Johnny:
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Eshe mfowethu! Ithini lenkunzana yasesemanzani?
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(Hi there 'Bro! What does litte Bull from the place of waters, say?
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Sipho:
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Hayi, noma izacile isandonsa-nje
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(No, even if the Bull is gaunt and thin, it still has a lot of life left in
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it)
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Johnny:
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Uthini mfowethu ngesimo esanamhlanje?
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(What do you think, brother, about life in these times?)
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Sipho:
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Ithatha osemsamo lamhlahla emyango ngichaza abakini mangishonjalo
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(Fortune has removed those from chosen positions and thrown them
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out of the house. I am referring to some of your fellow countrymen who
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were once in power.)
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Johnny:
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Ngibona abelungu betoyi-toyi eSandton bengasafuni ukukhokha irenti,
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uthini ngalokhu mfowethu?
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Sipho:
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Kulomhlaba omusha yilo usho okuthandayo
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(In this new country of ours, everyone and anyone has the right to
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express themselves freely....)
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Chorus
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Thandazani nani makholwa
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(Everybody pray, including you Christians)
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Namhlanje kunzima-nyana
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(for today things are a little difficult)
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Abazusazi ekhaya mhla sifika
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(our families will not recognize us the day we arrive)
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Ngoba saguka endleleni njenge thaya
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(for we grow old on the road, like a car-tyre.)
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Johnny:
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Egoli ngabona umfazi eshaya indoda emhlala phansi ngemzuzwana
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(In Johannesburg I saw a woman punch a man and knock him out in a
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few seconds)
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Sipho:
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Namhlanje isandla 'somfazi sinjengesendoda
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(Today a woman's hand is equal to that of a man)
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Johnny:
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Egoli ngabona umnikazi wegalaji oswela imoto
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(In Johannesburg I saw the owner of a garage who didn't own a car)
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Sipho:
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Isicathulo se-shoemaker sicela ipapa
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(and the shoemaker's shoes are hungry because they have holes in them
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and the tongue is sticking out begging for porridge)
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Johnny:
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Bengithi ngishela intombi e-Hillbrow yangibuza ukuthi ngiphethe imalini
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(I tried to chat up a girl in Hillbrow but she asked me how much money I
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had...)
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Sipho:
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Hawu! Ungakhohlwa ijazi lomwenyane, pasoba!
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(Wow! Just don't forget the "son-in-laws' overcoat" [condom], watch out!)
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Chorus
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Thandazani (Everybody Pray)
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Johnny Clegg & Savuka |