Johnnie (Keep Walking)

By Kwesta

On DaKAR

Released on January 31, 2014

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[Chorus: Crash Car Burn & Maraza]

One of these days

The sun is gonna shine on me

One of these days

The sun is gonna shine down

Awe mama, awe mama

Ngelinye ilanga, ilanga liyokhanya


[Verse 1: Kwesta]

Yoh come with me as I rewalk the paths of my life

The steps that I took before I crossed paths with a mic

Raised by a single mother, i-taimer lidle phansi

Happy family days ended, angazi kanjani

I just know that he was good at sticking fists on her face

Angim'ringi blind, i waar, mom was sick of that taste

96 it was, ngavuka i-taimer lingasekho

Divorce papers on the table

Izinto azivayi ngohlelo, daddy was gone

I heard a song, "Life Goes On"

Met a new wife and a new life was born

I was without him and he's without us

Ok right, i-taimer alisekho, in moms we now trust

Pleasures like making love to her man would now crush

Cause every thing she was thinking was for or about us

The love that was stronger than steal would now rust

And now we had to make a life for ourselves without Pops

But

[Chorus: Crash Car Burn & Maraza]

One of these days

The sun is gonna shine on me

One of these days

The sun is gonna shine down

Awe mama (I keep walking, I keep walking)

Awe mama (the sun is gonna shine on me)

Ngelinye ilanga (I keep walking, I keep walking)

Ilanga liyokhanya (the sun is gonna shine down)


[Verse 2: Kwesta]

But see a second born child of this broken home

Would prove troublesome like Beckham with a broken bone

He was tryna hold his own, bamgcuz' esgela

Wadabul' iletter, uyazi umagriza uzomnyela

New school, new year but same shit again

One of the smartest kids in class expelled again

I-o'lady alicavi lenzeni, liphandana namasheleni

For intwana engalalel' enomqondo obheke eceleni

See, he'd go wild and drink with friends and not come home

King of the castle with a stolen throne

The girls loved him and he loved 'em back

And the main focus was to get dumped in a second

Yeah he did that well, yeah he was proud of that

His friends would salute him, he loved the sound of that

But lentwana ilahlekile, lelo iwaar entlek

But something happened

And he was finished and klaar with that

'Cause he knew

[Chorus: Crash Car Burn & Maraza]

One of these days

The sun is gonna shine on me

One of these days

The sun is gonna shine down

Awe mama (I keep walking, I keep walking)

Awe mama (the sun is gonna shine on me)

Ngelinye ilanga (I keep walking, I keep walking)

Ilanga liyokhanya (the sun is gonna shine down)


[Verse 3: Kwesta]

So drastic measures really had to be taken

This kid was facing the racist demons of Satan

And no one really knew what for him was waiting

Up until a studio came to the hood he was based in

Yakhululeka intwana, bajuluka abom'Rapper

Africa's most southern records made him a member

Open heartedly, they had no hidden agendas

He spat fire like he swallowed a bunch of lit candles

He got applauded everytime he recorded

And got the tightest beats 'cause his rhymes could afford 'em

Calling Zes & Kraf gave him P-Squeezy beats

J-A-B-Z's squeezed in some beats

Arkain gave him the Surreal and that shit that's on it

Bekangeke aphushe i-passion without him phoning

His mother said life was nothing but a big test

And for her, he would pass it and that's real Kwesta

[Chorus: Crash Car Burn & Maraza]

One of these days

The sun is gonna shine on me

One of these days

The sun is gonna shine down

Awe mama (I keep walking, I keep walking)

Awe mama (the sun is gonna shine on me)

Ngelinye ilanga (I keep walking, I keep walking)

Ilanga liyokhanya (the sun is gonna shine down)