Zumama
Yow yow yow
yeah yeah yeah hey
hear the people in the ghetto when dem are sing dey say
Yow yow yow yow
yeah yeah hey hey
tell ’em again yow
wha’ me are say yow
Ek se mfowethu lalela kahier
iziyolw’ azivayi
ukub’ awumaz’ uhayi
uyawupheth’ unengxaki
Hlukana neyi dakamiswa
hlukana notshwala
hlukana nabangan’ abarongo
lalela lab’ abakuthandayo
Chorus:
Zumama zumama zumama zumama
zumama zumama zumama zumama (x2)
Yow yow yow, yeah yeah yeah hey
when my people in de ghetto sing dey say
Yow yow yow yow yeah yeah hey hey
tell ’em again yow
wha’ me I say yow
Man if dey nah love dem nah gonna say no nothing to you
from your birth till now you know wha’ de mama say is true
you only hafi listen and a nothing else fi do
uno make no wele wele ca’ you nah go get through
Dem drugs are killing dem no have no clue
alcohol de destroying ‘t are never build you
so step up my brother come uno come join Jah crew
step up my sister come uno come join Jah few
Once you’re in it’s no easy way out
better you don’t start at all no doubt
free up yourself we shout it out loud
education and skills is all what is about
So step up my brother come uno come join Jah crew
step up my sister come uno come join Jah few
dem alcohol destroying ‘t are never build you
dem drugs de will make an animal out o’ you
Chorus: x2
Zumama zubaba hey,
hear de people in de ghetto when dem are sing dey say
Yow yow yow yow hey hey hey hey
wha’ me I say yow
tell ’em again yow))
Awuhlale phantsi
usubale ukuth’ uweyste malini
awusho kuyoze kube nini
abathengisi sebaya ekhsthenda
wen’ usahlala la emankcenkceni
Emzini wakho akuna kudla
abantwana bakho bayakhala
akho ne cent yobhek’ ekliniki
unkosikazi wakh’ uyakwesaba
Awusho ke bhuti nawe sisi
nithi kuyoze kube nini
kumele kwenzeke ni
uze nibon’ ukuthi utshwala burongo
ungangitshel’ ukuth’ intw’ isemntwini
before sikhulume awu bhek’ esipilini
uyiziskretsh awusena mazinyo
abanye sebaphele bayi skeleton
Chorus: x4
Yow yow yow yow
yeah yeah yeah yeah hey
tell ’em again yow
Yiv’ umama yiv’ ubaba yiv’ ubhuti yiv’ usisi
yiv’ ulume yiv’ uanti
when dem are tell yah lalela
A me nah go no say no nothin’ no more
yow if you no listen now
A me nah go say nothin’
a nothin’ me nah go say)
A me nah go say nothin’
a nothin’ me nah go say x3
Chorus: x4
A me na go say nothin’ x2