Seasons
E-Mozzy Lyrics

Seasons change
Time passes and things change

There's still time for us to run away
We can still escape from our problems

San'bonan endlini
Greetings at the house

Sjava kajama Indlalifa igama ley'nsizwa
Sjava introduced Indlalifa with the name of the boy

Mina, ng'phuma le enzansi, kwafel ubala
I come from a lower place, you could see the color

Insizwa uma ina-thirty five kthiwa is' indala
When a boy turns thirty-five he's called old

Laph' eng'phuma khona maw'phuma khona bathi aw'fiki la
Where I'm from, when you leave they say you won't come back

Ngyamangala uma ngi-la
I'm surprised when I'm here

Bebathi ng'yophelel emoyeni, beba right
They said I'll die in the air, they were right

Manje ngiy'nkanyezi
Now I'm a star

Njengoba ngik'tshela ngempilo yami
As I tell my life story

Ng'funa uthathe nayi imfundiso yami (lalela la wena)
I want you to take my lesson (listen to me)

Ithemba alibulali
Hope does not kill

Ukube l'yabulala ngabe nihamba phez'kwami
But if it does, take me with you

Poverty
Living without sufficient resources to meet basic needs

Jealousy
Resentment towards someone for what they have

Negativity
Being pessimistic towards life

Ngith' ak'nandawo la
I say I don't belong here

Go away (far away)
Leave and never return

I cry with lil' brotha, got high and watched the sunrise
I cried with my little brother, got high and watched the sunrise

Wiggle on 'em if it's One Time they done hung all of my people
I'll fight back if it's just once, they already killed many of my people

I love all of my people, I'm in the slums with all of my people
I care for all of my people and live with them in the underprivileged area

They trynna tell us that we all equal
They're trying to convince us that we have equal opportunities

We getting no justice so it ain't peaceful
We're not being treated fairly, so we can't be calm

They could bluff you, they could beat you
They deceive and hurt you

Paid attorney we gon' need it
We need a good lawyer

Momma told me there was demons, she ain't never lied on her Jesus
My mom warned me about evil forces, and she was right

She worked her ass off just to feed us
My mother worked very hard to provide us with food

She went to Ross to cop the new Adidas
She went to Ross to buy me the new Adidas shoes

She used to tap in with all the teachers
She used to check in with all of my teachers

They wasn't teaching nothin' it's no secret
They were not teaching anything, it's a well-known fact

Whole lotta grind, lil' niggas beefin'
We work hard, but young men fight against each other

We gotta keep it or end up a victim
We have to be careful, or we'll become a victim

Trapped in the system, trafficking drugs
Caught in a cycle of selling drugs

Modern-day slavery, African thugs
We're slaving away to make a living, and some people call us African thugs

We go to war for this African blood
We fight to protect our African heritage

When I put niggas on it was all out of love
When I helped people, it was because I cared for them

You was disloyal, can't call it no love
You were not loyal, and that's not love

You know we at the stove with it, we stove whippin', my niggas know we gon' get it
We are cooking drugs on the stove to sell, and my friends know we'll make money

Dodgin' cops fuck around and get locked you never comin' home with it
If you get caught by the police, you'll likely be sent to jail and never come back

Look, my nigga, I came from the sewer
Listen, my friend, I came from a very low place

Don't shit on my past you ain't come from manure
Don't criticize my upbringing if you haven't experienced something similar

You see Reason and you see LA, but bitch I ain't come for no ruin
People might see my success and my residence in LA, but that's not where I came from

Just know all of my niggas we struggled for it, had to hustle for it, cried puddles for it
Understand that all of my friends worked hard for our success, and we even shed tears for it

My pops watch his sister get locked for it
My father saw his sister get arrested for it

I done seen my niggas get popped for it like
I've seen my friends get killed for it

Gimme that, I carry the llama like a piggyback
Give me the gun, I carry it as if I'm giving someone a piggyback ride

I carry my city like guilt that ain't got no forgiveness
I feel responsible for my city's problems, but there's no way to make up for them

No way out, shit we locked in the system
There's no way to escape the cycle of poverty and crime that we're trapped in

Catch a case and they not gon' forgive ya
If you get arrested, they won't show any mercy

White skin, you be out before Christmas
If you're white, you'll get released before Christmas

Shit, auntie missed eight of those days
My aunt missed eight Christmases while in jail

Tears from me had to pray those days, had to slave those days
I cried and prayed during those days and had to work hard

Shit, we had to hit up a couple hood-give-aways those days
We went to a few events where they were giving away things to the underprivileged

Thank God for every inch that he gave us
I'm grateful for every little bit of progress we've made

Thank God for everything 'cause he made us
I'm grateful for everything we've been given, because it shaped who we are

Like when that car bent the block, brock, brock, brock
Like when that car came to our block with a loud noise

Hit the homie but we made it, so he already saved us
A friend got hit by the car, but we survived, so he protected us

Thinkin' that he could've died nigga
Realizing that my friend could've died

We was prayin' to the sky and his mother cried rivers
We prayed to God and his mother cried a lot

Healed up, but tough luck, he tried to get revenge
He recovered from the accident, but unfortunately he tried to seek revenge

Had to drop but his popped and they killed him
He had to hide, but unfortunately, they found and killed him

Worst part is that it sound so familiar
What's even worse is that this situation happens all too often

I am T'Challa
I am the Black Panther

I am Killmonger
I am Erik Killmonger, a character from the Black Panther movie

One world, one God, one family
We all live in one world under one God, and we're all one family

Celebration
Let's celebrate our unity