Makazana

[Prelude: News Reports]
Kanana township in Orkney, once a thriving mining area
But now a pocket of poverty, unemployment and crime
Minutes after leaving his house for town, he was confronted and killed...
About 40% of South Africa's households live in townships
Settlements near cities where blacks where forced to live under white minority rules
... in what is alleged to be a gang related turf war
Now despite two decades of democracy, many South Africans are simply too poor to live elsewhere

[Intro]
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls
You are now tuned in to the township [?]
I am your host, with the most, Maglera Doe Boy (whistle)
Ke hora ya bo tshelela, ba fetsa ho tsoha
Magwinya a cha, dintja di ya hobola, nonyana di ya fofa

[Verse 1]
Age dumelang, how you doing vandag?
Mo Makazana, land of the ntariana
Where they live for monate but they die for Lozana
Prayers to God for these lil' girls le bafana
Landed in Alex, I'm with Marcus and Choppa
Sidl'inyama ye ntloko
Ghetto niggas ra tshwana
Daddy Sotho and Zulu, mama Xhosa and Tswana
I was born near the farms, ke hotse haofi le QwaQwa
Moved to Kanana
That's where I saw all these robbers
Poverty le bhovana, jealousy di kopane
Hennessey for my problems
Hennessey with some robbers
Homie a shaman, other homie a prophet
Made in his image, does that mean I am God?
Made in his image, so does that mean I embody him?
Came from the dirt but I know I'm a diamond
Re ja cheese ka nkane, di naledi aligning

[Pre-Chorus]
Time, time, time, time
Time flies ha o sa e hlokomel' etla chaya
I spent my life, in this township but I don't want to die

[Chorus]
Mo makazana (Huh), mo makazana (Huh)
Mo makazana (Huh), for makazana
Mo makazana (Huh), mo makazana (Huh)
Mo makazana (Huh), for makazana
Mo makazana (Huh), mo makazana (Huh)
Mo makazana (Huh), for makazana
Mo makazana (Huh), mo makazana (Huh)
Mo makazana (Huh), for makazana

[Verse 2]
Age dumelang, how you doing vandag?
Boys in the hood, but Doughboy still alive
RIP Ricky, he should've ducked when they shot him, eish
RIP Riky, I can't believe it Makhado
Homie a crook, other cousin a copper
He don't live by the book, he came up in the block
La bodega was hot
Roto ane are wa mo hlaba
La bodega was hot
I took the goni kea chafa, eish
Why we fidala? Eish
Why re digana? Eish
Why re diyana? That is why re siyana
Learned from the eons that niggas was never the peons
Glow like the neon star
Children come from the beyond

[Interlude - News Report]

[Pre-Chorus]
Time, time, time, time
Time flies ha o sa e hlokomel' etla chaya
I spent my life, in this township but I don't want to die

[Chorus]
Mo makazana (Huh), mo makazana (Huh)
Mo makazana (Huh), for makazana
Mo makazana (Huh), mo makazana (Huh)
Mo makazana (Huh), for makazana
Mo makazana (Huh), mo makazana (Huh)
Mo makazana (Huh), for makazana
Mo makazana (Huh), mo makazana (Huh)
Mo makazana (Huh), for makazana

[Outro]