Let me tell you a story
About a young girl
Her daddy loved her so
She didn't need or want for more
She was his little princess
The apple of his eye
Nothing could ever break
The whole father-daughter bond
She didn't know how she could keep
Her shameful secret down in the deep
Kwathi, kwathi ngantsomi
There was a young boy who wasn't loved from the start
Hated before he was even alive
Once upon along time ago
There was a young boy who faced the odds fought for his life
Before he could walk or run
Before he was even a child
Daddy's princes left; eqal'ubomi obutsha eGoli
It was a brand new chapter; away from father's scrutiny
And as the secret surfaced, she found that she could face it
Something that could break the whole father-daughter bond
He had found a community
Where he could live true and free
Kwathi, kwathi ngantsomi
There was a young boy who wasn't loved from the start
Hated before he was even alive
Once upon along time ago
There was a young boy who faced the odds fought for his life
Before he could walk or run
Before he was even a child
Kwathi, kwathi ngantsomi
There was a young boy who wasn't loved from the start
Hated before he was even alive
Once upon along time ago
There was a young boy who faced the odds fought for his life
Before he could walk or run
Before he was even a child
Mfana, zithande kweli lizwe lenzondo
Qiniseka, hlala usazi uzakuphumelela
Blood's thicker than water, but know that you need water too
Right, right, look
The body is the same but the difference is the brain
Some might think that it's strange even think that she's insane
I mean "he;" what's your name,
Little boy? Don't be ashamed, they don't understand
But we're here to make a stand;
Make a change in world; draw a line in the sand
Don't just be a man, be the man!
And part of being that is not knowing what you get
Even if the little girl doesn't know where he is yet
Don't sweat it
Kwathi, kwathi ngantsomi (nants'intsomi)
There was a young man (oh nali'bali) who loved himself from the start
Brought sunshine into his life
Once upon a not long ago (oh hear these stories)
There was a young man (hear their stories)
Who braved the odds and lived his life
Before he could walk or run
Before you took his life
Kwathi, kwathi ngantsomi (nants'intsomi)
There was a young man (nali'bali) who loved himself from the start
Brought sunshine into his life
Once upon a not long ago (nants'intsomi)
There was a young man (nali'bali)
Who braved the odds and lived his life
Before he could walk or run
Before you took his life (you took his life)
Kwathi, kwathi ngantsomi
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Once upon a not long ago
(You took his life)
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Kwathi, kwathi ngantsomi
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Once upon a not long ago
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Kwathi, kwathi ngantsomi
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Once upon a not long ago