MAHAFULANA

Mavoko henlha
Mavoko henlha
Mavoko henlha
Mavoko henlha
Mavoko henlha
Mavoko henlha
Mavoko, Mavoko
Yeah

What’s up Mom
It has been too long
I thought I would stand strong
On my own, but I
Been longing for the day I come home
To find you
Complaining about how
Messy my room is...
Well that’s one of the things I do miss
Nevertheless I do my best to make peace with myself, but
The truth is
My life is also a mess
I’m following your steps
To learn how to fix
Ni djula ku ku gwela swa Niwane
My life has been funny
And I barely see the jokes coming
Some days have been sunny
And I get to know who is around me
Papa is still bugging me cause the music don’t bring no money

And I don’t blamе him, you’d probably do the same
In fear that I’m pronе to make my cousins’ mistakes
And you prayed for him to Change so hard the walls won’t shake
But I’m here to say some things are never goin’ change
Pause
Not all faith is lost
Apart from the fact that I’m away from god
I’m aware it’s odd
To say religion is flawed
When my biggest fear right here is that I believe in a fraud

Va ntukulu wako see me as a hero
See me on TV and scream “Tá ali tio Zezinho”
They see me like I see you
Or probably not cause deep down I know that fame is a facade
Mom, I’m trying to figure shit out
5 years later and I’m still in this route
5 years later and I’m still in this house
And my tears say everything I can’t
Say with my mouth
Mana Suzana told me you’d be proud
Of everything I’m doing right now
Every song I perform I see you in the crowd
Cheering for me and singing my lyrics
Out loud
Mom I wish…
I wish I could’ve just listened
I wish daddy wasn’t distant
I wish, I wish…
I wish I did tell you bye
I wish I didn’t tell you lies
I wish I was, a better son to your eyes
By the time you were alive
I wish I was not…
Naive
To think that you’d be here for more weeks
And these thoughts come to haunt me in my dreams
I wish, didn’t take our moments for granted
Your children know love ‘cause you were
Authentic
I can still feel your love ‘cause it was organic
I sound like you being overly dramatic
I’ve been dealing with depression and anxiety
I’m fighting so this shit doesn’t get
The best side of me
I’ve contemplated suicide
Thought if I died
I could look at your eyes and say…
What’s up Mom

Mãe, tá ver quando eu crescer…
Eu vou ser, vou ser cantor como tio Zezinho…