MaDlamini

Gladwin you're an angel I'm here to pander to a heart that has been vilified That's always pampered me and harvested my inner fire I wanna see you smile Don't wanna see you cry I wanna be the one who always let's your demons down Relentless in your quest to make your baby fly I'll always grind until I find a way to make you proud Still trying to bargain with the horrors of a heavy ride You always conquered through the trauma of a steady tide You gave me laughter when a part of me was buried ground You loved your daughter to thе corners of unsteady bounds I couldn't watch it when my fathеr would just tear you down I tried to hide but if I'm honest I heard every sound It's been a scary climb I've been unfairly trialed I've gone through many frowns Harboured a petty mind We'd always talk when all my problems wouldn't let me shine I'll always champion your honour with confetti pride I thought I'd never ever make it out of varsity You heard the way I spoke and killed the animosity In all them days student loans wasn't paying through And I would sip on coffee that would masquerade as food I was desperate for the Lord that I was praying to And if we keeping it one hunnid' that remains the truth I hated every minute of my graduation Celebrating the illusion of a black who made it I later realised my actions were just mad and hateful How could I be that way with all you did to pass the baton None of your dedication was fabricated All I was educated was planned in patience You understand the weight of where that could take us And that's why you put the ground work on the man I shaped to You brushed of all the hate you faced with animated grace You radiate in ways that made me alienate the pain I am so sorry for the ache you braved I am so bothered by the way it came I cannot change erase it to make it fade All I can do is shape the future and embrace it's fate The traits you scraped and chafed already make me great It's safe to claim you can't be blamed to think I'm draped in shame But look at the man you made me the way you paved Don't have a way to word the gratitude you've laid in me You have a heart of gold that's replicated with perfection It's now been etched into my essence it's been digested You put a love into my heart that's bordered with progression And that's why every time you speak I'm foraging for lessons I'm serenading you at every opportunity I'm celebrating you for you to know you're jewellery Kumele ndithi kuwe ndiz'bonele ukuthi ndixabise imbeko noolothando endakhul'undinika I'm serenading you at every opportunity I'm celebrating you for you to know you're jewellery Kumele ndithi kuwe ndiz'bonele ukuthi ndixabise imbeko noolothando endakhul'undinika One time for my momma One time for you maDlamini I just wanna live the life I know you want for me You get caught up in your mind so much I wonder if You goin' ever see me shine If you'll ever see the light I'll bring I just wanna tell you now You won't ever need to hide your dreams Your dreams You won't ever need to hide your dreams Ey Never need to hide your dreams