[Xhosa] Zamboya
by Swifin Echoes
afrobeat
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Lyrics
**[INTRO — Handclaps, Shakers, Playful Female Vocal]** *(Ngqongqoza-ngqongqoza! Boom!)* Mntu, vula ifestile! Mamela umculo! Oh-eh-oh! Ah-ya-ya! Inyathelo elinye kum, Elinye kuwe. Bonke bakulungele? ZAMBOYA! **[CHORUS — EXPLOSIVE AFRO-HOUSE DROP]** Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya! Vuka, ihlabathi liyabiza! Hey-ya-ya! Hey-ya-yo! Vakalisa umrhythm, uqhubeke! Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya! Masihlangane sithokoze! Inyathelo! Inyathelo! Ngqongqoza! Ngqongqoza! ZAMBOYA! Buya nomvakalelo! **[VERSE 1 — BOUNCY AFROBEATS, HIGHLIFE GUITAR]** Ukusa kuqaqambile phezu kwezindlu, Ukukhanya kwegolide esitratweni. Umntu uvula isango, Umntu ufumana umrhythm omtsha. Izolo yayizele imibuzo, Eminye isalindile impendulo. Kodwa namhlanje sisenza into, Ngobugorha obuphila kuthi. Apho udonga lwavala indlela, Silungisa ibhulorho. Apho ilizwi lalithule, Kukho ingoma yokwamkela. Ayikho iphupha elifika ngomso, Ayikho indlela ethe tye nethambileyo. Kodwa ithuba lingatshintsha uhambo, Isandla sinokuvula amasango. **[PRE-CHORUS — RISING FEMALE HARMONIES]** Uyawuva umrhythm uhamba? Uyawuva amagubu aphendula? Thatha inyathelo uye kumntu, Shiya iinkathazo zakho ngasemva. Lonke ilizwi lingena kumculo, Lonke intliziyo lifumana indawo yayo. Xa sisondela kancinci, Kukho uncumo ebusweni bonke! **[CHORUS — FULL AMAPIANO LOG-DRUM DROP]** Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya! Vuka, ihlabathi liyabiza! Hey-ya-ya! Hey-ya-yo! Vakalisa umrhythm, uqhubeke! Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya! Masihlangane sithokoze! Inyathelo! Inyathelo! Ngqongqoza! Ngqongqoza! ZAMBOYA! Buya nomvakalelo! **[POST-CHORUS — VIRAL DANCE CHANT]** Zam! Zam! Hey! Hey! Bo! Bo! Sway! Sway! Ya! Ya! Jikela! ZAMBOYA! Ziva isandi! **[VERSE 2 — FEMALE LEAD, ROLLING BASS]** Kukho umama oneshishini, Kukho utata onephupha. Kukho umfama okhulayo, Kukho umakhi osakha izinto. Kukho umfundi ofunda amanani, Kukho umrhwebi ofuna iindlela. Wonke umntu unembali, Lonke uhambo lunemihla yalo. Ukusuka edolophini ukuya elalini, Ukusuka ezintabeni ukuya elwandle, Sweefin uqhagamshela abantu namathuba, Ukunceda abaninzi bathathe inxaxheba baphuphe. Xa abantu abaninzi benendlela Yokudala, ukutshintshiselana, nokuqhuba, Izimvo ezininzi zingafumana ikamva, Uluntu oluninzi lungakhanya. **[PRE-CHORUS — CHOIR BUILDS]** Uyawuva umrhythm uhamba? Uyawuva amagubu aphendula? Thatha inyathelo uye kumntu, Shiya iinkathazo zakho ngasemva. Lonke ilizwi lingena kumculo, Lonke intliziyo lifumana indawo yayo. Xa sisondela kancinci, Kukho uncumo ebusweni bonke! **[CHORUS — FESTIVAL DANCE DROP]** Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya! Vuka, ihlabathi liyabiza! Hey-ya-ya! Hey-ya-yo! Vakalisa umrhythm, uqhubeke! Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya! Masihlangane sithokoze! Inyathelo! Inyathelo! Ngqongqoza! Ngqongqoza! ZAMBOYA! Buya nomvakalelo! **[BRIDGE — EMOTIONAL PIANO, CHILDREN'S CHOIR]** [Verse] Ukuba wakha waziva ulahliwe, Ukuba wakha wema ngaphandle, Ngamana ungafumana umnyango uvulekile Umhlobo azimasele naye. Kukho ihlabathi leendlela ezahlukeneyo, Kukho ihlabathi lamaphupha ahlukeneyo. Kwaye ikamva linikela amathemba, Xa abantu abaninzi bejoyina iqela. *(Iphiyano iyathoba. Izandla ziqala ukungqongqoza.)* **[DANCE BREAK — CALL AND RESPONSE]** Lead: Ngubani onamaphupha? Crowd: Thina! Thina! Lead: Ngubani ongaqala? Crowd: Nam! Nam! Lead: Ngubani ongalithatha eli xhentsa? Crowd: Wonke umntu! Lead: Ke undibonise indlela uhambayo! *(Ukubetha kwezixhobo kuyanda.)* Zam! Zam! Nyathela! Nyathela! Bo! Bo! Ngqongqoza! Ngqongqoza! Ya! Ya! Jikela! ZAMBOYA! Vakalisa loo mvakalelo! *(UMQULU OMKHULU WE-AMAPIANO UYAWA)* **[INSTRUMENTAL DANCE BREAK — IILOG DRUMS, ISIGITAR ESEHIGHLIFE, IFESTIVAL BRASS]** Oh-eh-oh! Ah-ya-ya! Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya! *(Isihlwele sikhwaza ngaphezu kwesandi.)* **[FINAL CHORUS — FULL FESTIVAL CHOIR]** Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya! Vuka, ihlabathi liyabiza! Hey-ya-ya! Hey-ya-yo! Vakalisa umrhythm, ugcine uhamba! Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya! Makenze umdaniso ihlabathi liphela! Nyathela! Nyathela! Ngqongqoza! Ngqongqoza! ZAMBOYA! Buyisa loo mvakalelo! **[OUTRO — WARM HIGHLIFE GUITAR, FADING CHOIR]** Inyathelo elinye kum, Inyathelo elinye kuwe. Ithemba elincinci Kuzo izinto esizenzayo. Sweefin izisa iindlela ezintsha zokunxibelelana, Ukudala, ukutshintshiselana, nokukhula. Zam-bo-ya! Zam-bo-ya! Vuka. Hamba kunye. Yenza ngomso. ZAMBOYA! *(Ukubetha kwesigubhu esikhulu esiphakamileyo.)*