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Yeah
A dedication
(And it goes, and it goes, and it goes, and it goes)
A dedication
(And it goes, and it goes, and it goes, and it goes)
A dedication
(And it goes, and it goes, and it goes, and it goes, and it goes)
Siyabulela kwabazali
Bonga base Mazweni
Kukhulisa holusa
Lweyafika
Basalwe ngosi ngokobubeni
Nginga dinwa
Ngobululu chal' unikezel'
Sicel' uthando zonke
My mom was lighter than my grandma was
Told everyday to go play in the sun
She never got browner, hour after hour
Soured by the pain that really wasn't about her
So go the powers, made to devour
Shoulders got wider, face got whiter
Everything paled in comparison, she sized up
This issue was the main embarrassing factor
Louder than a tractor, you hear it if you have to
The mirror wasn't there and she wouldn't attract her
Until, black man with a black beard
Introduced her revolution and apartheid
And with the dark age came her enlightenment
Man put man with an AK fighting men
And this is where my life began
A dying dad and a family plan
Siyabulela kwabazali
Bonga base Mazweni
Kukhulisa holusa
Lweyafika
Basalwe ngosi ngokobubeni
Nginga dinwa
Ngobululu chal' unikezel'
Sicel' uthando zonke
Yeah, yeah (yeah)
Yeah, yeah (oh oh yeah)
Yeah, yeah, ey
Sicela nibathandazele
My girl was darker than my grandma was
Had no luck with men 'til I showed up
Sure 'nough she need to be robust
The city show no love
Sister's got more issues than Oprah
As quick as she grow up, she feel like she no one
A ripple in the river, the whole world miss her
Rope out quickly, on her lonesome
Sickly low and sinkin'
And I got another show this weekend
Inside she groans and weakens but still keeps me
And this is where her life began
A wife in hand and a family plan
Siyabulela kwabazali
Bonga base Mazweni
Kukhulisa holusa
Lweyafika
Basalwe ngosi ngokobubeni
Nginga dinwa
Ngobululu chal' unikezel'
Sicel' uthando zonke
Yeah, yeah (yeah)
Yeah, yeah (oh oh yeah)
Yeah, yeah
Sicela nibathandazele
Sicela nibathandazele
Yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah
Oh oh yeah
Oh oh yeah
Oh oh yeah yeah yeah
Oh oh yeah
Oh oh oh yeah yeah
Oh oh oh oh oh yeah yeah
Hey hey hey
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
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What I'm saying we have a responsibility
A social responsibility
And that's what's not being talked about
We have a responsibility as people in society
Not people above society or away from society
Or people that are hipper than society
You know what I mean?
But people in society whose job is to articulate life
And to try to transform it
That's what I'm saying
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