Ancestors (Pt. I & II) [feat. Deff Eff, Sean Sanby, Kitso Seti & Khadija Heeger]

Tussenie verwels vannie langeberg

Tot diep innie palms vannie keerom gekerf

Oppie tong van Slanghoek steen versoen

is die naam van Xam met grond en lug geroem

Innie Baarmoeder vannie Breede

uit Psalms van KhoiKhoi, Nguni, die hele mensdom gelas

is die saad van Xam lank terug toegepas

Kom tongtakgraaf en Hottentotsgod

bid ons harte sterk en ontdooi die raad van oud

Kom haal my Blombos grot se spook

kom soek my Diepkloof Xam se melk

en laat die eewe die wiegsaad beskryf

Innie begin vannie begin vannie begin

die saak van kategorie en suiwer versuim

onder die vel, van ons vel, van ons vel

innie boek van bloed - inheems en uit

Ek en Djy gemeng

tot innie murg van Elsie se kraal

tot diep innie Blombos grot se saal

Ezintabeni kulapho bahleli khona

Ngabantu bomlambo

Ngabantu bamanzi

Umhlaba nomoya

Ezintabeni kulapho bazimase khona

Ekhusi kuQamata, ekhusi

Ekhohlo, ekunene, bahleli kufutshane noMdali

Ekhusi

Ngabantu bethu, bakunye nathi

Iintsikelelo zabo zisingqongile

Bahamba nathi

Bayasikhanyisela

Bayasikhusela kwiingxingongo zehlabathi

Kumajingiqhiwu, kumahla-ndenyuka bayasinyula

Umoya uthi ssshhhh uxole

Xa uthe wona uzungxengxeze

Xa uthe waxakwa zezikamagada-ahlabayo uzucele

Iyafumaneka intlakanipho

Uzubacele bakukhanyisele

Bakholo loo nto

Ngookhokho

Cool, calm, clean and calculated

Mr. measured man, motivated

Def Eff damn dedicated

Son sent to see souls elevated

Representing for the melanated

With a duty, daily, to be educated

And I understand

Started wanting to be celebrated

Learnt a lot and recalibrated

Found my role and how a rhyme related

There’s a rhythm to life and it resonated

I was chosen I was nominated

For the blessings that have dominated

Every soul session, sing along lesson, sweet assembly I’ve officiated

There’s an energy initiated

Once the ego is eliminated

When I open up and let them work their magic through the medium that they created

I’m my forebearers recreated

Revived, re-imagined, resurrected, replicated, duplicated, reunited, reinstated and resuscitated

Called to work what they originated

Heal and love and leave us all elated

I’m the diction dealer they identified as adequate to be the delegated

Messenger of mantras mandated

I accepted and appreciated

So I keep the words coming like I had the dictionary fully stimulated