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Absent
Hip-Hop/Rap
Absent was released on September 7, 2025 by Lungelo Manzi as a part of the album INYANGA - EP
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Release DateSeptember 7, 2025
LabelLungelo Manzi
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM139

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Lungelo Manzi
Lungelo Manzi
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Lungelo Manzi
Lungelo Manzi
Lyrics
Kevin Metzger
Kevin Metzger
Composer

Lyrics

Absent uncle, absent friend
Absent son, absent man
Hope the paper's worth the plan
Worth the distance that it meant
Worth the lust that it sent
Worth enough for consequence
For the night, missed a text
Slow reply, slow repent
Absent uncle, absent friend
Absent son, absent man
Hope the paper's worth the plan
Worth the distance that it meant
Worth the lust that it sent
Worth enough for consequence
For the night, missed a text
Slow reply, slow repent
Another holiday
Spent away from the fam
Only calls, only plans
Only promise what I can
Overtime, over time
Working every day and night
Just to 'lax with the friends
Dealing just the way I am
It's a lot in the pot
Saying grace right where you stand
On your own, on the row
Where the money make a man
Take a slice, sacrifice
Just to be a helping hand
Suicides left to right
Every lap makes for a chance
To atone, build a home
Build a way back for the clan
Mama knows, how it goes
I just pray they understand
To atone, build a home
Build a way back for the clan
Mama knows, how it goes
I just pray they understand
Absent uncle, absent friend
Absent son, absent man
Hope the paper's worth the plan
Worth the distance that it meant
Worth the lust that it sent
Worth enough for consequence
For the night, missed a text
Slow reply, slow repent
Absent uncle, absent friend
Absent son, absent man
Hope the paper's worth the plan
Worth the distance that it meant
Worth the lust that it sent
Worth enough for consequence
For the night, missed a text
Slow reply, slow repent
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, this goes
To a couple cousins on the east coast
Nieces, nephews, bambinos
For the way I fell out
When the chips fell down
When the bro went down the way we know
Dead body in a urn was a hero
Couldn't look the man down, it was deep bro
In the furnace
The hold and release
Of a face you believed, as a bro, you would keep so
Big sis still hurting
Fam still burdened
Mama so certain that He knows
With a strength so regal
Stressed on the evils
Taking my people and peace grown
We were doing so well
From the childhood spells
Now my eyes do the swell when I see bro
When I'm dreaming or when I'm over
Home for a short weekend
To my nieces, know that I don't mean it
See your dad was always a home keeper
With my granny gone
I was uneven
With your aunty too
Seeing no reason
She was hardly home
I was on defense
Sad and lonely and on diesel
Now I'm back and bold
Hoping you see it
Knowing I've been wrong
Knowing my Jesus (huh uh)
Hope I find you home in the right season
Know I'm always close
When you might need it
Hope we take a step to get it back and
Get intact knowing I mean it
Hope I find you home in the right season
Absent uncle, absent friend
Absent son, absent man
Hope the paper's worth the plan
Worth the distance that it meant
Worth the lust that it sent
Worth enough for consequence
For the night, missed a text
Slow reply, slow repent
Absent uncle, absent friend
Absent son, absent man
Hope the paper's worth the plan
Worth the distance that it meant
Worth the lust that it sent
Worth enough for consequence
For the night, missed a text
Slow reply, slow repent
Written by: Kevin Metzger, Lungelo Banele Manzi
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