Lyrics and translation Phuzekhemisi - Umalume

Umalume

Kwakungumbulali umalume
Kwakungumbulali umalume
Kodwa otsotsi babemkhulekela
Aw bonk′ otsotsi babemkhulekela
Aw bethi ku malume bethi uncle uyibhoza baba

(Aw we malume wafa kanjani?) Ay wayebulal' umalume (Aw we malume wafa kanjani?)
Kwakungumbulali umalume (Aw we malume wafa kanjani?)
(Ngamhla kufa yena wafis′ okwenja wabolela estraadini)
(Ngamhla kufa yena wafis' okwenja wabolela estraadini)
Kodwa Ngamhla kufa yena (wafis' okwenja wabolela estraadini)
(Wayebulal′ umalume wafa kanzima)

Zasha phela mafuth′ Omkhovu
Ukzalwa neyKhova kunzima langzalwa khona
Khona phansi eMkhomazi la-engbuya khona
Khuphuka laphoke mfoka Ngwazi emabhesini
Bhu! Uthule nje uvale phezulu wena Slahla-matende
Yenza kancane nje ulibel' umfoloma
Woza!

Aw wayebulal′ umalume
Kwakungumbulali umalume
Aw bonk' otsotsi babemkhulekela
Aw bonk′ otsotsi babemkhulekela
Aw bethi ku malume bethi uncle
Aw bethi ku malume bethi uncle uyibhoza baba

(Aw we malume wafa kanzima) wayebulal' umalume (Aw we malume wafa kanjani?)
Kwakungumbulali umalume (Aw we malume wafa kanzima)
Wayebulal′ umalume (Aw we malume wafa kanzima)
Kodwa ngamhla kufa yena (wafis' okwenja wabolela estraadini)
Kodwa ngamhla kufa yena (wafis' okwenja wabolela estraadini)
Kodwa ngamhla kufa yena (wafis′ okwenja wabolela estraadini)

Hhawu malume hhawu malume
Hhawu malume hhawu malume
Kwakuyisi gebeng′ umalume
Kwakuyisi gebeng' umalume
Bonk′ otsotsi babemkhulekela
Bonk' otsotsi babemkhulekela
Bethi ku malume bethi uncle
Aw bethi ku malume bethi uncle uyibhoza baba

(Aw we malume wafa kanzima) wayebulal′ umalume (aw we malume wafa kanzima)
Wayebulal' umalume (aw we malume wafa kanzima)
Ngamhla kufa yena (wafis′ okwenja wabolela estraadini)
Ngamhla kufa yena (wafis' okwenja wabolela estraadini)
Kodwa ngamhla kufa yena (wafis' okwenja wabolela estraadini)
(Wafis′ okwenja wabolela estraadini)
Hhawu malume (hhawu malume wafa kanzima)

Wayebulal′ umalume (Aw we malume wafa kanzima)
Wayebulal' umalume (Aw we malume wafa kanzima)
Kodwa ngamhla kufa yena (wafis′ okwenja wabolela estraadini)
Kodwa ngamhla kufa yena (wafis' okwenja wabolela estraadini)
Kodwa ngamhla kufa yena (wafis′ okwenja wabolela estraadini)

Hhawu malume (hhawu malume wafa kanzima)
Hhawu malume (hhawu malume wafa kanzima)
Kwakungumbulali umalume (Aw we malume wafa kanzima)
Kodwa ngamhla kufa yena (wafis' okwenja wabolela estraadini)
Kodwa ngamhla kufa yena (wafis′ okwenja wabolela estraadini)
Kodwa ngamhla kufa yena (wafis' okwenja wabolela estraadini)
Hhawu malume (hhawu malume wafa kanzima)
Wayebulal' umalume (Aw we malume wafa kanzima)

