Thuma Mina - Touchline

Tell me what it’s like to be rich

Tell me what it’s like to be happy

Family’s supporting all your dreams

Mom and Dad make things happen

Poverty don’t come around much

Its make it easier to find out

Tell me what it’s like to be you

From my lips to God’s ears, a humble request

Ng’cel' ung’thinte Lord, I’m doing my best

Ung’thume, let them book me where the kids are depressed

Got more in my vocab than money, alcohol, sex

I know they standing and they need you ‘cause they wrestle with stress

Their fees are not paid, but their grit is one way

For them to save their families ‘cause back home it’s a mess

A failed exam is nothing, life itself is a test

Ng’qed' uk' drop-a uMa-olaydi e-church, she knows

At sunrise, her son rises uk’yothesha more

At sunset, her son sets the stage alight at shows

Too much heat for sunscreen, her son’s on screen heat glows

Shining, I exist because the kids need hope

Crying, ‘cause every single headline hits home

Why is Mzansi so cold?

You get killed for being black or a woman, imagine if you are both

She came to me and said umculo wami uyam' save-a

5 grand and Thula made her change her ways

I-relationship yakhe nabangani iya fade-a

And I said ‘baby girl, the real ones will stay

This year I met Zola 7, it felt like heaven

Ng’blome naye la kwakhe and he was giving lessons

Ng’mamele njengo mzalwane and he’s the ghetto Reverend

Forget a drought, I reign supreme my favourite weather

Ba jealous-ela umuntu omnyama doing great

‘Cause if you’re self-made you come back to self-hate, mnganani

And when it comes to labels, one day I will explain what up!

Nkosi sikelela, thina namagenge

Ng’cel' ungabasabi laba mpintj' abana nix

Thina as’kaze si breech isbhamu, kunini si bridge i-gap

Ang’fun' ukubona umama alila, ngifuna alilizele (ajabule)

Intwana ziyang' understand-a

They jump over the railings to touch my hand

I jump over the railings to hug my fans

Because a year ago, nobody knew who I am

(A true hero, puts people before his ego)

Used to play like Ronaldinho

But individual brilliance is not as good as a team goal

Gotta do something for Shakes' Grandma

For letting us record all this music in her backyard

Had to do it, 19 Flow

Welcome to it!

Tell me what it’s like to be rich

Tell me what it’s like to be happy

Family’s supporting all your dreams

Mom and Dad make things happen

Poverty don’t come around much

Its make it easier to find out

Tell me what it’s like to be you