Ode to You (feat. Nonku)

This is an ode to you

Hate your job, but the house needs food

You wanna quit, you wanna kill but the rent is due

Push on through, hold on tight, fight the fight

There's a hand on your throat and it's holding tight

9 to 5, jy try, jy druk, jy hou styf vas

But you work for a boss and you hate his guts

Jy voel stuck, maar onthou ek's hier vir jou

Whether jy numbers punch of jy huise bou

Yster klou, the days too long, nights too short

You just went to sleep then you're back at work

If you're up at night or you're up at dawn

Whether you're sweeping streets or you're mowing lawns

Whether jy meetings het of jy parties hou

Whether jy suits aantrek of jy klere vou

Whether you're washing cars or washing clothes

This is an ode to all the working-class heroes

Bambezela, zela

Bambezela, oh-oh-oh-oh

Bambezela, zela

Bambezela, oh-oh-oh-oh

I stand with you as jy luister na jou baas wat skel

When you on the highway in a traffic's hell

Whether you on the long road when the sun comes up

Or you down in the dirt trying to get back up

You one of us, die mense wat die wiel laat draai

We're on the ground while you waiting for your paint to dry

Create the vibe: fresh-cut grass smell

With the mechanics that make your car run well

Ons is die land demise through the rougher seas

You wanna run, man, then come run with me

So if you in the queue for your groceries half your life

And you think that pedicures are a waste of time

You know off work and go to the closest bar

The only Polo you know is a type of car

You're one of us, the light at the end of the road

An ode to all the working-class heroes

Bambezela, zela

Bambezela, oh-oh-oh-oh

Bambezela, zela

Bambezela, oh-oh-oh-oh

You on the long road trying to get back home

(Oh-oh-oh-oh)

Or you feel stuck where you are and you're all alone

(Oh-oh-oh-oh)

You tryna run, but your feet won't move

(Oh-oh-oh-oh)

You tryna break free, but you can't get loose

(Oh-oh-oh-oh)

You work your fingers to the bone but no recognition

(Oh-oh-oh-oh)

So kom kry my by die naaste bar, wies in?

(Oh-oh-oh-oh)

Bambezela, zela

Bambezela, oh-oh-oh-oh

Zela, zela

Bambezela, oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh