Street Light
Die Antwoord Lyrics

Underneath the streetlight, now, waiting for the shit to go down
Waiting under the streetlight in anticipation of some trouble that is about to happen

Oh, no, there's gonna be a murder, oh god, when the street go down
Realizing that there is going to be a violent event happening soon and fearing for their life

In Africa everything broken
Depicting the state of affairs in Africa involving poverty and lack of basic amenities

Ch'yeah boy, no money no friends
Acknowledging the plight of many in Africa in terms of being poor and friendless

Just live to fight another day
Advising people to make it through each day with the hope of a better tomorrow

At night the rats come out to play
Describing the state of the streets which turns dangerous especially at night

In the trash, empty streets where rattys rolling thick as thieves
Painting a picture of the dangerous streets filled with rats which move in packs

Take your money if you rich
Warning of the street savvy criminals who will steal from those they perceive to be wealthy

Take your life and rape your bitch
Fearing a violent outcome in a situation where the criminals have control

Ten pm nobody, in the streets just Yolandi and me
Being the only two people on the street at that particular hour, making them easy targets

Night walking sipping wine, feeling fine, killing time
Taking a leisurely walk at night while enjoying wine and waiting for something to happen

Night life wild if you feel like fun, some reason didn't bring my gun
The nightlife can be wild and fun but they forgot to bring a weapon for their own protection

My tipsy, giggly and taking selfies, making up rhymes that made me wealthy
Being inebriated and happy, taking selfies and coming up with rhymes that resulted in their wealth

Sense the threat, from behind
Feeling a sense of danger approaching from behind

We stop underneath the street light look past these 6 motherfuckers yep, six rattys rolling up on us
Stopping under the street light and noticing six dangerous criminals approaching

Underneath the streetlight, no, waiting for the shit to go down, oh, god
Reiterating their position of waiting for the inevitable danger to occur

There's gunna be blood on the streets, so much blood on the streets girl
Anticipating a lot of bloodshed happening on the streets due to the criminal's impending actions

Fuck, we getting rolled on
Acknowledging that they are about to be robbed or attacked

Wait, don’t run, just hold on
Deciding not to run and instead holding on and facing whatever happens

Didn’t wanna run away into the dark
Expressing reluctance when it comes to running into the dark due to being in an already dangerous situation

Six rattys rolled up on us hard, they stick a knife against my guts
Six criminals ambushed them and threatened them with a knife to rob them

They take my phone, who gives a fuck?
Not being worried about them taking their phone since it is insignificant compared to what could have happened

Take what you want, I keep calm
Deciding to remain calm and not resist the criminals in order to protect themselves

Some one ratty grabs Yolandi’s arm
One of the criminals grabs Yolandi's arm to restrain her

‘Nother rat pull a GAT, but it didn’t go blaow
Another criminal pulls out a gun but doesn't shoot it at them

Motherfucker ratty’s only pull a GAT now
The criminals only seem to pull out their gun as a scare tactic

Yolandi starts to fucking kick and make me lose my fucking shit
Yolandi starts to scream and kick which causes the singer to become anxious

I busted the motherfuckin’ rat with the GAT
Taking down one of the criminals with their gun

I kicked and hit and bit this guy
Taking matters into their own hands and fighting back

Stuck my finger in his eye
Using a brutal tactic to stop the criminal

Took the ratty’s gun away
Disarming the criminal of their gun

No bullets so the ratty’s run away
Finding out that the gun was unloaded and the criminals fled the scene

Set the ratty over there
Discarding the criminal's weapon

He dragging my girl by the hair
One of the criminals grabs Yolandi's hair and tries to drag her away

She’s tryin' her best to get away
Yolandi fights back and tries to get away from the criminal

He punching my girl in the face
The criminal resorts to violence and punches Yolandi in the face

What the fucking fuck, then quick
An exclamation of surprise and shock

I smashed a bottle on a brick
Using an improvised weapon to fight back against the criminal

Watch a motherfucker like a wild animal
Being vigilant and keeping watch like a wild animal

Blood, blood so much blood, oh, oh no, oh no no
Witnessing a gruesome and bloody event which fills them with panic and shock

What did I just do, oh my god? Oh, jesus fucking christ
Feeling regret and shock about the violent action they had to take

Please forgive me
Asking for forgiveness for what they had to do to protect themselves

I didn't mean to kill a man, oh no
Expressing remorse at having to kill someone

Oh, oh, oh, god, your mama gonna cry tonight, girl
Feeling sorry for the person who has to break the news to the victim's family

When she hear about the shit that went down, oh, oh, father forgive me
Feeling guilty and asking for forgiveness

Ev-ev-everything broken
Repeating the line that everything in Africa is broken due to poverty and other issues

Ch-ch'yeah boy no money no friends
Reiterating that the singer is poor and has no friends

Just live to fight another day
Encouraging people to survive the hardships and live through each day

At night the rats come out to play
Describing the dangerous environment on the streets at night

The rats come out to play
Repeating the idea that criminals become more active at night