Savuka ft. Johnny Clegg- Vezandlebe Lyrics
UMFOWETHU UYAHLUPHA –
ANGAZI IMPELA UKUTHI UQONDA UKWENZANI
( My brother bothers me –
I really don’t know what he’s up to )
UMFOWETHU UYAHLUPHA –
UKHULUMA IZINTO ENGINGAZAZI
( My brother bothers me –
he speaks of things I have never heard )
UMFOWETHU UYAHLUPHA –
WENZA SANGATHI UYAINGINGCOKOLELA
( My brother bothers me –
its as if he is trying to put me down)
UMFOWETHU UYAHLUPHA –
MAKA YEKE UKUNGIKHULUMELA KABI
( My brother bothers me –
he sould stop talking behind my back )
NAKHO – KE USETSHELA ABANGANE BAKHE
( There ! he is telling his friends )
ANGINGUYENA OWALEKHAYA , NGIWAKWA – NEXT DOOR
( That I am an illigitimate child , that I come from next door )
CHORUS
ELAKWABANI ?
( Whose child is this ? )
ELAKWABANI IVEZANLEBE
( Whose is this child with his ears sticking out ? )
SELICWAYISA AMEHLO LIVEZANLEBE
( It is blinking its eyes , this child of questionable origins )
UMFOWETHU UYAHLUPHA –
SAKHULA NAYE SAQUDELANA
( My brother bothers me –
we grew up together always competing )
UMFOWETHU UYAHLUPHA –
NGAMEHLULA NJALO NOMA NGANI
( My brother bothers me – I always beat him in every way )
UMFOWETHU UYAHLUPHA –
UMDALA KODWA UNGATHI USEMNCANE
( My brother bothers me –
he is older than me but he never acts his age )
UMFOWETHU UYAHLUPHA –
NGISUPHOTHA IKHAYA KODWA YENA AKANANDABA
( My brother bothers me –
I send money home , but he doesn’t care …)
NAKHO – KE USETSHELA ABANGANE BAKHE
( There ! he is telling his friends )
ANGINGUYENA OWALEKHAYA , NGIWAKWA – NEXT DOOR
( That I am an illigitimate child , that I come from next door )
CHORUS
BRIDGE SECTION:
KHUZANI KHUZANI
( Admonish , admonish )
KHUZANI , WEBABA NOMA
( Admonish him , Dad and Mom ! )
CHORUS