| Thatha iCover, there’s a fire in the ghetto
| Take cover, there’s a fire in the ghetto
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| Lokshin culture, mzabalazo, still the same song
| Lokshin culture, struggle, still the same song
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| Bulawayo, Katlehong, down to Soweto
| Bulawayo, Katlehong, down to Soweto
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| Every ghetto, Dankie Yebo
| Every ghetto, Dankie Yes
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| Thatha iCover, there’s a fire in the ghetto
| Take cover, there’s a fire in the ghetto
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| Sbonga uMdali for lamandla asiphe wona
| Thank the Creator for the power He has given us
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| Silwa indlala sidla uthando and remain strong
| We fight hunger and eat love and remain strong
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| That’s the ghetto, dankie yebo
| That’s the ghetto, thank you yes
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| Power to the people
| Power to the people
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| Emakasi, yeah fire up the diesel
| Emakasi, yeah fire up the diesel
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| Abasazi we gon' triumph over evil
| They don't know gon 'triumph over evil
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| S’hamba phansi, stabalaza impilo
| Walk down the aisle, stare at life
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| Ya namanje, Sizele nje le Tito
| Even now, we're just here for Titus
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| Ngamasaka, sistabilize isimo
| With the bags, we spread the word
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| Ne account ibenje ngalabo zero
| And the account should be about zero
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| Nesalukwazi siveze naso izinyo… nakanjani
| And the old man just showed up the tooth… for sure
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| No way, angeke ulunge feleba
| No way, you can't justify it
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| Ngisekhoneni, ngishera iLoose namagenge
| In the corner, I loaded Loose with gangs
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| Coconut, musa ukung’namathela
| Coconut, do not stick to me
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| Khohlwa dali, lobhuti akathengwa… nangempela
| Forget it, this brother can't be bought… really
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| Yini awuboni la kuyasha?
| Why don't you see this burning?
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| Uzobhadala what you owe namhlanje
| You will pay for what you fell for today
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| Road block, ubhaya ikholi namhlanje
| Road block, you call today
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| And angifuni kuzwa story namhlanje, Ekse!
| And I do not want to hear the story today, Ekse!
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| Empower my people, my father, my leader
| Empower my people, my father, my leader
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| My mother, my teacher, my brother, my keeper
| My mother, my teacher, my brother, my keeper
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| My sister, my healer, my sarafina
| My sister, my healer, my sarafina
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| Baba wami, my leader, empower my dreamers
| My father, my leader, empower my dreamers
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| Thatha iCover, there’s a fire in the ghetto
| Take cover, there’s a fire in the ghetto
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| Lokshin culture, mzabalazo, still the same song
| Lokshin culture, struggle, still the same song
|
| Bulawayo, Katlehong, down to Soweto
| Bulawayo, Katlehong, down to Soweto
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| Every ghetto, Dankie Yebo
| Every ghetto, Dankie Yes
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| Thatha iCover, there’s a fire in the ghetto
| Take cover, there’s a fire in the ghetto
|
| Sbonga uMdali for lamandla asiphe wona
| Thank the Creator for the power He has given us
|
| Silwa indlala sidla uthando and remain strong
| We fight hunger and eat love and remain strong
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| That’s the ghetto, dankie yebo
| That’s the ghetto, thank you yes
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| Sizwile ama wave, k’nini niloku niswima kulemali yethu
| We have heard the waves, how long have you been swindling our money
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| Tax man, thola iscima kushe ugebhu
| Tax man, find a fire extinguisher
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| Eskom biza mina kubuye ugesi
| Eskom calls me and the electricity
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| Sifuna ukujabula Jabula sibe happy, yeah
| We want to be happy Rejoice be happy, yeah
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| But every other day we puffing that envy
| But every other day we puffing that envy
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| Skhala nje umalume akas’bheki
| Just cry uncle is not looking
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| And everybody cares til it stops trending
| And everybody cares til it stops trending
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| And that’s why kungalaleki, yilama nightmares and uFreddy akadeli
| And that's why sleepless, these are the nightmares and Freddy doesn't give up
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| Vele siyahlanya and asibambeki, you selling us dreams kodwa awethu aniwathengi
| We are crazy and we are not caught, you are selling us dreams but you are not buying ours
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| All I really want is true freedom, ng’phushe ng’phande, ngidle nginone
| All I really want is true freedom, push it out, eat it fat
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| K’dala ngiloku ngincenga iSchool fees dawg, ngifunde ng’zame, ng’phushe ng’pope
| I've been begging for School fees dawg, reading and trying, pushing like a pope
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| Empower my people, my father, my leader
| Empower my people, my father, my leader
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| My mother, my teacher, my brother, my keeper
| My mother, my teacher, my brother, my keeper
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| My sister, my healer, my sarafina
| My sister, my healer, my sarafina
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| Baba wami, my leader, empower my dreamers
| My father, my leader, empower my dreamers
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| Thatha iCover, there’s a fire in the ghetto
| Take cover, there’s a fire in the ghetto
|
| Lokshin culture, mzabalazo, still the same song
| Lokshin culture, struggle, still the same song
|
| Bulawayo, Katlehong, down to Soweto
| Bulawayo, Katlehong, down to Soweto
|
| Every ghetto, Dankie Yebo
| Every ghetto, Dankie Yes
|
| Thatha iCover, there’s a fire in the ghetto
| Take cover, there’s a fire in the ghetto
|
| Sbonga uMdali for lamandla asiphe wona
| Thank the Creator for the power He has given us
|
| Silwa indlala sidla uthando and remain strong
| We fight hunger and eat love and remain strong
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| That’s the ghetto, dankie yebo… | That’s the ghetto, dankie yes… |