Ijah
Verse
Ke ijah ba re ke lerasta (It is Ijah they say is a rastafarian)
Mara feather duster, ba re ke jahman (But feather duster they say is a jahman)
Mara o ja namane (But he eats a calve)
Ka nko (o)ekare namune (With a nose like an orange)
O phandana le bana (He is searching for the kids)
Ga ba batle skraap (They don’t need skraap)
Wena o kankarapi()a via matsipane (You eat the crab via Matsipane)
Chorus
Cho bro ijah keng(ke eng) (o) ekare o mokoko (Ch bro ijah, why are you like a cock)
O tswapotswe ke pula ya sefako (Faded by a hail rain)
O re o gopotse gae via Mozambique (You say you’re longing for home via Mozambique)
Ko (kwa) teng o gopane (There you are a tree leguaan)
Verse
O papa segopa ka mpa o fata tsukubele
O tsenela spepele tshwago
O rototse matlho (o) ekare o potsane (Your eyes are wide open like a kid/young goat)
E kgimilwe (Choked)
Ke thapo,thapo ya morula (By marula pip)
ke eng (o)ekare o a tsenwa x2 (Why do you look mad)
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