Wayebulal′ umalume (Aw we malume wafa kanzima)
(Wafis′ okwenja wabolela estraadini)
Kodwa ngamhla kufa yena (wafis' okwenja wabolela estraadini)
Kodwa ngamhla kufa yena (wafis′ okwenja wabolela estraadini)
Hhawu malume (hhawu malume wafa kanzima)

Uncle

He was a killer, my uncle
He was a killer, my uncle
But gangsters worshipped him
Oh you see, gangsters worshipped him
Oh, they'd say to my uncle, they'd say "Uncle, you're the boss, man"

(Oh, uncle, how did you die?) He was a killer, my uncle (Oh, uncle, how did you die?)
He was a killer, my uncle (Oh, uncle, how did you die?)
(The day he died, he wanted to do something, he borrowed money from the musicians)
(The day he died, he wanted to do something, he borrowed money from the musicians)
But the day he died (he wanted to do something, he borrowed money from the musicians)
(He was a killer, my uncle, he died a hard death)

The fuel of Omkhovu is finished again
It's hard to be born with Khova, where I was born
There down in Mkhomazi, where I come from
Get up there, Ngwazi's wife on the buses
Boo! You just keep quiet and close everything, you Slahla-matende
Just act a little like you're carrying a loaf
Come on!

Oh, he was a killer, my uncle
He was a killer, my uncle
Oh, you see gangsters worshipped him
Oh, you see gangsters worshipped him
Oh, they'd say to my uncle, they'd say, "Uncle"
Oh, they'd say to my uncle, they'd say, "Uncle, you're the boss, man"

(Oh, uncle, he died a hard death) he was a killer, my uncle (Oh, uncle, how did you die?)
He was a killer, my uncle (Oh, uncle, he died a hard death)
He was a killer, my uncle (Oh, uncle, he died a hard death)
But the day he died (he wanted to do something, he borrowed money from the musicians)
But the day he died (he wanted to do something, he borrowed money from the musicians)
But the day he died (he wanted to do something, he borrowed money from the musicians)

Oh, uncle, oh, uncle
Oh, uncle, oh, uncle
He was a gangster, my uncle
He was a gangster, my uncle
You see gangsters worshipped him
You see gangsters worshipped him
They'd say to my uncle, they'd say "Uncle"
Oh, they'd say to my uncle, they'd say, "Uncle, you're the boss, man"

(Oh, uncle, he died a hard death) He was a killer, my uncle (Oh, uncle, he died a hard death)
He was a killer, my uncle (Oh, uncle, he died a hard death)
The day he died (he wanted to do something, he borrowed money from the musicians)
The day he died (he wanted to do something, he borrowed money from the musicians)
But the day he died (he wanted to do something, he borrowed money from the musicians)
(He wanted to do something, he borrowed money from the musicians)
Oh, uncle (Oh, uncle, he died a hard death)

He was a killer, my uncle (Oh, uncle, he died a hard death)
He was a killer, my uncle (Oh, uncle, he died a hard death)
But the day he died (he wanted to do something, he borrowed money from the musicians)
But the day he died (he wanted to do something, he borrowed money from the musicians)
But the day he died (he wanted to do something, he borrowed money from the musicians)

Oh, uncle (Oh, uncle, he died a hard death)
Oh, uncle (Oh, uncle, he died a hard death)
He was a killer, my uncle (Oh, uncle, he died a hard death)
But the day he died (he wanted to do something, he borrowed money from the musicians)
But the day he died (he wanted to do something, he borrowed money from the musicians)
But the day he died (he wanted to do something, he borrowed money from the musicians)
Oh, uncle (Oh, uncle, he died a hard death)
He was a killer, my uncle (Oh, uncle, he died a hard death)

He was a killer, my uncle (Oh, uncle, he died a hard death)
(He wanted to do something, he borrowed money from the musicians)
But the day he died (he wanted to do something, he borrowed money from the musicians)
But the day he died (he wanted to do something, he borrowed money from the musicians)
Oh, uncle (Oh, uncle, he died a hard death)