If I had known at that time what I now knew
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| Dan sou alles hie so different gewees het
| Then everything here would have been so different
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| Ek sou die lewe so maklik geleef het
| I would have lived life so easily
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| Maar alles gebeur vir ‘n rede
| But everything happens for a reason
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| Ek moet seker nou ‘n rede vir die song gee uhm
| I must give a reason for the song now uhm
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| Kyk hie mense ons moet almal ophou dom leef, van
| Look here people we must all stop living stupid, of
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| Mens is mens deur ‘n ander mens
| Man is man by another man
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| En ons is sterk as ons saam is man
| And we are strong when we are together man
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| Help a man if you can’t again
| Help a man if you can not again
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| Coz this life ne won’t come again
| Coz this life ne will not come again
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| So wees ‘n beter jy vir my
| So be a better you to me
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| En dan wees ek ‘n beter ek vir hy en sy
| And then I'll be a better me for him and his
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| Want so kan hy en sy ‘n beter lewe lei
| Because that way he and she can lead a better life
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| Eendag vir ‘n kleinder jy, sien jy one day, verstaan jy my?
| One day for a smaller you, you see one day, do you understand me?
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| Nou imagine net jy kry morê se knowledge vir morê se gister
| Now just imagine you get tomorrow's knowledge for tomorrow's yesterday
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| Van jou morê se morê is iemand anders se gister
| Of your tomorrow's tomorrow is someone else's yesterday
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| En iemand se vandag is maklik jou eergister
| And someone's day is easily yours the day before yesterday
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| As ons dit deel dan’s lewe rerig diftig
| If we share it then life is really dense
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| As ek daai tyd geweet het wat ek nou geweet het
| If I had known at that time what I now knew
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| Dan sou alles hie so different gewees het
| Then everything here would have been so different
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| Ek sou die lewe so maklik geleef het
| I would have lived life so easily
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| Maar alles gebeur vir ‘n rede
| But everything happens for a reason
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| As ek daai tyd geweet het wat ek nou geweet het
| If I had known at that time what I now knew
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| Dan sou alles hie so different gewees het
| Then everything here would have been so different
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| Ek sou die lewe so maklik geleef het
| I would have lived life so easily
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| Maar alles gebeur vir ‘n rede
| But everything happens for a reason
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| As ek daai tyd geweet het
| If I had known at that time
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| As ek daai tyd geweet het
| If I had known at that time
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| Maar alles gebeur vir ‘n rede | But everything happens for a reason |